Famous People Who Died in 2016 (Part 2)

Deaths 201 - 400 of 609

• Apr 12 Alan Loveday, New Zealand and British violinist, dies at 88
• Apr 12 Anne Jackson, American stage actress (Twice Around the Park), dies at 90
• Apr 12 Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Chips with Everything), dies at 83

• Apr 12 David Gest, American television producer, dies at 62
• Apr 13 Jeremy Steig, American jazz flutist ("Howlin' for Judy"; "Wayfaring Stranger"), dies of cancer at 73
• Apr 13 Ray Thornton, American politician (Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas), dies at 87
• Apr 16 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian goalkeeper (Montreal Canadians), dies at 82
• Apr 16 Peter Tolson, English rock guitarist (Pretty Things), dies at 64

• Apr 17 Warren Davis, American doo-wop singer (The Monotones - "The Book of Love"), dies at 77
• Apr 18 Brian Asawa, Japanese-American countertenor, dies of liver failure at 49
• Apr 18 [Julia Liane] Aleah Stanbridge, South African metal musician (Trees of Eternity), dies of cancer at 39
• Apr 19 Milt Pappas, American baseball pitcher, (3-time MLB All Star), dies at 76
• Apr 19 Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer, politician and President of Chile (1990-94), dies at 97
• Apr 19 Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American scientist (Nobel Prize Chemistry 1998), dies at 93
• Apr 20 Chyna [Joanie Laurer], American professional wrestler and reality TV star, dies at 46
• Apr 20 Guy Hamilton, British director (Goldfinger), dies at 93
• Apr 20 Victoria Wood, British comedian and actress, dies of cancer at 62
• Apr 21 Lonnie Mack, American rocker ("Baby What's Wrong"), dies at 74
• Apr 21 Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, dies at 94

• Apr 22 Isabelle Dinoire, French recipient of world's 1st partial face transplant, dies from surgical complications at 49
• Apr 22 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun), dies at 93
• Apr 23 Banharn Silpa-archa, Prime Minister of Thailand (1995-96), dies at 83
• Apr 24 Billy Paul [Paul Williams], American soul singer ("Me & Mrs Jones"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81
• Apr 24 Jan Henrik Kayser, Norwegian concert pianist (Grieg Prize, 1978), dies at 83
• Apr 24 Papa Wemba [Wembadio Kikumba], Congolese singer, known as the "King of Rumba Rock", dies after collapsing on stage at 66
• Apr 24 Tommy Kono, American weightlifter (Olympic gold 67.5kg 1952, 82.5kg 1956; silver 75kg 1960; World C'ship gold x 6), dies at 85
• Apr 25 Mei Baojiu, Chinese opera performer and director (Mei Lanfang Peking Opera), dies at 82
• Apr 28 Barry Howard, British comic actor (Hi-de-Hi!), dies of blood cancer at 78
• Apr 28 Conrad Burns, American politician (Senate-R-Montana 1989-2007), dies at 81
• Apr 28 Jenny Diski, English writer (Stranger on a Train), dies of cancer at 68
• Apr 29 Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian baritone (1951-88), opera director State Opera, 1975-88), and parliamentarian, dies at 91
• Apr 30 Daniel Berrigan, American Jesuit priest and peace activist (Vietnam War), dies at 94
• Apr 30 Marisol (Maria Sol) Escobar, Venezuelan sculptor, dies at 85
• Apr 30 Phil Ryan, Welsh keyboardist and composer (Man; Pete Brown), dies at 69
• May 2 Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac Shakur, Black Panther Party member, dies at 69
• May 2 Alan Elsdon, British jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player (Midnite Follies Orchestra), and bandleader, dies at 81
• May 3 Carl Fredrik Reutersward, Swedish artist (knotted-gun sculpture), dies at 81
• May 3 Thomas W. Libous, American politician (Senate-R-New York 1989-2015) brought down by scandal, dies of cancer at 63
• May 4 Robert "Bob" Bennett, American politician (U.S. Senator fromfrom Utah, 1993-2011), dies at 82
• May 4 Ursula Mamlok, German-American avant-garde composer, and teacher, dies at 93
• May 6 Niklaus Schilling, Swiss film director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold), dies at 72
• May 6 Reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul (Neighbours, Prisoner), dies at 92
• May 7 Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer, commits suicide at 27
• May 7 Harold Kroto, English chemist, (Nobel Prize laureate 1996), dies at 76
• May 7 John Krish, British documentary filmmaker (Let My People Go), dies at 92
• May 8 John Bradshaw, American theologian, dies at 82
• May 8 William Schallert, American character actor (Patty Duke Show - "Martin"; Get Smart - "The Admiral"), dies at 93
• May 9 Dennis Nineham, British theologian (Synod and Doctrine Commission), dies at 94
• May 9 John Warr, English cricket fast-medium bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Middlesex CCC, University of Cambridge CC) and executive (president MCC 1987-88), dies at 88
• May 10 Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), dies at 93
• May 11 David King, British graphic designer (album cover art for Jimi Hendrix and The Who), photographer (I Am King), and historian (The Commissar Vanishes), dies at 73
• May 11 Jim Pothecary, South African cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), dies at 82
• May 12 Delbert L. Latta, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1959-89), dies at 96
• May 12 Julius La Rosa, American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), dies at 86
• May 16 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), dies at 90
• May 17 Guy Clark, American folk and country singer-songwriter (Heartbroke), dies of lymphoma at 74
• May 19 Angus "Alan" Young, British actor and voice actor (Mister Ed, Scrooge McDuck), dies of natural causes at 96
• May 19 Morley Safer, Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 84
• May 21 Jim Ray Hart, American baseball player (Giants), dies at 74
• May 21 Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist, dies at 86
• May 21 Nick Menza, American musician and drummer (Megadeth), dies at 51
• May 24 Burt Kwouk, English actor (Pink Panther movies), dies at 85
• May 25 Yang Jiang, Chinese writer (Six Chapters From My Life ‘Downunder’), dies at 104
• May 28 Harambe, Western lowland gorilla resident at Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, shot and killed at 17, by a zoo worker to protect a 3-year-old boy who had climbed into its enclosure (Cincinnati, Ohio)
• May 30 Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey center (Stanley Cup 1974, 75; Philadelphia Flyers; NHL All Star 1977, 78), dies of meningitis at 66
• May 31 Corry Brokken, Dutch pop singer (1957 Eurovision), dies at 83
• Jun 2 Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet), dies at 64
• Jun 3 Dave Swarbrick, British folk fiddler, and songwriter (Fairport Convention; Martin Carthy), dies pneumonia at 75

• Jun 5 Phyllis Curtin, American soprano (NYC Opera), dies at 94
• Jun 6 Kimbo Slice [Kevin Ferguson], American mixed martial artist, dies at 42

• Jun 6 Theresa Saldana, American actress (Raging Bull), dies at 62
• Jun 6 Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born chess grandmaster, dies at 85
• Jun 8 Michael Manser, English architect, dies at 87
• Jun 8 Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (Member of the Swiss Federal Council, 1978-87), dies at 89
• Jun 10 Christina Grimmie, American singer and contestant on "The Voice", dies of a gunshot wound at 22

• Jun 10 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the beehive hairstyle, dies at 98
• Jun 11 Alberto Remedios, British opera and concert singer, dies at 81
• Jun 12 Donald Carr, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 x 50, 2 wickets; Derbyshire CCC) and official (secretary Test and County Cricket Board 1976-86), dies at 89
• Jun 12 George V. Voinovich, US politician (R), Senator and Governor of Ohio, dies at 79
• Jun 12 Janet Waldo, American radio and actress (Judy Jetson, Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop), dies at 97
• Jun 13 Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Armenian folk singer, dies at 91
• Jun 13 Oleg Karavaichuk, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 88
• Jun 14 Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Millie Helper"; The Nanny - "Yetta"), dies at 87
• Jun 14 Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), dies at 72
• Jun 15 Ladislaw Kupkovic, Slovak composer, dies at 80
• Jun 15 Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), dies at 82
• Jun 17 Prince Be [Attrell Cordes], American rapper (PM Dawn), dies from diabetes complications at 46
• Jun 18 Paul Cox, Dutch-born Australian director (Lonely Hearts), dies at 76
• Jun 18 Peter Feuchtwanger, German piano teacher, musicologist, and composer (Studies in Eastern Idiom; Introduction and Ragas for 8 Violas and cello), dies at 85
• Jun 19 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (Star Trek), dies in an accident at 27
• Jun 19 Götz George, German actor (Tatort), dies at 77
• Jun 20 Bill Ham [Billy Mack Ham], American music impresario and manager (ZZ Top), dies at 79
• Jun 20 Frank Chapot, American equestrian (Olympic silver 1960, 1972), dies at 84
• Jun 20 James Victor, Dominican-American actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA), dies at 76
• Jun 21 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter (Mar-Keys; The Memphis Horns), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
• Jun 23 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, dies at 89
• Jun 24 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies of cancer at 72
• Jun 25 Bill Cunningham, American fashion photographer (The New York Times), dies at 87
• Jun 25 Jim Hickman, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1970 Chicago Cubs; 1st NY Met to hit for cycle), dies at 79
• Jun 25 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker (Study of a River), dies at 71
• Jun 26 Barbara Goldsmith, American author (Little Gloria...Happy At Last), dies at 85
• Jun 27 Alvin Toffler, American author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave), dies at 87
• Jun 27 Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), dies at 86
• Jun 27 Harry Halbreich, German-Belgian musicologist (Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinů), dies at 85
• Jun 27 Mack Rice, American musician and songwriter ("Mustang Sally"; "Respect Yourself"), dies at 82
• Jun 28 Buddy Ryan, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals), dies from cancer and stroke complications at 85
• Jun 28 Pat Summitt, American Basketball HOF coach (8 × NCAA Division I tournament; 18 × NCAA Regional—Final Four; University of Tennessee), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 61
• Jun 28 Scotty Moore, American guitarist (for Elvis), dies at 84
• Jun 28 Sergei Cortez, Chilean-Belarusian composer (Jubilee and The Bear; Giordano Bruno), dies at 81
• Jun 29 Elechi Amadi, Nigerian novelist (The Concubine), dies at 82
• Jun 29 Inocente Carreño, Venezuelan composer (Margariteña), and pedagogue (Prudencio Esáa, 1970-90), dies at 96
• Jun 29 Rob Wasserman, American jazz and rock double bassist, and composer (RatDog; Duets), dies at 64
• Jun 30 Geoffrey Hill, English poet, dies at 84
• Jul 2 Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress (The Royale Family), dies of cancer at 52

• Jul 2 Michael Cimino, American director (The Deer Hunter), dies at 77
• Jul 2 Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1988-91), dies at 85
• Jul 2 Patrick Manning, Trinidad and Tobago politician, Prime Minister (1991-95, 2001-10), dies at 69
• Jul 3 Noel Neill, American actress (Adventures of Superman), dies at 95
• Jul 4 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian author and director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up, Taste of Cherry), dies at 76
• Jul 4 Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer, dies at 80
• Jul 5 Alirio Díaz, Venezuelan guitarist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 92
• Jul 5 Beatrice de Cardi, British archaeologist, dies at 102
• Jul 7 Rokusuke Ei, Japanese author and lyricist (Sukiyaki), dies at 83
• Jul 8 Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (Edhi Foundation), dies at 88
• Jul 8 William H. McNeill, Canadian-born historian (Rise of the West), dies at 98
• Jul 9 Robert Nye, British novelist and poet (Falstaff), dies at 77
• Jul 12 Gregg Smith, American choral conductor and composer, dies at 84
• Jul 13 Bernardo Provenzano, Mafia Boss (Cosa Nostra), dies in a prison hospital at 83
• Jul 13 Héctor Babenco, film director (Kiss of the Spider Woman), dies at 70
• Jul 16 Alan Vega [Bermowitz] American punk rock vocalist (Suicide - "Ghost Rider"; "Dream Baby Dream"; Cubist Blues), and visual artist, dies at 78
• Jul 16 Bonnie Brown, American country singer (The Browns), dies at 77

• Jul 17 Gary S. Paxton [Larry Wayne Stevens], American musician and songwriter ("Monster Mash"; "Alley Oop"), dies at 77
• Jul 18 Billy Name [William Linich Jr], photographer (Andy Warhol's factory), dies at 76
• Jul 19 Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and fashion leader, dies at 93

• Jul 20 Wayne Carson, American country musician and songwriter ("Always On My Mind"; "The Letter"), dies at 73
• Jul 22 Thomas Sutherland, American hostage (Lebanon) and academic, dies at 85
• Jul 22 Ursula Franklin, German-born Canadian physicist, educator and activist (developed archaeometry), dies at 94 [1]
• Jul 23 Thorbjorn Falldin, Swedish politician, Prime Minister (1976-78, 79-82) and sheep farmer, dies at 90
• Jul 24 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story**"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), dies at 86
• Jul 25 Benito Wogatzki, German radio and TV writer (My Best Friends), dies at 83
• Jul 26 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (Kaivos), dies at 87
• Jul 26 Forrest E. Mars Jr., American Candy Manufacturer (Mars, Inc.), dies at 84
• Jul 26 Miss Cleo [Youree Dell Harris], American psychic (Psychic Readers Network), dies of colon cancer at 53
• Jul 26 Sandy Pearlman, American lyricist; music producer, artist manager (Blue Öyster Cult), music journalist and record company executive, dies form complications of a stroke at 72
• Jul 27 James Alan MacPherson, American writer, 1st black writer to win Pulitzer Prize, dies at 72
• Jul 27 Piet de Jong, Dutch politician (Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1967-71), dies at 101
• Jul 28 Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali writer and activist, dies at 90
• Jul 29 Marta Marzotto, Italian countess and designer, dies at 85
• Jul 29 Zelda Fichandler, American theater director and producer (Raisin, K2), dies at 91
• Jul 30 Gloria DeHaven, American musical actress (Step Lively), dies at 91
• Jul 31 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (31 tournament c'ships; Kyushu Tournament 1981-88), dies from pancreatic cancer at 61

• Aug 1 Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1978-2005), dies at 87
• Aug 1 Queen Anne of Romania [Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma], wife of Michael I King of Romania, dies at 92
• Aug 2 Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist, (Nobel Prize 1999), dies at 70
• Aug 2 David Huddleston, American actor (The Big Lebowski), dies at 85
• Aug 2 Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and influential swimming coach, dies at 95
• Aug 3 Chris Amon, New Zealand Formula 1 racer, dies at 73
• Aug 3 Matt Higgins Doran, American composer (Roland the Minstrel Pig; Faculty Meeting), pedagogue (St. Mary's College), and magician, dies at 94
• Aug 4 Patrice Munsel [Munsil], American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1943-58; Patrice Munsel Show), dies at 91
• Aug 6 Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (Rep-R-MD, 1985-950), dies at 92
• Aug 6 Pete Fountain [Pierre LaFontaine], American jazz and Dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk, 1957-59), dies at 86
• Aug 8 Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, dies at 93
• Aug 8 Edward Daly, Irish Bishop "Bloody Sunday" priest, dies at 82
• Aug 9 Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist (New York, London), dies at 80
• Aug 9 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, British peer and its 3rd richest Britain, dies at 64

• Aug 13 Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (Signs & Wonders), dies at 86
• Aug 13 Kenny Baker, English actor (R2-D2 in Star Wars, Time Bandits), dies at 81
• Aug 13 Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu spiritual leader (BAPS), dies at 94
• Aug 14 Hermann Kant, German writer, dies at 90
• Aug 14 Neil Black, British oboist, and educator, dies at 84
• Aug 14 Philip "Fyvush" Finkel, American actor (Boston Public, Picket Fences), dies at 93
• Aug 15 Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player ("Little B's Poem"; SFJAZZ Collective), dies of emphysema at 75
• Aug 16 João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist and FIFA President 1974-98, dies at 100
• Aug 16 John McLaughlin, American TV commentator (McLaughlin Group) and Nixon aide, dies at 89
• Aug 17 Arthur Hiller, Canadian director (Love Story), dies at 92
• Aug 19 Donald Henderson, American epidemiologist, led world campaign that eradicated smallpox, dies at 82
• Aug 19 Jack Riley, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show - "Mr. Carlin"; Rugrats -"Stu Pickles"), dies of pneumonia at 80
• Aug 19 Nina Ponomaryova, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR discus 1952, 60; bronze 1956), dies at 87
• Aug 20 Brian Rix [Lord Rix], British actor and activist (Mencap), dies at 92
• Aug 20 Irving Fields [Yitzhak Schwartz], American lounge pianist and composer (Ilona Massey Show; Bagels & Bongos), dies at 101
• Aug 20 Louis Smith, American jazz trumpeter, composer, band leader, and educator, dies at 85
• Aug 20 Matt Roberts, American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down - "When I'm Gone"), dies of prescription drug overdose at 38
• Aug 22 (Jean-Baptiste) "Toots" Thielemans, Belgian-American jazz harmonica player, guitarist, whistler, and composer, dies at 94
• Aug 22 Roberto Cassan, Italian-American jazz and folk accordionist, dies of a heart attack at 53
• Aug 22 S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), dies at 92
• Aug 22 Yvon Charbonneau, French Canadian union leader and politician, dies at 75
• Aug 23 Reinhard Selten, German economist (Nobel Prize 1994), dies at 85
• Aug 23 Steven Hill, American actor (Mission Impossible, Law & Order), dies at 94
• Aug 24 Michel Butor, French novelist and essayist (La Modification), dies at 89
• Aug 24 Roger Tsien, American chemist (Nobel Prize 2008, green fluorescent variants), dies at 64

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