Deaths in 2016
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This is a chronology of deaths in 2016. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. Notable persons without an article can be listed for one month after death to prompt creation of one. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December
9
8
- Ian Cartwright, 52, English footballer, renal and spinal cancer.[1] (death announced on this date)
- Valdon Dowiyogo, 48, Nauruan politician, MP (since 2004).[2] (death announced on this date)
- John Glenn, 95, American astronaut (Mercury-Atlas 6), United States Senator from Ohio (1974–1999).[3]
7
- Paul Elvstrøm, 88, Danish yachtsman, Olympic and world champion.[4]
- Hui Yin-fat, 80, Hong Kong social worker and politician, MLC (1985–1995), MEC (1991–1992) and member of the PLC (1996–1998).[5]
- Junaid Jamshed, 52, Pakistani musician, television personality and preacher, plane crash.[6]
- Alex Johnstone, 55, Scottish politician, MSP for North East Scotland (since 1999), cancer.[7]
- Mike Kelly, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2005–2011), plane crash.[8]
- Phillip Knightley, 87, Australian journalist.[9]
- Greg Lake, 69, English singer and musician (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer), cancer.[10]
- Cho Ramaswamy, 82, Indian actor and lawyer.[11]
- Mick Roche, 73, Irish hurler.[12]
- Helen Roseveare, 91, British Christian missionary.[13]
- İsmet Sezgin, 88, Turkish politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence (1997–1999), multiple organ failure.[14]
- Allan Stewart, 74, Scottish politician, MP for East Renfrewshire (1979–1983), Eastwood (1983–1997).[15]
- Adrianne Tolsch, 78, American comedienne, esophageal cancer.[16]
6
- Bruno Bayen, 66, French novelist, playwright and theatre director.[17]
- Adolf Burger, 99, Slovak-born Czech typographer, memoirist and Holocaust survivor.[18]
- Dave Edwards, 76, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart illness.[19]
- Lalit Mohan Gandhi, 65, Indian politician, train mishap.[20]
- Charles B. Reed, 75, American educator, Chancellor of State University System of Florida (1985–1998) and California State University (1998–2012).[21]
- Aleksey Salomatin, 51, Russian ice hockey player (Spartak Moscow).[22]
- Rodney Smith, 68, American photographer.[23]
- Peter Vaughan, 93, British actor (Game of Thrones, Brazil, Porridge).[24]
5
- Big Syke, 48, American rapper.[25]
- Mogens Camre, 80, Danish politician, MP (1968–1987) and MEP (1999–2009).[26]
- Geydar Dzhemal, 69, Russian Islamic revolutionist and activist.[27]
- Julia Elena Fortún, 87, Bolivian anthropologist.[28]
- Petros Fyssoun, 83, Greek actor.[29]
- Jayalalithaa, 68, Indian politician and actress, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991–1996, 2001, 2002–2006, 2011–2014, since 2015), heart attack.[30]
- Mona Maraachli, 58, Lebanese singer, heart attack.[31]
- Larry Roberts, 53, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[32]
- Adam Sagan, 35, American drummer (Circle II Circle, Into Eternity), lymphoma.[33]
- Rashaan Salaam, 42, American football player (Chicago Bears), Heisman Trophy winner (1994).[34]
4
- Hiroshi Arakawa, 86, Japanese baseball player (Mainichi Orions), batting coach (Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Yakult Swallows), cardiac arrest.[35]
- Byron Birdsall, 78, American watercolor painter.[36]
- Tudor Braga, 68, Moldovan art critic, cancer.[37]
- Liam Brennan, 83, Irish jockey.[38]
- Ed Brown, 25, American boxer, injuries sustained in shooting.[39]
- Lady Moyra Browne, 98, British nursing administrator.[40]
- Tadeusz Chmielewski, 89, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer.[41]
- Leonard T. Connors, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1982–2008).[42]
- Wayne Duncan, 72, Australian musician (Daddy Cool), stroke.[43]
- Kamarou Fassassi, 68, Beninese politician, Minister of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics (2001–2006).[44]
- Julia Gomelskaya, 52, Ukrainian composer, traffic collision.[45]
- Gotlib, 82, French comics artist.[46]
- Ferreira Gullar, 86, Brazilian writer, essayist and art critic, pneumonia.[47]
- Radim Hladík, 69, Czech musician (Blue Effect), pulmonary fibrosis.[48]
- Patricia Robins, 95, British novelist.[49]
- Jack Rudin, 92, American real estate developer.[50]
- Margaret Whitton, 67, American actress (Major League, The Secret of My Success, Steaming), cancer.[51]
3
- Rustam Asildarov, 35, Russian militant leader (ISIS).[52]
- Willie Casey, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Mayo).[53]
- Gigliola Frazzoni, 89, Italian opera singer.[54]
- Nikola Gigov, 79, Bulgarian author.[55]
- Herbert Hardesty, 91, American jazz musician.[56]
- Sir David Hay, 88, New Zealand cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner.[57]
- Austin Hunter, 64, Irish journalist and reporter (BBC), traffic collision.[58]
- Bengt Lindqvist, 80, Swedish politician, MP (1982–1995).[59]
- Nancy Mairs, 73, American writer.[60]
- Kuforiji Olubi, 80, Nigerian businesswoman and politician.[61]
- Giovanni Orelli, 88, Swiss author, poet, and politician.[62]
- Rémy Pflimlin, 62, French businessman, CEO of France Télévisions.[63]
- Leonard B. Sand, 88, American judge.[64]
- Bekal Utsahi, 88, Indian poet and politician, MP (1986–1992), brain hemorrhage.[65]
- Tove Kari Viken, 74, Norwegian politician. MP 1989-1997[66]
- Tiina Wilén-Jäppinen, 53, Finnish politician, shot.[67]
2
- Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III, 94, Ghanaian royal, King of Denkyira (since 1955).[68]
- Lyle Bouck, 92, American military officer and war veteran (Battle of the Bulge), pneumonia.[69]
- H. Keith H. Brodie, 77, American psychiatrist and educator, President of Duke University (1985–1993).[70]
- Billy Chapin, 72, American child actor (The Night of the Hunter).[71]
- Paul de Wispelaere, 88, Belgian writer.[72]
- Chelsea Dolan, 33, American musician and radio personality (KALX), injuries from fire.[73]
- Dejo Fayemi, 83, Nigerian footballer.[74]
- Mark Gray, 64, American country singer and songwriter (Take Me Down, The Closer You Get).[75]
- Halvar Jonson, 75, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1982–2004).[76]
- Sammy Lee, 96, American diver, Olympic gold medalist (1948, 1952), pneumonia.[77]
- Ko. Si. Mani, 87, Indian politician.[78]
- Gisela May, 92, German actress and singer.[79]
- Pierre Rochcongar, 69, French doctor.[80]
- Rocco Salini, 85, Italian politician, President of Abruzzo (1990–1992).[81]
- Jean Stead, 90, British journalist (The Guardian).[82]
- Bosco Tjan, 50, American psychologist, stabbed.[83]
1
- Don Calfa, 76, American actor (The Return of the Living Dead, Weekend at Bernie's, Me, Myself and I).[84]
- Elisabeth Carron, 94, American operatic soprano.[85]
- Jacques Cohen, 86, Egyptian-born Israeli actor, complications from pneumonia.[86]
- Peter Corrigan, 75, Australian architect.[87]
- Jo-Anna Downey, 50, Canadian comedienne, ALS.[88]
- Micky Fitz, 57, British punk singer (The Business), cancer.[89]
- Inkulab, 72, Indian poet and political activist.[90]
- Barry Lloyd, 63, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).[91]
- Joe McKnight, 28, American football player (New York Jets), shot.[92]
- Ljubo Sirc, 96, Slovene economist.[93]
- Ousmane Sow, 81, Senegalese sculptor.[94]
- Zekarias Yohannes, 91, Eritrean Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Asmara (1984–2001).[95]
Earlier months
See also
References
- ^ http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/ian-iggy-cartwright-passes-away-3458492.aspx
- ^ Nauru Cabinet Minister dies in Russia
- ^ John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies
- ^ Paul Elvstrøm død (Danish)
- ^ CS expresses sorrow at passing of Mr Hui Yin-fat
- ^ Junaid Jamshed and family dead in PIA plane crash near Havelian
- ^ Scottish Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone dies aged 55
- ^ Wife: Ex-state Rep. Mike Kelly dies in Alaska plane crash
- ^ Phillip Knightley obituary
- ^ King Crimson star Greg Lake dies aged 69
- ^ Cho Ramaswamy passes away, aged 82
- ^ Tipperary hurling legend Mick Roche dies
- ^ Bishop Harold Miller’s Tribute to Dr Helen Roseveare
- ^ Turkey’s former parliament speaker dies at age 88
- ^ Tributes paid following death of former MP Allan Stewart
- ^ Adrianne Tolsch Dead: Pivotal Stand-Up Comic, Wife Of ‘Letterman’ Writer Was 78
- ^ Mort de Bruno Bayen: le théâtre pour la vie (French)
- ^ Zemřel Adolf Burger, poslední padělatel z nacistické „Ďáblovy dílny“ (Czech)
- ^ Abbeville native and former NFL great Dave Edwards dies
- ^ Former Odisha minister dies after falling off train
- ^ Former California State University chancellor Charles Reed dies
- ^ Умер Алексей Саломатин (Russian)
- ^ Obituary: photographer Rodney Smith, 68
- ^ Peter Vaughan: Thrones and Porridge star dies at 93
- ^ Big Syke: Rapper & Tupac Collaborator Dead At 41
- ^ Mogens Camre er død (Danish)
- ^ Умер Гейдар Джемаль (Russian)
- ^ Muere la antropóloga Julia Elena Fortún (Spanish)
- ^ Actor Petros Fyssoun dies
- ^ India politician J Jayalalitha dies at 68
- ^ Décès de la chanteuse libanaise Mona Meraachli (French)
- ^ Larry Roberts, former Northview, Alabama football standout, dies at age 53
- ^ Drummer Adam Sagan Loses Battle With Cancer; White Empress, Circle II Circle And Into Eternity Bandmates Pay Tribute - "The World Has Lost A Good Soul"
- ^ Colorado Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Sallam dies at 42
- ^ Oh mentor Arakawa dies at 86
- ^ Famed Alaska watercolorist Byron Birdsall dies at 78
- ^ Doliu în lumea artelor plastice: S-a stins din viaţă criticul de artă Tudor Braga (Romanian)
- ^ Liam Brennan, 83, Passes Away
- ^ Welterweight boxer Ed Brown, 25, dies from gunshot wound to head
- ^ Lady Moyra (Ponsonby) Browne DBE GCSTJ
- ^ Zmarł znany reżyser Tadeusz Chmielewski (Polish)
- ^ Former NJ Senator Connors Passes Away at 87
- ^ ‘Daddy Cool’ bass player Wayne Duncan dies
- ^ Carnet noir : Kamarou Fassassi a tiré sa révérence (French)
- ^ Завтра в Одессе пройдет гражданская панихида по композитору и ее мужу, погибшим при ДТП (Ukrainian)
- ^ L’auteur de bande dessinée Gotlib est mort (French)
- ^ Ferreira Gullar morre aos 86 anos no Rio. (Portuguese)
- ^ Zemřel legendární kytarista Radim Hladík, zakládající člen Blue Effectu (Czech)
- ^ Award-winning romantic novelist Claire Lorrimer dies
- ^ Jack Rudin, Patriarch of Real Estate Family, Dies at 92
- ^ Margaret Whitton, 'Major League' Movie Actress, Dies at 67
- ^ Head of ISIS ‘branch’ in Russia’s N. Caucasus killed in special police op – FSB
- ^ Death of Mayo great Willie Casey
- ^ Addio a Gigliola Frazzoni, il grande soprano (Italian)
- ^ На 80 години си отиде поетът и орфеист Никола Гигов (Bulgarian)
- ^ Herb Hardesty, best known as Fats Domino's saxophonist, dies at 91
- ^ Sir David Hay
- ^ Austin Hunter, BBC journalist during the Troubles, dies aged 64
- ^ Bengt Lindqvist död (Swedish)
- ^ Nancy Mairs, Who Wrote About Her Mental Illness and Multiple Sclerosis, Dies at 73
- ^ BREAKING: Former minister Dr Bola Kuforiji-Olubi dies at 80
- ^ E' morto Giovanni Orelli (Italian)
- ^ Rémy Pflimlin, ancien président de France Télévisions, est mort (French)
- ^ Leonard B. Sand, Judge in Landmark Yonkers Segregation Case, Dies at 88
- ^ Veteran poet and former Rajya Sabha MP Bekal Utsahi, dies at 88
- ^ - Hun var blid og uredd (Norwegian)
- ^ Mayor and two journalists shot dead outside restaurant by 'man with sniper rifle'
- ^ Breaking! Denkyira chief, Odeefuo Boa-Amponsem III, dies at 94
- ^ Lyle Bouck Jr: Recipient of Distinguished Service Cross, former P.O.W., dies
- ^ Former Duke University President Keith Brodie dies
- ^ Billy Chapin, Child Actor in ‘Night of the Hunter,’ Dies at 72
- ^ Auteur Paul de Wispelaere overleden (Dutch)
- ^ Chelsea Dolan, musician and radio host, among victims of Oakland warehouse fire
- ^ Former Super Eagles Striker Dejo Fayemi Is Dead
- ^ Mark Gray, ‘80s Hitmaker, Dead at 64
- ^ Former Alberta cabinet minister Halvar Jonson dead at 75, served for 22 years
- ^ Diving Legend Sammy Lee Passes Away At Age 96
- ^ Veteran DMK leader Ko Si Mani passes away in Kumbakonam
- ^ Gisela May gestorben (German)
- ^ Prof. Pierre Rochcongar mourned
- ^ Morto l'ex governatore Rocco Salini (Italian)
- ^ Jean Stead obituary
- ^ University of Southern California Professor Fatally Stabbed by Student
- ^ Don Calfa, the Mortician in 'The Return of the Living Dead,' Dies at 76
- ^ Elisabeth Carron Previti
- ^ Egyptian-born actor Jacques Cohen dies at 86
- ^ Acclaimed Melbourne architect Peter Corrigan dies after long illness
- ^ R.I.P. Toronto Comic Jo-Anna Downey
- ^ The Business Frontman Micky Fitz Dies After Battle With Cancer
- ^ 'Makkal Kavignar' Inquilab passes away
- ^ Former Glamorgan captain Barry Lloyd dies aged 63
- ^ Former NFL, USC RB Joe McKnight killed in shooting
- ^ Umrl je Ljubo Sirc (Slovene)
- ^ Le sculpteur sénégalais Ousmane Sow est mort (French)
- ^ Bishop Zekarias Yohannes
External links
- The Guardian, UK obituaries
- The Telegraph obituaries
- Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
- Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
- The New York Times, US obituaries
- The Washington Post obituaries
- The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
