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In the year 2015
1,122 Notable deaths
Iwao Horiuchi
Olympic medalist in wrestling.
Born December 9th, 1941 in Toyama Prefecture.
Died March 4th, 2015 at 73 years old in Chōfu (diabetes).
Paul Dearing
Field hockey player.
Born March 2nd, 1942 in Carrington.
Died April 6th, 2015 at 73 years old in Eleebana.
János Zsombolyai
Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.
Born January 30th, 1939 in Budapest.
Died January 4th, 2015 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Gösta Gärdin
Modern pentathlete (1923-2015).
Born May 28th, 1923 in Linköping cathedral. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2015 at 92 years old
Imre Rapp
Association football player (1937-2015).
Born September 15th, 1937 in Dunaföldvár.
Died June 3rd, 2015 at 77 years old in Pécs. [ref]
Maria Golubnichaya
Soviet track and field athlete (1924–2015).
Born February 24th, 1924 in Dubovka.
Died August 22nd, 2015 at 91 years old
Albert Valtin
Soviet basketball player (1937-2015).
Born November 17th, 1937 in Kharkiv.
Died February 18th, 2015 at 77 years old in Kyiv.
Karl-Heinz Narjes
German politician (1924-2015).
Born January 30th, 1924 in Soltau.
Died January 26th, 2015 at 90 years old in Bonn.
Lev Fyodorovich Kuznetsov
Fencer.
Born June 1st, 1930 in Moscow.
Died March 16th, 2015 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Yuri Afanasiev
Soviet and russian politician and historian (1934-2015).
Born September 5th, 1934 in Mayna.
Died September 14th, 2015 at 81 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 1071 to 1080 of 1122
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