Deaths in 2015
This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2015. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-human organisms are also reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, established cause of death (if known) and reference.
January 2015
- Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer, philanthropist and president of Wolverhampton Wanderers.[1]
- Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer.[2]
- Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and socialist, long resident in the UK, multiple myeloma.[3]
- Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer.[4]
- Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, MP for Capricornia (1984–1993).[5]
- Clifford Adams, 62, American trombonist (Kool & The Gang), liver cancer.[6]
- Steve Gold, 58, British computer journalist.[7]
- Carl Long, 79, American baseball player.[8]
- Jimmy Lear, 92, American football player (University of Mississippi).[9]
- Lou Miliano, 67, American broadcaster (CBS Radio), lung cancer.[10]
- Paul Morgan, 40, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer.[11]
- Yoko Nagae Ceschina, 82, Japanese classical music philanthropist.[12]
- Elena Obraztsova, 75, Russian mezzo-soprano.[13]
- Gabriel Ramushwana, 73, South African general, Head of State of Venda (1990–1994), colon cancer.[14]
- Ed Skinner, 78, American lawmaker (member of the Iowa House of Representatives 1969-1973) and attorney.[15]
- Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).[16]
- Jenő Buzánszky, 89, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC, national team), Olympic champion (1952), last living member of the Golden Team.[17]
- Doriemus, 24, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1995), euthanised following paddock accident.[18]
- Anita Ekberg, 83, Swedish-Italian actress (La Dolce Vita, Paris Holiday, Back from Eternity).[19]
- Chashi Nazrul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi filmmaker (Ora Egaro Jon).[20]
- Chic Littlewood, 84, British-born New Zealand television personality.[21]
- Albert McPherson, 87, English footballer (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion).[22]
- es, 72, Argentine model and actress (Il Gaucho).[23]
- Walter Berns, 95, American constitutional law and political philosophy professor.[24]
- Frans Bolweg, 64, Dutch sailor and coach.[25]
- Brian Clemens, 83, British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers, The Professionals).[26]
- Abed Daoudieh, Jordanian politician, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister (1984).[27]
- Tim Drummond, 74, American bassist (Bob Dylan, Neil Young).[28]
- Pierre-André Fournier, 71, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rimouski (since 2008).[29]
- Elemér Hankiss, 86, Hungarian sociologist.[30]
- Maeve Hillery, 91, Irish doctor and president's wife.[31]
- Jim Hogan, 81, Irish Olympic long-distance runner, European champion (1966).[32]
- Harry V. Jaffa, 96, American political philosophy professor.[33]
- Annis Jensen, 93, American roller derby skater.[34]
- Elizabeth Kaltman, 41, American public relations executive (Disney), cancer.[35]
- Frederik H. Kreuger, 86, Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor and master forger Han van Meegeren, author and professor.[36]
- nl, 82, British-born Dutch sculptor, prostate cancer.[37]
- Junior Malanda, 20, Belgian footballer (VfL Wolfsburg, national under-21 team), traffic collision.[38]
- Marko Marin, 84, Slovenian theatre director and art historian.[39]
- Slobodan Martinović, 70, Serbian chess player.[40]
- Taylor Negron, 57, American comedian and actor (Angels in the Outfield, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome), cancer.[41]
- Francesco Rosi, 92, Italian film director (The Mattei Affair, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Salvatore Giuliano).[42]
- Robert Stone, 77, American novelist (Dog Soldiers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[43]
- Denis Tsygurov, 43, Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings).[44]
- Roger Wosahlo, 67, English footballer (Peterborough), cancer.[45]
- Angelo Anquilletti, 71, Italian footballer (A.C. Milan, national team).[46]
- Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, Indian feminist critic and academic.[47]
- Susan Calo-Medina, 73, Filipino travel writer and television host.[48]
- Amedy Coulibaly, 32, French jihadist, shot.[49]
- Popsy Dixon, 72, American musician (The Holmes Brothers), bladder cancer.[50]
- Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., 88, American film producer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), heart failure.[51]
- Robert V. Keeley, 85, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mauritius (1976–1978), Zimbabwe (1980–1984) and Greece (1985–1989), stroke.[52]
- Chérif Kouachi, 32, French jihadist, suspect in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, shot.[53]
- Saïd Kouachi, 34, French jihadist, suspect in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, shot.[53]
- Frans Molenaar, 74, Dutch fashion designer, complications from a fall.[54]
- Józef Oleksy, 68, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), cancer.[55]
- Bud Paxson, 80, American media executive, (Ion Television, Home Shopping Network).[56]
- Peder Pedersen, 69, Danish Olympic cyclist.[57]
- Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, 87, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sarawak (1970–1981).[58]
- Paul M. Starnes, 80, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1990).[59]
- Roy Tarpley, 50, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks).[60]
- William E. Boeing, Jr., 92, American businessman.[61]
- Andraé Crouch, 72, American gospel singer.[62]
- Kep Enderby, 88, Australian politician and judge, MP (1970–1975), Supreme Court Justice of New South Wales (1982–1992).[63]
- Jean-Claude Gasigwa, 31, Rwandan tennis player (Davis Cup team).[64]
- Peter Hill, 83, English footballer (Coventry City).[65]
- Jenő Lasztovicza, 53, Hungarian politician, MP (since 1998).[66]
- Nerlita Ledesma, 47, Filipino journalist (Abante), shot.[67]
- Curtis Lee, 75, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), cancer.[68]
- ru, 83, Russian spacecraft designer, chief designer of RSC Energia (since 2014).[69]
- Hubert Markl, 76, German biologist.[70]
- Ray McFall, 88, British nightclub owner (The Cavern Club).[71]
- Richard Meade, 76, British equestrian, three-time Olympic champion, cancer.[72]
- Leif Rantala, 67, Finnish linguist.[73]
- Egil Toreng, 92, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.[74]
- Nelson Townsend, 73, American athletic director.[75]
- Subhas Anandan, 67, Indian-born Singaporean lawyer, heart failure.[76]
- Vlastimila Češková, 109, Czech centenarian, nation's oldest living person.[77]
- Gilbert Finn, 94, Canadian businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994).[78]
- Tadeusz Konwicki, 88, Polish writer and filmmaker.[79]
- Mompati Merafhe, 78, Botswanan general and politician, Vice President (2008–2012).[80]
- Arch A. Moore, Jr., 91, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1969–1977, 1985–1989).[81]
- J. P. Parisé, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer.[82]
- Jethro Pugh, 70, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).[83]
- Archie Radebe, 55, South African footballer (AmaZulu) and coach.[84]
- B. S. Abdur Rahman, 87, Indian business executive and philanthropist (B. S. Abdur Rahman University).[85]
- Tim Roberts, 38, American professional wrestler.[86]
- David Rolfe, 50, Australian Paralympic swimmer, complications relating to heart surgery.[87]
- Julio Scherer García, 88, Mexican journalist, septic shock.[88]
- Herb Simpson, 94, American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads).[89]
- Rod Taylor, 84, Australian actor (The Time Machine, The Birds, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Inglourious Basterds), heart attack.[90]
- Notable French people killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting:[91]
- Cabu, 76, cartoonist
- Elsa Cayat, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist
- Charb, 47, caricaturist and journalist
- Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist
- Bernard Maris, 68, economist and journalist
- Tignous, 57, cartoonist
- Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist
- Vlastimil Bubník, 83, Czech ice hockey player and footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).[92]
- Buffalo Tiger, 94, American politician, Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (1962–1985).[93]
- Joseph Djida, 69, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ngaoundéré (since 2000).[94]
- Johannes de Villiers Graaff, 86, South African economist.[95]
- Lawrence Gushee, 83, American musicologist.[96]
- pl, 39, Polish motorcycle rally rider, race collision.[97]
- Ron Hovey, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).[98]
- Arthur Jackson, 96, American sports shooter.[99]
- Gene Kemp, 88, British children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler).[100]
- Sir Basil John Mason, 91, British meteorologist.[101]
- es, 89, Colombian sports executive, member of the IOC (1988–2006), liver cancer.[102]
- Lance Percival, 81, British actor (That Was the Week That Was, The Beatles) and singer ("Shame and Scandal in the Family").[103]
- Patricia Roppel, 76, American historian and teacher, specialist in the history of Southeast Alaska, cancer.[104]
- Thunder Rumble, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic.[105]
- Trevor Smith, 42, British actor (Coronation Street, Emmerdale).[106] (body found on this date)
- Joy Ali, 36, Fijian middleweight boxer.[107]
- Jean-Pierre Beltoise, 77, French Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, stroke.[108]
- Khan Bonfils, 42, English actor (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Skyfall).[109]
- Jim Burton, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack.[110]
- Eylül Cansın, 24, Turkish transgender woman, suicide by jumping.[111]
- Bobby Carter, 75, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1995–2002).[112]
- es, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).[113]
- Albert Firth, 77, English rugby league footballer (Wakefield Trinity).[114]
- ru, 45, Russian ice hockey player (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).[115]
- Joe Haines, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1981–1999).[116]
- Ken Hale, 75, English football player and manager.[117]
- Milton Hebald, 97, American sculptor.[118]
- Dan Held, 53, Canadian ice hockey player.[119]
- Francesca Hilton, 67, American actress and media personality, heart attack and stroke.[120]
- Martin Joseph, 65, Trinidadian politician, Minister of National Security (2003–2010), drowned.[121]
- Mustafa Kamal, 79, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (1999), heart disease.[122]
- Anthony Ledwith, 81, British chemist.[123]
- Joan Peters, 78, American author (From Time Immemorial), complications from a stroke.[124]
- King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician.[125]
- Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (1968–1988).[126]
- Ganesh Patro, 69, Indian playwright and screenwriter, cancer.[127]
- Chang Sung-hwan, 94, South Korean general and diplomat, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1962–1964).[128]
- Elisabetta Catalano, Italian photographer.[129]
- Pino Daniele, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.[130]
- Chitresh Das, 70, Indian dancer, instructor and choreographer, aneurysm.[131]
- Al Delugach, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, mesothelioma.[132]
- Lance Diamond, 72, American singer.[133]
- Jay Furman, 72, American real estate developer, cancer.[134]
- Joe Guercio, 87, American orchestra leader (Elvis Presley).[135]
- He Zhenliang, 85, Chinese politician and diplomat.[136]
- Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).[137]
- Azizullah Lodin, c. 75, Afghan politician.[138]
- Gasan Magomedov, 20, Russian footballer (Anzhi-2), shot.[139]
- John McPhee, 77, Scottish footballer (Blackpool, Motherwell).[140]
- Wesley Mensing, 27, American golf instructor, traffic collision.[141]
- Stu Miller, 87, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles).[142]
- Juan Isidro Moreno, 90, Dominican Republic poet.[143]
- Jack Parr, 78, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).[144]
- Natalino Pescarolo, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1992–2005) and Cuneo (1999–2005).[145]
- Hank Peters, 90, American baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles), complications from a stroke.[146]
- Ahuti Prasad, 57, Indian actor, colon cancer.[147]
- Stuart Scott, 49, American sports journalist (SportsCenter), cancer.[148]
- Michele Serros, 48, American novelist and poet, rare malignancy of the salivary glands.[149]
- Upendra Trivedi, 78, Indian actor and director.[150]
- René Vautier, 86, French film director (Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès).[151]
- Bernard Williams, 72, British film producer (A Clockwork Orange, Ragtime, Star Trek: Generations), cancer.[152]
- Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, 70, Polish academic.[153]
- János Zsombolyai, 75, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.[154]
- Jamal Uddin Ahmad, 85, Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1982).[155]
- Martin Anderson, 78, American economist, author and political adviser.[156]
- Edward Brooke, 95, American politician, member of the U. S. Senate from Massachusetts (1967–1979).[157]
- Bryan Caldwell, 54, American football player (Houston Oilers), Hodgkin's lymphoma.[158]
- Paulinus Costa, 78, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dhaka (2005–2011), heart attack.[159]
- Maher Hathout, 79, Egyptian-born American Islamic leader, cancer.[160]
- Rueben Philip Job, 86, American United Methodist prelate, Bishop of the Iowa Episcopal Area (1984–1992).[161]
- Olga Knyazeva, 60, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).[162]
- de, 42, Austrian journalist, lung cancer.[163]
- Bernice Madigan, 115, American supercentenarian, world's fifth-oldest person.[164]
- ru, 75, Russian general, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Defence Forces (1991–1997).[165]
- id, 51, Indonesian music critic and radio host, heart attack.[166]
- Allie Sherman, 91, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (New York Giants).[167]
- Jouko Törmänen, 60, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1980).[168]
- Per-Olof Åstrand, 92, Swedish physiologist.[169]
- James A. Barlow, 91, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1983–1987).[170]
- Charles Baur, 85, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Picardy (1976–1978, 1985–2004). [171]
- Noel Cobb, 76, American-born British philosopher, psychologist and author.[172]
- Little Jimmy Dickens, 94, American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"), cardiac arrest.[173]
- Baldina Di Vittorio, 94, Italian politician.[174]
- Danny Dunton, 90, English speedway rider and promoter.[175]
- Bob Gilmore, 53, British musicologist.[176]
- Vasant Gowarikar, 81, Indian scientist and ISRO chairman, dengue and urinary tract infection.[177]
- Basil Hansen, 88, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).[178]
- Bill Hart, 80, American actor and stuntman (The Wild Bunch, Army of Darkness, Glory).[179]
- Lloyd House, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1967–1968).[180]
- Roger Kitter, 64, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!).[181]
- Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist (Doraemon), diabetes.[182]
- Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody, liver cancer.[183]
- Derek Minter, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.[184]
- Arthur Neu, 81, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1973–1979), member of the Iowa Senate (1967–1973).[185]
- Tihomir Novakov, 85, Serbian-born American physicist.[186]
- István Pásztor, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist.[187]
- Kristian Sundtoft, 77, Norwegian politician.[188]
- Staryl C. Austin, 94, American air force brigadier general.[189]
- Ulrich Beck, 70, German sociologist, heart attack.[190]
- Matthew Cogley, 30, British musician and songwriter (Failsafe).[191]
- Fiona Cumming, 77, British television director (Doctor Who).[192]
- Eric Cunningham, 65, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984).[193]
- Mario Cuomo, 82, American politician, Governor of New York (1983–1994), heart failure.[194]
- Donna Douglas, 82, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, Frankie and Johnny, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.[195]
- Matthew Franjola, 72, American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer.[196]
- Jeff Golub, 59, American guitarist, progressive supranuclear palsy.[197]
- Omar Karami, 80, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1990–1992, 2004–2005).[198]
- Bill Keating, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins) and attorney.[199]
- Géry Leuliet, 104, French Roman Catholic prelate, world's oldest Catholic bishop, Bishop of Amiens (1963–1985).[200]
- Boris Morukov, 64, Russian physician and cosmonaut, STS-106 mission specialist.[201]
- Mrunalini Devi Puar, 83, Indian educator, Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (since 1988).[202]
- Ninón Sevilla, 85, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera), heart attack.[203]
- Ralph Stablein, 61, New Zealand management academic (Massey University).[204]
- William Lloyd Standish, 84, American federal judge, District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1987–2002).[205]
- Manasa Vaniqi, 62, Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel, Permanent Secretary for Sugar (since 2009).[206]
- Miller Williams, 84, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.[207]
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- ^ Mike Marqusee 1953-2015
- ^ Veteran Odia actor and director Hara Patnaik passes away
- ^ Disgraced former Queensland Labor leader Keith Wright dies in Vietnam
- ^ Kool and the Gang Trombonist Clifford Adams Dies at 62
- ^ '80s hacker turned journo, IT crime ace Steve Gold logs off
- ^ Former Negro League player Carl Long dies
- ^ Ole Miss great, hero of '52 Maryland game Lear dies
- ^ Retired CBS Radio News Reporter Lou Miliano Dies in Florida
- ^ RIP Paul Morgan
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- ^ Taylor Negron, Comedian & Actor, Dead At 57 After Long Battle With Cancer
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- ^ Novelist Robert Stone, known for 'Dog Soldiers' dies at 77
- ^ Хоккеист Денис Цыгуров, сын известного тренера Геннадия Цыгурова, умер в возрасте 43 лет Template:Ru icon
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- ^ La Scomparsa, Anegelo Anquilletti: Il cordoglio del Milan Template:It icon
- ^ Jashodhara Bagchi passes away
- ^ 'Queen of Travel' Susan Calo-Medina passes away
- ^ Amedy Coulibaly, Paris Kosher Market Terrorist, Had History Of Ties To Violence
- ^ 'Popsy' Dixon, drummer and vocalist for The Holmes Brothers, dies at age 72
- ^ Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Dies at 88
- ^ Robert V. Keeley, outspoken ambassador, dies at 85
- ^ a b French Police Storm Hostage Sites, Killing Gunmen
- ^ Dutch Fashion Designer Frans Molenaar Dies at Age 74
- ^ Józef Oleksy nie żyje Template:Pl icon
- ^ TV-Radio Enterpreneur Bud Paxson dies
- ^ Peder Pedersen er død Template:Dk icon
- ^ Tun Abdul Rahman Yakub passes away at 87
- ^ Former longtime state representative Paul Starnes passes away
- ^ Former Dallas Maverick Roy Tarpley dies at age 50
- ^ William Boeing Jr., son of Boeing Co. founder, dies at age 92
- ^ Grammy-winning gospel artist Andrae Crouch dies at 72
- ^ Kep Enderby, Gough Whitlam’s attorney-general and judge dies aged 88
- ^ Former Kenya Open champ Jean-Claude Gasigwa passes on
- ^ Remembering three men at the heart of the 1960s' Sky Blues revolution
- ^ RIP – Fidesz MP Jenő Lasztovicza dies aged 53
- ^ Abante reporter shot dead in Bataan
- ^ Homebuilder, singer Curtis Lee dies at 75
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- ^ Unermüdlicher Mahner und intellektuelle Leitfigur Template:De icon
- ^ Cavern Club owner Ray McFall dies
- ^ Obituary: Triple Olympic gold-medallist Richard Meade
- ^ Kuolan niemimaan tutkija Leif Rantala on kuollut Template:Fi icon
- ^ Egil Toreng er død Template:No icon
- ^ Nelson Townsend, former UB athletic director, dies in Florida
- ^ Veteran criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan dies
- ^ Oldest Czech dies aged 109
- ^ Former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor dies
- ^ Tadeusz Konwicki nie żyje. Pisarz miał 88 lat Template:Pl icon
- ^ Botswana: General Merafhe Passes On
- ^ Former WV Gov. Arch Moore dies at age 91
- ^ Former North Star J.P. Parise dies at 73
- ^ Former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman, ‘Ice Bowl’ participant Jethro Pugh dies
- ^ Juluka passes on
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- ^ Australian Paralympic swimmer David Rolfe dies
- ^ Julio Scherer García, journalist and irritant to politicians, dies at 88
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- ^ Australian actor Rod Taylor dies
- ^ Charlie Hebdo : les dessinateurs Cabu, Charb, Tignous et Wolinski sont morts Template:Fr icon
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- ^ Former Miccosukee chief who met with Castro dies
- ^ Bishop Joseph Djida
- ^ JOHANNES DE VILLIERS GRAAFF
- ^ Lawrence Gushee
- ^ Dakar: Polish rider Michal Hernik, 39, found dead along third stage
- ^ Geelong mourns death of Ron Hovey, former dual premiership player and president
- ^ Arthur C. Jackson (1918 - 2015)
- ^ Carnegie prize winning Exeter author and teacher Gene Kemp dies aged 88
- ^ Death of Sir John Mason
- ^ Colombia's lifetime member of International Olympic Committee dies
- ^ Percival
- ^ Alaska historian dies of cancer
- ^ New York-bred 1992 Travers winner Thunder Rumble dies
- ^ Emmerdale actor Trevor Smith confirmed as the body found in a Derbyshire quarry
- ^ Joy Ali passes away
- ^ French F1 winner Beltoise dies at 77
- ^ Former Star Wars actor collapses and dies during rehearsal for Dante's Inferno in London
- ^ Former Augusta Lynx Coach Passes Away
- ^ Turkish transgender woman commits suicide
- ^ Former state senator, Jackson businessman Bobby Carter dies at 75
- ^ Fallece Antonio Fuertes, ex futbolista de Valencia y Elche Template:Es icon
- ^ Tributes flood in for Wakefield Trinity legend Albert ‘Budgie’ Firth
- ^ Скоропостижно скончался бывший защитник хоккейной сборной России Template:Ru icon
- ^ Former state lawmaker, Greene County commissioner dies
- ^ Ken Hale RIP (18/09/1939–05/01/2015)
- ^ Milton Hebald, creator of prominent public sculptures, dies at 97
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- ^ Professor Anthony Ledwith CBE FRS
- ^ Joan Caro, author of controversial book on Israel, dies at 78
- ^ King Sporty Is Dead
- ^ Buffalo’s oldest living Bishop dies at 102
- ^ Telugu writer Ganesh Patro dead
- ^ Former Air Force chief of staff dies at 94
- ^ E' morta Elisabetta Catalano, la fotografa delle star Template:It icon
- ^ ‘Half-black’ Italian star is dead, aged 59
- ^ Pandit Chitresh Das dies at 70
- ^ Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Al Delugach dies
- ^ Lance Diamond dies
- ^ Jay Furman: Obituary
- ^ Joe Guercio, Elvis Presley’s Orchestra Leader, Dead at 87
- ^ 中国奥委会名誉主席何振梁因病去世 Template:Zh icon
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- ^ Ex-Afghan anti-corruption chief passed away in United States
- ^ Anzhi Makhachkala footballer Gasan Magomedov shot and killed in Russia
- ^ Armfield leads tributes to Pool hero John McPhee
- ^ Golf pro born in Hampton dies in NYC traffic accident.
- ^ Former Giants pitcher Stu Miller dies
- ^ Muere Juan Isidro Moreno, padre de Guillermo Moreno Template:Es icon
- ^ Former K-State hoop standout, Jack Parr, dies at 78
- ^ Bishop Natalino Pescarolo
- ^ Former Orioles GM Hank Peters Dies
- ^ Telugu actor Ahuti Prasad passes away at 57
- ^ Stuart Scott, ESPN anchor, dies of cancer at 49
- ^ Michele Serros, Who Wrote About Bicultural Life, Dies
- ^ Gujarati actor Upendra Trivedi passes away, PM Modi condoles death
- ^ French anti-colonial firebrand film-maker Vautier dies
- ^ Bernard Williams, Producer on 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Ragtime,' Dies at 72
- ^ Prof. Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński nie żyje Template:Pl icon
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- ^ Former deputy prime minister Jamal Uddin Ahmad dies
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- ^ Former US Senator Edward W. Brooke is dead at 95
- ^ Former ASU defensive lineman Bryan Caldwell dies at 54
- ^ Retired Dhaka Archbishop Paulinus Costa passes away
- ^ Dr. Maher Hathout, Muslim advocate for interfaith peace, dies at 79
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- ^ Charles Baur décède à 85 ans
- ^ Poeten Noel Cobb er død Template:No icon
- ^ Country great "Little" Jimmy Dickens dies at 94
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- ^ Bob Gilmore (1961-2015)
- ^ Former ISRO Chairman V R Gowarikar died in Pune
- ^ Hansen passes away
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- ^ Arizona's first Native American lawmaker dies
- ^ Allo Allo star Roger Kitter dies
- ^ Dubbing artist dies at age 63
- ^ Al-Qaeda terrorist suspect dies days before his trial in New York
- ^ Sonntagsgeschiednis met Huub - Ode aan Derek Minter Template:Nl icon
- ^ Former Lt. Governor Art Neu dies
- ^ Tihomir Novakov, 1929-2015
- ^ Elhunyt Pásztor István (1926-2015) Template:Hu icon
- ^ Sundtoft, Kristian ( 1937-2015 ) Template:No icon
- ^ Staryl Austin Obituary
- ^ Ulrich Beck obituary
- ^ Matthew Cogley dead: The Inbetweeners musician passes away on New Year's Day
- ^ Fiona Cumming 1937-2015
- ^ Eric Cunningham, former MPP, dead at 65
- ^ Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dies at 82
- ^ Donna Douglas, the Fairest ‘Beverly Hillbilly,’ Dies at 82
- ^ Vietnam War reporter Matthew Franjola dies aged 72
- ^ Guitarist Jeff Golub Dies at 59
- ^ Former Prime Minister Omar Karami dies at age of 80
- ^ Prominent Colorado attorney and former Bronco Bill Keating dies at 70
- ^ Bishop Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet
- ^ Скончался руководитель эксперимента "Марс-500" Борис Моруков Template:Ru icon
- ^ Mrunalini Devi Puar, Chancellor of M S University of Baroda, passes away
- ^ Ninón Sevilla dies of a heart attack
- ^ Professor Ralph Edward Stablein obituary
- ^ Attorney, Allegheny County, U.S. judge dies at 84, was mentor to many
- ^ Manasa Vaniqi passes away
- ^ Poet Miller Williams, 84, dies