Famous People Who Died in 2015

• Anderson, Brad

  The creator of the comic Marmaduke

• Berra, Yogi

  The Yankee catcher who said "It ain't over 'til it's over"

• Coleman, Ornette

  The plastic sax player who launched Free Jazz

• Craven, Wes

  The creator if Nightmare on Elm Street

• Doctorow, E.L.

  The author of the 1975 novel Ragtime

• Gray, Freddie

  The Baltimore man killed in police custody in 2015

• Kilmister, Lemmy

  The singer from Motörhead

• King, B.B.

  The blues guitarist who did "The Thrill Is Gone"

• Lee, Christopher

  Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy

• Lubitz, Andreas

  The pilot who crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525

• Milner, Martin

  The veteran cop from TV's Adam-12

• Nash, John

  The mathematician depicted in A Beautiful Mind

• Nidetch, Jean

  Founder of the Weight Watchers diet program

• Nimoy, Leonard

  Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek

• Sacks, Oliver

  The author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

• Shavitz, Burt

  The Burt of Burt's Bees personal care products

• Smith, Dean

  The basketball coach at UNC, 1961-97

• Thompson, Fred

  Actor and U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994-2003)

• Weiland, Scott

  The frontman for the band Stone Temple Pilots

• Yew, Lee Kuan

  The first prime minister of modern Singapore

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