What Happened on June 11, 2015

Famous Deaths

  • Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American pro wrestler (Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year 1979, 86; WWE HOF), dies of kidney failure at 69
  • Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer-songwriter ("Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"; "Pop a Top"), and radio and television host (Nashville on the Road), dies of lung cancer at 81

Ornette Coleman (1930-2015)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation), dies of a heart attack at 85

  • Ron Moody [Moodnick], British stage and screen actor, singer (Oliver!; The Twelve Chairs), and composer dies at 91
Died in 2015 2015 Highlights

About June 11, 2015

Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 8 years, 10 months and 16 days
Leap Year: No

Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Sign: Gemini

Music Charts

  • US #1 Song: See You Again - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
  • UK #1 Song: Want To Want Me - Jason Derulo