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In the year 2015
1,117 Notable deaths
Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Algerian al-qaeda member.
Born June 1st, 1972 in Ghardaia.
Died June 14th, 2015 at 43 years old in Libya. [ref]
Eileen Essell
English actress (1922–2015).
Born October 8th, 1922 in London.
Died February 15th, 2015 at 92 years old in London (disease).
Bob Foster
American boxer (1938-2015).
Born April 27th, 1938 in Albuquerque.
Died November 21st, 2015 at 77 years old in Albuquerque.
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.
George Clayton Johnson
American writer (1929-2015).
Born July 10th, 1929 in Cheyenne.
Died December 25th, 2015 at 86 years old in North Hills (cancer).
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]
Vic Firth
American musician.
Born June 2nd, 1930 in Winchester.
Died July 27th, 2015 at 85 years old in Boston (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
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]
Tanith Lee
British writer (1947-2015).
Born September 19th, 1947 in London. [ref]
Died May 24th, 2015 at 67 years old in East Sussex (breast cancer).
Ulrich Beck
German sociologist & scholar.
Born May 15th, 1944 in Słupsk.
Died January 1st, 2015 at 70 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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