Notable Losses 2015

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Cardinal Edward Egan, left, shares a moment with Sister Dominica Rocchio of the Sisters of Charity as she and the Sisters of Charity pause in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on their way up New York's Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day parade, Tuesday March 17, 2009.
(AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)



Jackie Collins.
(Image: Twitter)



New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra poses at spring training in Florida, in an undated file photo. Berra, a Hall of Fame, has died at 90. (AP Photo/File)



Former U.S. Sen. and Republican
presidential-primary hopeful Fred Thompson
died Sunday at the age of 73.
(Associated Press)



In this Jan. 8, 2009 file photo, Donna Douglas, who starred in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" holds a publicity picture of herself from the show, in Baton Rouge, La. Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom has died. Douglas, who was 82, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in Baton Rouge, where she lived, her niece, Charlene Smith, said.
(AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)



This Sept. 14, 1966, file photo shows
Edward W. Brooke joining campaign workers in celebration, in Boston, after winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

Brooke, the first black to win popular
election to the Senate, has died.

He was 95.

Ralph Neas, a former aide, said Brooke died
Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, of natural causes at
his Coral Gables, Fla, home.
(AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)

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Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward William Brooke speaks in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where he received the Congressional Gold Medal.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)



In this Nov. 6, 2006 file photo, Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens arrives at the 40th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville,Tenn.

Dickens has been hospitalized with an
undisclosed illness. Jessie Schmidt, a publicist for the Opry, said in a news release Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, that Dickens was admitted to a Nashville-area hospital on Dec. 25 and that he's in "critical care."
(AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)



Rod Taylor (11 January 1930 Ð 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.



Musician Andrae Crouch has died at age 72 after suffering a recent heart attack.
(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)



Taylor Negron attends the premiere of "Diana" hosted by The Cinema Society, Linda Wells and Allure Magazine at the SVA Theater on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 in New York.

The actor and comedian has died at 57 on January 10, 2015, following a long fight against cancer.
(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)



In this Nov. 29, 1960 file photo, Swedish
actress Anita Ekberg poses on the terrace of her hotel in Maratea, southern Italy. Anita Ekberg, the Swedish-born actress and sex- symbol of the 1950s and '60s who was
immortalized bathing in the Trevi fountain in
"La Dolce Vita," has died.

She was 83.

Ekberg's lawyer Patrizia Ubaldi confirmed her death Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015.
(AP Photo/Mario Torrisi, file)



In this photo provided by the Association of
Surfing Professionals, Ricardo Dos Santos,
of Brazil, competes during the third round of
the Billabong Pro surfing event, Sunday, Aug.
26, 2012, in Teahupoo, Tahiti.
(AP Photo/Association of Surfing Professionals, Steve Robertson)



In this March 24, 2014, file photo Chicago Cubs' Hall of Fame slugger Ernie Banks talks during an interview at the Cubs offices in Chicago.

The Cubs announced Friday night, Jan. 23, 2015, that Banks had died. The team did not provide any further details.

Banks was 83.
(AP Photo/M.Spencer Green, File)



Rep. Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi Republican,
speaks with reporters about the effectiveness of the Mississippi Military Communities Council following a news conference in Jackson, Miss., in this Aug. 8, 2013, file photo.
(Associated Press)



In this Dec. 8, 2006 file photo, former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith answers questions during a press conference in Chapel Hill, N.C. Smith, the North Carolina basketball coaching great who won two national championships, died "peacefully" at his home Saturday night, Feb. 7, 2015, the school said in a statement Sunday from Smith's family.

He was 83.
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)



Jerry Tarkanian is escorted by his son, Danny, during halftime ceremonies honoring
the former basketball coach at Fresno State University in Fresno, Calif., on March 1, 2014.
(Associated Press)

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Bob Simon attends the CBS Upfront presentation in New York on Wednesday, May 19, 2010.
(AP Photo/Peter Kramer)



In this Nov. 21, 2011, file photo, New York Times journalist David Carr poses for a photograph as he arrives for the French
premiere of the documentary "Page One: A
Year Inside The New York Times," in Paris.

Carr collapsed at the office and died in a hospital Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015.

He was 58.

Carr wrote the Media Equation column for the Times, focusing on issues of media in relation to business and culture.
(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)



In this March 13, 2010, file photo, Buffalo Sabres defenseman Steve Montador (4) skates with the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit.

Peel Region Police say Montador was found unconscious in his home in Mississauga, Ontario, early Sunday morning, Feb. 15, 2015, and was later pronounced dead. No foul play was suspected.

He was 35.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)



In this Tuesday, April 22, 2008, file photo, Lesley Gore performs at the ASCAP musical tribute which honored Quincy Jones with the ASCAP Pied Piper Award, in New York.

Singer-songwriter Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the hits "Judy's Turn to Cry," and "You Don't Own Me," died of cancer, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.

She was 68.
(AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)



In this June 14, 1992, file photo, Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan, right, tries to hold off Portland Trail Blazers' Jerome Kersey during Game 6 in basketball's NBA Finals in Chicago. Kersey, the small forward who played his first 11 NBA seasons with the Blazers and helped the San Antonio Spurs