List of Famous people who died in 2015

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Wim Ruska

First Name Wim

Born on August 29, 1940

Died on February 14, 2015 (aged 74)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, North Holland

Height 189 cm | 6'2

Willem "Wim" Ruska was a judoka from the Netherlands. He is the only athlete to win two gold medals in Judo in one Olympics – in the heavyweight and absolute categories in 1972.

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Richard Bass

First Name Richard

Last Name Bass

Born on December 21, 1929

Died on July 26, 2015 (aged 85)

Born in United States of America, Oklahoma

Richard Daniel "Dick" Bass was an American businessman, rancher and mountaineer. He was the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountain on each continent.

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Sachiko Tokugawa

First Name Sachiko

Last Name Tokugawa

Born on August 26, 1916

Died on January 21, 2015 (aged 98)

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Hironori Ōtsuka II

First Name Hironori

Last Name II

Born on February 24, 1934

Died on June 26, 2015 (aged 81)

Born in Japan, Tokyo

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Paul Almond

First Name Paul

Last Name Almond

Born on April 26, 1931

Died on April 10, 2015 (aged 83)

Born in Canada, Quebec

Filmmaker

Paul Almond was a Canadian television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is most known for being the director of the first film in the Up series.

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Simone Roger-Vercel

Simone Crétin

First Name Simone

Last Name Roger-Vercel

Born on January 22, 1923

Died on September 18, 2015 (aged 92)

Born in France, Brittany

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Steve Montador

First Name Steve

Last Name Montador

Born on December 21, 1979

Died on February 15, 2015 (aged 35)

Born in Canada, British Columbia

Height 183 cm | 6'0

Ice Hockey Player

Sportsperson

Steven Richard "The Matador" Montador was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 571 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks before ending his career in 2014 as a member of Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

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Caroline Cust

First Name Caroline

Last Name Cust

Born on October 5, 1928

Died on January 13, 2015 (aged 86)

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Jonathan Mansfeldt Findlay

First Name Jonathan

Last Name Findlay

Born on January 16, 1933

Died on April 29, 2015 (aged 82)

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Johanes Maria Pujasumarta

First Name Johanes

Born on December 27, 1949

Died on November 10, 2015 (aged 65)

Born in Indonesia, Central Java

Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta was a Roman Catholic archbishop.

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