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In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Chris Amon
New zealand racing driver.
Born July 20th, 1943 in Bulls.
Died August 3rd, 2016 at 73 years old in Rotorua (cancer). [ref]
Věra Čáslavská
Czechoslovak sports official, sport gymnast and coach.
Born May 3rd, 1942 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 30th, 2016 at 74 years old in Prague (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Guido Westerwelle
German politician (fdp), foreign minister of germany (1961-2016).
Born December 27th, 1961 in Bad Honnef. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2016 at 54 years old in Cologne (acute myeloid leukemia). [ref]
Andrei Karlov
Soviet and russian diplomat.
Born February 4th, 1954 in Moscow.
Died December 19th, 2016 at 62 years old in Çankaya district (gunshot wound). [ref]
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (1938-2016).
Born May 24th, 1938 in Kingston. [ref]
Died September 8th, 2016 at 78 years old in Miami. [ref]
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
Japanese sumo wrestler.
Born June 1st, 1955 in Hokkaido.
Died July 31st, 2016 at 61 years old in Tokyo (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
La Veneno
Spanish transgender vedette, sex worker, singer and actress.
Born March 19th, 1964 in Adra.
Died November 9th, 2016 at 52 years old in Madrid (traumatic brain injury).
Bryce Dejean-Jones
American professional basketball player.
Born August 21st, 1992 in Los Angeles.
Died May 28th, 2016 at 23 years old in Dallas. [ref]
Thomas Schelling
American economist (1921-2016).
Born April 14th, 1921 in Oakland. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2016 at 95 years old in Bethesda. [ref]
Isao Tomita
Japanese musician (1932-2016).
Born April 22nd, 1932 in Suginami-ku.
Died May 5th, 2016 at 84 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 1199
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau