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In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Alice Drummond
American actress.
Born May 21st, 1928 in Providence.
Died November 30th, 2016 at 88 years old in The Bronx (fall). [ref]
Cecil Parkinson
British politician (1931-2016).
Born September 1st, 1931 in Carnforth.
Died January 22nd, 2016 at 84 years old in Marylebone (cancer).
Sydney Schanberg
American journalist (1934–2016).
Born January 17th, 1934 in Clinton.
Died July 9th, 2016 at 82 years old in Poughkeepsie (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Fyvush Finkel
American actor (1922-2016).
Born October 9th, 1922 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2016 at 93 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jack T. Chick
American christian cartoonist (1924–2016).
Born April 13th, 1924 in Boyle Heights.
Died October 23rd, 2016 at 92 years old in Alhambra (diabetes). [ref]
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel
Tunisian-french terrorist attacker (1985-2016).
Born January 3rd, 1985 in M'saken. [ref]
Died July 14th, 2016 at 31 years old in Nice. [ref]
Sonny James
American country music singer and songwriter.
Born May 1st, 1929 in Hackleburg.
Died February 22nd, 2016 at 86 years old in Nashville.
Maggie Blye
American actress.
Born October 24th, 1939 in Houston. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2016 at 76 years old in West Hollywood (cancer). [ref]
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
German politician and member of the free democratic party (1927-2016).
Born March 21st, 1927 in Reideburg. [ref]
Died March 31st, 2016 at 89 years old in Pech (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Meir Dagan
Israeli general and spy (1945–2016).
Born January 30th, 1945 in Kherson.
Died March 17th, 2016 at 71 years old in Tel Aviv (liver cancer). [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 1199
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman