In the year 2015
1,042 Notable deaths
Georges Wolinski
French cartoonist (1934-2015).
Born June 28th, 1934 in Tunis. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2015 at 80 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Walter Burkert
German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931–2015).
Born February 2nd, 1931 in Neuendettelsau.
Died March 11th, 2015 at 84 years old in Uster.
André Brink
South african writer.
Born May 29th, 1935 in Vrede. [ref]
Died February 6th, 2015 at 79 years old in Cape Town. [ref]
Monica Lewis
American actress (1922-2015).
Born May 5th, 1922 in Chicago.
Died June 12th, 2015 at 93 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
William McIlvanney
Scottish writer (1936–2015).
Born November 25th, 1936 in Kilmarnock.
Died December 5th, 2015 at 79 years old in Netherlee (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Arsen Dedić
Croatian singer-songwriter, composer and poet.
Born July 28th, 1938 in Šibenik.
Died August 17th, 2015 at 77 years old in Zagreb.
Val Logsdon Fitch
American physicist.
Born March 10th, 1923 in Merriman.
Died February 5th, 2015 at 91 years old in Princeton.
Manuel Contreras
Chilean general (1929-2015).
Born May 4th, 1929 in Santiago.
Died August 7th, 2015 at 86 years old in Santiago (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Ron Springett
English footballer (1935-2015).
Born July 22nd, 1935 in Fulham.
Died September 12th, 2015 at 80 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Robert Spitzer
American psychiatrist.
Born May 22nd, 1932 in New York City.
Died December 25th, 2015 at 83 years old in Seattle. [ref]
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