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In the year 2016
1,157 Notable deaths
Héctor Babenco
Brazilian-argentine film director (1946-2016).
Born February 7th, 1946 in Mar del Plata.
Died July 13th, 2016 at 70 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction, sinusitis). [ref]
Michael Spindler
Apple ceo 1993–1996 (1942–2016).
Born December 22nd, 1942 in Berlin.
Died September 5th, 2016 at 73 years old in Mougins. [ref]
Clare Crockett
Irish religious sister (1982-2016).
Born November 14th, 1982 in Derry. [ref]
Died April 16th, 2016 at 33 years old in Ecuador (earthquake). [ref]
Steve Smith
Canadian cyclist.
Born November 25th, 1989 in Cassidy.
Died May 10th, 2016 at 26 years old in Nanaimo (traumatic brain injury). [ref]
John Carson
British actor (1927-2016).
Born February 28th, 1927 in Sri Lanka.
Died November 5th, 2016 at 89 years old in Cape Town. [ref]
Felix Browder
American mathematician (1927-2016).
Born July 31st, 1927 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 10th, 2016 at 89 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Benjamin Creme
British artist, author, esotericist (1922-2016).
Born December 5th, 1922 in Glasgow.
Died October 24th, 2016 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Velimir Bata Živojinović
Yugoslav and serbian actor and politician (1933-2016).
Born June 5th, 1933 in Koraćica.
Died May 22nd, 2016 at 82 years old in Belgrade (gangrene). [ref]
Sammy Lee
American diver and physician.
Born August 1st, 1920 in Fresno. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 2016 at 96 years old in Newport Beach (pneumonia). [ref]
Gloria Naylor
American writer (1950–2016).
Born January 25th, 1950 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2016 at 66 years old in Christiansted. [ref]
Deaths 401 to 410 of 1157
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel