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In the year 2016
1,109 Notable deaths
Nick Lashaway
American actor (1988-2016).
Born March 24th, 1988 in Washington, D.C..
Died May 8th, 2016 at 28 years old in Framingham (traffic collision).
Enzo Maiorca
Italian freediver (1931-2016).
Born June 21st, 1931 in Syracuse. [ref]
Died November 13th, 2016 at 85 years old in Syracuse. [ref]
Bill Johnson
American alpine ski racer.
Born March 30th, 1960 in Los Angeles.
Died January 21st, 2016 at 55 years old in Gresham.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor.
Born December 6th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2016 at 86 years old in Sankt Georgen im Attergau. [ref]
Nida Fazli
Indian poet (1938-2016).
Born October 12th, 1938 in Gwalior.
Died February 8th, 2016 at 77 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction).
Michael Herr
American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016).
Born April 13th, 1940 in Syracuse, Lexington. [ref]
Died June 24th, 2016 at 76 years old in Delaware County, Delhi. [ref]
Esma Redžepova
Macedonian-romani vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian (1943-2016).
Born August 8th, 1943 in Skopje.
Died December 10th, 2016 at 73 years old in Skopje. [ref]
Henry Worsley
British explorer and british army officer.
Born October 4th, 1960 in London.
Died January 24th, 2016 at 55 years old in Punta Arenas (peritonitis). [ref]
Margot Honecker
East german politician (1927-2016).
Born April 17th, 1927 in Halle (Saale).
Died May 6th, 2016 at 89 years old in Santiago (breast cancer). [ref]
Piers Sellers
British astronaut.
Born April 11th, 1955 in Crowborough War Memorial Hospital. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2016 at 61 years old in Houston (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 1109
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz