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In the year 2016
1,200 Notable deaths
Yvonne Barr
Irish virologist.
Born March 11th, 1932 in Carlow.
Died February 13th, 2016 at 83 years old in Melbourne.
George Klir
American computer scientist.
Born April 22nd, 1932 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 27th, 2016 at 84 years old in Vestal.
Richard Levins
Mathematical ecologist, university professor at harvard school of public health, and political activist, who is best known for his work on evolution in changing environments and on metapopulations..
Born June 1st, 1930 in Brooklyn.
Died January 19th, 2016 at 85 years old in Cambridge (heart failure).
Robert Fano
Italian-american computer scientist (1917-2016).
Born November 11th, 1917 in Turin.
Died July 13th, 2016 at 98 years old in Naples. [ref]
David G. Hartwell
American fantasy and science fiction publisher, editor, and critic (1941–2016).
Born July 10th, 1941 in Salem.
Died January 20th, 2016 at 74 years old in Plattsburgh (falling).
Sarah Tait
Australian rower (1983–2016).
Born January 23rd, 1983 in Perth.
Died March 3rd, 2016 at 33 years old in Melbourne (cervix uterine cancer).
Austin Clarke
Canadian writer.
Born July 26th, 1934 in Saint James. [ref]
Died June 26th, 2016 at 81 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Ryu Mi-yong
North korean politician (1921-2016).
Born February 14th, 1921 in Manchuria.
Died November 23rd, 2016 at 95 years old in Pyongyang (cancer). [ref]
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez
Spanish catholic bishop.
Born June 14th, 1932 in Madrid.
Died December 12th, 2016 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
Deaths 631 to 640 of 1200
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