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In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
Kalevi Lehtovirta
Finnish footballer (1928-2016).
Born February 20th, 1928 in Turku.
Died January 10th, 2016 at 87 years old in Turku. [ref]
Vladimir Belov
Soviet handball player (1958–2016).
Born April 26th, 1958 in Kuntsevo.
Died November 14th, 2016 at 58 years old in Moscow. [ref]
André Boerstra
Dutch field hockey player (1924–2016).
Born December 11th, 1924 in Bandung.
Died March 17th, 2016 at 91 years old in The Hague.
Yura Halim
Bruneian politician.
Born May 2nd, 1923 in Tutong District.
Died April 11th, 2016 at 92 years old [ref]
Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves
Brazilian association football player (1982–2016).
Born September 3rd, 1982 in Recife.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 34 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Béla Kuharszki
Hungarian footballer (1940-2016).
Born April 29th, 1940 in Budapest.
Died March 7th, 2016 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Andrzej Kotkowski
Polish film director, screenwriter (1940–2016).
Born February 17th, 1940 in Lviv.
Died January 15th, 2016 at 75 years old in Warsaw.
Väinö Huhtala
Finnish cross-country skier.
Born December 24th, 1935 in Siikajoki.
Died June 18th, 2016 at 80 years old in Jämsä. [ref]
Galina Leontyeva
Russian volleyball player (1941-2016).
Born November 6th, 1941 in Danilovsky District.
Died February 4th, 2016 at 74 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Aníbal Alzate
Colombian footballer (1933-2016).
Born January 31st, 1933 in Medellín.
Died March 31st, 2016 at 83 years old in Ibagué. [ref]
Jean Cornelis
Belgian footballer (1941–2016).
Born August 2nd, 1941 in Lot.
Died March 21st, 2016 at 74 years old in Anderlecht (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Karimat El-Sayed
Egyptian academic.
Born December 10th, 1933 in Egypt.
Died November 21st, 2016 at 82 years old
Zygmunt Kukla
Polish footballer (1948-2016).
Born January 21st, 1948 in Mielec, Nysa.
Died May 18th, 2016 at 68 years old in Mielec (stroke). [ref]
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Prime minister of pakistan (1930–2016).
Born June 26th, 1930 in Lahore. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 2016 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C. (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
Mozambican roman catholic archbishop (1936-2016).
Born November 26th, 1936 in Manica Province.
Died April 6th, 2016 at 79 years old in Beira. [ref]
Giuseppe De Andrea
Italian priest and theologian (1930-2016).
Born April 20th, 1930 in Rivarolo Canavese.
Died June 29th, 2016 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Luiza Helena de Bairros
Brazilian administrator, sociologist and politician.
Born March 27th, 1953 in Porto Alegre.
Died July 12th, 2016 at 63 years old in Porto Alegre (lung cancer).
Eva Šuranová
Slovak athletics competitor (1946–2016).
Born April 24th, 1946 in Ózd.
Died December 31st, 2016 at 70 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Roger Dumas
French actor (1932–2016).
Born May 9th, 1932 in Annonay.
Died July 3rd, 2016 at 84 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Dieter Hoffmann
East german shot putter (1942–2016).
Born August 27th, 1942 in Gdańsk.
Died September 16th, 2016 at 74 years old in Luckenwalde.
Thérèse Clerc
French activist (1927-2016).
Born December 9th, 1927 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 16th, 2016 at 88 years old in Montreuil (cancer). [ref]
Edgard Sorgeloos
Belgian cyclist (1930–2016).
Born December 14th, 1930 in Denderhoutem.
Died November 12th, 2016 at 85 years old in Oudenaarde. [ref]
László Bárczay
Hungarian chess player (1936–2016).
Born February 21st, 1936 in Miskolc.
Died April 7th, 2016 at 80 years old in Miskolc. [ref]
Gilbert Chapron
French boxer (1933-2016).
Born October 7th, 1933 in Blois.
Died September 5th, 2016 at 82 years old in Blois. [ref]
Eric Defoort
Belgian politician (1943-2016).
Born June 27th, 1943 in Ypres.
Died December 17th, 2016 at 73 years old in East Flanders (cancer). [ref]
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