In the year 2016
1,282 Notable deaths
Karol Machata
Slovak actor (1928-2016).
Born January 13th, 1928 in Malacky.
Died May 3rd, 2016 at 88 years old in Bratislava.
Giacomo Fornoni
Italian cyclist (1939–2016).
Born December 26th, 1939 in Gromo.
Died September 26th, 2016 at 76 years old in Rogeno. [ref]
Fernando Barrachina
Spanish association footballer (1947-2016).
Born February 24th, 1947 in Granada. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2016 at 68 years old in Valencia.
Fosco Becattini
Italian footballer (1925-2016).
Born March 16th, 1925 in Sestri Levante.
Died December 14th, 2016 at 91 years old in Sestri Levante. [ref]
Giovanni Steffè
Italian rower (1928–2016).
Born January 12th, 1928 in Trieste.
Died October 19th, 2016 at 88 years old in Recco.
Tadeusz Gocłowski
Polish archbishop (1931–2016).
Born September 16th, 1931 in Piski.
Died May 3rd, 2016 at 84 years old in Gdańsk.
Constant Huysmans
Belgian footballer (1928-2016).
Born October 11th, 1928 in Antwerp.
Died May 16th, 2016 at 87 years old in Hoboken.
Zoltán Szarka
Hungarian association football player (1942-2016).
Born August 12th, 1942 in Csorna.
Died April 18th, 2016 at 73 years old in Szombathely. [ref]
Dener Assunção Braz
Brazilian footballer (1991-2016).
Died November 28th, 2016 at 25 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Anton Winkler
German luger (1954-2016).
Born February 23rd, 1954 in Bischofswiesen.
Died October 8th, 2016 at 62 years old in Berchtesgaden. [ref]
Adrian Monger
Australian rower (1932–2016).
Born December 6th, 1932 in Mount Lawley.
Died July 9th, 2016 at 83 years old in Perth (cancer). [ref]
Roberto Lovera
Uruguayan basketball player (1922–2016).
Born November 14th, 1922 in Montevideo.
Died June 22nd, 2016 at 93 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Michel Duc-Goninaz
French linguist (1933–2016).
Born September 6th, 1933 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 26th, 2016 at 82 years old in Aix-en-Provence.
Nikolaus Messmer
Kyrgyzstani catholic priest.
Born December 19th, 1954 in Karaganda.
Died July 18th, 2016 at 61 years old in Bishkek. [ref]
Heidrun Hartmann
German botanist and botanical collector (1942-2016).
Born August 5th, 1942 in Kołobrzeg.
Died July 11th, 2016 at 73 years old in Hamburg.
Axel Schandorff
Danish racing cyclist (1926-2016).
Born March 3rd, 1926 in Copenhagen.
Died January 27th, 2016 at 89 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Zdeněk Procházka
Czech footballer (1928-2016).
Born January 12th, 1928 in Czechoslovakia. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2016 at 88 years old [ref]
Fritzi Schwingl
Austrian canoe racer.
Born July 28th, 1921 in Vienna.
Died July 9th, 2016 at 94 years old in Kötschach-Mauthen. [ref]
Miguel Álvarez Pozo
Basketball player (1949-2016).
Born November 26th, 1949 in Pinar del Río.
Died May 31st, 2016 at 66 years old in Havana. [ref]
Aage Larsen
Danish rower (1923–2016).
Born August 3rd, 1923 in Søborg.
Died October 31st, 2016 at 93 years old in Fredensborg. [ref]
Santi Duangsawang
Thai "luk thung" singer and actor.
Born January 10th, 1968 in Phichit.
Died November 4th, 2016 at 48 years old in Samut Songkhram (diabetes).
Narf
Galician composer and singer.
Born April 24th, 1968 in Silleda.
Died November 15th, 2016 at 48 years old in Santiago de Compostela (cancer).
Dominik Hrušovský
Slovak roman catholic archbishop (1926–2016).
Born June 1st, 1926 in Maňa. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2016 at 90 years old in Nitra.
Bohumil Kubát
Czechoslovak wrestler (1935–2016).
Born February 14th, 1935 in Česká Třebová. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2016 at 81 years old in Chomutov. [ref]
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz