In the year 2015
1,139 Notable deaths
Willem Aantjes
Dutch politician (1923–2015).
Born January 16th, 1923 in Bleskensgraaf.
Died October 22nd, 2015 at 92 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Hiroyuki Agawa
Author (1920–2015).
Born December 24th, 1920 in Hiroshima.
Died August 3rd, 2015 at 94 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Gheorghe Gruia
Romanian handball player (1940–2015).
Born October 2nd, 1940 in Bucharest.
Died December 9th, 2015 at 75 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charles D. Michener
American entomologist (1918–2015).
Born September 22nd, 1918 in Pasadena.
Died November 1st, 2015 at 97 years old in Lawrence.
Guo Jie
Chinese male discus thrower (1912–2015).
Born January 16th, 1912 in Dalian.
Died November 15th, 2015 at 103 years old in Xi'an. [ref]
Vera Gornostayeva
Russian pianist.
Born October 1st, 1929 in Moscow.
Died January 19th, 2015 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Ruth Mompati
South african politician (1925-2015).
Born September 14th, 1925 in North West.
Died May 12th, 2015 at 89 years old in Cape Town.
Lucian Bălan
Romanian footballer (1959-2015).
Born June 25th, 1959 in Bucharest.
Died November 12th, 2015 at 56 years old in Baia Mare. [ref]
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Dutch astronomer (1921–2015).
Born October 21st, 1921 in Berlin.
Died March 30th, 2015 at 93 years old in Oegstgeest.
Monica Scattini
Italian actress (1956–2015).
Born February 1st, 1956 in Rome.
Died February 4th, 2015 at 59 years old in Rome (melanoma). [ref]
Deaths 751 to 760 of 1139
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner