2015 in remembrance: Some notable deaths
January 25: Greek singer Demis Roussos, best known for his hit operatic pop ballads in the 1970s and 1980s, died in Athens at the weekend aged 68. (Photo: AFP) - December 25: Veteran actress Sadhana, who mesmerised audience with her beauty and powerful performances in timeless hits like Mera Sayaa, Hum Dono, Love in Simla and Waqt, died at a hospital in suburban Santa Cruz here after a brief illness.
- December 8: U.S. businessman and environmental activist Douglas Tompkins has died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident. He was the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies. He was 72. (Photo: AFP)
- November 15: Veteran Bollywood actor Saeed Jaffrey passed away due to age-related ailments. He was 86. (Photo: PTI)
- October 10: Veteran Tamil actress Gopishantha, popularly known by her stage name Manorama, died due to multiple organ failure in Chennai, Tamil Nadu at the age of 78. (Photo: PTI)
- September 19: Best-selling British-American romance novelist Jackie Collins of breast cancer in California aged 77. (Photo: AP)
- July 26: Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of US pop legend Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, aged 22, six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub in her Atlanta, Georgia, home. (Photo: AP)
- July 20: Tom Moore, the cartoonist who brought to life the famous comic character Archie, died after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 86. (Photo: AP)
- June 22: American "Titanic" music composer James Horner in a plane crash in California aged 61. (Photo: AFP)
- May 14: B.B. King, the face of American blues worldwide, aged 89 in Las Vegas. (Photo: AFP)
- April 27: Oscar-winning cinematographer Andrew Lesnie died of a heart attack in his Sydney home on April 27. He is known for his work in movies Lord of the Rings series, The Hobbit, The Lovely Bones, etc. (Photo: AFP)
- March 12: British science-fantasy "Discworld" author Terry Pratchett aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. (Photo: AFP)
- March 2: Portuguese cinema legend Manoel de Oliveira, aged 106. (Photo: AFP)
- January 29: Australian "Thorn Birds" author, Colleen McCullough aged 77 in hospital off Australia's eastern coast. (Photo: AFP)
- January 26: Legendary cartoonist Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman died at the age of 93 this year. He succumbed to a cardiac arrest at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra. (Photo: PTI)
January 25: Greek singer Demis Roussos, best known for his hit operatic pop ballads in the 1970s and 1980s, died in Athens at the weekend aged 68. (Photo: AFP)
2015 in remembrance: Some notable deaths
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