In the year 2015
1,135 Notable deaths
Richard Corliss
American editor for time magazine (1944-2015).
Born March 6th, 1944 in Philadelphia.
Died April 23rd, 2015 at 71 years old in New York City (stroke).
Pierre Brice
French actor (1929–2015).
Born February 6th, 1929 in Brest.
Died June 6th, 2015 at 86 years old in Compiègne (pneumonia).
Frank Watkins
American musician (1968-2015).
Born February 19th, 1968 in Tampa.
Died October 18th, 2015 at 47 years old (cancer). [ref]
Raymond Gosling
British physicist (1926-2015).
Born September 13th, 2023 in Wembley.
Died May 18th, 2015 at -9 years old
Georges Wolinski
French cartoonist (1934-2015).
Born June 28th, 1934 in Tunis. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2015 at 80 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Robert Riettii
British actor and director (1923-2015).
Born February 8th, 1923 in Paddington.
Died April 3rd, 2015 at 92 years old in London. [ref]
David Willcocks
British choral conductor, organist and composer (1919-2015).
Born December 30th, 1919 in Newquay.
Died September 17th, 2015 at 95 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Ron Springett
English footballer (1935-2015).
Born July 22nd, 1935 in Fulham.
Died September 12th, 2015 at 80 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Marvin Mandel
Governor of maryland (1920-2015).
Born April 19th, 1920 in Baltimore.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 95 years old in St. Mary's County.
Yaşar Kemal
Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015).
Born October 6th, 1922 in Gökçedam.
Died February 28th, 2015 at 92 years old in Istanbul (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde