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In the year 2016
1,109 Notable deaths
Jerome Bruner
American psychologist and scholar.
Born October 1st, 1915 in New York City.
Died June 5th, 2016 at 100 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Frank Finlay
English actor (1926-2016).
Born August 6th, 1926 in Farnworth. [ref]
Died January 30th, 2016 at 89 years old in Weybridge (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Bernardo Provenzano
Italian mob boss.
Born January 31st, 1933 in Corleone. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2016 at 83 years old in Ospedale San Paolo (bladder cancer). [ref]
David Hamilton
British photographer and film director.
Born April 15th, 1933 in London. [ref]
Died November 25th, 2016 at 83 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (asphyxia, suicide method). [ref]
Billy Paul
American singer (1934-2016).
Born December 1st, 1934 in Philadelphia.
Died April 24th, 2016 at 81 years old in Blackwood (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Signe Toly Anderson
American singer (1941–2016).
Born September 15th, 1941 in Seattle.
Died January 28th, 2016 at 74 years old in Beaverton (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Hilary Putnam
American philosopher.
Born July 31st, 1926 in Chicago. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2016 at 89 years old in Arlington (mesothelioma malignant recurrent). [ref]
Noel Neill
American actress (1920-2016).
Born November 25th, 1920 in Minneapolis.
Died July 3rd, 2016 at 95 years old in Tucson. [ref]
Yang Jiang
Chinese writer (1911-2016).
Born July 17th, 1911 in Beijing.
Died May 25th, 2016 at 104 years old in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. [ref]
Andrzej Żuławski
Polish film director (1940-2016).
Born November 22nd, 1940 in Lviv.
Died February 17th, 2016 at 75 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 1109
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel