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In the year 2016
1,199 Notable deaths
Stanley Mandelstam
American physicist (1928-2016).
Born December 12th, 1928 in Johannesburg.
Died June 23rd, 2016 at 87 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Daniela Dessì
Italian opera singer (1957-2016).
Died August 20th, 2016 at 59 years old in Brescia (cancer). [ref]
Ted Dumitru
Romanian football manager (1939-2016).
Born September 2nd, 1939 in Bucharest.
Died May 26th, 2016 at 76 years old in Johannesburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk
Turkish philosopher (1951–2016).
Born February 5th, 1951 in Bayburt.
Died June 22nd, 2016 at 65 years old in Istanbul (stomach cancer). [ref]
Maliheh Afnan
Palestinian painter, born 1935, active in england (1935–2016).
Born March 24th, 1935 in Haifa.
Died January 6th, 2016 at 80 years old in London.
Jadranka Stojaković
Bosnian singer.
Born July 24th, 1950 in Sarajevo.
Died May 3rd, 2016 at 65 years old in Banja Luka (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
John D. Roberts
American chemist.
Born June 8th, 1918 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2016 at 98 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Wolfgang Suschitzky
Austrian cinematographer.
Born August 29th, 1912 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2016 at 104 years old in London.
Leonid Zhabotinsky
Ukrainian weightlifter (1938–2016).
Born January 28th, 1938 in Kharkiv Oblast. [ref]
Died January 14th, 2016 at 77 years old in Zaporizhzhia (influenza). [ref]
Zdravko Tolimir
Commander in the army of republika srpska.
Born November 27th, 1948 in Glamoč.
Died February 8th, 2016 at 67 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Deaths 591 to 600 of 1199
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