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In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Sri lankan politician (1933–2016).
Born May 5th, 1933 in Sri Lanka.
Died December 27th, 2016 at 83 years old in Colombo. [ref]
Shashikala Kakodkar
Indian politician.
Born January 7th, 1935 in Pernem.
Died October 28th, 2016 at 81 years old [ref]
Shirley M. Hufstedler
American politician (1925-2016).
Born August 24th, 1925 in Denver. [ref]
Died March 30th, 2016 at 90 years old in Glendale. [ref]
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Indian politician.
Born July 1st, 1921 in Baragaon, Barabanki.
Died August 24th, 2016 at 95 years old in New Delhi.
John David Jackson
American theoretical physicist and textbook author (1925–2016).
Born January 19th, 1925 in London.
Died May 20th, 2016 at 91 years old in Lansing.
Peter Hans Kolvenbach
Superior general of the society of jesus (1928-2016).
Born November 30th, 1928 in Druten.
Died November 26th, 2016 at 87 years old in Beirut. [ref]
Gianroberto Casaleggio
Italian businessman.
Born August 14th, 1954 in Milan.
Died April 12th, 2016 at 61 years old in Milan (brain cancer). [ref]
Fredrik Barth
Norwegian social anthropologist (1928–2016).
Born December 22nd, 1928 in Leipzig.
Died January 24th, 2016 at 87 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Whitney Smith
Founder of vexillology, the study of flags (1940–2016).
Born February 26th, 1940 in Arlington.
Died November 17th, 2016 at 76 years old in Peabody.
Jacob Neusner
American rabbi and scholar.
Born July 28th, 1932 in Hartford.
Died October 8th, 2016 at 84 years old in Rhinebeck. [ref]
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