2015 deaths

Arthur Alan Neu (February 9, 1933 – January 2, 2015) was an American Republican politician and lawyer who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1973 to 1979.

Lawrence F. Scalise (April 25, 1933 – June 12, 2015) was an American politician and attorney in the state of Iowa. He served as Attorney General of Iowa from 1965 to 1966, as a Democrat. He attended the University of Iowa. He died in 2015.

Anne-Marie Lizin-Vanderspeeten (5 January 1949 – 17 October 2015) was a Belgian politician, who served as the President of the Senate of Belgium from 2004 to 2007.

Sally Sweetland (née Mueller; September 23, 1911 – February 8, 2015) was an American soprano singer and teacher. She was active in the film and recording industry during the 1940s and 50s, before moving into teaching.

Edward Louis Joseph Hice (March 1, 1930 – March 12, 2015) was an American stuntman and actor best known for his contributions to the Star Trek franchise.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Hice enlisted in the Marines and served from 1946 to 1949.After beginning acting in the 1950s with appearances in The Texan and Bonanza, Hice's stunt career began in 1967, with uncredited work on films such as Bonnie and Clyde, Planet of the Apes and M*A*S*H.
With a career spanning well over 50 years, with credits in films such as Glory, Repo Man, Big Momma's House, RoboCop 2, A View to a Kill, and Escape from New York, Hice's final job was on the 2007 film Georgia Rule. Throughout his career, Hice earned over 80 stunt credits and 30 actor credits. He died in Sylmar, California, on March 12, 2015, at the age of 85.

Layne Tom Jr. (born Richard Layne Tom, Jr.) (June 19, 1927 – January 14, 2015) was an American actor.

Mervyn Lee Adelson (October 23, 1929 – September 8, 2015) was an American real estate developer and television producer who co-founded Lorimar Television.

Katherine Godwin (January 16, 1917 – March 5, 2015) was the First Lady of Virginia from 1966 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1978. She was born in Southampton County in 1917 and lost both parents to the 1918 flu epidemic. She graduated from Madison College in 1930 and taught elementary school in Chuckatuck, Virginia, before marrying Mills E. Godwin, Jr., in 1940. She died on March 5, 2015, in Williamsburg, Virginia, aged 98.

Gregory Baker Wolfe (January 27, 1922 – December 12, 2015) was an American diplomat during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and later president of two urban institutions of higher education, Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, and Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida.

Samuel John Goldwyn Jr. (September 7, 1926 – January 9, 2015) was an American film producer.