Death during the period from January to June 2015
Obituaries 2015 -Lists
Name of the Person Field Associated
Govind Pansare Communist Party Leader
Arate Manjunatha Yakshagana Artiste
Krishna Murari Kishan Photo Journalist
Diptosh Majumdar Senior Journalist
Rajinder Puri Cartoonist / Political Activist
Vinod Mehta Journalist
Duggabatti Rama Naidu Indian Film Producer
Mrinalini Mukherjee Sculptor
Peter Gomes Former Delhi State Football Player
Ernest Sternglass Physicist
Nirad Mohapatra Odia Filmmaker
Justice Rana Bhagwandas First Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan
RC Sakthi Tamil Director
Ram Sundar Das Ex Chief Minister of Bihar
Hukam Singh Ex Chief Minister of Haryana
Asraf-ul-Haq Assam born actor
Lia Van Leer Pioneer of Israeli Cinema
Bombay S Kamal Singer
Boris Nemtsov Ex Russian Deputy Prime Minister
Aloysius Vincent Cinematographer
Adya Sharma Pioneer of Mobile Theatre in Assam
Sir Terry Pratchett Fantasy Author
Michele Ferero Creator of Nutella Choclate
K Baskaran Sports Journalist
KS Lavkumar Khachar Ornithologist
Leonard Nimoy Star Trek Actor
Malli Mastan Babu Ace Mountaineer of India
Yusuf Ali Kechery Poet and film personality
Krishnarao Ganpatrao Sable Marathi folk legend
Lee Kuan Yew Founder of modern Singapore
Narayan Desai Veteran Gandhian
Brigadier (Retd) Thenphunga Sailo Ex Chief Minister (CM) of Mizoram
EM Hanifa Tamil Muslim Devotional Singer
Sunita Tomar Poster Girl of India’s Anti-Tobacco Campaign
Kailash Vajpeyi Hindi Poet
Hrushikesh Moolgaonkar Retired Air Chief Marshall
Jayakanthan Tamil Writer
Richie Benaud Legendary Cricket Commentator
Guenter Grass German Nobel Laureate Novelist
Ansrew Lesnie Lord of the Rings Cinematographer
JB Patnaik Ex Odisha CM and Assam Governor
Stanislav Gross Ex Czech Republic Prime Minister
Surya Bahadur Thapa Ex Nepal Prime Minister
Sir Christopher Alan Bayly Historian
Monte L Merrick Novelist and Screen Writer
Bidyut Chakraborty Film Director (Assamese)
Bimba Modak Marathi Film and Stage Actress
Ben E King Singer
Philip S Goodman Writer and Director
Ruth Rundell Crime Writer
Dr Amalendu Guha Historian and Social Scientist
Suchitra Bhattacharya Bengali Writer
BB King Singer and Guitarist
Oscar Holderer German Engineer
Michael Blake Oscar Winning Screen Writer
John Nash US Mathematician
Elizabeth Wilson Actress
Dean Potter Extreme Athlete
Alexandre Lamfalussy Hungarian Economist (Father of Euro)
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri Economist
Irwin Rose Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
Sheila Kaul Congress Veteran
Richard Johnson British Actor
Vincent Musetto Editor at New York Post
Christopher Lee Actor.
Nek Chand Creator of Chandigarh’s Rock Garden
Hemant Kanitkar Former Test Cricketer
Praful Bidwai Journalist
Bob Belden Jazz Musician
Deleep Singh Bhuria BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh
Sister Nirmala Joshi Head of Missionaries of Charity. (She succeeds MotherTeresa.)
Yevgeny Primakov Ex Prime Minister of Russia
Suleyman Demirel Former Turkish President
MN Buch Ex IAS Officer (Architect of Bhopal)
James Horner Musician (Oscar Winner – Titanic)