Notable Deaths of 2016
November 25th: Long-time leader of Cuba Fidel Castro dies at age 90.
October
October 13th: King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand dies at age 88 after ruling for 70 years. October 20th: Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest dies at age 77. October 31st: Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting dies of lung cancer at age 84. November November 7th: Janet Reno, the first female Attorney General of the United States, dies at age 78. November 7th: Singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at age 82. November 18th: Denton Cooley, a surgeon who was the first to successfully perform an artificial heart transplant dies at 96. November 20th: Florence Henderson, an actress starring in The Brady Bunch, dies at 82. November 25th: Controversial Cuban revolutionary and leader Fidel Castro dies at 90 years old.
December 27th: Beloved actress Carrie Fisher dies after suffering a heart attack on a plane.
December
December 6th: Peter Vaughan, an actor starring in Game of Thrones, dies at age 92. December 8th: John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and politician, dies at age 95. December 13th: Actor and singer Alan Thicke dies at age 69. December 15th: Colorful NBA sportscaster Craig Sager dies at the age of 65. December 17th: Henry Heimlich, inventor of the Heimlich maneuver dies at age 96. December 18th: Hungarian-born actress and icon Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at age 99. December 25th: Singer George Michael, half of duo Wham! dies at just 53 years old. December 27th: Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, dies after suffering a heart attack. December 28th: Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds dies one day after daughter Carrie Fisher. She was 84 years old. |
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