In the year 2015
1,068 Notable deaths
Varduhi Varderesyan
Armenian actress (1928-2015).
Born March 19th, 1928 in Bucharest.
Died November 24th, 2015 at 87 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Mikhail Burtsev
Fencer.
Born June 21st, 1956 in Moscow.
Died October 16th, 2015 at 59 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Frans Geurtsen
Dutch footballer (1942-2015).
Born March 17th, 1942 in Utrecht.
Died December 12th, 2015 at 73 years old in Alkmaar. [ref]
Kurt Oppelt
Austrian figure skater (1932–2015).
Born March 18th, 1932 in Vienna.
Died September 16th, 2015 at 83 years old in Orlando. [ref]
Bengt Nyholm
Swedish association football goalkeeper (1930-2015).
Born January 30th, 1930 in Härnösand.
Died September 10th, 2015 at 85 years old in Mantorp. [ref]
Endel Lippmaa
Estonian politician (1930–2015).
Born September 15th, 1930 in Tartu.
Died July 30th, 2015 at 84 years old in Tallinn.
Ivan Davidov
Bulgarian footballer (1943-2015).
Born October 5th, 1943 in Sofia.
Died February 19th, 2015 at 71 years old in Sofia.
Francisco González Ledesma
Spanish writer.
Born March 17th, 1927 in Barcelona.
Died March 2nd, 2015 at 87 years old in Barcelona (stroke).
Karen Stives
Equestrian (1950-2015).
Born November 3rd, 1950 in Boston.
Died August 14th, 2015 at 64 years old in Dover (cancer). [ref]
György Szabad
Hungarian historian, politician (1924-2015).
Born August 4th, 1924 in Arad.
Died July 3rd, 2015 at 90 years old in Budapest.
Deaths 911 to 920 of 1068
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