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In the year 2015
1,135 Notable deaths
Jacob Bekenstein
Mexican-israeli physicist.
Born May 1st, 1947 in Mexico City.
Died August 16th, 2015 at 68 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Edward Egan
Catholic cardinal.
Born April 2nd, 1932 in Oak Park.
Died March 5th, 2015 at 82 years old in Manhattan (cardiac arrest).
Hermann Zapf
German type-designer, calligrapher, author and artist (1918-2015).
Born November 8th, 1918 in Nuremberg.
Died June 4th, 2015 at 96 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
Toller Cranston
Canadian figure skater and painter (1949-2015).
Born April 20th, 1949 in Hamilton.
Died January 24th, 2015 at 65 years old in San Miguel de Allende (myocardial infarction).
Alberto Nisman
Argentine lawyer and prosecutor.
Born December 5th, 1963 in Buenos Aires.
Died January 18th, 2015 at 51 years old in Torres Le Parc Puerto Madero.
Ron Clarke
Australian long-distance runner (1937-2015).
Born February 21st, 1937 in Melbourne.
Died June 17th, 2015 at 78 years old in Gold Coast (kidney failure). [ref]
Francis George
Catholic cardinal (1937–2015).
Born January 16th, 1937 in Chicago. [ref]
Died April 17th, 2015 at 78 years old in Chicago (liver cancer). [ref]
Takashi Amano
Japanese photographer.
Born July 18th, 1954 in Niigata.
Died August 4th, 2015 at 61 years old in Niigata (pneumonia). [ref]
Edward Soja
American urban planner.
Born May 4th, 1940 in New York City.
Died November 2nd, 2015 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
Jacobo Zabludovsky
Mexican journalist.
Born May 24th, 1928 in Mexico City.
Died July 2nd, 2015 at 87 years old in Mexico City (acute myocardial infarction).
Deaths 371 to 380 of 1135
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