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In the year 2015
1,134 Notable deaths
Douglas Tompkins
American environmentalist.
Born March 20th, 1943 in Conneaut. [ref]
Died December 8th, 2015 at 72 years old in Coyhaique (hypothermia).
Dickie Moore
American actor (1925–2015).
Born September 12th, 1925 in Los Angeles.
Died September 7th, 2015 at 89 years old in Wilton (dementia).
B. B. King
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015).
Born September 16th, 1925 in Itta Bena, Berclair.
Died May 14th, 2015 at 89 years old in Las Vegas (diabetes, stroke). [ref]
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-american actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist and political activist (1924-2015).
Died July 21st, 2015 at 91 years old in Westwood.
Justin Wilson
English racing driver (1978–2015).
Born July 31st, 1978 in Sheffield.
Died August 24th, 2015 at 37 years old in Allentown. [ref]
Tariq Aziz
Iraqi foreign minister under saddam hussein (1936-2015).
Born April 28th, 1936 in Tel Keppe.
Died June 5th, 2015 at 79 years old in Nasiriya (myocardial infarction).
Ravindra Jain
Indian composer (1944–2015).
Born February 28th, 1944 in Aligarh.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 71 years old in Mumbai (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Charles Kennedy
British politician (1959-2015).
Born November 25th, 1959 in Inverness.
Died June 1st, 2015 at 55 years old in Fort William (internal bleeding).
Laura Antonelli
Italian actress (1941-2015).
Born November 28th, 1941 in Pula.
Died June 22nd, 2015 at 73 years old in Ladispoli (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Percy Sledge
American singer (1941–2015).
Born November 25th, 1941 in Leighton. [ref]
Died April 15th, 2015 at 73 years old in Baton Rouge (liver cancer). [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 1134
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