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In the year 2016
1,081 Notable deaths
Halfdan T. Mahler
Danish medical doctor and director-general of the world health organisation (who).
Born April 21st, 1923 in Vivild.
Died December 14th, 2016 at 93 years old in Geneva.
Norbert Schemansky
American weightlifter.
Born May 30th, 1924 in Detroit. [ref]
Died September 7th, 2016 at 92 years old in Dearborn. [ref]
Ferreira Gullar
Brazilian poet (1930–2016).
Born September 10th, 1930 in São Luís.
Died December 4th, 2016 at 86 years old in Rio de Janeiro (pneumonia). [ref]
Maurice G. Dantec
French novelist, essayist (1959-2016).
Born June 13th, 1959 in Grenoble.
Died June 25th, 2016 at 57 years old in Montreal (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gardnar Mulloy
American tennis player.
Born November 22nd, 1913 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 14th, 2016 at 102 years old in Miami (stroke). [ref]
Jean-Pierre Coffe
French food critic, actor, writer and comedian.
Born March 24th, 1938 in Lunéville.
Died March 29th, 2016 at 78 years old in Lanneray (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jan Němec
Czech director, scriptwriter and university educator (1936-2016).
Born July 12th, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2016 at 79 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]
María Luisa Alcalá
Mexican actress.
Born March 26th, 1943 in Mexico City.
Died February 21st, 2016 at 72 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
Ailton Cesar Junior Alves da Silva
Brazilian footballer (1994-2016).
Born November 18th, 1994 in Matão.
Died November 28th, 2016 at 22 years old in La Unión (aircraft crash). [ref]
Gideon Toury
Israeli literary and translation scholar.
Died October 4th, 2016 at 74 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Deaths 621 to 630 of 1081
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