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In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Ulla Lindkvist
Swedish orienteer (1939–2015).
Born August 30th, 1939.
Died August 6th, 2015 at 75 years old in Flen. [ref]
Fons van Wissen
Dutch football player (1933-2015).
Born March 21st, 1933 in Margraten.
Died July 7th, 2015 at 82 years old in Best.
Giuseppe Nazzaro
Italian bishop, theologian and orientalist (1937–2015).
Born December 22nd, 1937 in San Potito Ultra.
Died October 26th, 2015 at 77 years old in Avellino.
Alberto Cardaccio
Uruguayan footballer (1949-2015).
Born August 26th, 1949 in Uruguay.
Died January 28th, 2015 at 65 years old in Uruguay (traffic collision).
Leonid Gofshtein
Israeli chess player (1953–2015).
Born April 21st, 1953 in Kyiv.
Died December 25th, 2015 at 62 years old [ref]
Sergio Caprari
Italian boxer (1932-2015).
Born July 11th, 1932 in Civita Castellana.
Died October 12th, 2015 at 83 years old in Faleria. [ref]
Richard Meade
Welsh olympic equestrian (1938–2015).
Born December 4th, 1938 in Chepstow.
Died January 8th, 2015 at 76 years old in West Littleton. [ref]
Ivan Hlevnjak
Croatian footballer (1944-2015).
Born April 28th, 1944 in El Shatt refugee camp.
Died November 28th, 2015 at 71 years old in Split.
Ferenc Kiss
Hungarian wrestler (1942–2015).
Born January 5th, 1942 in Nick.
Died September 8th, 2015 at 73 years old in Budapest.
Frieda Dänzer
Alpine skier (1931-2015).
Born November 16th, 1931 in Adelboden.
Died January 21st, 2015 at 83 years old in Gersau.
Vartan Militosyan
Soviet weightlifter.
Born July 8th, 1950 in Gyumri.
Died April 29th, 2015 at 64 years old in Gyumri.
Ivan Frgić
Olympic wrestler (1953–2015).
Born July 18th, 1953 in Sombor. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2015 at 62 years old in Sombor. [ref]
Maria Vicol
Romanian fencer (1935–2015).
Born October 17th, 1935 in Bucharest.
Died March 13th, 2015 at 79 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Gottfried Diener
Bobsledder (1926-2015).
Born November 1st, 1926 in Zurich.
Died May 26th, 2015 at 88 years old in Engelberg. [ref]
Đorđe Pavlić
Association football player (1938–2015).
Born August 28th, 1938 in Novi Sad.
Died May 9th, 2015 at 76 years old in Novi Sad. [ref]
Herbert Ninaus
Austrian footballer (1937-2015).
Born March 31st, 1937 in Voitsberg.
Died April 24th, 2015 at 78 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Yoshihiko Ōsaki
Japanese olympic swimmer (1939–2015).
Born February 27th, 1939 in Wajima.
Died April 28th, 2015 at 76 years old in Osaka (interstitial lung disease). [ref]
Valeri Miloserdov
Russian basketball player (1951-2015).
Born August 11th, 1951 in Elektrostal.
Died January 26th, 2015 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Georg Eder
Austrian roman catholic archbishop (1928–2015).
Born March 6th, 1928 in Mattsee.
Died September 19th, 2015 at 87 years old in Mattsee.
Bruno Visintin
Boxer (1932–2015).
Born November 23rd, 1932 in La Spezia.
Died January 11th, 2015 at 82 years old in La Spezia.
György Mészáros
Canoe racer (1933–2015).
Born April 30th, 1933 in Budapest.
Died September 14th, 2015 at 82 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Hubert Parot
Equestrian (1933-2015).
Born May 23rd, 1933 in Athis-Mons.
Died January 15th, 2015 at 81 years old in Fontainebleau.
Joaquim Durão
Chess player (1930–2015).
Born October 25th, 1930 in Lisbon.
Died May 21st, 2015 at 84 years old in Lisbon.
María Luisa Aguilar
Peruvian astronomer (1930-2019).
Born June 20th, 1938 in Jauja.
Died October 29th, 2015 at 77 years old in Lima. [ref]
Paulinus Costa
Catholic archbishop.
Born October 19th, 1936 in Gazipur.
Died January 3rd, 2015 at 78 years old in Dhaka (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 1126 to 1150 of 1235
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