In the year 2016
1,284 Notable deaths
China Machado
Former fashion model, editor and television producer.
Born December 25th, 1929 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2016 at 86 years old in Stony Brook (disease).
Héctor Babenco
Brazilian-argentine film director (1946-2016).
Born February 7th, 1946 in Mar del Plata.
Died July 13th, 2016 at 70 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction, sinusitis). [ref]
Michael Spindler
Apple ceo 1993–1996 (1942–2016).
Born December 22nd, 1942 in Berlin.
Died September 5th, 2016 at 73 years old in Mougins. [ref]
Clare Crockett
Irish religious sister (1982-2016).
Born November 14th, 1982 in Derry. [ref]
Died April 16th, 2016 at 33 years old in Ecuador (earthquake). [ref]
Steve Smith
Canadian cyclist.
Born November 25th, 1989 in Cassidy.
Died May 10th, 2016 at 26 years old in Nanaimo (traumatic brain injury). [ref]
John Carson
British actor (1927-2016).
Born February 28th, 1927 in Colombo.
Died November 5th, 2016 at 89 years old in Cape Town. [ref]
Asa Briggs
English historian (1921-2016).
Born May 7th, 1921 in Keighley. [ref]
Died March 15th, 2016 at 94 years old in Lewes. [ref]
Felix Browder
American mathematician (1927-2016).
Born July 31st, 1927 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 10th, 2016 at 89 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Benjamin Creme
British artist, author, esotericist (1922-2016).
Born December 5th, 1922 in Glasgow.
Died October 24th, 2016 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Velimir Bata Živojinović
Yugoslav and serbian actor and politician (1933-2016).
Born June 5th, 1933 in Koraćica.
Died May 22nd, 2016 at 82 years old in Belgrade (gangrene). [ref]
Sammy Lee
American diver and physician (1920–2016).
Born August 1st, 1920 in Fresno. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 2016 at 96 years old in Newport Beach (pneumonia). [ref]
Gloria Naylor
American writer (1950–2016).
Born January 25th, 1950 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2016 at 66 years old in Christiansted. [ref]
Yūko Tsushima
Japanese author (1947–2016).
Born March 30th, 1947 in Mitaka.
Died February 18th, 2016 at 68 years old in Tokyo (cancer). [ref]
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Greek politician, former president of the hellenic republic.
Born August 15th, 1926 in Patras.
Died November 20th, 2016 at 90 years old in Henry Dunant Hospital Center (pneumonia). [ref]
Tony Conrad
American filmmaker, violinist and composer (1940-2016).
Born March 7th, 1940 in Concord. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2016 at 76 years old in Cheektowaga (pneumonia). [ref]
Patrick Manning
Politician from trinidad and tobago.
Born August 17th, 1946 in San Fernando.
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 69 years old in San Fernando General Hospital (leukemia). [ref]
Katherine Dunn
American novelist, journalist, poet (1945–2016).
Born October 24th, 1945 in Garden City.
Died May 11th, 2016 at 70 years old in Portland (lung cancer). [ref]
Shirley Hazzard
Australian-american author.
Born January 30th, 1931 in Sydney. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2016 at 85 years old in Manhattan (dementia). [ref]
Jacques Hamel
French catholic priest, martyr and servant of god.
Born November 30th, 1930 in Darnétal. [ref]
Died July 26th, 2016 at 85 years old in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. [ref]
Doreen Massey
British social scientist and geographer.
Born January 3rd, 1944 in Manchester.
Died March 11th, 2016 at 72 years old in Kilburn (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Ellen Meiksins Wood
American marxist scholar (1942–2016).
Born April 12th, 1942 in New York City.
Died January 14th, 2016 at 73 years old in Ottawa (cancer). [ref]
Zoltán Kocsis
Classical pianist, conductor and composer (1952–2016).
Born May 30th, 1952 in Budapest.
Died November 6th, 2016 at 64 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Michel Rocard
French politician (1930-2016).
Born August 23rd, 1930 in Courbevoie. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 85 years old in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Francisco Flores
President of el salvador (1959-2016).
Born October 17th, 1959 in Santa Ana.
Died January 30th, 2016 at 56 years old in San Salvador (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Halil İnalcık
Turkish historian (1916–2016).
Born May 26th, 1916 in Istanbul.
Died July 25th, 2016 at 100 years old in Ankara (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner