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In the year 2015
1,135 Notable deaths
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015).
Born April 15th, 1931 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died March 26th, 2015 at 83 years old in Stockholm (stroke). [ref]
Jackson Vroman
Professional basketball player.
Born June 6th, 1981 in Laguna.
Died June 29th, 2015 at 34 years old in Los Angeles (drowning). [ref]
Gene Fullmer
American boxer.
Born July 21st, 1931 in West Jordan.
Died April 27th, 2015 at 83 years old in Taylorsville.
Nour El-Sherif
Egyptian actor.
Born April 28th, 1946 in Cairo.
Died August 11th, 2015 at 69 years old in Cairo (lung cancer).
Stephan Beckenbauer
German footballer (1968–2015).
Born December 1st, 1968 in Munich.
Died August 1st, 2015 at 46 years old in Munich (brain cancer). [ref]
Özgecan Aslan
Turkish university student who was murdered as she resisted a rape attempt (1995-2015).
Born October 22nd, 1995 in Mersin.
Died February 11th, 2015 at 19 years old in Tarsus.
M. H. Abrams
American literary theorist.
Born July 23rd, 1912 in Long Branch.
Died April 21st, 2015 at 102 years old in Ithaca.
Patricia Crone
Danish orientalist and historian (1945–2015).
Born March 28th, 1945 in Lejre Municipality. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2015 at 70 years old in Princeton (cancer). [ref]
Sally Forrest
Actress (1928-2015).
Born May 28th, 1928 in San Diego.
Died March 15th, 2015 at 86 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Deaths 361 to 370 of 1135
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