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In the year 2015
1,118 Notable deaths
Dieter Moebius
Swiss musician (1944-2015).
Born January 16th, 1944 in St. Gallen.
Died July 20th, 2015 at 71 years old in Germany (cancer).
Joseph Frederick Engelberger
American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur.
Born July 26th, 1925 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 1st, 2015 at 90 years old in Newtown (stroke). [ref]
Jon Vickers
Canadian singer (1926-2015).
Born October 29th, 1926 in Prince Albert.
Died July 10th, 2015 at 88 years old in Ontario (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
André Glucksmann
French philosopher.
Born June 19th, 1937 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Died November 9th, 2015 at 78 years old in 10th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
Raúl Héctor Castro
American judge (1916-2015).
Born June 12th, 1916 in Heroica Ciudad de Cananea.
Died April 10th, 2015 at 98 years old in San Diego.
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015).
Born October 28th, 1957 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died March 9th, 2015 at 57 years old in Villa Castelli (falling from height, Villa Castelli helicopter collision).
Maria Radner
German opera singer.
Born January 1st, 1981 in Düsseldorf.
Died March 24th, 2015 at 34 years old in Prads-Haute-Bléone (mass murder).
J. P. Parisé
Canadian ice hockey player (1941-2015).
Born December 11th, 1941 in Smooth Rock Falls.
Died January 7th, 2015 at 73 years old in Prior Lake (lung cancer).
Zhelyu Zhelev
President of bulgaria (1935-2015).
Born March 3rd, 1935 in Veselinovo.
Died January 30th, 2015 at 79 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Philip Levine
Jewish-american poet (1928-2015).
Born January 10th, 1928 in Detroit.
Died February 14th, 2015 at 87 years old in Fresno (pancreatic cancer).
Deaths 461 to 470 of 1118
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht