The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2016.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
August 2016
1 Queen Anne of Romania, 92, French-born Romanian royal.Queen Anne of Romania – obituary Frank Blas, 75, Guamanian politician, Lieutenant Governor (1987–1995), cancer.Former Lt. Gov. Frank Blas dead at 75 Peter Paul Brennan, 75, American Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New York.Death of Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan Donald J. Butz, 83, American major general.Major General (Dr.) Donald J. Butz *Óscar Celli Gerbasi, 70, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Carabobo (1985–1989).Falleció Óscar Celli Gerbasi, exgobernador de Carabobo Alfred Dennis, 93, American actor (The Jerk, The Shootist, Get Shorty).SAG-AFTRA Fall 2016 In Memoriam Dai Dower, 83, Welsh Olympic flyweight boxer (1952) and European champion (1955).Dai Dower: Former British flyweight champion dies aged 83 Trayan Dyankov, 40, Bulgarian football player and manager (FC Spartak Varna).БФС се преклони пред паметта на Траян Дянков Andre Hajdu, 84, Hungarian-born Israeli composer and educator (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University).Acclaimed Israeli composer and educator Andre Hajdu dies at age 84 Mike Howell, 73, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins).Michael Lionel Howell Yabezi Kiiza, 78, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Bunyoro (2009–2012). Jonathan D. Krane, 65, American film producer (Face/Off, Look Who's Talking, Michael).Jonathan D. Krane, Producer of the 'Look Who's Talking' Films, Dies at 65 Harrie Langman, 85, Dutch politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (1971–1973).In Memoriam – Harrie Langman, founding dean RSM Elaine Ling, 69, Hong Kong-born Canadian photographer, lung cancer.Dr. Elaine Ling Louis Marriott, 81, Jamaican actor, director, writer and broadcaster.Opposition leader pays tribute to Louis Marriott Jennifer Moyle, 95, British biochemist.Dr. Jennifer M. Moyle Jim Northrup, 73, American Ojibwe writer, kidney cancer.Ojibwe author Jim Northrup dies at age 73 Raimundo Ongaro, 91, Argentine union leader (CGTA).Raimundo Ongaro Dies Allen K. Ono, 82, American army lieutenant general.Army’s first 3-star Asian-American general buried at Punchbowl Aydin Onur, 81, Turkish Olympic sprinter.Aydın Onur Sir Derek Oulton, 89, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1982–1989).Sir Derek Oulton (1927–2016) Michel Prévost, 90, French Olympic sport shooter.Michel Prévost Muneo Tokunaga, 71, Japanese Indologist.徳永宗雄氏死去、京大名誉教授・インド古典学 George Brigars Williams, 87, Ghanaian actor.
2 Terence Bayler, 86, New Zealand actor (Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone).Harry Potter and Life of Brian actor Terence Bayler dies aged 86 Jonathan Borwein, 65, Scottish mathematician.Jonathan Borwein dies at 65 Tony Chater, 86, British newspaper editor and communist activist.Tony Chater, editor of the Morning Star – obituary Forbes Carlile, 95, Australian swimming coach and modern pentathlete.Father of Australian Swimming Forbes Carlile Passes Away Gordon Danby, 86, American physicist and inventor.Gordon T. Danby, Maglev inventor, dies John Fox, 87, English cricketer. James Martin Hayes, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1967–1990).Former Halifax archbishop James Hayes dead at 92 David Huddleston, 85, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Movie), heart and kidney disease.David Huddleston, who played title role in 'The Big Lebowski,' dies at 85 Gert Kölli, 76, Austrian Olympian René Landry, 79, Canadian politician.Moncton Coun. René (Pepsi) Landry has died Robert Mabro, 81, Egyptian economist.Robert Mabro, Oil Guru Who Brokered OPEC Peace Deal, Dies at 81 Franciszek Macharski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1979–2005).Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski Dies at 89 Juan Carlos Mesa, 86, Argentine humorist.Beloved humorist Juan Carlos Mesa dies Álvaro Pérez Intriago, 79, Ecuadorian politician, member of the National Congress (1984–1986, 1996–2002), Mayor of Quito (1978–1982).Falleció el exalcalde de Quito Álvaro Pérez Greg Stemrick, 64, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.Former Oilers cornerback Greg Stemrick dies Neil Wilkinson, 61, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).Rovers sadness over Neil Wilkinson Ahmed Zewail, 70, Egyptian-American scientist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999).Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian chemist Zewail dies
3 Shahram Amiri, 38, Iranian nuclear scientist, execution by hanging.Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri executed for treason Chris Amon, 73, New Zealand motor racing driver, cancer.Motor racing legend Chris Amon dies Mansueto Bianchi, 66, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Volterra (2000–2006) and Pistoia (2006–2014).Bishop Mansueto Bianchi † Elizabeth Colson, 99, American social anthropologist.Elizabeth Florence Colson Russell Coughlin, 56, Welsh footballer (Carlisle, Plymouth, Swansea), traffic collision.Ex-player Russell Coughlin dies aged 56 Louis Herman, 86, American marine biologist, bile duct cancer.Louis Herman, Who Talked With Dolphins, Dies at 86 Mel Hurtig, 84, Canadian publisher and political activist, pneumonia.Author, nationalist Mel Hurtig dies at 84 Abdul Jeelani, 62, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks).Abdul Jeelani dies at 62 Blake Krikorian, 48, American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Slingbox, heart attack.Blake Krikorian Dies: Tech Entrepreneur And Sling Founder Was 48 Steve LaTourette, 62, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 14th district (1995–2013), pancreatic cancer. Ricci Martin, 62, American musician.Ricci Martin Dies: Entertainer & Youngest Son Of Dean Martin Was 62 Shakira Martin, 30, American-born Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss Jamaica Universe (2011), sickle-cell disease.Shakira was never slave to her disease. Robert Rosencrans, 89, American businessman, chairman of C-SPAN.Robert Rosencrans, C-SPAN visionary, dies at 89 Irving Sablosky, 92, American diplomat.Irving Sablosky, USIA officer Elliot Tiber, 81, American artist and writer (Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life), stroke.Elliot Tiber dies; artist, screenplay writer, Woodstock enabler was 81
4 Jean Antone, 73, American professional wrestler (AWA, AJW, CSW). Eugene Atkinson, 89, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district (1979–1983).Eugene V. Atkinson, former congressman and Beaver County commissioner, dead at 89 Bruce Burrell, 63, Australian murderer, liver and lung cancer.Double murderer Bruce Burrell dies without revealing his victims' whereabouts Peggy Cramer, 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL).Peggy Cramer David Dudley Dowd Jr., 87, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1982–1996).Longtime judge David Dowd dies Saeed Madibo, Sudanese politician.سعيد مادبو: أمير الغرب في الخالدين (2016-1928) Patrice Munsel, 91, American coloratura soprano.Famed opera singer Patrice Munsel, who left Spokane for Met fame, dies at 91 Albert Nicholas, 85, American businessman and philanthropist.Albert O. "Ab" Nicholas dies Robert Ramsay, 42, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners), seizure.Rob Ramsay loved family, baseball Snaffu Rigor, 69, Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer. Craven C. Rogers Jr., 81, American air force lieutenant general.Craven Clark Rogers Jr. Gaspar Saladino, 88, American comic book letterer (Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, Arkham Asylum).Gaspar Saladino, R.I.P. Zinaida Sharko, 87, Russian stage actress.Actress Zinaida Sharko dies at age of 87 Likas Tarigan, 92, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1978–1988).Likas Tarigan Istri Pahlawan Nasional Djamin Ginting Meninggal Charles Toubé, 58, Cameroonian footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, national team).Former Indomitable Lions defender, Toube Charles dies in a Douala hospital Ducksy Walsh, 50, Irish handball player.Legendary Kilkenny handballer Walsh dies
5 Hans-Jürgen Appelrath, 64, German educator (University of Oldenburg).Trauer um ehemaligen Offis-Vorstand im Nordwesten David Attwooll, 67, British poet and publisher, Erdheim–Chester disease.Liverpool University Press chair David Attwooll dies Shamim Ara, 78, Pakistani actress and director.Shamim Ara dies at 78 Alan Bates, 71, American physician and politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (since 2005).Oregon senator Alan Bates dies at age 71 Mahim Bora, 92, Indian writer, brain haemorrhage.Former Sabha president dies at 93 Leslie Brown, 61, American historian, leukemia.The Passing of Professor Leslie Brown Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, 88, British politician, MP for Londonderry (1955–1974).Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, MP for Londonderry – obituary Joe Davis, 75, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Carlisle United).Joe Davis Don Donnithorne, 90, New Zealand architect.Christchurch architect Don Donnithorne dies aged 90 Joellyn Duesberry, 72, American landscape artist, pancreatic cancer.Plein air painting took Joellyn Duesberry — and her viewers — on grand adventures Alphons Egli, 91, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (1983–1989).Former Swiss President Alphons Egli dead at 91 Richard Fagan, 69, American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.Songwriter Richard Fagan Dead at 69 Harold Hillman, 85, British scientist, heart failure. Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, 74, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Defence (since 2011), respiratory problems.Founder of Tuparamo rebels, defense minister dies in Uruguay Vander Lee, 50, Brazilian singer-songwriter.Aos 50 anos, morre o cantor Vander Lee, em Minas Gerais Leovigildo López Fitoria, 89, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Granada (1972–2003).Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria Ines Mandl, 98, Austrian-born American biochemist.Inies Mandl Obituary George E. Mendenhall, 99, American Biblical scholar.George Mendenhall Annet Nieuwenhuyzen, 85, Dutch actress.Actress Annet Nieuwenhuyzen dies Sir Leonard Peach, 83, British civil servant, Chief Executive of the National Health Service (1986–1989). Stuart D. B. Picken, 74, Scottish philosopher, academic, and cleric.Stuart Picken - HeraldScotland Erling Ree-Pedersen, 94, Norwegian civil servant, Director of Tax Administration (1976–1982).Nekrolog: Erling Ree-Pedersen Salvador Q. Quizon, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (1979–2002).Bishop Salvador Quizon Quizon † John Alan Robinson, 86, British philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.John Alan Robinson Obituary Howard Kapnek Schachman, 97, American biochemist, pneumonia.UC Berkeley biochemist dies at 97
6 Mattie Adams, 92, American interior designer.Mattie May Adams Guillermo Anderson, 54, Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en el sitio. Sid Applebaum, 92, American businessman, co-founder of Rainbow Foods.Sid Applebaum, Rainbow Foods co-founder who powered family grocery dynasty, dies at 92 José Becerra, 80, Mexican bantamweight boxer, world champion (1959–1960).Former champ Jose Becerra passes Philip Bialowitz, 90, Polish Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter.Holocaust hero passes away at 90 Chow Lien-hwa, 96, Chinese Baptist minister and theologian.Pastor Chow Lien-hwa dies at age 96 Helen Delich Bentley, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 2nd district (1985–1995), brain cancer.Helen Bentley dies at 92