In the year 2015
1,065 Notable deaths
Al Arbour
Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive (1932–2015).
Born November 1st, 1932 in Greater Sudbury.
Died August 28th, 2015 at 82 years old in Sarasota. [ref]
Mathieu Kérékou
Politician (1933-2015).
Born September 2nd, 1933 in Kouarfa.
Died October 14th, 2015 at 82 years old in Cotonou.
Nirmala Joshi
The succesor to mother teresa (1934-2015).
Born July 23rd, 1934 in Ranchi.
Died June 23rd, 2015 at 80 years old in Kolkata.
Daevid Allen
Australian musician.
Born January 13th, 1938 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2015 at 77 years old in Byron Bay (cancer). [ref]
Manoel de Oliveira
Portuguese film director.
Born December 11th, 1908 in Porto.
Died April 2nd, 2015 at 106 years old in Porto (heart failure).
Eileen Essell
English actress (1922–2015).
Born October 8th, 1922 in London.
Died February 15th, 2015 at 92 years old in London (disease).
John "Hot Rod" Williams
American basketball player.
Born August 9th, 1962 in Sorrento.
Died December 11th, 2015 at 53 years old in Baton Rouge (prostate cancer). [ref]
Charles Hard Townes
20th-century american physicist.
Born July 28th, 1915 in Greenville.
Died January 27th, 2015 at 99 years old in Oakland. [ref]
James Salter
American novelist and short-story writer (1925-2015).
Born June 10th, 1925 in New York City, Preston.
Died June 19th, 2015 at 90 years old in Sag Harbor. [ref]
Roy Tarpley
American basketball player.
Born November 28th, 1964 in New York City.
Died January 9th, 2015 at 50 years old in Arlington.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde