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In the year 2016
1,081 Notable deaths
Mateus Lucena dos Santos
Brazilian footballer (1994-2016).
Born August 30th, 1994 in Clementina.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 22 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash).
Giorgio Gomelsky
Georgian musician (1934-2016).
Born February 28th, 1934 in Tbilisi.
Died January 13th, 2016 at 81 years old in New York City.
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Sri lankan politician (1933–2016).
Born May 5th, 1933 in Sri Lanka.
Died December 27th, 2016 at 83 years old in Colombo. [ref]
Yūko Mizutani
Japanese actress and voice actress.
Born November 4th, 1964 in Ama District.
Died May 17th, 2016 at 51 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer). [ref]
Fredrik Barth
Norwegian social anthropologist.
Born December 22nd, 1928 in Leipzig.
Died January 24th, 2016 at 87 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Asia Ramazan Antar
Kurdish fighter, feminist and soldier.
Born January 1st, 1997 in Qamishli.
Died August 30th, 2016 at 19 years old in Manbij.
Tarık Akan
Turkish actor and film producer.
Born October 13th, 1949 in Istanbul.
Died September 16th, 2016 at 66 years old in Istanbul (lung cancer). [ref]
Daniel Prodan
Romanian footballer (1972-2016).
Born March 23rd, 1972 in Satu Mare.
Died November 16th, 2016 at 44 years old in Voluntari (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ken Sailors
American basketball player (1921-2016).
Born January 14th, 1921 in Hillsdale.
Died January 30th, 2016 at 95 years old in Laramie. [ref]
Igor Sergun
Russian military officer.
Born March 28th, 1957 in Podolsk.
Died January 3rd, 2016 at 58 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 441 to 450 of 1081
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot