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In the year 2016
1,278 Notable deaths
Nick Lashaway
American actor (1988-2016).
Born March 24th, 1988 in Washington, D.C..
Died May 8th, 2016 at 28 years old in Framingham (traffic collision). [ref]
Kathryn Adams Doty
Actress, psychologist, writer (1920-2016).
Born July 15th, 1920 in New Ulm.
Died October 14th, 2016 at 96 years old in Mankato. [ref]
Melvin Laird
20th-century american politician (1922–2016).
Born September 1st, 1922 in Omaha. [ref]
Died November 16th, 2016 at 94 years old in Fort Myers. [ref]
Rudolf E. Kálmán
Hungarian-born american electrical engineer.
Born May 19th, 1930 in Budapest.
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 86 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
John McMartin
American actor and singer (1929–2016).
Born November 18th, 1929 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died July 6th, 2016 at 86 years old in Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
Michael Herr
American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016).
Born April 13th, 1940 in Lexington. [ref]
Died June 24th, 2016 at 76 years old in Delhi. [ref]
Sonia Rykiel
French fashion designer (1930-2016).
Born May 25th, 1930 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 25th, 2016 at 86 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Candye Kane
American pornographic film actress and singer (1961-2016).
Born November 13th, 1961 in Ventura. [ref]
Died May 9th, 2016 at 54 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Kevin Curran
Television writer (1957–2016).
Born February 27th, 1957 in Hartford.
Died October 25th, 2016 at 59 years old in West Hollywood (cancer). [ref]
William Trevor
Irish writer (1928–2016).
Born May 24th, 1928 in Mitchelstown. [ref]
Died November 20th, 2016 at 88 years old in Somerset. [ref]
Donald A. Henderson
American physician (1928-2016).
Born September 7th, 1928 in Lakewood. [ref]
Died August 19th, 2016 at 87 years old in Towson. [ref]
Douglas Wilmer
British actor (1920 – 2016).
Born January 8th, 1920 in London. [ref]
Died March 31st, 2016 at 96 years old in Ipswich. [ref]
Trifon Ivanov
Bulgarian footballer (1965-2016).
Born July 27th, 1965 in Veliko Tarnovo.
Died February 13th, 2016 at 50 years old in Samovodene (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pantelis Pantelidis
Greek singer (1983-2016).
Born November 23rd, 1983 in Athens.
Died February 18th, 2016 at 32 years old in Athens (traffic collision). [ref]
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (1941–2016).
Born January 17th, 1941 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died August 15th, 2016 at 75 years old in Montara (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Nida Fazli
Indian poet (1938–2016).
Born October 12th, 1938 in Gwalior.
Died February 8th, 2016 at 77 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Kazunari Tanaka
Japanese voice actor (1967–2016).
Born April 8th, 1967 in Osaka Prefecture.
Died October 10th, 2016 at 49 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Esma Redžepova
Macedonian-romani singer, songwriter and humanitarian (1943-2016).
Born August 8th, 1943 in Skopje.
Died December 10th, 2016 at 73 years old in Skopje. [ref]
Bob Bennett
American politician (1933–2016).
Born September 18th, 1933 in Salt Lake City.
Died May 4th, 2016 at 82 years old in Arlington (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor (1929–2016).
Born December 6th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2016 at 86 years old in Sankt Georgen im Attergau. [ref]
Huston Smith
Religious studies scholar (1919-2016).
Born May 31st, 1919 in Suzhou.
Died December 30th, 2016 at 97 years old in Berkeley.
Ken Adam
Uk motion picture production designer (1921-2016).
Born February 5th, 1921 in Berlin.
Died March 10th, 2016 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Zubaida Tharwat
Egyptian actress (1940–2016).
Born June 14th, 1940 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2016 at 76 years old in Cairo (cancer). [ref]
Neville Marriner
British conductor and violinist (1924–2016).
Born April 15th, 1924 in Lincoln. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2016 at 92 years old in London. [ref]
Ernst Nolte
German historian and philosopher (1923–2016).
Born January 11th, 1923 in Witten. [ref]
Died August 18th, 2016 at 93 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 326 to 350 of 1278
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