Biographies: Deaths of 2015

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Deaths of 2015

A-E | F-L | M-Q | R-Z

A-E

• King Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia
• Brad Anderson, cartoonist
• Sandy Berger, political consultant
• Yogi Berra, baseball player
• Julian Bond, civil rights leader
• Wes Craven, filmmaker
• Mario Matthew Cuomo, American politician
• Anita Ekberg, actor

F-L

• Lesley Gore, singer, songwriter
• B.B. King, guitarist, singer

M-Q

• Anne Meara, actor
• Arch Alfred Moore, West Virginia governor
• John Nash, mathematician
• Leonard Nimoy, actor, Spock from the original Star Trek
• Maureen O'Hara, actor

R-Z

• Oliver Sacks, writer, neurologist
• Dean Smith, basketball coach
• Robert Stone, American novelist
• Rod Taylor, actor
• Fred Thompson, actor, U.S. Senator, lawyer
• Scott Weiland, musician, Stone Temple Pilots lead singer
• Jim Wright, former House Speaker