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In the year 2016
1,201 Notable deaths
Bill Mollison
Australian permaculturist.
Born May 4th, 1928 in Stanley. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2016 at 88 years old in Hobart. [ref]
E. R. Braithwaite
Guyanese writer.
Born June 27th, 1912 in Georgetown.
Died December 13th, 2016 at 104 years old in Rockville (pneumonia).
Clyde Lovellette
American basketball player (1929-2016).
Born September 7th, 1929 in Petersburg.
Died March 9th, 2016 at 86 years old in North Manchester (cancer). [ref]
André Courrèges
French fashion designer (1923-2016).
Died January 7th, 2016 at 92 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease).
Maria Teresa de Filippis
Italian racing driver (1926–2016).
Born November 11th, 1926 in Marigliano. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2016 at 89 years old in Scanzorosciate. [ref]
Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon
Indian physicist.
Born August 28th, 1928 in Mangalore.
Died November 22nd, 2016 at 88 years old in New Delhi.
Goran Hadžić
Croatian serb politician (1958-2016).
Born September 7th, 1958 in Vinkovci.
Died July 12th, 2016 at 57 years old in Novi Sad (brain cancer). [ref]
Eddy Wally
Belgian singer and actor (1932-2016).
Born July 12th, 1932 in Zelzate.
Died February 6th, 2016 at 83 years old in Zelzate (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Jovito R. Salonga
Filipino politician (1920-2016).
Born June 22nd, 1920 in Pasig.
Died March 10th, 2016 at 95 years old in Quezon City (cardiac arrest).
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist (1932-2016).
Born November 10th, 1932 in Montreal.
Died January 3rd, 2016 at 83 years old in Cherry Valley.
Deaths 361 to 370 of 1201
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde