Died in 2015

Japanese actress Setsuko Hara was known best in the U.S. for her roles in Yasujiro Ozu’s films “Late Spring” and “Tokyo Story.”

At least 21 people have died in an attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali.

Ramona Jones, a traditional country music entertainer and the widow of fellow “Hee Haw” star Grandpa Jones, has died, according to multiple news sources. Jones, who died Tuesday in Goodlettsville, …

Italian actress Nicoletta Machiavelli, who acted alongside Burt Reynolds in 1966’s “Navajo Joe,” has died, according to Seattle, King County, Washington, public records and other sources. She was 71. 

Milton Pitts Crenchaw, a flight instructor who trained many of the U.S. military’s Tuskegee Airmen, has died in Georgia, according to the Associated Press. He was 96.

2015 was a year of horrific tragedy, as attacks in Paris, Beirut, Niger, Baghdad and elsewhere left hundreds dead or wounded.

Saeed Jaffrey, an Indian-born British actor acclaimed for his roles in international films including “Gandhi,” ”A Passage to India” and “My Beautiful Laundrette,” has died, according to The Associated Press. …

129 people have died in shootings and explosions in and around Paris, France. ISIS has claimed responsibilityfor the terror attacks, which the French President called “an act of war.”

Bruce Dayton, the father of Minnesota’s governor and a key figure in building his family’s company into the massive retailing business that became Target Corp., has died, according to The …