2016 in der Geschichte
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2016
Das Address Downtown Dubai brennt über Mitternacht, während das Neue Jahr eingeläutet wird. Das Feuer brach in der Nacht des Silvesterabends 2015 aus, aus derzeit unbekannten Ursachen. Es gab einen Todesfall.
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2016
Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
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2016
Die kenianische Armee erleidet in einem Kampf mit den islamistischen Aufständischen von Al-Shabaab in El-Adde, Somalia, ihre schlimmste Niederlage. Es werden geschätzte 150 Soldaten getötet.
Kenya Defence Forces · Al-Shabaab (militant group) · Battle of El Adde · Somalia
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33 out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
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2016
North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space.
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Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people died, and 85 others were injured.
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2016
Südkorea beschließt, die Operation des gemeinsamen industriellen Komplexes Kaesong mit Nordkorea auszusetzen, als Reaktion auf den Start des Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
South Korea · Kaesong Industrial Region · North Korea · Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4
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2016
A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
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Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.
February 2016 Ankara bombing · Turkish Armed Forces · Ankara
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2016
Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
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2016
Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
Tara Air Flight 193 · De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter · Myagdi District · Pokhara Airport · Jomsom Airport
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2016
Three people are killed and fourteen others injured in a series of shootings in the small Kansas cities of Newton and Hesston.
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2016
At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo, Brazil, following heavy rain.
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2016
An explosion occurs in central Ankara, Turkey, with at least 37 people killed and 127 wounded.
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Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 18 people and injuring 33 others.
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2016
Eine Bombe explodiert in einem Bus mit Regierungsangestellten in Peshawar, Pakistan, und tötet 15 Menschen und verletzt mindestens 54.
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2016
Zwei Selbstmordattentäter detonierten ihre Sprengstoffe in einer Moschee während des Morgengebetes am Rande von Maiduguri, Nigeria, und töteten 22 Menschen und verletzten 18.
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2016
Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
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2016
An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
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2016
Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
2016 Brussels bombings · Brussels Airport · Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station
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2016
A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
2016 Lahore suicide bombing · Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park · Lahore · Christianity in Pakistan · Easter
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2016
Nagorno-Karabakh clashes: The Four Day War or April War, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on April 1.
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2016
The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies.
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2016
The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
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2016
2016 Afghanistan earthquake, of 6.6 magnitude, 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
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2016
The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming
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2016
88,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire ripped through the community, destroying approximately 2400 homes and buildings.
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2016
More than 110 people are killed in an ISIL bombing in Baghdad.
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2016
Die Maschine der EgyptAir 804 stürzt während des Fluges von Paris nach Kairo in das Mittelmeer und tötet alle an Bord.
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2016
Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
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2016
Eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eight-four people were killed and at least 200 people injured.
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2016
Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
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2016
Former The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie is fatally shot in Orlando, Florida following a concert; she died from her injuries at the age of 22.
The Voice (U.S. TV series) · Christina Grimmie · Orlando, Florida
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2016
Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
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2016
Das Vereinigte Königreich stimmt in einem Referendum über den Austritt aus der Europäischen Union ab, mit 52% zu 48%.
United Kingdom · United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
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2016
A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.
2016 Istanbul Atatürk Airport attack · Istanbul Atatürk Airport
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2016
Suicide bombing of Karrada in Baghdad kills at least 341 people.
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2016
The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter.
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2016
Former U.S. Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
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2016
Bundeskanzler David Cameron des Vereinigten Königreichs tritt zurück und wird von Theresa May abgelöst.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · David Cameron · Theresa May
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2016
A terrorist vehicular attack in Nice, France kills 86 civilians and injures over 400 others.
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2016
Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
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The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. 19 people are killed.
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2016
Hillary Clinton wird zur ersten weiblichen Kandidatin für das Amt des Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten durch eine große politische Partei bei der Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia nominiert.
Hillary Clinton · President of the United States · Democratic National Convention · Philadelphia
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2016
Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
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2016
54 Menschen sterben, als ein Selbstmordattentäter sich bei einer kurdischen Hochzeit in Gaziantep, Türkei, in die Luft sprengt.
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Last day of the Rio Summer Olympics.
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2016
An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence.
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2016
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
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2016
The US and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally joined the Paris global climate agreement.
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2016
Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York. 31 people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
2016 New York and New Jersey bombings · Seaside Park, New Jersey · Manhattan
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Seventeen Indian Army security personnel killed in the Indian Administrated Kashmir by anti-government militants.
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2016
In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
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2016
Hurricane Matthew became a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea, since Hurricane Felix in 2007.
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Ethiopian protests: Violence breaks out during an Irreechaa festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
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2016
In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to 800.
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2016
In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
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2016
Ein Fairchild Merlin Passagierflugzeug bei einer französischen Überwachungsmission stürzt in Kirkop, Malta ab und tötet alle fünf Insassen.
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner · 2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash · Kirkop
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2016
Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6.6 erschüttert das Zentrum Italiens.
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2016
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series to earn their first title in 108 years; ending the then longest title drought in US sports history.
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2016
Donald Trump is elected 45th President of the United States defeating Hillary Clinton. She is the fifth presidential candidate in U.S. history to win the popular vote but lose the election.
Donald Trump · President of the United States · Hillary Clinton
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2016
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes effective midnight, making 86% of the currency in circulation invalid.
Prime Minister of India · Narendra Modi · 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
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2016
Hong Kong High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.[1]
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Pope Francis created 17 new members of the College of Cardinals at a consistory in Vatican City.
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A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying at least 81 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia.
British Aerospace 146 · Associação Chapecoense de Futebol · LaMia Flight 2933 · Medellín · Colombia
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2016
36 people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
2016 Oakland warehouse fire · Oakland, California · Artist collective
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2016
Syrian army continues large-scale attack and controls the revival (Sheikh Lutfi, Marja, Bab al-Nairab, Maadi, Al-Salhin) in the east of Aleppo backed by Russian Air Force and Iranian militias.
Syrian army · Aleppo offensive (November-December 2016) · Aleppo · Russian Air Force · Iran
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2016
Syrian army starts final phase of the attack and progress has been made in the district of, "Sheikh Said" and preparing to storm the neighborhood "Sukkari" in East of Aleppo.
Syrian army · Aleppo offensive (November-December 2016) · Aleppo
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2016
Die südkoreanische Präsidentin Park Geun-hye wird vom Landtag abgesetzt, als Reaktion auf einen großen politischen Skandal. Premierminister Hwang Kyo-ahn wird interimistischer Präsident und lehnt später einen vollständigen Wahlkampf ab.
President of South Korea · Park Geun-hye · South Korea · Impeachment of Park Geun-hye · National Assembly (South Korea)
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2016
At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
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2016
Zwei Explosionen vor einem Fußballstadion in Istanbul, Türkei, töten 38 Menschen und verletzen 166 andere.
December 2016 Istanbul bombings · Vodafone Arena · Istanbul · Turkey
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2016
Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by Turkish guards.
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A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.
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Syrian government forces retake control of the besieged areas of Aleppo.
Berühmte Geburten
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2016
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince
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2016
Prince Oscar, duke of Skåne and prince of Sweden
Berühmte Todesfälle
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2016
Fazu Aliyeva, russische Dichterin und Journalistin (geb. 1932)
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2016
Dale Bumpers, amerikanischer Soldat, Anwalt und Politiker, 38. Gouverneur von Arkansas (geb. 1925)
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2016
Mike Oxley, amerikanischer Anwalt und Politiker (geb. 1944)
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2016
Vilmos Zsigmond, ungarisch-amerikanischer Kameramann und Produzent (geb. 1930)
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2016
Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (b. 1959)
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2016
Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
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2016
Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)
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2016
Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (b. 1932)
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2016
Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1928)
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2016
Bill Plager, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)
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2016
Igor Sergun, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1957)
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2016
S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (b. 1947)
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2016
Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (b. 1939)
Stephen W. Bosworth · United States Ambassador to South Korea
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2016
Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1925)
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2016
Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian journalist and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1938)
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2016
Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
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Florence King, American journalist and author (b. 1936)
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2016
Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (b. 1948)
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Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (b. 1925)
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Ioannis Petridis, Greek politician (b. 1931)
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Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)
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John Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1947)
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Kitty Kallen, American singer (b. 1921)
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2016
Judith Kaye, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)
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Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (b. 1936)
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2016
Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (b. 1926)
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2016
German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian & talent manager (b. 1933)
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John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1938)
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2016
Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (b. 1926)
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2016
Wim Bleijenberg, niederländischer Fußballspieler und -trainer (geb. 1930)
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2016
David Bowie, englischer Sänger-Songwriter, Produzent und Schauspieler (geb. 1947)
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2016
George Jonas, ungarisch-kanadischer Journalist, Autor und Dichter (geb. 1935)
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2016
Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919)
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2016
David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937)
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2016
Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (b. 1935)
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2016
Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian-American director, producer, songwriter, and manager (b. 1934)
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Lawrence Phillips, American football player (b. 1975)
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2016
Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946)
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2016
Francisco X. Alarcón, amerikanischer Dichter und Pädagoge (geb. 1954)
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2016
Ken Judge, australischer Footballspieler und -trainer (geb. 1958)
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2016
Manuel Velázquez, spanischer Fußballspieler (geb. 1943)
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2016
Joannis Avramidis, Greek sculptor (b. 1922)
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Ted Marchibroda, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
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2016
Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
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2016
Melvin Day, New Zealand painter and historian (b. 1923)
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2016
V. Rama Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Sikkim (b. 1935)
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2016
Sudhindra Thirtha, Indian religious leader (b. 1926)
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Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
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Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1948)
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2016
Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (b. 1924)
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T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (b. 1930)
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Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (b. 1924)
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Robert M. Carter, English paleontologist and geologist (b. 1942)
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Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (b. 1930)
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Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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Sheila Sim, English actress (b. 1922)
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Mykolas Burokevičius, Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927)
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Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author (b. 1920)
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David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1941)
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Bill Johnson, American skier (b. 1960)
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Homayoun Behzadi, Iranian footballer and coach (b. 1942)
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Cecil Parkinson, English politician (b. 1931)
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Lois Ramsey, Australian actress (b. 1922)
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Kamer Genç, Turkish politician (b. 1940)
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Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (b. 1947)
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Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
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Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)
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Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
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2016
Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (b. 1960)
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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 14th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
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Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1921)
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2016
Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
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2016
Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)
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Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
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Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
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Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (b. 1941)
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Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1924)
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Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
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Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1928)
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2016
Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926)
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Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1959)
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Georgia Davis Powers, American activist and politician (b. 1923)
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Gil Carmichael, American businessman and politician (b. 1927)
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2016
Terry Wogan, Irish-British radio and television host (b. 1938)
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2016
Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, Guatemalan general and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
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2016
Balram Jakhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Madhya Pradesh (b. 1923)
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2016
József Kasza, Serbian politician and economist (b. 1945)
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2016
Saulius Sondeckis, Lithuanian violinist and conductor (b. 1928)
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2016
Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
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2016
Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (b. 1919)
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2016
Dan Gerson, amerikanischer Drehbuchautor (geb. 1966)
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Dan Hicks, amerikanischer Sänger-Songwriter und Gitarrist (geb. 1941)
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2016
Konstantinos Despotopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician (b. 1913)
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2016
Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
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2016
Nida Fazli, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1938)
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2016
Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1938)
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2016
Roy Señeres, Filipino businessman, lawyer, and politician (b. 1947)
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2016
Violette Verdy, French ballerina (b. 1933)
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Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
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2016
Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948)
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Fatima Surayya Bajia, Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (b. 1930)
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2016
Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (b. 1971)
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2016
Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1929)
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Dominique D'Onofrio, Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1953)
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2016
Yannis Kalaitzis, Greek cartoonist (b. 1945)
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2016
Johnny Lattner, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
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2016
Yan Su, Chinese general and composer (b. 1930)
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2016
O. N. V. Kurup, Indian poet and academic (b. 1931)
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2016
Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1936)
Antonin Scalia · Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (b. 1928)
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2016
Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (b. 1949)
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2016
George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (b. 1917)
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Vanity, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (b. 1959)
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali, ägyptischer Politiker und Diplomat, 6. Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen (geb. 1922)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali · Secretary-General of the United Nations
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2016
Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer (b. 1921)
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2016
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)
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Claude Jeancolas, French historian, author, and journalist (b. 1949)
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Tony Phillips, American baseball player (b. 1959)
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2016
Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director (b. 1940)
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2016
Abdul Rashid Khan, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1908)
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2016
Pantelis Pantelidis, Greek singer (b. 1983)
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2016
Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (b. 1932)
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2016
Harper Lee, American author (b. 1926)
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Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
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Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934)
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2016
Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919)
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2016
Yolande Fox, American model and singer, Miss America 1951 (b. 1928)
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Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
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Peter Lustig, German television host and author (b. 1937)
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Jacqueline Mattson, American baseball player (b. 1928)
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Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
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Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927)
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2016
Bhavarlal Jain, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)
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2016
Alfred E. Mann, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
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2016
Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)
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Don Getty, kanadischer Fußballspieler und Politiker, 11. Premierminister von Alberta (geb. 1933)
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2016
Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
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James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1943)
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2016
George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
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2016
Wenn V. Deramas, philippinischer Regisseur und Drehbuchautor (geb. 1968)
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Gil Hill, amerikanischer Polizist, Schauspieler und Politiker (geb. 1931)
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Josefin Nilsson, schwedische Sängerin (geb. 1969)
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Louise Rennison, englische Autorin (geb. 1951)
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Benoît Lacroix, Canadian priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1915)
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Aubrey McClendon, American businessman (b. 1959)
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Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (b. 1968)
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Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (b. 1973)
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Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1962)
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Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1914)
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Bud Collins, amerikanischer Journalist und Sportmoderator (geb. 1929)
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Pat Conroy, amerikanischer Autor (geb. 1945)
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P. A. Sangma, indischer Anwalt und Politiker, Präsident des Lok Sabha (geb. 1947)
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Zhou Xiaoyan, chinesische Sopranistin und Pädagogin (geb. 1917)
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Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (b. 1932)
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Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (b. 1941)
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Al Wistert, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
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Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
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Sheila Varian, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1937)
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Adrian Hardiman, Irish lawyer and judge (b. 1951)
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Aldo Ferrer, Argentinian economist and diplomat (b. 1927)
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Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
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George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1926)
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Robert Horton, American actor (b. 1924)
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Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)
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2016
Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (b. 1921)
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Keith Emerson, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1944)
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2016
Roberto Perfumo, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1942)
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Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1920)
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2016
Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (b. 1928)
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Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and educator (b. 1936)
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2016
François-Eudes Chanfrault, French composer (b. 1974)
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Doreen Massey, English geographer and academic (b. 1944)
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Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942)
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Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935)
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Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
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Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist (b. 1926)
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Martin Olav Sabo, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
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John W. Cahn, German-American metallurgist and academic (b. 1928)
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2016
Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934)
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Suranimala Rajapaksha, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
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2016
Sylvia Anderson, English voice actress and producer (b. 1927)
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Asa Briggs, English historian and academic (b. 1921)
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2016
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2016
Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)
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2016
Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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2016
Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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Jack Mansell, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
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2016
Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)
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2016
Phife Dawg, American rapper (b. 1970)
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2016
Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (b. 1969)
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2016
Rita Gam, American actress (b. 1927)
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2016
Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)
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2016
Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer (b. 1947)
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2016
Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
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2016
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2016
Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)
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2016
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2016
James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)
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2016
Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
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2016
Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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2016
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (b. 1927)
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2016
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2016
Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
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2016
Denise Robertson, British writer and television broadcaster (b. 1932)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Charlie Hodge, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
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2016
Doris Roberts, American actress (b. 1925)
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2016
Aleah Stanbridge, Swedish singer (b. 1977)
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2016
Patricio Aylwin, Chilean politician (b. 1918)
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2016
Milt Pappas, American baseball player (b. 1939)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Tom Lewis, australischer Politiker, 33. Premier von New South Wales (geb. 1922)
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2016
Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (b. 1947)
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2016
Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1948)
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2016
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2016
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2016
Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (b. 1947)
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2016
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2016
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2016
Reg Grundy, Australian businessman (b. 1923)
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Tom M. Apostol, American analytic number theorist (b. 1923)
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2016
William Schallert, American actor; president (1979-81) of the Screen Actors Guild (b. 1922)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
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2016
Morley Safer, American journalist (b. 1931)
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2016
Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964)
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2016
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2016
Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1953)
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2016
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2016
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Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1938)
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2016
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2016
Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (b. 1939)
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2016
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2016
Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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2016
Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1994)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist (b. 1920)
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2016
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
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2016
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2016
Lois Duncan, American author (b. 1934)
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2016
Jo Cox, English political activist and MP (b. 1974)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (b. 1927)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Robin Hardy, English author and film director (b. 1929)
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2016
Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (b. 1963)
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2016
Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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Patrick Manning, 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)
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2016
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2016
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Marni Nixon, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
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2016
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2016
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Jerry Doyle, American actor and talk show host (b. 1956)
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2016
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2016
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Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)
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David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
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Philip "Fyuvsh" Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)
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2016
John McLaughlin, American television personality (b. 1927)
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2016
Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
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2016
Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923)
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2016
Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (b. 1935)
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2016
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2016
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Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)
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2016
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2016
Marvin Kaplan, American actor (b. 1927)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Gloria Naylor, American novelist (b. 1950)
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2016
Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (b. 1945)
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2016
Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
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2016
Gary Reed, American comic book writer (b. 1956)
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2016
Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
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2016
Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930)
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2016
Andrzej Wajda, a Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926)
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2016
Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926)
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2016
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2016
Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
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2016
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2016
Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1964)
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2016
Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921)
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Robert E. Kramek, ehemaliger Admiral der United States Coast Guard (geb. 1939)
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Steve Dillon, britischer Comic-Zeichner (geb. 1962)
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Jack Chick, amerikanischer Zeichner und Verleger (geb. 1924)
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2016
Wim van der Voort, niederländischer Eisschnellläufer (geb. 1923)
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2016
Pete Burns, englischer Sänger-Songwriter (geb. 1959)
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2016
Bobby Vee, amerikanischer Pop-Sänger (geb. 1943)
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2016
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, uruguayischer Politiker, ehemaliger Präsident (2000-2005) (geb. 1927)
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2016
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2016
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Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
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Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993-2001) (b. 1938)
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Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (b. 1921)
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2016
Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
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2016
Victor Bailey, American singer and bass player (Weather Report) (b. 1960)
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2016
Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
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2016
Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (b. 1910)
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2016
Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
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2016
Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (b. 1955)
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2016
Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1927)
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2016
Sharon Jones, amerikanische Soul- und Funk-Sängerin (geb. 1956)
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2016
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek statesman (b. 1926)
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2016
William Trevor Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1928)
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2016
M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930)
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Rita Barberá Nolla, Spanish politician (b. 1948)
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2016
Ralph Branca, American baseball player (b. 1926)
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2016
Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)
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2016
Paul Futcher, footballer, Luton Town, Barnsley, Grimbsy Town (b.1956)
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2016
Florence Henderson, American actress, singer and television personality (b. 1934)
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2016
Fidel Castro, kommunistischer Führer Kubas und Revolutionär (geb. 1926)
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2016
Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)
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2016
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2016
Ioannis Grivas, Greek statesman (b. 1923)
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2016
Marcos Danilo Padilha, Brazilian football player (b. 1985)
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2016
Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921).
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2016
Jayalalithaa, Indian politician, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1948)
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2016
Brittany CoxXx, American performer in gay and transsexual pornography (b. 1978)
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2016
Peter Vaughan, British actor (b.1923)
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2016
Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani musician (b. 1964)
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2016
John Glenn, American astronaut & senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)
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2016
Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1931)
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2016
Thomas Schelling, American economist and educator (b. 1921)
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2016
David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and university administrator (b. 1934)
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2016
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2016
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2016
Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (b. 1927)
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2016
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2016
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2016
Gordon Hunt, American voice director (b. 1929)
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2016
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917)
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2016
Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (b. 1954)
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2016
Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)
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2016
Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948)
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2016
Liz Smith, English actress (b. 1921)
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2016
Richard Adams, English author (b. 1920)
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2016
Valery Khalilov, Russian military musician and composer (b. 1952)
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2016
George Michael, British singer and songwriter (b. 1963)
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2016
Vera Rubin, American astronomer (b. 1928)
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2016
Ricky Harris, American comedian, actor (b. 1962)
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2016
George S. Irving, American actor, singer and dancer (b. 1922)
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2016
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2016
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2016
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2016
Jean-Christophe Victor, French political scientist (b. 1947)
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2016
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2016
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2016
William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)