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In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Sascha Lewandowski
German association football player and manager (1971–2016).
Born October 5th, 1971 in Dortmund.
Died June 8th, 2016 at 44 years old in Bochum.
Jonathan Riley-Smith
British historian.
Born June 27th, 1938 in Harrogate.
Died September 13th, 2016 at 78 years old [ref]
Peter Lustig
German television presenter and author of children's books (1937–2016).
Born October 27th, 1937 in Wrocław.
Died February 23rd, 2016 at 78 years old in Bohmstedt (stomach cancer). [ref]
Gilli Smyth
British singer and poet (1933-2016).
Born June 1st, 1933 in London.
Died August 22nd, 2016 at 83 years old in Byron Bay (pneumonia). [ref]
Tom Kibble
British physicist (1932–2016).
Born December 23rd, 1932 in Chennai.
Died June 2nd, 2016 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Daphne Odjig
Canadian artist (1919-2016).
Born September 11th, 1919 in Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve 26.
Died October 1st, 2016 at 97 years old in Kelowna.
Edgar Whitcomb
American politician (1917-2016).
Born November 6th, 1917 in Hayden.
Died February 4th, 2016 at 98 years old in Rome (heart failure). [ref]
Intizar Hussain
Pakistani fiction writer (1923-2016).
Born December 21st, 1925 in Dibai. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 2016 at 90 years old in Lahore. [ref]
Marco Pannella
Italian politician and journalist (1930-2016).
Born May 2nd, 1930 in Teramo. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2016 at 86 years old in Rome (lung cancer, pancreatic 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).
Deaths 511 to 520 of 1199
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