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In the year 2016
1,081 Notable deaths
Juliette Benzoni
French writer.
Born October 30th, 1920 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 8th, 2016 at 95 years old in Saint-Mandé.
Angelika Schrobsdorff
German writer.
Born December 24th, 1927 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died July 31st, 2016 at 88 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Laurent Pokou
Ivorian footballer (1947-2016).
Born October 8th, 1947 in Treichville.
Died November 13th, 2016 at 69 years old in Cocody. [ref]
Else Marie Pade
Danish composer.
Born December 2nd, 1924 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2016 at 91 years old in Gentofte. [ref]
Hans Lipschis
Former member of the waffen ss.
Born November 7th, 1919 in Kretinga.
Died June 16th, 2016 at 96 years old in Aalen.
Benjamin A. Gilman
Politician and united states army air force officer.
Born December 6th, 1922 in Poughkeepsie.
Died December 17th, 2016 at 94 years old in Wappingers Falls (surgical complications).
Kunio Hatoyama
Japanese politician (1948–2016).
Born September 13th, 1948 in Tokyo.
Died June 21st, 2016 at 67 years old in Tokyo (duodenal ulcer). [ref]
Vasyl Slipak
Ukrainian opera singer.
Born December 20th, 1974 in Lviv. [ref]
Died June 29th, 2016 at 41 years old in Luhanske (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Charlie Hodge
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born July 28th, 1933 in Lachine.
Died April 16th, 2016 at 82 years old in Vancouver (stroke). [ref]
Georges Balandier
French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.
Born December 21st, 1920 in Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2016 at 95 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 641 to 650 of 1081
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks