In the year 2015
1,118 Notable deaths
Tatu Vanhanen
Finnish scientist (1929-2015).
Born April 17th, 1929 in Ozyorskoye.
Died August 22nd, 2015 at 86 years old in Nurmijärvi. [ref]
Andriy Kuzmenko
Ukrainian singer and actor (1968-2015).
Born August 17th, 1968 in Sambir.
Died February 2nd, 2015 at 46 years old in Kryvyi Rih Raion (traffic collision).
Ihab Hassan
American literary theorist (1925–2015).
Born October 17th, 1925 in Cairo.
Died September 10th, 2015 at 89 years old in Milwaukee. [ref]
Dick Nanninga
Dutch footballer (1949–2015).
Born January 17th, 1949 in Groningen.
Died July 21st, 2015 at 66 years old in Maaseik (diabetes). [ref]
William Wakefield Baum
American catholic cardinal (1926–2015).
Born November 21st, 1926 in Dallas.
Died July 23rd, 2015 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alexander Rich
American biologist (1924–2015).
Born November 15th, 1924 in Hartford.
Died April 27th, 2015 at 90 years old in Boston.
Philippe Honoré
French cartoonist.
Born November 25th, 1941 in Vichy.
Died January 7th, 2015 at 73 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Mile Mrkšić
Croatian serb war criminal.
Born July 20th, 1947 in Gvozd.
Died August 16th, 2015 at 68 years old in Lisbon.
Bob Kauffman
American basketball player and coach.
Born July 13th, 1946 in Brooklyn.
Died July 27th, 2015 at 69 years old in Lilburn. [ref]
Pedro Lemebel
Chilean writer.
Born November 21st, 1952 in Santiago.
Died January 22nd, 2015 at 62 years old in Santiago (laryngeal cancer).
Deaths 561 to 570 of 1118
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks