In the year 2015
1,042 Notable deaths
Manorama
Indian actress (1937-2015).
Born May 26th, 1937 in Mannargudi.
Died October 10th, 2015 at 78 years old in Chennai.
Sawyer Sweeten
American former child actor (1995-2015).
Born May 12th, 1995 in Brownwood.
Died April 23rd, 2015 at 19 years old in Austin (ballistic trauma).
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer.
Born August 17th, 1988 in Al Jahra.
Died November 12th, 2015 at 27 years old in Raqqa (death in battle). [ref]
Rod Taylor
Australian actor.
Born January 11th, 1930 in Sydney. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2015 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lesley Gore
American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1946-2015).
Born May 2nd, 1946 in Brooklyn.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 68 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]
Francesca Hilton
American actress (1947-2015).
Born March 10th, 1947 in New York City.
Died January 5th, 2015 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Wayne Dyer
American writer (1940-2015).
Born May 10th, 1940 in Detroit.
Died August 29th, 2015 at 75 years old in Maui (coronary artery disease). [ref]
Sadhana Shivdasani
Indian actress.
Born September 2nd, 1941 in Karachi.
Died December 25th, 2015 at 74 years old in Mumbai (cancer).
Geoffrey Lewis
American actor (1935-2015).
Born July 31st, 1935 in San Diego.
Died April 7th, 2015 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Diana Douglas
American actress (1923-2015).
Born January 22nd, 1923 in Bermuda.
Died July 3rd, 2015 at 92 years old in Woodland Hills (cancer).
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel