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In the year 2015
1,155 Notable deaths
George Coe
American actor (1929-2015).
Born May 10th, 1929 in Jamaica.
Died July 18th, 2015 at 86 years old in Santa Monica (disease). [ref]
Betsy Drake
American actress and writer (1923–2015).
Born September 11th, 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2015 at 92 years old in London.
Faten Hamama
Egyptian producer and actress (1931–2015).
Born May 27th, 1931 in Mansoura. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2015 at 83 years old in Cairo (circulatory collapse). [ref]
Lynn Anderson
American country music singer (1947-2015).
Born September 26th, 1947 in Grand Forks.
Died July 30th, 2015 at 67 years old in Nashville (myocardial infarction).
Darryl Dawkins
American basketball player-coach.
Born January 11th, 1957 in Orlando. [ref]
Died August 27th, 2015 at 58 years old in Allentown (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jerry Weintraub
American film producer and former chairman and ceo of united artists (1937–2015).
Born September 26th, 1937 in Brooklyn.
Died July 6th, 2015 at 77 years old in Santa Barbara (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Anthony Mason
American basketball player (1966-2015).
Born December 14th, 1966 in Miami.
Died February 28th, 2015 at 48 years old in Manhattan (congestive heart failure).
Jonathan Crombie
Canadian actor (1966–2015).
Born October 12th, 1966 in Toronto.
Died April 15th, 2015 at 48 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ron Moody
British actor (1924–2015).
Born January 8th, 1924 in London.
Died June 11th, 2015 at 91 years old in London.
Ann Rule
American true crime writer (1931–2015).
Born October 22nd, 1931 in Kent County.
Died July 26th, 2015 at 83 years old in Burien (heart failure).
Verne Gagne
American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015).
Born February 26th, 1926 in Robbinsdale.
Died April 27th, 2015 at 89 years old in Bloomington (Alzheimer's disease).
Meadowlark Lemon
American basketball player (1932–2015).
Born April 25th, 1932 in Wilmington. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2015 at 83 years old in Scottsdale. [ref]
Jerry Tarkanian
American basketball coach.
Born August 8th, 1930 in Euclid.
Died February 11th, 2015 at 84 years old in Las Vegas (respiratory failure).
Phil Taylor
English rock drummer (1954–2015).
Born September 21st, 1954 in Chesterfield.
Died November 11th, 2015 at 61 years old in London (liver failure). [ref]
David Canary
American actor (1938-2015).
Born August 25th, 1938 in Elwood.
Died November 16th, 2015 at 77 years old in Wilton (Alzheimer's disease).
Aruna Shanbaug
Pvs patient.
Born June 1st, 1948 in Haldipur.
Died May 18th, 2015 at 66 years old in Mumbai (pneumonia).
Dean Potter
American rock climber (1972–2015).
Born April 14th, 1972 in Leavenworth. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2015 at 43 years old in Yosemite National Park (BASE jumping).
Geoffrey Howe
British politician (1926–2015).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Port Talbot.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 88 years old in Warwickshire (myocardial infarction).
Warren Mitchell
English actor (1926-2015).
Born January 14th, 1926 in Stoke Newington.
Died November 14th, 2015 at 89 years old in London. [ref]
Flip Saunders
American basketball player, coach, executive (1955-2015).
Born February 23rd, 1955 in Cleveland.
Died October 25th, 2015 at 60 years old in Minneapolis (lymphoma).
Perro Aguayo Jr.
Mexican professional wrestler.
Died March 21st, 2015 at 35 years old in Tijuana (neck injury).
Stephen Lewis
British actor and playwright (1926–2015).
Born December 17th, 1926 in London.
Died August 12th, 2015 at 88 years old in Wanstead. [ref]
Gunnar Hansen
Icelandic-born american actor (1947–2015).
Born March 4th, 1947 in Reykjavík.
Died November 7th, 2015 at 68 years old in Northeast Harbor (pancreatic cancer).
Chantal Akerman
Belgian film director (1950-2015).
Born June 6th, 1950 in Etterbeek. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2015 at 65 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ernie Banks
American baseball player and coach.
Born January 31st, 1931 in Dallas.
Died January 23rd, 2015 at 83 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel