In the year 2015

1,117 Notable deaths

Otto Carius

German army tank commander.

Born May 27th, 1922 in Zweibrücken.

Died January 24th, 2015 at 92 years old in Herschweiler-Pettersheim.

Marshall Rosenberg

American psychologist (1934-2015).

Born October 6th, 1934 in Canton.

Died February 7th, 2015 at 80 years old in Albuquerque. [ref]

Evgeny Primakov

4th russian prime minister (1929–2015).

Born October 29th, 1929 in Kyiv.

Died June 26th, 2015 at 85 years old in Moscow (liver cancer). [ref]

Kenji Gotō

Japanese journalist and hostage in syria.

Born September 22nd, 1967 in Sendai.

Died January 31st, 2015 at 47 years old in Syria (decapitation).

Madame Claude

French madam (1923-2015).

Born July 6th, 1923 in Angers. [ref]

Died December 21st, 2015 at 92 years old in Nice. [ref]

Charles Correa

Indian architect and urban planner.

Born September 1st, 1930 in Hyderabad.

Died June 16th, 2015 at 84 years old in Mumbai (disease).

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).

Akiyuki Nosaka

Japanese novelist, singer and politician (1930-2015).

Born October 10th, 1930 in Kamakura.

Died December 9th, 2015 at 85 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction). [ref]

David Carr

American journalist.

Born September 8th, 1956 in Minneapolis.

Died February 12th, 2015 at 58 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [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]

Deaths 221 to 230 of 1117

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Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr