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In the year 2016
1,201 Notable deaths
Jack Cropp
Sailor (1927-2016).
Born May 23rd, 1927 in Hokitika.
Died June 25th, 2016 at 89 years old in Tākaka. [ref]
Ion Panțuru
Romanian bobsledder (1934–2016).
Born September 11th, 1934 in Comarnic.
Died January 17th, 2016 at 81 years old in Ploiești.
Tapio Mäkelä
Finnish cross-country skier (1926-2016).
Born October 12th, 1926 in Nastola.
Died May 12th, 2016 at 89 years old in Jämsä. [ref]
Berit Mørdre Lammedal
Norwegian cross-country skier (1940-2016).
Born April 16th, 1940 in Nes Municipality. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2016 at 76 years old [ref]
Ida Blom
Norwegian historian (1931-2016).
Born January 20th, 1931 in Gentofte.
Died November 26th, 2016 at 85 years old [ref]
Antti Hyry
Finnish writer (1931–2016).
Born October 20th, 1931 in Kuivaniemi.
Died June 4th, 2016 at 84 years old in Espoo (cancer). [ref]
Elda Grin
Armenian writer and psychologist (1928-2016).
Born March 10th, 1928 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2016 at 88 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Heinz Ulzheimer
German middle distance runner and sprinter (1925–2016).
Born December 27th, 1925 in Höchst. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2016 at 90 years old in Bad Sooden-Allendorf. [ref]
Luba Skořepová
Czech actress and writer (1923–2016).
Born September 21st, 1923 in Náchod. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2016 at 93 years old in Prague. [ref]
Sergey Shustikov
Russian soccer player and coach (1970-2016).
Born September 30th, 1970 in Moscow.
Died January 7th, 2016 at 45 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman