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.
March 2015
- H. H. ter Balkt, 76, Dutch poet.[1]
- Jack Harte, 94, Irish politician, Senator (1973–1992).[2]
- Otar Koberidze, 90, Georgian actor and film director.[3]
- James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, 94, Northern Irish politician, UK MP for South Antrim (1970–1983) and Lagan Valley (1983–1997), member of the House of Lords (since 1997), leader of Ulster Unionist Party (1979–1995).[4]
- Inezita Barroso, 90, Brazilian folk singer.[5]
- es, 78, Spanish politician, President of the Lugo County Council (1983–2007).[6]
- Pavlo Khudzik, 29, Ukrainian footballer (Lviv, Zorya), complication after traffic collision.[7]
- Tjol Lategan, 89, South African rugby union player.[8]
- Vinod Mehta, 73, Indian magazine and newspaper editor (The Pioneer, Outlook), multiple organ failure.[9]
- Sam Simon, 59, American writer and producer (The Simpsons, The Drew Carey Show), cancer.[10]
- Gerardo Sofovich, 77, Argentine actor, director and television presenter, heart failure.[11]
- Lew Soloff, 71, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat & Tears), heart attack.[12]
- Gregorio Bundio, 86, Argentine football player and coach (El Salvador national team).[13]
- es, 43, Argentine psychologist and journalist, heart attack.[14]
- Izola Curry, 98, American woman who tried to murder Martin Luther King, Jr..[15]
- G. Karthikeyan, 66, Indian politician, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (since 2011), liver cancer.[16]
- F. Ray Keyser, Jr., 87, American politician, Governor of Vermont (1961–1963).[17]
- Osi Rhys Osmond, Welsh painter and television presenter, cancer.[18]
- Yoshihiro Tatsumi, 79, Japanese manga author.[19]
- Ross Turnbull, 74, Australian rugby union player (national team), cancer.[20]
- Lisa Bonchek Adams, 45, American breast cancer advocate and blogger, cancer.[21]
- Mick Clark, 78, English rugby league player (Leeds), Parkinson's disease.[22]
- Fred Craddock, 86, American Christian minister, Parkinson's disease.[23]
- Ram Sundar Das, 94, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1979–1980).[24]
- Marianne Hilarides, 81, Dutch Ballet dancer.[25]
- Kishore Te, 36, Indian film editor, blood clot. (Aadukalam).[26]
- Vasilios Magginas, 66, Greek politician, Minister of Employment (2007).[27]
- zh, 64, Taiwanese businessman and politician.[28]
- Pheiroijam Parijat Singh, 72, Indian politician.[29]
- Abu Hammam al-Shami, Syrian militant, general military commander of Jabhat al-Nusra, airstrike.[30]
- Vlada Divljan, 56, Serbian musician (Idoli).[31]
- Edward Egan, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal, Bishop of Bridgeport (1988–2000), Archbishop of New York (2000–2009).[32]
- Katherine Godwin, 98, American teacher and educator, First Lady of Virginia (1966–1970, 1974–1978).[33]
- Maigore Kallon, 89, Sierra Leonean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1965–1967).[34]
- Umarali Kuvvatov, 46, Tajikistani opposition politician, shot.[35]
- Fred Latremouille, 69, Canadian radio host.[36]
- Albert Maysles, 88, American documentary filmmaker (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens).[37]
- Jim McCann, 70, Irish musician (The Dubliners).[38]
- James H. Norick, 95, American politician, Mayor of Oklahoma City (1959–1963, 1967–1971).[39]
- Dirk Shafer, 52, American model, actor and director (Man of the Year).[40]
- Dušan Bilandžić, 90, Croatian historian and politician.[41]
- Terry Fearnley, 81, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs) and coach (national team), cancer.[42]
- George W. Grayson, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1973–1981, 51st district; 1983–2001, 96th district), heart attack.[43]
- Ray Hatton, 83, British-born American author.[44]
- Karl-Alfred Jacobsson, 89, Swedish footballer (GAIS).[45]
- Jørgen Jensen, 68, Danish Olympic cyclist (1968).[46]
- Ninan Koshy, 81, Indian academic.[47]
- ro, 79, Romanian actor and theater director, cancer.[48]
- Jam Sebastian, 28, Filipino webcast personality, lung cancer.[49]
- pl, 68, Polish football coach.[50]
- Kerry Ashby, 86, New Zealand rower.[51]
- Lynn Borden, 77, American actress (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Hazel).[52]
- Ernest Braun, 89, Austrian-born British academic and author.[53]
- André Brulé, 93, French racing cyclist.[54]
- M. Stanton Evans, 80, American journalist, author and educator, pancreatic cancer.[55]
- zh, 57, Taiwanese food critic, uterine cancer.[56]
- Tatang Koswara, 68, Indonesian army sniper, heart attack.[57]
- Roy McCrohan, 84, English footballer (Norwich City).[58]
- Octávio Mobiglia, 83, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).[59]
- John Mockler, 73, American politician, California Secretary of Education (2000–2002), pancreatic cancer.[60]
- Dennis Barker, 85, British journalist.[61]
- Tom Butters, 89, Canadian politician.[62]
- Leslie Chamberlain, 81, English rugby league player.[63]
- Francisco González Ledesma, 87, Spanish novelist, comics writer and journalist, complications of a stroke.[64]
- Bettina Graziani, 90, French fashion model.[65]
- Beverly Hall, 68, Jamaican-born American educator, breast cancer.[66]
- Dean Hess, 97, American minister and air force colonel.[67]
- Lavkumar Khachar, 84, Indian ornithologist, prostate cancer.[68]
- Dave Mackay, 80, Scottish football player and manager (Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County).[69]
- Jem Marsh, 84, British automotive engineer, co-founder of Marcos Engineering.[70]
- fr, 99, French soldier.[71]
- Jay Morrish, 78, American golf course designer.[72]
- Mal Peet, 67, British author and illustrator, cancer.[73]
- Brian Carman, 69, American guitarist (The Chantays).[74]
- Deedee Corradini, 70, American politician, Mayor of Salt Lake City (1992–2000), lung cancer.[75]
- Suzanne Farrington, 81, British actress.[76]
- Joshua Fishman, 88, American linguist.[77]
- Orrin Keepnews, 91, American jazz record producer, executive and writer.[78]
- Anatoly Logunov, 88, Russian theoretical physicist and academician (Russian Academy of Sciences).[79]
- Stuart McGrady, 29, Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Queen's Park).[80]
- Jeff McKnight, 52, American baseball player (New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles), leukemia.[81]
- Guram Minashvili, 79, Georgian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1960), three-time European champion (1957, 1959, 1963).[82]
- Minnie Miñoso, 92, Cuban baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians), pulmonary artery dissection.[83]
- Tony Reddin, 95, Irish hurler (Tipperary GAA).[84]
- Thomas J. Stanley, 71, American author (The Millionaire Next Door, The Millionaire Mind), traffic collision.[85]
- Atul Tandon, 67, Indian academic, heart attack.[86]
- es, 93, French footballer (Angers, Montpellier).[87]
- nl, 86, Dutch sculptor.[88]
- Daniel von Bargen, 64, American actor (Malcolm in the Middle, Philadelphia, Super Troopers), complications from diabetes.[89]
- Thomas Philip Watson, 81, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1972–1987).[90]
- Chris Welp, 51, German basketball player (Washington Huskies), heart attack.[91]
- Wolfram Wuttke, 53, German footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1988).[92]
Earlier months
See also
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References
- ^ H.H. ter Balkt overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ Former Labour Senator Jack Harte dies
- ^ Otar Koberidze passes away
- ^ James Molyneaux: Former UUP leader dies age 94
- ^ Morre em SP, aos 90 anos, a dama da música caipira, Inezita Barroso (in Portuguese)
- ^ Muere Francisco Cacharro Pardo, histórico ex presidente de la Diputación Template:Es icon
- ^ Пішов з життя Павло Худзік Template:Uk icon
- ^ Ex-Springbok Tjol Lategan dies
- ^ Veteran journalist Vinod Mehta passes away in Delhi
- ^ Sam Simon, Co-Creator of ‘The Simpsons,’ Dies at 59
- ^ Argentine TV legend Gerardo Sofovich dies
- ^ Passings Lew Soloff, Jazz & Blood, Sweat & Tears Trumpeter (1944 - 2015)
- ^ Falleció Bundio, DT que nos clasificó a México 1970 Template:Es icon
- ^ Murió Eduardo Chaktoura, columnista de "El diario de Mariana" y "Lanata sin filtro" Template:Es icon
- ^ http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/assassination/izola-ware-curry-dies-897043
- ^ Kerala Assembly speaker G Karthikeyan passes away
- ^ Former Republican Vermont Gov. F. Ray Keyser Jr. dies at 88
- ^ Welsh artist and lecturer Osi Rhys Osmond dies
- ^ Yoshihiro Tatsumi Passes Away, Aged 79
- ^ Former Wallaby Ross Turnbull, 74, dies after battle with cancer
- ^ Breast cancer advocate, blogger dies at 45
- ^ Former Leeds RL captain Clark dies
- ^ Fred Craddock, 'preaching genius,' dies at 86
- ^ Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das Dies
- ^ Marianne Hilarides was Nederlands eerste echte ballerina
- ^ Editor Kishore Passes Away; Celebrities Mourn His Death
- ^ Former ND minister Vasilis Magginas passes away, aged 66
- ^ Former Hualon Group chief, lawmaker Oung Ta-ming dies
- ^ Former minister, CPI leader dies
- ^ Senior Jabhat al-Nusra commander Abu Hammam al-Shami 'killed in Syria air strike'
- ^ Preminuo Vlada Divljan Template:Sr icon
- ^ Death of Edward Cardinal Egan
- ^ Katherine Godwin, widow of Gov. Mills Godwin, dies at 98
- ^ Sierra Leone Politics : SLPP’s Maigore Kallon Passes Away at 89
- ^ Tajik opposition leader killed in gun attack in Istanbul
- ^ Longtime Vancouver Radio Host Fred Latremouille Dies at 69
- ^ Documentary Filmmaker Albert Maysles Dies At 88
- ^ The Dubliners' singer Jim McCann has passed away at age of 70
- ^ Former OKC Mayor James Norick Dies At 95
- ^ ‘Man Of The Year’ Filmmaker Dirk Shafer Found Dead
- ^ Umro akademik Dušan Bilandžić Template:Hr icon
- ^ Terry Fearnley, former NSW Blues and Kangaroos coach, dies aged 81
- ^ Former Historic Triangle Delegate George Grayson Dies at 76
- ^ Deaths
- ^ Gais störste har gått ur tiden Template:Sv icon
- ^ Eks-OIK-formand Jørgen Jensen er død Template:Da icon
- ^ Prof Ninan Koshy dies
- ^ George Motoi a murit Template:Ro icon
- ^ Jamich's Jam Sebastian dies at 28
- ^ Nie żyje Wojciech Wąsikiewicz. Znany polski trener. Miał 68 lat Template:Pl icon
- ^ Kerry Ashby obituary
- ^ Lynn Borden Obituary
- ^ Ernest Braun 1925-2015
- ^ André Brulé
- ^ M. Stanton Evans, Pioneer of Conservative Movement, Dies at 80
- ^ Food writer Lucille Han dies of cancer at age 57
- ^ “Indonesian Sniper” Tatang Koswara passes away at 68
- ^ City Legend Roy McCrohan Passes Away
- ^ Ex-nadador Otávio Mobiglia morre aos 83 anos (in Portuguese)
- ^ John Mockler, Capitol's top education finance guru, dies at 73
- ^ Dennis Barker obituary
- ^ Tom Butters, 5-term N.W.T. MLA and founder of Inuvik Drum, dies at 89
- ^ Les Chamberlain Obituary
- ^ Muere Francisco González Ledesma, gran exponente de la novela policíaca española Template:Es icon
- ^ Bettina Graziani Dies at 89; Supermodel of Fashion’s ‘New Look’
- ^ Beverly Hall dies; criminal case — and her legacy — unresolved
- ^ Dean E. HESS
- ^ Renowned ornithologist K.S. Lavkumar Khachar dies at 84
- ^ Dave Mackay of Scotland, Hearts, Tottenham and Derby, dies aged 80
- ^ Jem Marsh, legend of Marcos sports cars, has died at 84
- ^ Michel Menu, grande figure du scoutisme français, est décédé Template:Fr icon
- ^ Golf-course architect Morrish dies at age 78
- ^ Mal Peet, writer, dies aged 67
- ^ Surf rock musician Carman dies at 69
- ^ Deedee Corradini, Salt Lake's first and only female mayor, has passed away
- ^ Suzanne Farrington, Vivien's Leigh's daughter - obituary
- ^ Joshua Fishman (1926-2015)
- ^ "Orrin Keepnews, Jazz Producer and Record Executive, Is Dead at 91"
- ^ Умер бывший ректор МГУ Анатолий Логунов Template:Ru icon
- ^ Former Ayr United footballer Stuart McGrady dies in sleep after scoring in match
- ^ Jeff McKnight, Met of many numbers, dead at age 52
- ^ გარდაიცვალა გურამ მინაშვილი Template:Ka icon
- ^ White Sox great Minnie Minoso passes away
- ^ Hurling great Tony Reddin passes away
- ^ 'Millionaire' blockbuster author dies in crash
- ^ Former MICA Director Atul Tandan passes away
- ^ Nécrologie. Football: l'ancien entraîneur et joueur Raymond Toscanelli Template:Fr icon
- ^ Carel Visser: Sculptor hailed as a master of minimalism who turned metal and concrete into elegant and powerful forms
- ^ Cincinnati native, 'Seinfeld,' 'Malcolm' actor passes away
- ^ Former Oklahoma state Sen. Thomas Philip Watson dies
- ^ Christian Welp, UW's All-Time Leading Scorer, Dies at Age 51
- ^ Wolfram Wuttke, das schlamperte Genie, ist tot Template:De icon