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2015 deaths
- Moses MaloneMoses Eugene Malone Sr. was born on the 23rd of March 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia. He grew up as an only child raised primarily by his mother Mary.
- Norm DruckerNorm Drucker entered the world on the 4th of July 1920 in New York City. He grew up in Brooklyn and learned basketball from the first generation of…
- Sean PriceSean Duval Price entered the world on the 17th of March 1972. He grew up in the borough of Brooklyn during a time when hip hop was transforming from local…
- Eldar RyazanovEldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov entered the world on the 18th of November 1927 in Samara. His father, Aleksandr Semyonovich Ryazanov, worked as a diplomat…
- Monty OumMonyreak Oum arrived in Providence, Rhode Island on the 22nd of June 1981. His family background wove together Cambodian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese…
- Akiyuki NosakaOn the 5th of June 1945, firebombs destroyed the home of Akiyuki Nosaka in Kobe. The attack killed his adoptive father and left his foster mother, Aiko, with…
- Walter BurkertWalter Burkert was born in Neuendettelsau on the 2nd of February 1931. He began his studies at the Universities of Erlangen and Munich between 1950 and 1954.
- E. L. DoctorowEdgar Lawrence Doctorow was born on the 6th of January 1931 in the Bronx. His parents were Rose and David Richard Doctorow, second-generation Americans of…
- Dolph SchayesAdolph Schayes arrived in the world on the 19th of May 1928, within the Bronx borough of New York City. His parents were Romanian-Jewish immigrants who…
- Andy White (drummer)Andrew McLuckie White was born in Stranraer on the 27th of July 1930. He grew up as the son of a baker and began playing drums in a pipe band at age 12.
- Yitzhak NavonYitzhak Rachamim Navon entered the world on the 9th of April 1921 within the walls of Jerusalem. His family lived under the British Mandate for Palestine…
- Martin GilbertMartin Gilbert was born in London on the 25th of October 1936. His family name was originally Goldberg before his father Peter changed it to Gilbert.
- Earl LloydEarl Francis Lloyd was born in Alexandria, Virginia on the 3rd of April 1928. His father worked in the coal industry while his mother stayed home to raise…