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In the year 2015
1,155 Notable deaths
Clementa C. Pinckney
American politician.
Born July 30th, 1973 in Beaufort.
Died June 17th, 2015 at 41 years old in Charleston (ballistic trauma).
Ruth Rendell
British writer (1930-2015).
Born February 17th, 1930 in London.
Died May 2nd, 2015 at 85 years old in London (stroke).
Stan Freberg
American actor.
Born August 7th, 1926 in Pasadena.
Died April 7th, 2015 at 88 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia).
Nick Bockwinkel
American professional wrestler (1934-2015).
Born December 6th, 1934 in St. Louis.
Died November 14th, 2015 at 80 years old in Las Vegas. [ref]
Richie Benaud
Cricketer (1930-2015).
Born October 6th, 1930 in City of Penrith.
Died April 10th, 2015 at 84 years old in Sydney (cancer).
Richard Dysart
American actor (1929–2015).
Born March 30th, 1929 in Augusta.
Died April 5th, 2015 at 86 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Elizabeth Wilson
American actress (1921-2015).
Born April 4th, 1921 in Grand Rapids.
Died May 9th, 2015 at 94 years old in New Haven (disease).
Michele Ferrero
Italian entrepreneur (1925-2015).
Born April 26th, 1925 in Dogliani.
Died February 14th, 2015 at 89 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Candida Royalle
American pornographic filmmaker (1950–2015).
Born October 15th, 1950 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2015 at 64 years old in Mattituck (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015).
Born April 28th, 1973 in Konstanz.
Died December 28th, 2015 at 42 years old in San Francisco (hanging). [ref]
Little Jimmy Dickens
American musician (1920–2015).
Born December 19th, 1920 in Bolt.
Died January 2nd, 2015 at 94 years old in Nashville (cardiac arrest).
Dolph Schayes
American basketball player and coach.
Born May 19th, 1928 in The Bronx.
Died December 10th, 2015 at 87 years old in Syracuse (cancer). [ref]
Süleyman Demirel
9th president of the republic of turkey (1924-2015).
Born November 1st, 1924 in İslamköy.
Died June 17th, 2015 at 90 years old in Ankara (respiratory disease). [ref]
Jack Carter
Comedian and actor (1922-2015).
Born June 24th, 1922 in New York City.
Died June 28th, 2015 at 93 years old in Beverly Hills (respiratory failure). [ref]
Howard Kendall
English footballer and manager (1946-2015).
Died October 17th, 2015 at 69 years old in Southport. [ref]
Catherine Coulson
American actress (1943–2015).
Born October 22nd, 1943 in Elmhurst.
Died September 28th, 2015 at 71 years old in Ashland (cancer).
Christian Audigier
French fashion designer.
Born May 21st, 1958 in Avignon.
Died July 9th, 2015 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (bone cancer). [ref]
Rod McKuen
American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer (1933-2015).
Born April 29th, 1933 in Oakland.
Died January 29th, 2015 at 81 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia).
Ahmed Chalabi
Iraqi politician (1945–2015).
Born October 30th, 1944 in Kadhimiya.
Died November 3rd, 2015 at 71 years old in Baghdad (myocardial infarction).
Windell Middlebrooks
American actor (1979–2015).
Born January 8th, 1979 in Fort Worth.
Died March 10th, 2015 at 36 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary embolism).
Benedict Anderson
American political scientist (1936-2015).
Born August 26th, 1936 in Kunming. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2015 at 79 years old in Batu (heart failure).
Natalia Molchanova
Russian free diver (1962-2015).
Died August 2nd, 2015 at 53 years old in Formentera (drowning).
Holly Woodlawn
Puerto rican actress and former warhol superstar (1946–2015).
Born October 26th, 1946 in Juana Díaz.
Died December 6th, 2015 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (brain cancer). [ref]
Andy Fraser
British musician.
Born August 7th, 1952 in Paddington.
Died March 16th, 2015 at 62 years old in Temecula (death from AIDS-related complications).
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (1937-2015).
Born June 1st, 1937 in Wellington. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2015 at 77 years old in Norfolk Island (kidney failure). [ref]
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