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In the year 2015
1,042 Notable deaths
Adrian Frutiger
Swiss typeface designer (1928-2015).
Born May 24th, 1928 in Unterseen. [ref]
Died September 10th, 2015 at 87 years old in Bremgarten bei Bern. [ref]
Ronnie Carroll
Northern irish singer (1934-2015).
Born August 18th, 1934 in Belfast.
Died April 13th, 2015 at 80 years old in London.
Yoichiro Nambu
American theoretical physicist (1921-2015).
Born January 18th, 1921 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2015 at 94 years old in Toyonaka (myocardial infarction).
Adam Yahiye Gadahn
Al-qaeda member (1978-2015).
Born September 1st, 1978 in Oregon.
Died January 19th, 2015 at 36 years old in Waziristan (drone strike).
Lance Percival
British actor and comedian (1933-2015).
Born July 26th, 1933 in Sevenoaks.
Died January 6th, 2015 at 81 years old in London.
Bud Yorkin
American producer, director, and screenwriter (1926–2015).
Born February 22nd, 1926 in Washington.
Died August 18th, 2015 at 89 years old in Bel Air.
Stevie Wright
Australian singer.
Born December 20th, 1947 in Leeds. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2015 at 68 years old in Moruya (pneumonia).
Gregory Walcott
Actor (1928-2015).
Born January 13th, 1928 in Wendell.
Died March 20th, 2015 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Mal Whitfield
American middle-distance runner and sprinter.
Born October 11th, 1924 in Bay City.
Died November 19th, 2015 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure). [ref]
Ulrich Beck
German sociologist & scholar.
Born May 15th, 1944 in Słupsk.
Died January 1st, 2015 at 70 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 1042
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou