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Gamal al-Ghitani
Literature & Poetry
20
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Gamal al-Ghitani

ุฌู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุบูŠุทุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
May 9, 1945 โ€“ October 18, 2015 (70 years old)

Towering Egyptian novelist, war correspondent, and cultural editor whose acclaimed masterpiece 'Zayni Barakat' utilized late Mamluk historical chronicles to construct a dazzling allegory of modern authoritarian surveillance and state control.

Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Sehili
Arts & Music
3
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Mahmoud Sehili

ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุงู„ุณู‡ูŠู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1931 โ€“ 2015 (84 years old)

Distinguished painter and colorist educated at the ร‰cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, whose moody chiaroscuro canvases explored spiritual depths and who founded the historic Galerie El Maken.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Cinema
1
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Chantal Akerman

Chantal Anne Akerman
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1950 โ€“ 2015 (65 years old)

Visionary Belgian avant-garde filmmaker whose 1975 masterpiece Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was voted the Greatest Film of All Time in the prestigious 2022 Sight & Sound decennial poll.

Paris, France
Moses Malone
Sports & Athletics
50
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Moses Malone

Moses Eugene Malone
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
23 March 1955 โ€“ 13 September 2015 (60 years old)

Moses Eugene Malone was a relentless American basketball center and three-time NBA Most Valuable Player who perfected the art of offensive rebounding, earning the title 'Chairman of the Boards'. The first modern player to jump straight from high school to professional basketball, he led the Philadelphia 76ers to the 1983 NBA championship with his famous playoff prediction 'Fo', Fo', Fo''.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Boudjemaรข El Ankis
Arts & Music
3
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Boudjemaรข El Ankis

ุจูˆุฌู…ุนุฉ ุงู„ุนู†ูƒูŠุณ (ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจูˆุฌู…ุนุฉ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1927 โ€“ 2015 (88 years old)

Legendary Chaabi performer and composer whose collaborations with poet Mahboub Bati produced enduring popular masterpieces including 'Rah El Ghali Rah'.

Algiers, Algeria
Boutheldja Belkacem
Arts & Music
7
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Boutheldja Belkacem

ุจูˆุชูุฑุฉ ุจู„ู‚ุงุณู…
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1947 โ€“ 2015 (68 years old)

Pioneering singer and accordionist who recorded the very first modern Pop-Rai 45-rpm record in 1965, transforming western Algerian music alongside Messaoud Bellemou.

Aรฏn Tรฉmouchent, Algeria
Nour El-Sherif
Arts & Music
8
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Nour El-Sherif

ู†ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุดุฑูŠู
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1946 โ€“ 2015 (69 years old)

Legendary Egyptian actor and producer who starred in nearly 200 films including Al-Massir and Naji al-Ali, using his own production company to launch the careers of Egypt's greatest realist directors.

Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud Guinea
Arts & Music
16
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Mahmoud Guinea

ุงู„ู…ุนู„ู… ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุบูŠู†ูŠุง
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1951 โ€“ 2015 (64 years old)

Revered master (Maรขlem) of Moroccan Gnawa music from Essaouira whose transcendent guembri playing and global collaborations with Pharoah Sanders introduced African-Moroccan spiritual trance to the world.

Essaouira, Morocco
Politics
1
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Flora MacDonald

Flora Isabel MacDonald
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
3 June 1926 โ€“ 26 July 2015 (89 years old)

First woman to serve as Secretary of State for External Affairs, who managed the 'Canadian Caper' in Iran and dedicated her retirement to humanitarian work in Afghanistan.

North Sydney, Canada
Jon Vickers
Music
1
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Jon Vickers

The God of Opera
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
29 October 1926 โ€“ 10 July 2015 (88 years old)

Saskatchewan-born dramatic tenor hailed as one of the supreme opera singers of the 20th century for his volcanic interpretations of Tristan, Otello, and Peter Grimes.

Prince Albert, Canada
Omar Sharif
Arts & Music
16
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Omar Sharif

ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุดุฑูŠู
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
April 10, 1932 โ€“ July 10, 2015 (83 years old)

World-renowned Egyptian actor whose magnetic charisma, starting with Youssef Chahine's 'The Blazing Sun' in 1954, propelled him to international superstardom in David Lean's epics 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago'.

Cairo, Egypt
Sir Nicholas George Winton
Humanitarian & Peace
37
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Sir Nicholas George Winton

Nicholas George Wertheim
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
19 May 1909 โ€“ 1 July 2015 (106 years old)

Sir Nicholas Winton was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II. Operating the Czech Kindertransport, he secured foster families in Britain and forged transit permits, keeping his heroic rescue a complete secret for fifty years until his wife discovered his notebook in their attic.

Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Ron Clarke
Sports & Athletics
32
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Ron Clarke

Ronald William Clarke
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
21 February 1937 โ€“ 17 June 2015 (78 years old)

Ronald William 'Ron' Clarke was an Australian long-distance running phenomenon who broke seventeen official world records across distances from two miles to the one-hour run during the 1960s. Chosen to light the Olympic cauldron as a promising teenager at the 1956 Melbourne Games, his relentless pace revolutionized world distance running, and he later served as Mayor of the Gold Coast.

Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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