In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Katherine Dunn
American novelist, journalist, poet (1945–2016).
Born October 24th, 1945 in Garden City.
Died May 11th, 2016 at 70 years old in Portland (lung cancer). [ref]
Shirley Hazzard
Australian-american author.
Born January 30th, 1931 in Sydney. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2016 at 85 years old in Manhattan (dementia). [ref]
Jacques Hamel
French catholic priest, martyr and servant of god.
Born November 30th, 1930 in Darnétal. [ref]
Died July 26th, 2016 at 85 years old in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. [ref]
Doreen Massey
British social scientist and geographer.
Born January 3rd, 1944 in Manchester.
Died March 11th, 2016 at 72 years old in Kilburn (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Ellen Meiksins Wood
American marxist scholar (1942–2016).
Born April 12th, 1942 in New York City.
Died January 14th, 2016 at 73 years old in Ottawa (cancer). [ref]
Zoltán Kocsis
(1952--2016) classical pianist, conductor and composer.
Born May 30th, 1952 in Budapest.
Died November 6th, 2016 at 64 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Michel Rocard
French politician (1930-2016).
Born August 23rd, 1930 in Courbevoie. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2016 at 85 years old in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Francisco Flores
President of el salvador (1959-2016).
Born October 17th, 1959 in Santa Ana.
Died January 30th, 2016 at 56 years old in San Salvador (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Halil İnalcık
Turkish historian.
Born May 26th, 1916 in Istanbul.
Died July 25th, 2016 at 100 years old in Ankara (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Helen Delich Bentley
American politician (1923-2016).
Born November 28th, 1923 in Ruth.
Died August 6th, 2016 at 92 years old in Timonium (stroke).
Deaths 421 to 430 of 1199
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