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In the year 2015
1,117 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]
Márton Fülöp
Hungarian footballer (1983-2015).
Born May 3rd, 1983 in Budapest.
Died November 12th, 2015 at 32 years old in Budapest (osteosarcoma). [ref]
Jayakanthan
Was an indian writer, journalist, orator, film-maker, critic and activist..
Born April 24th, 1934 in Cuddalore.
Died April 8th, 2015 at 80 years old in Chennai.
Bijoya Ray
Indian actress.
Born October 25th, 1918 in Patna.
Died June 2nd, 2015 at 96 years old in Kolkata (pneumonia).
John Renbourn
English guitarist and songwriter.
Born August 8th, 1944 in Marylebone.
Died March 26th, 2015 at 70 years old in Hawick (myocardial infarction).
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.
Douglass North
American economist and nobel laureate (1920–2015).
Born November 5th, 1920 in Cambridge.
Died November 23rd, 2015 at 95 years old in Benzonia (esophageal cancer).
Licio Gelli
Italian financier, liaison with nazi germany, p2 grandmaster, involved in many scandals (1919-2015).
Born April 21st, 1919 in Pistoia.
Died December 15th, 2015 at 96 years old in Arezzo (respiratory failure). [ref]
Phil Woods
American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer (1931–2015).
Born November 2nd, 1931 in Springfield.
Died September 29th, 2015 at 83 years old in Stroudsburg (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 1117
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