In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
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]
Helen Delich Bentley
American politician (1923-2016).
Born November 28th, 1923 in Ruth.
Died August 6th, 2016 at 92 years old in Timonium (stroke).
Tarık Akan
Turkish actor and film producer (1949–2016).
Born December 13th, 1949 in Istanbul.
Died September 16th, 2016 at 66 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer). [ref]
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In my end is my beginning. Mary, Queen of Scots