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In the year 2016
1,161 Notable deaths
Yūko Mizutani
Japanese actress and voice actress (1964–2016).
Born November 4th, 1964 in Ama district.
Died May 17th, 2016 at 51 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer). [ref]
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist.
Born August 2nd, 1944 in Recife.
Died March 9th, 2016 at 71 years old in Recife (lung cancer). [ref]
Solomon W. Golomb
American mathematician.
Born May 30th, 1932 in Baltimore.
Died May 1st, 2016 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Bahman Golbarnezhad
Iranian paralympic athlete.
Born June 12th, 1968 in Shiraz. [ref]
Died September 17th, 2016 at 48 years old in Rio de Janeiro (sports injury). [ref]
Tom M. Apostol
American mathematician (1923-2016).
Born August 20th, 1923 in Helper.
Died May 8th, 2016 at 92 years old [ref]
Artur Fischer
German inventor (1919–2016).
Born December 31st, 1919 in Waldachtal.
Died January 27th, 2016 at 96 years old in Waldachtal. [ref]
Meg Mundy
British-born american actress (1915-2016).
Born January 4th, 1915 in London.
Died January 12th, 2016 at 101 years old in United States.
Sixto Durán-Ballén
President of ecuador (1992 - 1996).
Born July 14th, 1921 in Boston.
Died November 15th, 2016 at 95 years old in Quito.
Yolande Fox
American singer, model, activist.
Born November 29th, 1928 in Mobile.
Died February 22nd, 2016 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer). [ref]
Gurdial Singh
Writer, novelist (1933–2016).
Born January 10th, 1933 in Jaitu.
Died August 16th, 2016 at 83 years old in Bathinda. [ref]
Deaths 461 to 470 of 1161
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