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In the year 2015
1,117 Notable deaths
Lasse Braun
Italian-french pornographic film director.
Born January 11th, 1936 in Algiers.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 79 years old in Rome (diabetes).
Gregg Palmer
American actor (1927-2015).
Born January 25th, 1927 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2015 at 88 years old in Encino. [ref]
Nek Chand Saini
Indian artist, known for building the rock garden of chandigarh (1924-2015).
Born December 15th, 1924 in Narowal District.
Died June 12th, 2015 at 90 years old in Chandigarh.
Robert Stone
American novelist.
Born August 21st, 1937 in Brooklyn.
Died January 10th, 2015 at 77 years old in Key West (disease).
Gene Amdahl
American physicist (1922-2015).
Born November 16th, 1922 in Flandreau.
Died November 10th, 2015 at 92 years old in Palo Alto (pneumonia). [ref]
Assia Djebar
French algerian writer and film director (1936-2015).
Born June 30th, 1936 in Cherchell.
Died February 6th, 2015 at 78 years old in 19th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Wendell H. Ford
American politician (1924-2015).
Born September 8th, 1924 in Owensboro.
Died January 22nd, 2015 at 90 years old in Owensboro (lung cancer).
Gunther Schuller
American composer and conductor (1925–2015).
Born November 22nd, 1925 in New York City.
Died June 21st, 2015 at 89 years old in Boston (leukemia). [ref]
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]
Francesco Rosi
Italian film director (1922–2015).
Born November 15th, 1922 in Naples. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2015 at 92 years old in Rome. [ref]
Deaths 391 to 400 of 1117
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld