In the year 2016
1,081 Notable deaths
Carmen Pereira
Guinea-bissauan politician (1937-2016).
Born September 22nd, 1936 in Bissau. [ref]
Died June 4th, 2016 at 79 years old in Bissau. [ref]
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk
Turkish philosopher.
Born February 5th, 1951 in Sürmene.
Died June 22nd, 2016 at 65 years old in Istanbul (stomach cancer). [ref]
Stefan Henze
German canoe racer (1981-2016).
Born May 3rd, 1981 in Halle (Saale).
Died August 15th, 2016 at 35 years old in Rio de Janeiro (traffic collision). [ref]
Qahhor Mahkamov
Soviet politician, then president of tajikistan (1932-2016).
Born April 16th, 1932 in Khujand.
Died June 8th, 2016 at 84 years old in Dushanbe.
Umberto Veronesi
Italian oncologist and politician (1925-2016).
Born November 28th, 1925 in Milan. [ref]
Died November 8th, 2016 at 90 years old in Milan. [ref]
Heinrich Schiff
Austrian cellist and conductor.
Born November 18th, 1951 in Gmunden.
Died December 23rd, 2016 at 65 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Duane Graveline
American astronaut (1931-2016).
Born March 2nd, 1931 in Newport. [ref]
Died September 5th, 2016 at 85 years old in Merritt Island. [ref]
Jonathan Borwein
Scottish mathematician.
Born May 20th, 1951 in St Andrews.
Died August 2nd, 2016 at 65 years old in London. [ref]
Antoine Demoitié
Belgian cyclist.
Born October 16th, 1990 in Liège.
Died March 27th, 2016 at 25 years old in Lille (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 611 to 620 of 1081
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner