February 2, 2015

2015Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1949)^[†]

Joseph Alfidi was an American pianist, composer, and conductor and initially a child prodigy. He was born in Yonkers, New York, as the son of American-born parents of Italian descent. His father, Frank Alfidi, was an accordion player who ran a music school in Yonkers. Known as "Joey" in his childhood, he was three when he started to play several instruments in his father's studio. By the age of four, he frequently improvised little compositions at the piano, and soon became fascinated by symphonic music as well.

2015Dave Bergman, American baseball player (born 1953)^[†]

David Bruce Bergman was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, designated hitter and left fielder who played between 1975 and 1992.

2015Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1968)^[†]

Andriy Viktorovych "Kuzma" Kuzmenko was a Ukrainian singer, poet, writer, TV presenter, producer and actor, Hero of Ukraine (2020). He was best known as the lead singer of the Ukrainian rock band Skryabin, founded in 1989. He died in a traffic collision on 2nd of February 2015 in Lozuvatka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, aged 46.

2015Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)^[†]

Chief Molade Alexander Okoya-Thomas FCNA, MFR, OFR, KSS was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.

2015Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (born 1922)^[†]

Stewart Henry Stern was an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), starring James Dean.

2015The Jacka, American rapper and producer (born 1977)^[†]

Shaheed Akbar, better known by his stage name The Jacka, was an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. He began his career as part of the rap group Mob Figaz.