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In the year 2016
1,161 Notable deaths
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).
Valery Khalilov
Soviet conductor and composer (1952–2016).
Born January 30th, 1952 in Termez.
Died December 25th, 2016 at 64 years old in Black Sea (2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash). [ref]
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).
Joe Dever
British writer and game designer (1956-2016).
Born February 12th, 1956 in London, Chingford.
Died November 29th, 2016 at 60 years old [ref]
Deaths 511 to 520 of 1161
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare