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In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
Ken Sailors
American basketball player (1921-2016).
Born January 14th, 1921 in Bushnell.
Died January 30th, 2016 at 95 years old in Laramie. [ref]
Ali Javan
Iranian-american physicist.
Born December 26th, 1926 in Tehran.
Died September 12th, 2016 at 89 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Leo Beranek
American acoustical engineer (1914–2016).
Born September 15th, 1914 in Solon.
Died October 11th, 2016 at 102 years old in Westwood. [ref]
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Sri lankan politician (1933–2016).
Born May 5th, 1933 in British Ceylon.
Died December 27th, 2016 at 83 years old in Colombo. [ref]
Shashikala Kakodkar
Indian politician.
Born January 7th, 1935 in Pernem.
Died October 28th, 2016 at 81 years old [ref]
Shirley M. Hufstedler
American judge and secretary of education (1925-2016).
Born August 24th, 1925 in Denver. [ref]
Died March 30th, 2016 at 90 years old in Glendale. [ref]
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Indian politician (1921–2016).
Born July 1st, 1921 in Baragaon.
Died August 24th, 2016 at 95 years old in New Delhi.
John David Jackson
American theoretical physicist and textbook author (1925–2016).
Born January 19th, 1925 in London.
Died May 20th, 2016 at 91 years old in Lansing.
Peter Hans Kolvenbach
Superior general of the society of jesus (1928-2016).
Born November 30th, 1928 in Druten.
Died November 26th, 2016 at 87 years old in Beirut. [ref]
Gianroberto Casaleggio
Italian businessman (1954–2016).
Born August 14th, 1954 in Milan.
Died April 12th, 2016 at 61 years old in Milan (brain cancer). [ref]
Fredrik Barth
Norwegian social anthropologist (1928–2016).
Born December 22nd, 1928 in Leipzig.
Died January 24th, 2016 at 87 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Buck Kartalian
American actor (1922–2016).
Born August 13th, 1922 in Detroit.
Died May 24th, 2016 at 93 years old in Los Angeles.
Whitney Smith
Founder of vexillology, the study of flags (1940–2016).
Born February 26th, 1940 in Arlington.
Died November 17th, 2016 at 76 years old in Peabody.
Jacob Neusner
American scholar of judaism and rabbinic literature (1932–2016).
Born July 28th, 1932 in Hartford.
Died October 8th, 2016 at 84 years old in Rhinebeck. [ref]
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer (1928–2016).
Born November 11th, 1928 in Houston. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2016 at 87 years old in Seattle, Shoreline. [ref]
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
Egyptian journalist (1923-2016).
Born September 23rd, 1923 in Cairo.
Died February 17th, 2016 at 92 years old in Cairo (kidney failure). [ref]
Claus Ogerman
German composer (1930-2016).
Born April 29th, 1930 in Racibórz.
Died March 8th, 2016 at 85 years old in Munich. [ref]
Mohamed Abdelaziz
Sahrawi politician.
Born August 17th, 1947 in Smara.
Died May 31st, 2016 at 68 years old in Tindouf (lung cancer). [ref]
Abel Fernandez
American actor (1930–2016).
Born July 14th, 1930 in East Los Angeles.
Died May 3rd, 2016 at 85 years old in Whittier (lung cancer). [ref]
Evita Muñoz
Mexican actress and comedian (1936-2016).
Born November 26th, 1936 in Orizaba.
Died August 23rd, 2016 at 79 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia).
Stylianos Pattakos
Greek military officer.
Born November 8th, 1912 in Agia Paraskevi Amari Rethimno.
Died October 8th, 2016 at 103 years old in Athens. [ref]
Anker Jørgensen
Danish politician (1922–2016).
Born July 13th, 1922 in Copenhagen.
Died March 20th, 2016 at 93 years old in Valby. [ref]
Yasutarō Koide
Japanese supercentenarian.
Born March 13th, 1903 in Tsuruga.
Died January 19th, 2016 at 112 years old in Moriyama-ku (pneumonia, heart failure). [ref]
Oleg Popov
Soviet and russian clown and circus artist.
Born August 31st, 1930 in Virubovo.
Died November 2nd, 2016 at 86 years old in Rostov-on-Don (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche