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In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
Wolfgang Suschitzky
Austrian cinematographer (1912–2016).
Born August 29th, 1912 in Vienna.
Died October 7th, 2016 at 104 years old in London.
Leonid Zhabotinsky
Ukrainian weightlifter (1938–2016).
Born January 28th, 1938 in Uspenka.
Died January 14th, 2016 at 77 years old in Zaporizhzhia (influenza). [ref]
Zdravko Tolimir
Commander in the army of republika srpska.
Born November 27th, 1948 in Glamoč.
Died February 8th, 2016 at 67 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Michal Kováč
Slovak economist, politician, president of the slovakia (1993–1998).
Born September 5th, 1930 in Ľubiša. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2016 at 86 years old in Bratislava (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Arthur Maia
Brazilian association football player (1992-2016).
Born October 13th, 1992 in Maceió.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 24 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Loris Francesco Capovilla
Roman catholic archbishop (1915–2016).
Born October 14th, 1915 in Pontelongo.
Died May 26th, 2016 at 100 years old in Bergamo. [ref]
Oya Aydoğan
Turkish actor and fashion model (1957–2016).
Born February 10th, 1957 in Erzincan.
Died May 15th, 2016 at 59 years old in Istanbul (aortic aneurysm).
Joseph Keller
American mathematician (1923–2016).
Born July 31st, 1923 in Paterson.
Died September 7th, 2016 at 93 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Alexandre Astruc
French film director (1923–2016).
Born July 13th, 1923 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 19th, 2016 at 92 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ioan Gyuri Pascu
Romanian actor, musician and comedian (1961-2016).
Born August 31st, 1961 in Agnita.
Died September 26th, 2016 at 55 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Karel Husa
Czech-born american conductor and composer.
Born August 7th, 1921 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2016 at 95 years old in Apex. [ref]
Robert Abajyan
Armenian military person, hero of artsakh.
Born November 16th, 1996 in Yerevan. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2016 at 19 years old in Republic of Artsakh.
Deborah S. Jin
American physicist (1968–2016).
Born November 15th, 1968 in Stanford. [ref]
Died September 15th, 2016 at 47 years old in Boulder (cancer). [ref]
Siné
French cartoonist (1928–2016).
Born December 30th, 1928 in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 5th, 2016 at 87 years old in Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital (lung cancer). [ref]
Nicole Courcel
French actress (1931-2016).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Saint-Cloud.
Died June 25th, 2016 at 84 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Hande Kader cinayeti
Turkish transgender woman.
Born January 5th, 1993 in Şanlıurfa.
Died August 8th, 2016 at 23 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Qahhor Mahkamov
Soviet politician, then president of tajikistan (1990–1991).
Born April 16th, 1932 in Khujand.
Died June 8th, 2016 at 84 years old in Dushanbe.
Joseph Fitzmyer
American jesuit and biblical scholar (1920-2016).
Born November 4th, 1920 in Philadelphia.
Died December 24th, 2016 at 96 years old in Merion Station.
Vladimir Zeldin
Soviet and russian actor (1915–2016).
Born February 10th, 1915 in Michurinsk. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2016 at 101 years old in Moscow (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Jan Wilsgaard
Scandinavian car designer (1930–2016).
Born January 23rd, 1930 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 6th, 2016 at 86 years old in Kungsbacka Municipality. [ref]
Lúcio Lara
Angolan politician (1929-2016).
Born April 9th, 1929 in Caála.
Died February 27th, 2016 at 86 years old in Luanda.
Mira Stupica
Serbian and yugoslav actress,theater actress (1923–2016).
Born August 17th, 1923 in Gjilan.
Died August 19th, 2016 at 93 years old in Belgrade.
Wendell R. Anderson
American politician (1933-2016).
Born February 1st, 1933 in Saint Paul.
Died July 17th, 2016 at 83 years old in Saint Paul (pneumonia). [ref]
Marlow Cook
American politician (1926–2016).
Born July 27th, 1926 in Akron.
Died February 4th, 2016 at 89 years old in Sarasota (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Dwight Jones
American basketball player (1952-2016).
Born February 27th, 1952 in Houston.
Died July 25th, 2016 at 64 years old in The Woodlands. [ref]
Deaths 626 to 650 of 1282
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi