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In the year 2015
1,117 Notable deaths
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.
Yoram Gross
Polish-australian animation producer and director (1926–2005).
Born October 18th, 1926 in Kraków.
Died September 21st, 2015 at 88 years old in Sydney.
Robert Spitzer
American psychiatrist.
Born May 22nd, 1932 in New York City.
Died December 25th, 2015 at 83 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Chris Rainbow
British singer-songwriter.
Born November 18th, 1946 in Glasgow.
Died February 25th, 2015 at 68 years old in Isle of Skye (Parkinson's disease).
Władysław Bartoszewski
Polish politician and activist (1922–2015).
Born February 19th, 1922 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died April 25th, 2015 at 93 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Henry Holland
Us university professor ,american scientist (1929–2015).
Born February 2nd, 1929 in Fort Wayne.
Died August 9th, 2015 at 86 years old in Ann Arbor. [ref]
Chikao Ōtsuka
Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1929-2015).
Born July 5th, 1929 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died January 15th, 2015 at 85 years old in Shinjuku (heart failure).
Karl H. Pribram
Austrian neuroscientist.
Born February 25th, 1919 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2015 at 95 years old in Virginia (cancer). [ref]
Mark Murphy
American singer (1932-2015).
Born March 14th, 1932 in Syracuse.
Died October 22nd, 2015 at 83 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home. [ref]
Rutger Gunnarsson
Swedish musician, record producer, music arranger (1946–2015).
Born February 12th, 1946 in Linköping Cathedral Congregation.
Died April 30th, 2015 at 69 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Deaths 431 to 440 of 1117
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore