List of Famous people who died in 2015
Little Jimmy Dickens
James Cecil Dickens, better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size, and his rhinestone-studded outfits, in which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Muath Al-Kasasbeh
Muath Safi Yousef al-Kasasbeh was a Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot who was captured and burned to death by the militant group ISIL after his F-16 fighter aircraft crashed over Syria.
Ingrid Sischy
Ingrid Barbara Sischy was a South African-born American writer and editor who specialized in covering art, photography, and fashion. She rose to prominence as the editor of Artforum from 1979–1988, and was editor-in-chief of Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine from1989–2008. Until her death in 2015, she and her partner Sandra Brant edited the Italian, Spanish and German editions of Vanity Fair.
Stella Doufexis
Stella Doufexis was a German mezzo-soprano in opera and concert.
Licio Gelli
Licio Gelli was an Italian financier. A Fascist volunteer in his youth, he is chiefly known for his role in the Banco Ambrosiano scandal. He was revealed in 1981 as being the Venerable Master of the clandestine masonic lodge Propaganda Due (P2).
Sam de Brito
Sam de Brito was a Sydney-born author and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age who wrote the blog All Men Are Liars.
Müzeyyen Senar
Müzeyyen Senar was a Turkish classical music performer, known as the "Diva of the Republic".
Wayne Carson
Wayne Carson, sometimes credited as Wayne Carson Thompson, was an American country musician, songwriter, and record producer. He played percussion, piano, guitar, and bass. His most famous songs as a writer include "The Letter", "Neon Rainbow", "Soul Deep", and "Always on My Mind".
Jason Wingreen
Jason Wingreen was an American actor, best known for his role as bartender Harry Snowden on the television sitcom All in the Family (1977–79) and its continuation series, Archie Bunker's Place (1979–83) and for providing the original voice for Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Ameen Faheem
Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem was a Pakistani populist left-wing figure and a poet. He was the senior vice-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, Chairman of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and Former Chairman of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy.