In the year 2015
1,139 Notable deaths
Tom Jones
American racing driver (1943-2015).
Born April 26th, 1943 in Dallas.
Died May 29th, 2015 at 72 years old in Eastlake.
Miroslav Poljak
Croatian water polo player (1944-2015).
Born September 3rd, 1944 in Zagreb.
Died November 2nd, 2015 at 71 years old in Zagreb.
Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum
Iraqi ayatollah-politician (1927-2015).
Born January 17th, 1927 in Najaf.
Died April 7th, 2015 at 88 years old in Najaf.
Joseph Mukasa Zuza
Roman catholic bishop (1955–2015).
Born October 2nd, 1955 in Malawi.
Died January 15th, 2015 at 59 years old in Malawi (traffic collision).
Anne Cuneo
Swiss journalist (1936-2015).
Born September 6th, 1936 in Paris.
Died February 11th, 2015 at 78 years old
Ives Roqueta
French writer.
Born February 29th, 1936 in Sète.
Died January 4th, 2015 at 78 years old in Saint-Affrique.
Bengt Nyholm
Swedish association football goalkeeper (1930-2015).
Born January 30th, 1930 in Härnösand.
Died September 10th, 2015 at 85 years old in Mantorp. [ref]
Robert Folger Thorne
American botanist (1920-2015).
Born July 13th, 1920 in Spring Lake.
Died March 24th, 2015 at 94 years old in Pomona.
Mikhail Burtsev
Fencer.
Born June 21st, 1956 in Moscow.
Died October 16th, 2015 at 59 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Francisco González Ledesma
Spanish writer (1927–2015).
Born March 17th, 1927 in Barcelona.
Died March 2nd, 2015 at 87 years old in Barcelona (stroke).
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving