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In the year 2015
1,042 Notable deaths
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).
Arnold Peralta
Honduran footballer (1989-2015).
Born March 29th, 1989 in La Ceiba.
Died December 10th, 2015 at 26 years old in La Ceiba. [ref]
Marcus Borg
Writer, scholar.
Born March 11th, 1942 in Fergus Falls. [ref]
Died January 21st, 2015 at 72 years old in Powell Butte (pulmonary fibrosis). [ref]
Lisa Jardine
British historian (1944-2015).
Born April 12th, 1944 in Oxford.
Died October 25th, 2015 at 71 years old in London (breast cancer).
M. H. Abrams
American literary theorist.
Born July 23rd, 1912 in Long Branch.
Died April 21st, 2015 at 102 years old in Ithaca.
Dusty Rhodes
American professional wrestler (1945-2015).
Born October 12th, 1945 in Austin.
Died June 11th, 2015 at 69 years old in Orlando (stomach cancer).
Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015).
Born April 15th, 1931 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died March 26th, 2015 at 83 years old in Stockholm (stroke). [ref]
Hermann Zapf
German type-designer, calligrapher, author and artist (1918-2015).
Born November 8th, 1918 in Nuremberg. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2015 at 96 years old in Darmstadt. [ref]
Alcides Ghiggia
Uruguayan footballer (1926-2015).
Born December 22nd, 1926 in Montevideo.
Died July 16th, 2015 at 88 years old in Las Piedras (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eugenie Clark
American ichthyologist (1922–2015).
Born May 4th, 1922 in New York City.
Died February 25th, 2015 at 92 years old in Sarasota (lung cancer).
Deaths 331 to 340 of 1042
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