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In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
Carlos Gorostiza
Argentine author and playwright (1920-2016).
Born June 7th, 1920 in Palermo.
Died July 19th, 2016 at 96 years old in Buenos Aires.
Marcel Barbeau
Canadian artist (1925-2016).
Born February 18th, 1925 in Montreal. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 2016 at 90 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Diana Balmori Ling
American landscape designer (1932–2016).
Died November 14th, 2016 at 84 years old in New York City. [ref]
Javed Akhtar
Pakistani cricketer & umpire (1940-2016).
Born November 21st, 1940 in Delhi.
Died July 8th, 2016 at 75 years old in Rawalpindi. [ref]
Mary Hesse
English philosopher (1924-2016).
Born October 15th, 1924 in Reigate. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2016 at 91 years old [ref]
William Salice
Italian businessman (1933-2016).
Born July 18th, 1933 in Casei Gerola. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2016 at 83 years old in Pavia (stroke). [ref]
Aleš Debeljak
Slovenian poet, essayist, critic (1961-2016).
Born December 25th, 1961 in Ljubljana.
Died January 28th, 2016 at 54 years old in Peračica (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Girolamo Prigione
Catholic archbishop (1921–2016).
Born October 12th, 1921 in Castellazzo Bormida.
Died May 27th, 2016 at 94 years old in Alessandria. [ref]
Alain Decaux
French writer (1925-2016).
Born July 23rd, 1925 in Lille.
Died March 27th, 2016 at 90 years old in Georges Pompidou European Hospital. [ref]
Umberto Raho
Italian actor (1922-2016).
Died January 6th, 2016 at 93 years old in Anzio (Alzheimer's disease).
Theodore Wilbur Anderson
American statistician (1918–2016).
Born June 5th, 1918 in Minneapolis.
Died September 17th, 2016 at 98 years old in Stanford.
Len Allchurch
Welsh footballer (1933-2016).
Born September 12th, 1933 in Swansea.
Died November 16th, 2016 at 83 years old in Swansea. [ref]
Jocelyn Lovell
Canadian, commonwealth and pan american champion cyclist (1950–2016).
Born July 19th, 1950 in Norwich. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 2016 at 65 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Shaibu Amodu
Nigerian football manager (1958–2016).
Born April 18th, 1958 in Edo State.
Died June 10th, 2016 at 58 years old in Lagos.
Poul Pedersen
Danish association football player (1932-2016).
Born October 31st, 1932 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2016 at 84 years old in Aarhus. [ref]
Gilberto Mendes
Brazilian composer, university professor and researcher (1922–2016).
Born October 13th, 1922 in Santos.
Died January 1st, 2016 at 93 years old in Santos. [ref]
Erol Keskin
Turkish association football player (1927–2016).
Born March 2nd, 1927 in Istanbul.
Died October 1st, 2016 at 89 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Concepcion Picciotto
Us american peace activist (1936-2016).
Born January 15th, 1936 in Santiago de Compostela.
Died January 25th, 2016 at 80 years old in Washington, D.C..
Gianluca Buonanno
Italian politician (1966–2016).
Born May 15th, 1966 in Borgosesia.
Died June 5th, 2016 at 50 years old in A36 Motorway (car collision). [ref]
Erich Bloch
American electrical engineer.
Born January 9th, 1925 in Sulzburg.
Died November 25th, 2016 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Peter Hintze
German politician (1950-2016).
Born April 25th, 1950 in Bad Honnef.
Died November 26th, 2016 at 66 years old in Cologne (cancer). [ref]
Zyta Gilowska
Polish economist, academic and politician (1949-2016).
Born July 7th, 1949 in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie.
Died April 5th, 2016 at 66 years old in Świdnik. [ref]
Natalya Krachkovskaya
Soviet and russian actress (1938-2016).
Born November 24th, 1938 in Moscow.
Died March 3rd, 2016 at 77 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Abdulla Oripov
Uzbekistani poet.
Born March 21st, 1941 in Koson District.
Died November 5th, 2016 at 75 years old in Houston.
Jean-Marie Doré
Guinean prime minister (1938-2016).
Born June 12th, 1938 in Bossou.
Died January 29th, 2016 at 77 years old in Conakry. [ref]
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain