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In the year 2015
1,117 Notable deaths
Ben E. King
American singer (1938–2015).
Born September 28th, 1938 in Henderson. [ref]
Died April 30th, 2015 at 76 years old in New Jersey, Teaneck (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Alex Rocco
American actor (1936-2015).
Born February 29th, 1936 in Cambridge.
Died July 18th, 2015 at 79 years old in Studio City (cancer).
Patrick Macnee
English actor (1922–2015).
Born February 6th, 1922 in London, Paddington.
Died June 25th, 2015 at 93 years old in Rancho Mirage.
Sam Simon
American director, producer, writer, boxing manager and philanthropist (1955-2015).
Born June 6th, 1955 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died March 8th, 2015 at 59 years old in Pacific Palisades (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history (1939–2015).
Born November 30th, 1939 in Salyan District.
Died September 4th, 2015 at 75 years old in Pago Pago (pneumonia).
Demis Roussos
Greek singer (1946-2015).
Born June 15th, 1946 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died January 25th, 2015 at 68 years old in Athens (liver cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Aarthi Aggarwal
Indian actress.
Born March 5th, 1984 in New Jersey.
Died June 6th, 2015 at 31 years old in Atlantic City (heart failure).
Dean Jones
American actor (1931–2015).
Born January 25th, 1931 in Decatur.
Died September 1st, 2015 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease).
Chris Squire
British musician.
Born March 4th, 1948 in Kingsbury.
Died June 28th, 2015 at 67 years old in Phoenix (acute erythroid leukemia).
Joan Sebastian
Mexican singer-songwriter (1951-2015).
Born April 8th, 1951 in Juliantla.
Died July 13th, 2015 at 64 years old in Guerrero (bone cancer).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 1117
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan