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In the year 2016
1,081 Notable deaths
Mike Oxley
Ohio politician (1944-2016).
Born February 11th, 1944 in Findlay.
Died January 1st, 2016 at 71 years old in McLean (lung cancer).
Robert Todd Carroll
American philosopher.
Born May 18th, 1945 in Joliet.
Died August 25th, 2016 at 71 years old in Davis.
Gloria Naylor
American writer.
Born January 25th, 1950 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2016 at 66 years old in Christiansted. [ref]
Michel Delpech
French singer.
Born January 26th, 1946 in Courbevoie. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 2016 at 69 years old in Puteaux (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Gianroberto Casaleggio
Italian businessman.
Born August 14th, 1954 in Milan.
Died April 12th, 2016 at 61 years old in Milan (brain cancer). [ref]
Robert T. Paine
American zoologist.
Born April 13th, 1933 in Cambridge.
Died June 13th, 2016 at 83 years old in Seattle (tumor of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues).
Ellen Meiksins Wood
American marxist scholar.
Born April 12th, 1942 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 14th, 2016 at 73 years old in Ottawa (cancer). [ref]
William Thiego de Jesus
Brazilian association football player (1986-2016).
Born July 22nd, 1986 in Aracaju.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 30 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash).
Sheri S. Tepper
American fiction writer.
Born July 16th, 1929 in Littleton.
Died October 22nd, 2016 at 87 years old in Santa Fe. [ref]
Terence Bayler
New zealand actor.
Born January 24th, 1930 in Whanganui.
Died August 2nd, 2016 at 86 years old in London.
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