2015 deaths

The list 2015 deaths includes Laura Antonelli, Anita Ekberg, Yvonne Craig, Lorena Rojas and Lesley Gore. The list consists of 10,745 members and 4 sublists.

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2015

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2015 murders
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2015 suicides
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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2015
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1.

Laura Antonelli

Actress

Overview: Laura Antonelli (28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress, who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991.

Date of birth: 28 November 1941

Date of death: 22 June 2015

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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20th-century Italian actresses 521T

Italian film actresses 838T

Italian actresses 241T
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Anita Ekberg

Swedish, Actress

Overview: Anita Marianne Ekberg ( 29 September 1931 – 11 January 2015) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La ...

Date of birth: 29 September 1931

Date of death: 11 January 2015

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Actors from Malmö 27T

Swedish emigrants to Italy 4T

Expatriate actresses in Italy 4T
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Yvonne Craig

American actress and ballerina

Overview: Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015) was an American actress and ballet dancer best known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman and as the green-skinned Orion slave ...

Date of birth: 16 May 1937

Date of death: 17 August 2015

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Sunset High School (Texas) alumni 2T

People from Taylorville, Illinois 30T

Actresses from Illinois 217T
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Lorena Rojas

Mexican actress and singer (1971–2015)

Overview: Lorena Rojas (born Seydi Lorena Rojas Gonzalez; 10 February 1971 – 16 February 2015) was a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her leading roles in popular telenovelas.

Date of birth: 10 February 1971

Date of death: 16 February 2015

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Mexican

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Mexican expatriate actresses in the United States 23T

Deaths from breast cancer in Florida 7T

Mexican women television presenters 85T
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Lesley Gore

Singer

Overview: Lesley Sue Goldstein (May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015), known professionally as Lesley Gore, was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16, she recorded the pop hit "It's ...

Date of birth: 2 May 1946

Date of death: 16 February 2015

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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LGBT singers from the United States 352T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T
6.

Lemmy

British singer-songwriter

Overview: Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015) was an English musician. He was the founder, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he was the ...

Date of birth: 24 December 1945

Date of death: 28 December 2015

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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The Head Cat members 3T

21st-century English male singers 74T

20th-century English male singers 88T
7.

Ben Powers

American actor (1950–2015)

Overview: Alton Adelbert Powers (July 5, 1950 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as Ben Powers, was an American actor. Powers was best known for his role as Thelma Evans's (portrayed by Bern Nadette Stanis) ...

Date of birth: 5 July 1950

Date of death: 6 April 2015

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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21st-century African-American people 4,753T

20th-century African-American people 5,570T

20th-century American comedians 1,281T
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Blaze Starr

American, Dancer

Overview: Blaze Starr (born Fannie Belle Fleming; April 10, 1932 – June 15, 2015) was an American stripper and burlesque star. Her vivacious presence and inventive use of stage props earned her the nickname ...

Date of birth: 10 April 1932

Date of death: 15 June 2015

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American burlesque performers 86T

American vedettes 37T

American female erotic dancers 196T
9.

Jonathan Crombie

Canadian actor

Overview: Jonathan Crombie (October 12, 1966 – April 15, 2015) was a Canadian actor and voice over artist, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its ...

Date of birth: 12 October 1966

Date of death: 15 April 2015

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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21st-century Canadian LGBT people 853T

20th-century Canadian LGBT people 408T

Canadian gay actors 88T
10.

Donna Douglas

American actress

Overview: Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). Following ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1933

Date of death: 1 January 2015

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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20th-century American businesswomen 393T

American female country singers 635T

Actresses from Baton Rouge, Louisiana 18T
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Omar Sharif

Egyptian actor

Overview: Omar Sharif (Arabic: عمر الشريف born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub 10 April 1932 – 10 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began ...

Date of birth: 10 April 1932

Date of death: 10 July 2015

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Egyptian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Egyptian people of Levantine-Eastern Orthodox Christian descent 2T

Egyptian people of Arab descent 3T

People of Levantine-Eastern Orthodox Christian descent 12T
12.

Natalie Cole

American singer (1950–2015)

Overview: Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the ...

Date of birth: 6 February 1950

Date of death: 31 December 2015

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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21st-century African-American women singers 606T

20th-century African-American women singers 858T

Singer-songwriters from California 996T
13.

Melody Patterson

American actor

Overview: Melody Patricia Patterson (April 16, 1949 – August 20, 2015) was an American actress known for her role as Wrangler Jane in the 1960s television series F Troop and for her role as Ellie in the horror film ...

Date of birth: 16 April 1949

Date of death: 20 August 2015

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Vern Miller (Married)

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Actresses from Inglewood, California 18T

Actors from Inglewood, California 20T

Actresses from California 904T
14.

B.B. King

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)

Overview: Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based ...

Date of birth: 16 September 1925

Date of death: 14 May 2015

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Custom Records artists 8T

Crown Records artists 10T

People from Kilmichael, Mississippi 4T
15.

Maureen O'Hara

Irish-American actress and singer (1920–2015)

Overview: Maureen O'Hara (née FitzSimons; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1920

Date of death: 24 October 2015

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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21st-century Irish autobiographers 16T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 1,673T

People from Ranelagh 30T
16.

Dan Fredinburg

American technology executive and explorer (1981–2015)

Overview: Daniel Paul Fredinburg (September 8, 1981 – April 25, 2015) was an American Google executive, climate activist, inventor, explorer, and entrepreneur. He died on April 25, 2015, of head injuries incurred ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1981

Date of death: 25 April 2015

Age: 33 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Mountaineering deaths in Nepal 7T

2015 Nepal earthquakes 6T

Natural disaster deaths in Nepal 8T
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Greg Plitt

American fitness model and actor

Overview: George Gregory Plitt, Jr. (November 3, 1977 – January 17, 2015) was an American fitness model, actor, and former Army Ranger. He starred in the Bravo television series Work Out. He died at age 37 when ...

Date of birth: 3 November 1977

Date of death: 17 January 2015

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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People from Lutherville, Maryland 21T

Railway accident deaths in the United States 124T

Male models from Maryland 6T
18.

Zhanna Friske

Russian actor and singer

Overview: Zhanna Vladimirovna Friske (Russian: Жанна Владимировна Фриске; born Zhanna Vladimirovna Kopylova; 8 July 1974 – 15 June 2015), was a Russian actress, singer and model. She was a member of the girl group ...

Date of birth: 8 July 1974

Date of death: 15 June 2015

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: Russian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Deaths from glioblastoma 54T

Deaths from brain cancer in Russia 17T

Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award 138T
19.

Demis Roussos

singer and performer

Overview: Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos (Greek: Αρτέμιος "Ντέμης" Βεντούρης-Ρούσσος, . (15 June 1946 – 25 January 2015) was a Greek vocalist and performer who had an internationally acclaimed career, as a single ...

Date of birth: 15 June 1947

Date of death: 25 January 2015

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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20th-century Greek singers 98T

21st-century Greek singers 46T

Male bass guitarists 788T
20.

Cilla Black

English actress and singer

Overview: Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE (27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer, television presenter, actress, and author.

Date of birth: 27 May 1943

Date of death: 2 August 2015

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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People from Vauxhall, Liverpool 2T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes members 7T