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In the year 2016
1,162 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.
Lars Gustafsson
Swedish writer (1936-2016).
Born May 17th, 1936 in Västerås.
Died April 3rd, 2016 at 79 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Else Marie Pade
Danish composer.
Born December 2nd, 1924 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2016 at 91 years old in Gentofte. [ref]
Giorgio Albertazzi
Italian actor and film director.
Born August 20th, 1923 in Fiesole. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2016 at 92 years old in Roccastrada (bronchitis). [ref]
Gideon Toury
Israeli literary and translation scholar.
Died October 4th, 2016 at 74 years old in Tel Aviv. [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]
Antoine Demoitié
Belgian cyclist.
Born October 16th, 1990 in Liège.
Died March 28th, 2016 at 25 years old in Lille (traffic collision). [ref]
Walter Greiner
German physicist (1935-2016).
Born October 29th, 1935 in Neuenbau.
Died October 6th, 2016 at 80 years old
Ferdinand Kübler
Swiss racing cyclist (1919-2016).
Born July 24th, 1919 in Marthalen. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2016 at 97 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Emma Cohen
Actress (1946-2016).
Born November 21st, 1946 in Barcelona.
Died July 11th, 2016 at 69 years old in Madrid (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 671 to 680 of 1162
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling