Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Benoît Violier
Chef (1971-2016).
Born August 22nd, 1971 in Saintes.
Died January 31st, 2016 at 44 years old in Crissier (ballistic trauma).
Fritz Stern
American historian (1926–2016).
Born February 2nd, 1926 in Wrocław.
Died May 18th, 2016 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Luc Hoffmann
Swiss ornithologist (1923-2016).
Born January 23rd, 1923 in Basel.
Died July 21st, 2016 at 93 years old in Arles. [ref]
Bobby Wanzer
American basketball player and coach.
Born June 4th, 1921 in Brooklyn.
Died January 23rd, 2016 at 94 years old in Pittsford. [ref]
Tommy Kelly
Actor from the united states (1925-2016).
Born April 6th, 1925 in New York City.
Died January 26th, 2016 at 90 years old in Greensboro.
Solomon Feferman
American philosopher and mathematician (1928–2016).
Born December 13th, 1928 in New York City.
Died July 26th, 2016 at 87 years old in Stanford (stroke). [ref]
Sidney Drell
American physicist (1926–2016).
Born September 13th, 1926 in Atlantic City.
Died December 21st, 2016 at 90 years old in Palo Alto.
Manfred Krug
German actor and singer (1937–2016).
Born February 8th, 1937 in Duisburg.
Died October 21st, 2016 at 79 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Ashitha
Malayalam-language short story writer and poet.
Born April 5th, 1956 in Pazhayannur.
Died March 26th, 2016 at 59 years old in Thrissur (cancer). [ref]
Johnny Bach
American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1924-2016).
Born July 10th, 1924 in Brooklyn.
Died January 18th, 2016 at 91 years old in Chicago.
Deaths 571 to 580 of 1199
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder