In the year 2015
1,140 Notable deaths
Aleksandr Melentyev
Soviet sport shooter.
Born June 27th, 1954 in Penza.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 60 years old in Bishkek. [ref]
Peder Pedersen
Danish cyclist (1945-2015).
Born November 3rd, 1945 in Nørre Nærå.
Died January 9th, 2015 at 69 years old in Odense (cancer). [ref]
Zdravko Zupan
Comics artist and historian (1950-2015).
Born February 7th, 1950 in Zagreb.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 65 years old in Belgrade.
Michel Scheuer
West german canoe racer.
Born May 20th, 1927 in Luxembourg.
Died March 31st, 2015 at 87 years old in Krefeld. [ref]
Arnold Schütz
German footballer (1935-2015).
Born January 19th, 1935 in Bremen.
Died April 14th, 2015 at 80 years old in Bremen.
David Turner
American rower (1923-2015).
Born September 23rd, 1923 in Oakland.
Died June 26th, 2015 at 91 years old in Jacksonville.
Achim Hill
East german rower (1935-2015).
Born April 1st, 1935 in Berlin.
Died August 4th, 2015 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Oleg Sakirkin
Kazakh and soviet triple jumper.
Born January 23rd, 1966 in Shymkent.
Died March 18th, 2015 at 49 years old in Shymkent.
Mate Trojanović
Yugoslavian rower (1930-2015).
Born May 20th, 1930 in Metković.
Died March 27th, 2015 at 84 years old in Maribor.
Ricardo Ferrero
Argentinian association football player (1955-2015).
Born April 5th, 1955 in Córdoba.
Died November 16th, 2015 at 60 years old in Rosario. [ref]
Deaths 1041 to 1050 of 1140
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs