In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Ben Bagdikian
American journalist and academic (1920–2016).
Born January 26th, 1920 in Kahramanmaraş Province.
Died March 11th, 2016 at 96 years old in Berkeley.
Gareth Thomas
British actor (1945–2016).
Born February 12th, 1945 in Brentford.
Died April 13th, 2016 at 71 years old in Surrey (heart failure). [ref]
Bertha Cáceres
Honduran environmental activist.
Born March 4th, 1971 in La Esperanza. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 2016 at 44 years old in La Esperanza (firearm). [ref]
Stephen Keshi
Nigerian football defender and manager (1962-2016).
Born January 23rd, 1962 in Lagos.
Died June 8th, 2016 at 54 years old in Benin City (myocardial infarction).
Pauline Oliveros
American composer and musician.
Born May 30th, 1932 in Houston. [ref]
Died November 25th, 2016 at 84 years old in Kingston. [ref]
Walter Scheel
President of west germany (1974-1979).
Born July 8th, 1919 in Solingen. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2016 at 97 years old in Bad Krozingen. [ref]
Rudy Van Gelder
American recording engineer (1924-2016).
Born November 2nd, 1924 in Jersey City.
Died August 25th, 2016 at 91 years old in Englewood Cliffs. [ref]
Tommy Kono
American weightlifter.
Born June 17th, 1930 in Sacramento.
Died April 24th, 2016 at 85 years old in Honolulu (liver disease). [ref]
Dan Hicks
American singer-songwriter.
Born December 9th, 1941 in Little Rock.
Died February 6th, 2016 at 74 years old in Mill Valley (cancer). [ref]
Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductor (1934-2016).
Born September 8th, 1934 in Manchester, Salford.
Died March 14th, 2016 at 81 years old in Sanday (leukemia). [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 1199
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius