The Observer's obituaries of 2015
People who died in 2015, remembered at the end of the year by those who knew them best
Steve Strange remembered by Martin Kemp
Carey Lander remembered by Tracyanne Campbell
BB King remembered by Joe Bonamassa
Ornette Coleman remembered by Neneh Cherry
Sue Lloyd-Roberts remembered by Lyse Doucet
Brian Sewell remembered by Maggi Hambling
Ruth Rendell remembered by Valerie Amos
Oliver Sacks remembered by his nephew, Jonathan Sacks
Jackie Collins remembered by her sister, Joan
Jules Bianchi remembered by sprinter Yohan Blake
Anne Kirkbride remembered by Beverley Callard
Cilla Black remembered by John Madejski
Charles Kennedy remembered by Ian Hislop
Denis Healey remembered by Shirley Williams
Henning Mankell remembered by Kenneth Branagh
Sir Terry Pratchett remembered by his daughter, Rhianna Pratchett