In the year 2015
1,155 Notable deaths
Malcolm Fraser
Australian politician, 22nd prime minister of australia (1930-2015).
Born May 21st, 1930 in Toorak.
Died March 20th, 2015 at 84 years old in Melbourne.
Denis Healey
British politician (1917-2015).
Born August 30th, 1917 in Mottingham.
Died October 3rd, 2015 at 98 years old in Alfriston. [ref]
Nicholas Smith
British actor (1934–2015).
Born March 5th, 1934 in Banstead.
Died December 6th, 2015 at 81 years old in Sutton (falling from height). [ref]
Steve Strange
Welsh singer (1959–2015).
Born May 28th, 1959 in Newbridge. [ref]
Died February 12th, 2015 at 55 years old in Sharm el-Sheikh (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Happy Rockefeller
American socialite.
Born June 9th, 1926 in Bryn Mawr.
Died May 19th, 2015 at 88 years old in Pocantico Hills (disease).
Anne Kirkbride
English actress (1954-2015).
Born June 21st, 1954 in Oldham.
Died January 19th, 2015 at 60 years old in Salford Royal Hospital (breast cancer).
Ellen Albertini Dow
American actress (1913–2015).
Born November 26th, 1913 in Mount Carmel.
Died May 4th, 2015 at 101 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Rick Ducommun
Canadian actor (1952-2015).
Born July 3rd, 1952 in Prince Albert.
Died June 12th, 2015 at 62 years old in Vancouver (diabetes). [ref]
Bob Burns
American drummer (1950–2015).
Born November 24th, 1950 in Jacksonville.
Died April 3rd, 2015 at 64 years old in Cartersville (car collision).
Jack Larson
American actor and theater writer (1928–2015).
Born February 8th, 1928 in Los Angeles.
Died September 20th, 2015 at 87 years old in Brentwood.
Marjorie Lord
Actress from the united states (1918-2015).
Born July 26th, 1918 in San Francisco.
Died November 28th, 2015 at 97 years old in Beverly Hills (disease).
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Canadian-american pharmacologist (1914-2015).
Born July 24th, 1914 in Cobble Hill, British Columbia.
Died August 7th, 2015 at 101 years old in London.
Kim Young-sam
President of south korea from 1993 to 1998.
Born December 20th, 1927 in Geoje.
Died November 22nd, 2015 at 87 years old in Seoul (heart failure).
Henning Mankell
Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist (1948–2015).
Born February 3rd, 1948 in Stockholm.
Died October 5th, 2015 at 67 years old in Gothenburg (lung cancer). [ref]
Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015).
Born July 1st, 1942 in San Francisco.
Died January 8th, 2015 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Jimmy Hill
English association football personality (1928-2015).
Born July 22nd, 1928 in Balham. [ref]
Died December 19th, 2015 at 87 years old in Hurstpierpoint (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Ben Woolf
American actor (1980-2015).
Born September 15th, 1980 in Fort Collins.
Died February 23rd, 2015 at 34 years old in Los Angeles (cranial trauma, traffic collision).
Nigel Terry
English actor.
Born August 15th, 1945 in Bristol.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 70 years old in Newquay (pulmonary emphysema).
Edward Brooke
American politician from massachusetts (1919–2015).
Born October 26th, 1919 in Washington, D.C..
Died January 3rd, 2015 at 95 years old in Coral Gables.
James Last
German musician (1929-2015).
Born April 17th, 1929 in Bremen.
Died June 9th, 2015 at 86 years old in Palm Beach Gardens (disease). [ref]
Gary Owens
American radio announcer.
Born May 10th, 1934 in Mitchell.
Died February 12th, 2015 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (diabetes).
Gene Saks
American stage and film director (1921–2015).
Born November 8th, 1921 in New York City.
Died March 28th, 2015 at 93 years old in East Hampton (pneumonia).
Jim Diamond
British singer (1951/1953–2015).
Born September 28th, 1951 in Glasgow.
Died October 10th, 2015 at 64 years old in London.
E. L. Doctorow
Novelist, editor, professor (1931-2015).
Born January 6th, 1931 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 21st, 2015 at 84 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]
Coleen Gray
American actress (1922–2015).
Born October 23rd, 1922 in Staplehurst.
Died August 3rd, 2015 at 92 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 175 of 1155
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks