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In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
Nicole Maurey
French actress (1926–2016).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Bois-Colombes. [ref]
Died March 11th, 2016 at 89 years old in Versailles. [ref]
Daniel Prodan
Romanian footballer (1972-2016).
Born March 23rd, 1972 in Satu Mare.
Died November 16th, 2016 at 44 years old in Voluntari (myocardial infarction). [ref]
K. G. Subramanyan
Indian painter, sculptor, muralist, printmaker, writer and academic (1924-2016).
Born February 5th, 1924 in Kuthuparamba.
Died June 29th, 2016 at 92 years old in Vadodara.
Harry Wu
Chinese activist (1937-2016).
Born February 8th, 1937 in Shanghai.
Died April 26th, 2016 at 79 years old in Honduras (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Giorgio Gomelsky
Georgian musician (1934–2016).
Born February 28th, 1934 in Tbilisi.
Died January 13th, 2016 at 81 years old in New York City.
Otis Clay
American r&b and soul singer (1942–2016).
Born February 11th, 1942 in Waxhaw.
Died January 8th, 2016 at 73 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Marek Svatoš
Slovak ice hockey player (1982–2016).
Born June 17th, 1982 in Košice.
Died November 5th, 2016 at 34 years old in Denver (drug overdose). [ref]
Michelle Cliff
American novelist, short story writer, critic.
Born November 2nd, 1946 in Kingston.
Died June 12th, 2016 at 69 years old in Santa Cruz (liver disease). [ref]
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
President of burundi (1946-2016).
Born August 29th, 1946 in Rutovu.
Died May 4th, 2016 at 69 years old in Brussels. [ref]
Thorbjörn Fälldin
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1926-2016).
Born April 24th, 1926 in Högsjö församling.
Died July 23rd, 2016 at 90 years old in Hälledal. [ref]
Edward Yourdon
American software engineer and pioneer in the software engineering methodology (1944-2016).
Born April 30th, 1944.
Died January 20th, 2016 at 71 years old
Michel Delpech
French singer (1946–2016).
Born January 26th, 1946 in Courbevoie.
Died January 2nd, 2016 at 69 years old in Puteaux (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Yūko Mizutani
Japanese actress and voice actress (1964–2016).
Born November 4th, 1964 in Ama district.
Died May 17th, 2016 at 51 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer). [ref]
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016).
Born August 2nd, 1944 in Recife.
Died March 9th, 2016 at 71 years old in Recife (lung cancer). [ref]
Solomon W. Golomb
American mathematician (1932–2016).
Born May 30th, 1932 in Baltimore.
Died May 1st, 2016 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Bahman Golbarnezhad
Iranian paralympic athlete.
Born June 12th, 1968 in Shiraz. [ref]
Died September 17th, 2016 at 48 years old in Rio de Janeiro (sports injury). [ref]
Tom M. Apostol
American mathematician (1923-2016).
Born August 20th, 1923 in Helper.
Died May 8th, 2016 at 92 years old [ref]
Artur Fischer
German inventor (1919–2016).
Born December 31st, 1919 in Waldachtal.
Died January 27th, 2016 at 96 years old in Waldachtal. [ref]
Meg Mundy
British-born american actress (1915-2016).
Born January 4th, 1915 in London.
Died January 12th, 2016 at 101 years old in United States.
Sixto Durán-Ballén
President of ecuador (1992–1996).
Born July 14th, 1921 in Boston.
Died November 15th, 2016 at 95 years old in Quito.
Yolande Fox
American singer, model, activist.
Born November 29th, 1928 in Mobile.
Died February 22nd, 2016 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer). [ref]
Gurdial Singh
Writer, novelist (1933–2016).
Born January 10th, 1933 in Jaitu.
Died August 16th, 2016 at 83 years old in Bathinda. [ref]
Michel Tournier
French writer (1924–2016).
Born December 19th, 1924 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 18th, 2016 at 91 years old in Choisel.
Matheus Biteco
Brazilian footballer.
Born August 26th, 1995 in Porto Alegre.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 21 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Robert T. Paine
American zoologist (1933–2016).
Born April 13th, 1933 in Cambridge.
Died June 13th, 2016 at 83 years old in Seattle (tumor of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues).
Deaths 476 to 500 of 1282
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