In the year 2015
1,117 Notable deaths
Melissa Mathison
American film and television screenwriter (1950–2015).
Born June 3rd, 1950 in Los Angeles.
Died November 4th, 2015 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Moses Malone
American basketball player.
Born March 23rd, 1955 in Petersburg. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2015 at 60 years old in Norfolk (cardiovascular disease).
Saeed Jaffrey
Indian actor (1929–2015).
Born January 8th, 1929 in Malerkotla.
Died November 15th, 2015 at 86 years old in London (cerebral hemorrhage).
Sawyer Sweeten
American former child actor (1995-2015).
Born May 12th, 1995 in Brownwood.
Died April 23rd, 2015 at 19 years old in Austin (ballistic trauma).
Fred Thompson
American politician and actor (1942-2015).
Born August 19th, 1942 in Sheffield.
Died November 1st, 2015 at 73 years old in Nashville (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959-2015).
Born December 6th, 1959 in Sapporo. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2015 at 55 years old in Kyoto (cholangiocarcinoma). [ref]
Geoffrey Lewis
American actor (1935-2015).
Born July 31st, 1935 in San Diego.
Died April 7th, 2015 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015).
Born July 9th, 1933 in Willesden.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 82 years old in Greenwich Village (liver metastasis). [ref]
Lesley Gore
American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1946-2015).
Born May 2nd, 1946 in Brooklyn.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 68 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]
Kayla Mueller
American aid worker and murder victim.
Born August 14th, 1988 in Prescott.
Died February 6th, 2015 at 26 years old in Raqqa.
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What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller