In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Astrid Ivask
Latvian poet (1926-2015).
Born August 7th, 1926 in Riga. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2015 at 88 years old in Riga.
Kenzo Ohashi
Japanese association football player (1934–2015).
Born April 21st, 1934 in Hiroshima.
Died December 21st, 2015 at 81 years old in Japan.
Egon Adler
East german cyclist (1937-2015).
Born February 18th, 1937 in Großpösna.
Died January 28th, 2015 at 77 years old in Leipzig.
Heinz Schulz
Boxer (1935–2015).
Born January 5th, 1935 in Bernburg.
Died December 27th, 2015 at 80 years old
Antonio Fuertes
Spanish footballer (1929-2015).
Born December 3rd, 1929 in Valencia.
Died January 5th, 2015 at 85 years old in Valencia. [ref]
Vittore Gottardi
Swiss footballer (1941-2015).
Born September 24th, 1941 in Caslano.
Died December 18th, 2015 at 74 years old in Gentilino. [ref]
Loris Campana
Italian racing cyclist (1926–2015).
Born August 3rd, 1926 in Marcaria.
Died September 3rd, 2015 at 89 years old in Mantua. [ref]
Roar Johansen
Norwegian association football player and manager (1935-2015).
Born July 8th, 1935 in Fredrikstad Municipality.
Died October 23rd, 2015 at 80 years old in Fredrikstad Municipality.
Wilfried David
Belgian road bicycle racer (1946–2015).
Born April 22nd, 1946 in Bruges.
Died June 15th, 2015 at 69 years old in Wingene (traffic collision).
Bernard Van De Kerckhove
Road bicycle racer (1941-2015).
Born July 8th, 1941 in Mouscron.
Died September 15th, 2015 at 74 years old in Bruges. [ref]
Sarah Carneson
South african labour organizer and anti-apartheid activist (1916-2015).
Born June 17th, 1916 in Johannesburg. [ref]
Died October 30th, 2015 at 99 years old in Cape Town, Western Cape. [ref]
Kita
Brazilian footballer (1958-2015).
Born January 6th, 1958 in Passo Fundo.
Died October 3rd, 2015 at 57 years old in Passo Fundo (liver cancer).
Lyubov Tyurina
Olympic volleyball player (1943-2015).
Born April 25th, 1943 in Moscow.
Died October 22nd, 2015 at 72 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Jiří Hledík
Czech footballer (1929-2015).
Born April 19th, 1929 in Pardubice. [ref]
Died April 25th, 2015 at 86 years old in Hradec Králové. [ref]
Willi Fuggerer
Olympic cyclist (1941–2015).
Born September 11th, 1941 in Nuremberg. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 2015 at 73 years old in Nuremberg. [ref]
Lars Larsson
Swedish association football player (1962-2015).
Born March 16th, 1962 in Trelleborg.
Died March 8th, 2015 at 52 years old in Malmö.
Sebastiano Mannironi
Italian weightlifter.
Born July 22nd, 1930 in Nuoro.
Died June 12th, 2015 at 84 years old in Bracciano.
Henk Faanhof
Road bicycle racer (1922–2015).
Born August 29th, 1922 in Amsterdam.
Died January 27th, 2015 at 92 years old in Amsterdam.
Arshad Chaudhury
Pakistani field hockey player.
Born April 10th, 1950 in Faisalabad.
Died June 11th, 2015 at 65 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Iwao Horiuchi
Olympic medalist in wrestling.
Born December 9th, 1941 in Toyama Prefecture.
Died March 4th, 2015 at 73 years old in Chōfu (diabetes).
Paul Dearing
Field hockey player.
Born March 2nd, 1942 in Carrington.
Died April 6th, 2015 at 73 years old in Eleebana.
János Zsombolyai
Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.
Born January 30th, 1939 in Budapest.
Died January 4th, 2015 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Tor Arneberg
Sailor (1928–2015).
Born September 4th, 1928 in Oslo.
Died September 23rd, 2015 at 87 years old in Pinellas County.
Gösta Gärdin
Modern pentathlete (1923-2015).
Born May 28th, 1923 in Linköping Cathedral Congregation. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2015 at 92 years old
Imre Rapp
Association football player (1937-2015).
Born September 15th, 1937 in Dunaföldvár.
Died June 3rd, 2015 at 77 years old in Pécs. [ref]
Deaths 1151 to 1175 of 1235
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy