1. Bobbi Kristina Brown
![Bobbi Kristina](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/07/14295643602338.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=630&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C378px)
The 22-year-old daughter of music legend Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown died on July 26.
2. Percy Sledge
![Percy Sledge](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/04/14290265030998.png?strip=all&quality=80&w=630&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C378px)
The soul singer, known for his hit single “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died in April at the age of 74.
3. Julian Bond
![The 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards - Press Room](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/08/14397327590682.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=395&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The legendary civil rights leader passed away in August at the age of 75.
4. Errol Brown
![Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/05/14309347954473.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=720&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The lead singer of the band responsible for the popular 1970s hit “You Sexy Thing” died in July at the age of 71.
5. B.B. King
![NewsOne Now Honors The Life And Legacy Of B.B. King](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/05/14319777202364.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=630&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C378px)
The iconic blues musician died in May at the age of 89.
6. Ben Powers
![Good Times](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/04/14294610570099.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=630&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C378px)
The “Good Times” actor died in April at the age of 64.
7. Stuart Scott
![The 2014 ESPYS - Show](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/07/452250140.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=650&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The ESPN anchor died in January at the age of 49 after a long battle with cancer.
8. Andrae Crouch
![Gospel Artist Andrae Crouch Honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for His Achievements in Music](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/12/109558365.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=488&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The Grammy Award-winning gospel great died in January at the age of 72.
9. Anthony Mason
![Anthony Mason horizontal](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/02/1425138446659.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=650&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C400px)
The former New York Knicks star died in March at the age of 48.
10. Charmayne Maxwell
![Brownstone Singing Group Live in Chicago in 1994](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/03/14252455209703.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=385&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The member of the popular ’90s group Brownstone passed away in March at the age of 46.
11. Amelia Boynton Robinson
![Amelia Boynton Robinson](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/08/14406068012581.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=720&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The prominent civil rights leader died in August at the age of 104.
12. Darryl Dawkins
![2014 NBA All-Star Game](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/08/14407083395719.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=720&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The former NBA great died in August at the age of 58.
13. Wes Craven
![Red Eye Los Angeles Premiere - Red Carpet](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/08/14409856732305.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=720&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C464px)
The Hollywood producer of horror films like “A Nightmare on Elm Street” died in August at the age of 76.
14. Beau Biden
![2008 Democratic National Convention: Day 3](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/06/14330410284984.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=623&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C480px)
The former Delaware AG and son of Vice President Joe Biden died in May at the age of 46.
15. E’Dena Hines
![Morgan Freeman and E'Dina Hines](https://ionenewsone.staging.go.ione.nyc/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2015/08/14397604983592-e1439760319246.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=640&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C428px)
Morgan Freeman’s step-granddaughter died in August at the age of 33.