In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
Tommy Kelly
Actor from the united states (1925-2016).
Born April 6th, 1925 in New York City.
Died January 26th, 2016 at 90 years old in Greensboro.
Solomon Feferman
American philosopher and mathematician (1928–2016).
Born December 13th, 1928 in New York City.
Died July 26th, 2016 at 87 years old in Stanford (stroke). [ref]
Sidney Drell
American physicist (1926–2016).
Born September 13th, 1926 in Atlantic City.
Died December 21st, 2016 at 90 years old in Palo Alto.
Manfred Krug
German actor and singer (1937–2016).
Born February 8th, 1937 in Duisburg.
Died October 21st, 2016 at 79 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Ashitha
Malayalam-language short story writer and poet.
Born April 5th, 1956 in Pazhayannur.
Died March 26th, 2016 at 59 years old in Thrissur (cancer). [ref]
Johnny Bach
American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1924-2016).
Born July 10th, 1924 in Brooklyn.
Died January 18th, 2016 at 91 years old in Chicago.
Gisela Mota Ocampo
Mexican politician.
Born March 13th, 1982 in Temixco.
Died January 2nd, 2016 at 33 years old in Temixco. [ref]
Radu Beligan
Romanian actor (1918-2016).
Born December 14th, 1918 in Galbeni.
Died July 20th, 2016 at 97 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Farajullah Salahshur
Iranian film director.
Born November 2nd, 1952 in Qazvin.
Died February 27th, 2016 at 63 years old in Tehran (lung cancer).
Ilse Aichinger
Austrian writer (1921–2016).
Born November 1st, 1921 in Vienna.
Died November 11th, 2016 at 95 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Jean-Claude Risset
French composer (1938–2016).
Born March 13th, 1938 in Le Puy-en-Velay.
Died November 21st, 2016 at 78 years old in 5th arrondissement of Marseille. [ref]
Gregorio Conrado Álvarez
Uruguayian general, dictator (1926-2016).
Born November 26th, 1926 in Lavalleja Department.
Died December 28th, 2016 at 90 years old in Montevideo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yves Bonnefoy
French poet, essayist, translator (1923–2016).
Born June 24th, 1923 in Tours.
Died July 1st, 2016 at 93 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
William Campbell
American businessman and chairman (1940–2016).
Born August 31st, 1940 in Homestead.
Died April 18th, 2016 at 75 years old in Palo Alto (cancer). [ref]
Elechi Amadi
Nigerian author (1934-2016).
Born May 12th, 1934 in Rivers State.
Died June 29th, 2016 at 82 years old in Good Heart Specialist Hospital (illness). [ref]
Geydar Dzhemal
Azerbaijani-russian philosopher, politician, and writer (1947-2016).
Born November 6th, 1947 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 2016 at 69 years old in Almaty. [ref]
Marc Riboud
French photographer (1923–2016).
Born June 24th, 1923 in Saint-Genis-Laval. [ref]
Died August 30th, 2016 at 93 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (Alzheimer's disease).
Thomas C. Oden
American theologian (1931–2016).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Altus.
Died December 8th, 2016 at 85 years old in Oklahoma City.
Stanley Mandelstam
American physicist (1928-2016).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Johannesburg.
Died June 23rd, 2016 at 87 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Daniela Dessì
Italian opera singer (1957-2016).
Died August 20th, 2016 at 56 years old in Brescia (cancer). [ref]
Ted Dumitru
Romanian football manager (1939-2016).
Born September 2nd, 1939 in Bucharest.
Died May 26th, 2016 at 76 years old in Johannesburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk
Turkish philosopher (1951–2016).
Born February 5th, 1951 in Bayburt.
Died June 22nd, 2016 at 65 years old in Istanbul (stomach cancer). [ref]
Maliheh Afnan
Palestinian painter, born 1935, active in england (1935–2016).
Born March 24th, 1935 in Haifa.
Died January 6th, 2016 at 80 years old in London.
Jadranka Stojaković
Bosnian singer-songwriter.
Born July 24th, 1950 in Sarajevo.
Died May 3rd, 2016 at 65 years old in Banja Luka (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
John D. Roberts
American chemist (1918–2016).
Born June 8th, 1918 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2016 at 98 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Deaths 601 to 625 of 1282
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown