Deaths in December 2016
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.
April
- Howard Marks, 70, British cannabis smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner, cancer.[1]
- Tomáš Pustina, 38, tallest Czech (224 cm)[2][3]
- Henryk Średnicki, 61, Polish boxer, amateur World Champion (1978).[4]
- Duane Clarridge, 83, American spy (CIA, Eclipse Group), complications from esophageal cancer.[5]
- Tony Conrad, 76, American avant-garde musician, composer, video artist and professor (University at Buffalo), pneumonia.[6]
- Juris Ekmanis, 74, Latvian academic, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (2004–2012).[7]
- Lucas Martínez Lara, 73, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Matehuala (since 2006).[8]
- Martin Roberts, 48, British rugby union player (Gloucester Rugby).[9]
- Will Smith, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), Super Bowl champion (2010), shot.[10]
- Mircea Albulescu, 81, Romanian actor and writer, heart failure.[11]
- David Dore, 75, Canadian figure skating competitor, judge and official, President (1980–1984) and Director General (1986–2004) of the CFSA.[12]
- Stacy Fawcett, 45, American food reporter (WFAA), stabbed.[13]
- William Hamilton, 76, American cartoonist, traffic collision.[14]
- Keith Hefner, 87, American actor (Star 80, Fever Pitch) and television personality (The Girls Next Door), cancer.[15]
- Charles Hirsch, 79, American forensic pathologist.[16]
- fr, 49 , Belgian tennis coach (national team), cancer.[17]
- Etienne Hugel, 57, French winemaker (Hugel & Fils).[18]
- Daisy Lewellyn, 36, American reality television personality (Blood, Sweat & Heels), bile duct cancer.[19]
- Jim Ridley, 50, American newspaper editor-in-chief (Nashville Scene) and film critic.[20]
- Edward J. Steimel, 94, American lobbyist and fundraiser, founder of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.[21]
- Wei Chueh, 88, Taiwanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Chung Tai Shan.[22]
- Freda Briggs, 85, English-born Australian professor and child protection expert, Senior Australian of the Year (2000).[23]
- Frank E. Denholm, 92, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from South Dakota (1971–1975).[24]
- Matiu Dickson, New Zealand Māori academic (University of Waikato) and lawyer.[25]
- Marcel Dubé, 86, Canadian playwright.[26]
- de, 54, German actress (In aller Freundschaft), cancer.[27]
- pt, 56, Portuguese-born Brazilian actor.[28]
- Rachel Johnson, 93, Scottish woman, last native of St. Kilda.[29] (death announced on this date)
- Garry Jones, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).[30]
- Vladimir Kagan, 88, American furniture designer.[31]
- Jade Lemons, American rock musician (Injected), apparent drug overdose.[32]
- Carlo Monti, 96, Italian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[33]
- Blackjack Mulligan, 73, American professional wrestler (WWWF, JCP, CWF), member of The Blackjacks.[34]
- Phil Scheffler, 85, American editor (60 Minutes).[35]
- ro, 57, Romanian gypsy leader.[36]
- Jimmie Van Zant, 59, American rock musician.[37]
- Dennis Davis, American drummer (David Bowie, Stevie Wonder), cancer.[38]
- Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, 79, Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Beira (1976–2012).[39]
- Merle Haggard, 79, American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[40]
- Joel Kurtzman, 68, American economist, cancer.[41]
- Robert MacCrate, 94, American lawyer, President of the American Bar Association (1987–1988).[42]
- Ogden Mills Phipps, 75, American horse breeder.[43]
- Murray Wier, 89, American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Waterloo Hawks).[44]
- Zyta Gilowska, 66, Polish politician, Minister of Finance (2006, 2007), Deputy Prime Minister (2006, 2007).[45]
- Roman Gribbs, 90, American politician, Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974).[46]
- Leon Haywood, 74, American funk and soul singer.[47]
- Henry Hobhouse, 91, British journalist and historian (Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind).[48]
- Ed Johnson, 70, American basketball player.[49]
- Koço Kasapoğlu, 80, Turkish footballer.[50]
- Kerrie Lester, 62, Australian artist, leukaemia.[51]
- E. M. Nathanson, 88, American author (The Dirty Dozen).[52]
- ro, 72, Romanian dancer, choreographer and actor.[53]
- nl, 60, Dutch accordionist[54]
- Mick Sullivan, 82, English rugby league footballer (Wigan), world champion (1954, 1960).[55]
- Barbara Turner, 79, American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (Georgia, Pollock, The Company).[56]
- Ranjan Baindoor, 66, Indian cricketer.[57]
- nl, 57, Dutch television presenter.[58]
- Irma Bule, 29, Indonesian pop singer, snake bite.[59]
- Archie Dees, 80, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons).[60]
- Georgi Hristakiev, 71, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).[61]
- Shahidul Islam Khokon, 59, Bangladeshi filmmaker, motor neuron disease.[62]
- Manuel King, 92, American animal trainer and actor (Darkest Africa), complications of a fall.[63]
- Chus Lampreave, 85, Spanish actress (Belle Époque, Volver).[64]
- Carlo Mastrangelo, 78, American bassist and doo-wop singer (The Belmonts).[65]
- Getatchew Mekurya, 81, Ethiopian jazz saxophonist.[66]
- John Miller, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (since 2008).[67]
- James Oyedeji, 64, Ghanaian football historian.[68]
- Mike Sandlock, 100, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[69]
- Dorothy Schwartz, 89, American singer (The Chordettes).[70]
- Abe Segal, 85, South African tennis player, cancer.[71]
- cs, 88, Czech choreographer.[72]
- es, 64, Spanish singer.[73]
- Ken Waterhouse, 86, English footballer (Preston North End, Rotherham United).[74]
- Abu Firas al-Suri, 65–66, Syrian al-Nusra Front senior official, air strike.[75]
- Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, 78, Colombian criminal.[76]
- John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, 92, British peer.[77]
- Erik Bauersfeld, 93, American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak).[78]
- Ward Crutchfield, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1985–2007).[79]
- Bob Ellis, 73, Australian writer (Newsfront, My First Wife) and journalist, liver cancer.[80]
- Leopoldo Flores, 82, Mexican artist.[81]
- Don Francks, 84, Canadian jazz vocalist and actor (La Femme Nikita, Inspector Gadget, I'm Not There).[82]
- Robert Guinan, 82, American painter, lymphoma.[83]
- Lars Gustafsson, 79, Swedish writer and scholar.[84]
- Rowley Habib, 82, New Zealand writer.[85]
- Henry Harpending, 72, American anthropologist.[86]
- Bill Henderson, 90, American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump).[87]
- Alex de Jesús, 33, Puerto Rican professional and Olympic lightweight boxer (2004), shot.[88]
- Martin Lampkin, 65, English motorcycle trials rider, cancer.[89]
- Abdul Majid, 65, American convicted murderer and black nationalist.[90]
- Cesare Maldini, 84, Italian football player and manager.[91]
- Joe Medicine Crow, 102, American Crow historian.[92]
- Ronald Mulkearns, 85, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ballarat (1971–1997), colon cancer.[93]
- Whai Ngata, 74, New Zealand Māori broadcaster, journalist and lexicographer.[94]
- Noh Jin-kyu, 23, South Korean short track speed skater, world champion (2011, 2012), cancer.[95]
- Lola Novaković, 80, Serbian singer.[96]
- Victoria Ostrovsky-Cohen, 93, Israeli jurist and judge.[97]
- William Rice, 77, American food editor (The Washington Post, Food & Wine) and critic (Chicago Tribune), Lewy body dementia.[98]
- Ian Robinson, 69, Zimbabwean cricket umpire.[99]
- Jules Schelvis, 95, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor.[100]
- Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer ("Butter-Fly", "All of My Mind"), nasopharynx cancer.[101]
- John Waite, 74, English footballer (Grimsby Town).[102]
- Clarence Clifton Young, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1957), Nevada Senate (1966–1980) and Supreme Court (1985–2002).[103]
- Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[104]
- Rick Bartow, 69, American artist.[105]
- Moreese Bickham, 98, American convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist.[106]
- Gallieno Ferri, 87, Italian comic book artist (Zagor, Mister No).[107]
- Bill Green, 91, American journalist and ombudsman (The Washington Post)[108]
- de, 74, Czech actor and mime artist.[109]
- Nabil Nosair, 77, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek).[110]
- Amber Rayne, 31, American pornographic actress.[111]
- Dennis Riggin, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[112]
- it, 78, Ukrainian astroscientist and grandmaster for chess composition (1980).[113]
- László Sárosi, 84, Hungarian football player and coach.[114]
- Thomas Zeng Jing-mu, 95, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yujiang (1988–2012).[115]
- pl, 98, Polish general.[116]
- Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, Indian actress, suicide by hanging.[117]
- Alan Carter, 86, British civil servant, Director of Immigration of Hong Kong (1983–1989).[118]
- Tom Coughlin, 67, American business executive and convicted fraudster (Walmart).[119]
- he, 103, Israeli jurist, Israel Prize recipient (1994).[120]
- Jaap Dronkers, 71, Dutch academic of sociology (University of Amsterdam).[121]
- Artur Górski, 46, Polish politician, member of Sejm (since 2005), leukemia.[122]
- Kao Ching-yuen, 87, Taiwanese businessman (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation).[123] (death announced on this date)
- hu, 90, Hungarian actor and theatre director.[124]
- Clarence Makwetu, 88, South African politician.[125]
- zh, 98, Taiwanese academic administrator, President of Central Police University (1966–1973) and Tunghai University (1978–1992).[126]
- Petrucio Melo, 65, Brazilian television presenter, cardiac arrest.[127]
- Herbert Theodore Milburn, 84, American judge.[128]
- Marjorie Peters, 97, American baseball player (AAGBPL).[129]
- Patricia Thompson, 89, American philosopher.[130]
- André Villers, 85, French photographer.[131]
- Ron Wicks, 76, Canadian ice hockey referee, liver cancer.[132]
Earlier months
See also
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References
- ^ 'Mr Nice' Howard Marks dies aged 70
- ^ https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/zpravy-udalosti/386315/zemrel-nejvetsi-cech-tomase-pustinu-zabila-ve-spanku-zastava-srdce.html
- ^ http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/zemrel-nejvyssi-cech-tomas-pustina-meril-224-cm/1336777
- ^ Henryk Średnicki, polski mistrz świata w boksie nie żyje Template:Pl icon
- ^ Legendary spymaster Dewey Clarridge dies
- ^ Tony Conrad, avant garde pioneer and UB professor, dies at 76
- ^ Ушел из жизни бывший президент Латвийской академии наук Юрис Экманис Template:Lv icon
- ^ Bishop Lucas Martínez Lara
- ^ Former Cheltenham rugby player Martin Roberts’ sudden death has rocked sporting community
- ^ Ex-Saint Will Smith shot to death in New Orleans, sources confirm
- ^ A murit Mircea Albulescu Template:Ro icon
- ^ Figure skating pioneer Dore dies at 75
- ^ Stacy Fawcett Dead: 'Dallas' Favorite Foodie' TV Personality Stabbed To Death By Son
- ^ New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton dies at age 76
- ^ Hugh Hefner's younger brother Keith passes away at 87 after battle with cancer
- ^ NY Medical Examiner Who Oversaw Office on 9/11 Dies at 79
- ^ LTA pays tribute to 'inspirational coach' Julien Hoferlin
- ^ Etienne Hugel, Dynamic Champion of Alsatian Wine, Dies at 57
- ^ Lewellyn Dies of Cancer at Age 36
- ^ Scene Editor Jim Ridley Dies at 50
- ^ Ed Steimel, who left his mark on public policy in Louisiana, dies at age 94
- ^ Founder of Chung Tai Chan Monastery is dead
- ^ Freda Briggs: 'Champion of children' and former senior Australian of the year dies
- ^ Former US Rep. Frank Denholm dies at the age of 92
- ^ Waikato University law lecturer and Māori academic Matiu Dickson dies
- ^ Marcel Dubé canadian playwright died Template:Fr icon
- ^ Hendrikje Fitz erliegt Krebsleiden Template:De icon
- ^ Aos 56 anos, morre o ator Flávio Guarnieri Template:Pt icon
- ^ Last surviving St Kildan Rachel Johnson dies
- ^ Club statement: Garry Jones
- ^ Legendary Furniture Designer Vladimir Kagan Dead at 88
- ^ Injected Guitarist Jade Lemons Dies
- ^ Atletica, addio a Carlo Monti, sprinter elegante e scrittore Template:It icon
- ^ Blackjack Mulligan passes away
- ^ 60 Minutes' Phil Scheffler dies at 85
- ^ A murit Fane Spoitoru Template:Ro icon
- ^ Jimmie Van Zant, Cousin To Lynyrd Skynyrd Great Ronnie, .38 Special's Donnie and Johnny, Passes At 59
- ^ David Bowie drummer Dennis Davis dies after cancer battle
- ^ Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
- ^ Merle Haggard, country music legend, dies at 79
- ^ Joel Kurtzman, Economist of Gloom Who Shifted to Optimism, Dies at 68
- ^ Robert MacCrate, former ABA president, dies at age 94
- ^ Horse owner, breeder Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps dies
- ^ Hawkeye, Muscatine great Murray Wier dies at 89
- ^ Former Polish deputy PM dies
- ^ Former Detroit Mayor Roman Gribbs dies at 90
- ^ R&B Singer Leon Haywood Dead at 74
- ^ Henry Hobhouse obituary
- ^ Muere a los 71 años el exjugador de baloncesto Ed Johnson Template:Es icon
- ^ İstanbulspor'un efsane futbolcusu Kostas Kasapoğlu hayatını kaybetti Template:Tr icon
- ^ Artist Kerrie Lester dies at 63 following two-year battle with leukaemia
- ^ E.M. Nathanson Dead: 'The Dirty Dozen' Author Was 87
- ^ Cornel Patrichi a Murit Template:Ro icon
- ^ Zanger en accordeonist Jos de Rooij overleden - Amsterdam Template:Nl icon
- ^ Rugby league legend and former York star Mick Sullivan dies, aged 82
- ^ Barbara Turner, ‘Georgia’ Screenwriter and Mother of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dies
- ^ Former Mumbai cricketer Ranjan Baindoor dies aged 66
- ^ VPRO-presentator Wim Brands (57) overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ Indonesian Pop Star Irma Bule Bitten by Cobra During Concert Dies After Performance
- ^ IU basketball legend Archie Dees dies at age 80
- ^ Почина бившият играч на Локо София Георги Христакиев Template:Bg icon
- ^ Shahidul Islam Khokon
- ^ Child lion trainer-turned-circus professional Manuel King dies at 92
- ^ Muere Chus Lampreave Template:Es icon
- ^ The Belmonts Tell Me Why
- ^ King of Ethiopian Sax Getatchew Mekurya Passed Away at Age 81
- ^ Newport News state Sen. John Miller dies
- ^ Football historian James Oyedeji dies at 64
- ^ Baseball's Oldest Living Former Major Leaguer Dies
- ^ Dorothy Schwartz, member of Chordettes, passes away
- ^ Segal dies
- ^ Choreographer, founder of chamber ballet, Šmok dies at 88
- ^ Muere Manolo Tena, la voz carrasposa de la movida Template:Es icon
- ^ Kenneth Waterhouse 1930-2016
- ^ Syrian al-Nusra Front leader, Abu Firas, 'killed in air strike'
- ^ Murió el excapo del Cartel de Cali Phanor Arizabaleta Arzayús Template:Es icon
- ^ Lord Barnard dies aged 92
- ^ Erik Bauersfeld, Admiral Ackbar Voice Actor in 'Star Wars' Films, Dies at 93
- ^ Ex-Tennessee lawmaker, caught in past FBI sting, dies at 87
- ^ Journalist Bob Ellis dies, aged 73
- ^ Fallece el artista plástico Leopoldo Flores Template:Es icon
- ^ Don Francks, actor who lived at Red Pheasant, dead at 84
- ^ Robert Guinan, painter of gritty and lovely Chicago, dies at 82
- ^ Kulturpersonligheten Lars Gustafsson är död Template:Sv icon
- ^ Prominent Māori writer Rowley Habib passes away
- ^ Henry Harpending, RIP
- ^ Bill Henderson, Jazz Vocalist and Actor, Dies at 90
- ^ Alex De Jesus Shot and Killed in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
- ^ Trials Biker Martin Lampkin Loses his Battle with Cancer
- ^ Abdul Majid, convicted of killing NYPD co in 1981, dies in jail
- ^ Cesare Maldini, former Milan captain and Italy manager, dies aged 84
- ^ Joe Medicine Crow dies in Billings Sunday morning
- ^ Former Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns dies at 85
- ^ Broadcasting mourns the loss of Māori industry leader
- ^ Former short track world champion Noh dies aged 23
- ^ Preminula legendarna pevačica Lola Novaković Template:Hr icon
- ^ Judge Victoria Ostrovsky-Cohen dead at 93 Template:He icon
- ^ William Rice, food editor and critic for Washington Post and Chicago Tribune, dies at 77
- ^ Former Zimbabwe umpire Ian Robinson dies aged 69
- ^ Sobibor-overlevende Jules Schelvis (95) overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ Digimon Theme Song Singer Kouji Wada Passes Away
- ^ Tributes to ex-Mariner and fine all-round sportsman
- ^ Former Nevada Supreme Court Justice Cliff Young dies at 93
- ^ Latin Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri dies at age 83
- ^ Beloved and Nationally Renown Native American Artist Rick Bartow dies after long illness
- ^ Moreese Bickham
- ^ Piange Zagor, lo ha lasciato il suo disegnatore Gallieno Ferri Template:It
- ^ Bill Green, Who Dissected Washington Post Scandal, Dies at 91
- ^ Actor and mime artist Boris Hybner dies at 74
- ^ Former Zamalek star Nabil Nosseir passes away
- ^ Amber Rayne: Porn actress who said fellow star James Deen raped her dies of 'overdose'
- ^ Dennis Melville Riggin Obituary
- ^ Федерація шахів України Template:Ua icon
- ^ Gyász: elhunyt a Vasas ötszörös bajnoka, aki bent tartotta a Fradit Template:Hu icon
- ^ Chinese Church mourns passing of Mgr Zeng Jing Mu, a true witness of Christ
- ^ Zmarł gen. Aleksander Arkuszyński "Maj" Template:Pl icon
- ^ TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee dies, co-actors say it's a 'planned murder'
- ^ Carter, Alan John CBE ISO
- ^ Former Wal-Mart exec Coughlin dies at 67
- ^ הלך לעולמו פרופסור שניאור זלמן פלר, זוכה פרס ישראל לחקר המשפט Template:He icon
- ^ Onderwijssocioloog Jaap Dronkers (71) overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ Zmarł Artur Górski. Poseł PiS miał 46 lat Template:Pl icon
- ^ Kao Chin-yen, founder of Uni-president Corporation, dies
- ^ Meghalt Keres Emil Template:Hu
- ^ Tributes pour in for former PAC leader Clarence Makwetu
- ^ Former university president Mei Ko-wan dies at age 98
- ^ Morre aos 65 anos o apresentador Petrucio Melo, ex-jurado de Silvio Santos Template:Pt icon
- ^ Judge Ted Milburn, Who Served As Circuit, Then Federal Judge And On The 6th Circuit Court Of Appeals, Dies
- ^ Marjorie Peters Obituary
- ^ Vladimir Mayakovsky’s daughter dies in US aged 89
- ^ André Villers, le photographe de Picasso né à Beaucourt, est mort Template:Fr icon
- ^ Former NHL referee Ron Wicks is dead at 76