In the year 2016
1,081 Notable deaths
Fazil Iskander
Soviet and russian writer (1929-2016).
Born March 6th, 1929 in Sukhumi. [ref]
Died July 31st, 2016 at 87 years old in Peredelkino (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Fritz Stern
American historian.
Born February 2nd, 1926 in Wrocław.
Died May 18th, 2016 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Radu Beligan
Romanian actor (1918-2016).
Born December 14th, 1918 in Galbeni.
Died July 20th, 2016 at 97 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Sarah Tait
Australian rower.
Born January 23rd, 1983 in Perth.
Died March 3rd, 2016 at 33 years old in Melbourne (cervical cancer).
Manfred Krug
German actor and singer.
Born February 8th, 1937 in Duisburg.
Died October 21st, 2016 at 79 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Leonid Zhabotinsky
Ukrainian weightlifter.
Born January 28th, 1938 in Kharkiv Oblast. [ref]
Died January 14th, 2016 at 77 years old in Zaporizhzhia (influenza). [ref]
Nera White
Basketball player.
Born November 15th, 1935 in Macon County.
Died April 13th, 2016 at 80 years old in Gallatin (pneumonia).
Loris Francesco Capovilla
Roman catholic archbishop.
Born October 14th, 1915 in Pontelongo.
Died May 26th, 2016 at 100 years old in Bergamo. [ref]
Yves Bonnefoy
French poet and essayist, translator.
Born June 24th, 1923 in Tours. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2016 at 93 years old in Paris. [ref]
David Finkelstein
American physicist (1929-2016).
Born July 19th, 1929 in New York City.
Died January 24th, 2016 at 86 years old in Atlanta.
Deaths 541 to 550 of 1081
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius