In the year 2015
1,066 Notable deaths
Dusty Rhodes
American professional wrestler (1945–2015).
Born October 12th, 1945 in Austin. [ref]
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).
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
Malaysian politician and muslim cleric.
Born January 10th, 1931 in Kelantan.
Died February 12th, 2015 at 84 years old in Kota Bharu (prostate cancer).
Pino Daniele
Italian singer-songwriter, and guitarist (1955-2015).
Born March 19th, 1955 in Naples. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2015 at 59 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Richard Bakalyan
American actor (1931-2015).
Born January 29th, 1931 in Watertown.
Died February 27th, 2015 at 84 years old in Elmira (disease).
Alberto Nisman
Argentine lawyer and prosecutor.
Born December 5th, 1963 in Buenos Aires.
Died January 18th, 2015 at 51 years old in Torres Le Parc Puerto Madero.
Mikhail Lesin
Russian political advisor.
Born July 11th, 1958 in Moscow.
Died November 5th, 2015 at 57 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 341 to 350 of 1066
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius