In the year 2015
1,083 Notable deaths
Jim Wright
20th-century american politician from texas.
Born December 22nd, 1922 in Fort Worth.
Died May 6th, 2015 at 92 years old in Fort Worth.
Maya Plisetskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015).
Born November 20th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died May 2nd, 2015 at 89 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction).
Irwin Keyes
American character actor (1952-2015).
Born March 16th, 1952 in New York City.
Died July 8th, 2015 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Kenan Evren
Turkish general (1917-2015).
Died May 9th, 2015 at 97 years old in Ankara (organ dysfunction). [ref]
Grace Lee Boggs
Social activist and feminist (1915-2015).
Born June 27th, 1915 in Providence.
Died October 5th, 2015 at 100 years old in Detroit. [ref]
Chris Burden
American sculptor and performance artist.
Born April 11th, 1946 in Boston. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2015 at 69 years old in Los Angeles, Topanga (cancer). [ref]
M. M. Kalburgi
Indian writer, scholar.
Born November 28th, 1938 in Vijayapura.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 76 years old in Dharwad. [ref]
Guru Josh
Jersey musician who was active in the british post-acid house scene (1964-2015).
Born June 6th, 1964 in Jersey.
Died December 28th, 2015 at 51 years old in Ibiza. [ref]
Günter Schabowski
German politician (1929-2015).
Born January 4th, 1929 in Anklam.
Died November 1st, 2015 at 86 years old in Berlin (stroke). [ref]
Billy Joe Royal
American singer (1942-2015).
Born April 3rd, 1942 in Valdosta.
Died October 6th, 2015 at 73 years old in Marietta. [ref]
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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius