In the year 2016
1,201 Notable deaths
Janet Waldo
American actress (1919-2016).
Born February 4th, 1919 in Yakima. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2016 at 97 years old in Encino (brain cancer).
Aaron Pryor
American boxer (1955-2016).
Born October 20th, 1955 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2016 at 60 years old in Cincinnati. [ref]
Brian Bedford
British actor (1935–2016).
Born February 16th, 1935 in Morley.
Died January 13th, 2016 at 80 years old in Santa Barbara (cancer).
Dalian Atkinson
English footballer (1968–2016).
Born March 21st, 1968 in Shrewsbury. [ref]
Died August 15th, 2016 at 48 years old in Telford (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Jon English
English-born australian singer, musician and actor (1949-2016).
Born March 26th, 1949 in Hampstead.
Died March 9th, 2016 at 66 years old in Newcastle (surgical complications).
Patricia Barry
American actress (1922-2016).
Born November 16th, 1922 in Davenport.
Died October 11th, 2016 at 93 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician.
Born April 29th, 1922 in Marollen. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 2016 at 94 years old in Braine-l'Alleud. [ref]
Richard Libertini
Actor (1933-2016).
Born May 21st, 1933 in East Cambridge, Cambridge. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2016 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Jerry Doyle
American actor (1956–2016).
Born July 16th, 1956 in Brooklyn.
Died July 27th, 2016 at 60 years old in Las Vegas (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Joe Santos
Italian-american film and television actor (1931-2006).
Born June 9th, 1931 in Brooklyn.
Died March 18th, 2016 at 84 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince (1915–2016).
Born December 2nd, 1915 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2016 at 100 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup
Indian writer.
Born May 27th, 1931 in Chavara.
Died February 13th, 2016 at 84 years old in Thiruvananthapuram (respiratory failure).
Amjad Sabri
Pakistani qawwal, naat khawan and a proponent of the sufi muslim tradition.
Born December 23rd, 1976 in Karachi.
Died June 22nd, 2016 at 39 years old in Liaquatabad Town. [ref]
P. A. Sangma
Former speaker of the lok sabha (1947-2016).
Born September 1st, 1947 in West Garo Hills district.
Died March 4th, 2016 at 68 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yang Jiang
Chinese writer (1911-2016).
Born July 17th, 1911 in Beijing.
Died May 25th, 2016 at 104 years old in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. [ref]
Lonnie Mack
American blues-rock guitarist and vocalist.
Born July 18th, 1941 in Dearborn County.
Died April 21st, 2016 at 74 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Guy Hamilton
English film director (1922-2016).
Born September 16th, 1922 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 20th, 2016 at 93 years old in Palma. [ref]
Angus Scrimm
American actor (1926-2016).
Born August 19th, 1926 in Kansas City.
Died January 9th, 2016 at 89 years old in Los Angeles.
Axl Rotten
American professional wrestler (1971–2016).
Born April 21st, 1971 in Fell's Point.
Died February 4th, 2016 at 44 years old in Baltimore (drug overdose). [ref]
Papa Wemba
Was a congolese singer and musician who played congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo..
Born June 14th, 1949 in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubefu.
Died April 24th, 2016 at 66 years old in Ivory Coast, Abidjan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Dario Fo
Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016).
Born March 24th, 1926 in Leggiuno, Sangiano. [ref]
Died October 13th, 2016 at 90 years old in Luigi Sacco Hospital (respiratory disease). [ref]
Rajesh Vivek
Indian actor (1949-2016).
Born January 31st, 1949 in Jaunpur.
Died January 14th, 2016 at 66 years old in Hyderabad (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Hiller
Canadian-american director (1923-2016).
Born November 22nd, 1923 in Edmonton.
Died August 17th, 2016 at 92 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner