In the year 2015
1,067 Notable deaths
Ali Raymi
Boxing knockout artist.
Born December 7th, 1973 in Mecca.
Died May 23rd, 2015 at 41 years old in Sanaa (killed in action). [ref]
Anas al-Liby
Libyan al-qaeda member.
Born March 30th, 1964 in Tripoli.
Died January 2nd, 2015 at 50 years old in New York City (liver cancer).
Ieng Thirith
Cambodian politician and teacher (1932-2015).
Born March 10th, 1932 in Battambang Province.
Died August 22nd, 2015 at 83 years old in Pailin Province (Alzheimer's disease).
O'Neil Bell
Jamaican boxer.
Born December 29th, 1974 in Jamaica.
Died November 25th, 2015 at 40 years old in Atlanta.
Alfredo Pacheco
Salvadoran footballer (1982-2015).
Born December 1st, 1982 in Santa Ana.
Died December 27th, 2015 at 33 years old in Santa Ana. [ref]
Stanley Hoffmann
French-american political scientist (1928–2015).
Born November 27th, 1928 in Vienna.
Died September 13th, 2015 at 86 years old in Cambridge.
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Japanese manga artist.
Born June 10th, 1935 in Osaka. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2015 at 79 years old in Tokyo (lymphoma). [ref]
Robert P. Griffin
American politician (1923–2015).
Born November 6th, 1923 in Detroit. [ref]
Died April 17th, 2015 at 91 years old in Traverse City.
Richard Sapper
German industrial designer.
Born May 30th, 1932 in Munich. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2015 at 83 years old in Milan.
Leo Kadanoff
American physicist.
Born January 14th, 1937 in New York City.
Died October 26th, 2015 at 78 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Deaths 481 to 490 of 1067
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