Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 2016
1,284 Notable deaths
Erdal Tosun
Turkish actor (1963–2016).
Born April 9th, 1963 in Istanbul.
Died November 30th, 2016 at 53 years old in Istanbul (traffic collision).
Aldo Monti
Mexican actor (1929–2016).
Born January 4th, 1929 in Rome.
Died July 19th, 2016 at 87 years old in United States. [ref]
Fayruz
Egyptian film actress, singer (1943–2016).
Born March 15th, 1943 in Cairo.
Died January 30th, 2016 at 72 years old in Cairo (liver disease). [ref]
Hans Koschnick
German politician (spd), mayor of bremen (1929-2016).
Born April 2nd, 1929 in Bremen.
Died April 21st, 2016 at 87 years old in Bremen (pneumonia). [ref]
Lasse Mårtenson
Finnish musician and composer (1934–2016).
Born September 24th, 1934 in Helsinki.
Died May 14th, 2016 at 81 years old in Espoo (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Bohdan Hawrylyshyn
Ukrainian economist (1926–2016).
Born October 19th, 1926 in Switzerland, Koropets.
Died October 24th, 2016 at 90 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Paul Guers
French actor (1927–2016).
Born December 19th, 1927 in Tours.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 88 years old in Montsoreau (cancer).
Utako Okamoto
Japanese medical doctor and scientist.
Born April 1st, 1918 in Tokyo.
Died April 21st, 2016 at 98 years old in Kobe.
Marcos Danilo Padilha
Brazilian association football player (1985-2016).
Born July 31st, 1985 in Cianorte.
Died November 29th, 2016 at 31 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Zerka T. Moreno
American psychotherapist.
Born June 13th, 1917 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2016 at 99 years old in Rockville. [ref]
Denise Duval
French opera singer.
Born October 23rd, 1921 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 25th, 2016 at 94 years old in Bex.
Andrzej Kopiczyński
Polish actor (1934-2016).
Born April 15th, 1934 in Międzyrzec Podlaski. [ref]
Died October 13th, 2016 at 82 years old in Warsaw (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Bertil Roos
Swedish racing driver (1943-2016).
Born October 12th, 1943 in Gothenburg.
Died March 31st, 2016 at 72 years old in East Stroudsburg.
Lutz D. Schmadel
German astronomer and amateur radio operator (1942–2016).
Born July 2nd, 1942 in Berlin.
Died October 21st, 2016 at 74 years old
Josip Bukal
Yugoslav football player and coach (1945-2016).
Born November 15th, 1945 in Okešinec.
Died August 27th, 2016 at 70 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Irina Rakobolskaya
Russian physicist and aviator (1919-2016).
Born December 22nd, 1919 in Dankov.
Died September 22nd, 2016 at 96 years old in Moscow.
Dai Dower
British boxer (1933-2016).
Born June 20th, 1933 in Abercynon.
Died August 1st, 2016 at 83 years old
Jutta Limbach
German judge and politician (spd),president of the federal constitutional court.
Born March 27th, 1934 in Berlin.
Died September 10th, 2016 at 82 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Danish composer (1932–2016).
Born November 21st, 1932 in Copenhagen.
Died June 27th, 2016 at 83 years old (cancer). [ref]
Joannis Avramidis
Greek-austrian artist (1922-2016).
Born September 23rd, 1922 in Batumi.
Died January 16th, 2016 at 93 years old in Vienna.
Marcel Artelesa
French footballer (1938-2016).
Born July 2nd, 1938 in Pont-Sainte-Marie.
Died September 23rd, 2016 at 78 years old in Troyes. [ref]
Anatoli Ilyin
Russian footballer (1931-2016).
Born June 27th, 1931 in Moscow.
Died February 10th, 2016 at 84 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Juan Mujica
Uruguayan footballer (1943-2016).
Born December 22nd, 1943 in Casa Blanca.
Died February 11th, 2016 at 72 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Elisabeta Polihroniade
Romanian chess player (1935–2016).
Born April 24th, 1935 in Bucharest.
Died January 23rd, 2016 at 80 years old [ref]
Sverre Kjelsberg
Norwegian actor, singer and musician (1946–2016).
Born October 18th, 1946 in Tromsø Municipality.
Died June 19th, 2016 at 69 years old in Tromsø Municipality. [ref]
Deaths 876 to 900 of 1284
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau