In the year 2015
1,065 Notable deaths
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]
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
American film producer (1926-2015).
Born September 7th, 1926 in United States of America.
Died January 9th, 2015 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Vic Firth
American musician.
Born June 2nd, 1930 in Winchester.
Died July 27th, 2015 at 85 years old in Boston (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
John Renbourn
English guitarist and songwriter.
Born August 8th, 1944 in Marylebone.
Died March 26th, 2015 at 70 years old in Hawick (myocardial infarction).
Maurice Strong
Canadian businessman (1929-2015).
Born April 29th, 1929 in Oak Lake.
Died November 28th, 2015 at 86 years old in New Edinburgh.
Mary Ellen Mark
American photographer.
Born March 20th, 1940 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2015 at 75 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Billy Casper
American golfer.
Born June 24th, 1931 in San Diego.
Died February 7th, 2015 at 83 years old in Utah County (pneumonia).
Andy White
Drummer.
Born July 27th, 1930 in Glasgow.
Died November 9th, 2015 at 85 years old in Caldwell (stroke). [ref]
Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Algerian al-qaeda member.
Born June 1st, 1972 in Ghardaia.
Died June 14th, 2015 at 43 years old in Libya. [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 1065
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld