Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Kaneko Shigeji

Japan

c. 1932 – 2016 (84 years old)

Shigeji Kaneko was a Japanese featherweight boxer during the 1950s. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Tokyo, Japan

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Matt Hobden

Great Britain

c. 1994 – 2016 (22 years old)

Matthew Edward Hobden was an English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Literature & Poetry

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Frances Cress Welsing

United States

c. 1936 – 2016 (80 years old)

Frances Luella Cress Welsing was an American psychiatrist and well-known proponent of the pseudoscientific melanin theory. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Arts & Music

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Leonard White

Great Britain

c. 1917 – 2016 (99 years old)

Leonard White was a British actor, director and television producer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

London, United Kingdom

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Arts & Music

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Rino Salviati

Italy

c. 1923 – 2016 (93 years old)

Gastone Tisalvi, best known as Rino Salviati was an Italian singer, guitarist and film actor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Rome, Italy

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Arts & Music

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Matthiew Klinck

Canada

c. 1979 – 2016 (37 years old)

Matthiew Klinck was a Canadian film director and producer who lived in Belize. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Ottawa, Canada

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Arts & Music

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Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska

Poland

c. 1923 – 2016 (93 years old)

Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska was a Polish film, stage and television actress, sometimes known as Marianna Garbowska. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Warsaw, Poland

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Arts & Music

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Michel Delpech

France

c. 1947 – 2016 (69 years old)

Jean-Michel Delpech, known as Michel Delpech, was a French singer-songwriter and actor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Paris, France

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Arts & Music

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Marcel Barbeau

Canada

c. 1926 – 2016 (90 years old)

Marcel Barbeau, was a Canadian painter, sculptor, and graphic and performance artist who used different forms of abstraction and art techniques and technology to express himself.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Ottawa, Canada

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Tim Francis

United States

c. 1929 – 2016 (87 years old)

Harold Huyton Francis, known as Tim Francis, was a New Zealand diplomat. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Arts & Music

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Mohamed Ben Omar Ziani

محمد بن عمر الزياني

Morocco

1938 – 2016 (78 years old)

Master violinist and composer who bridged Muslim and Jewish musical traditions in Morocco, performing alongside Botbol, Pinhas, and Samy Elmaghribi in legendary shared repertoires.

Rabat, Morocco

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Philosophy & Thought

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Homa Nategh

Switzerland

c. 1935 – 2016 (81 years old)

Homa Nategh was an Iranian historian, Professor of History at University of Tehran. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Gerald M. Ackerman

United States

c. 1929 – 2016 (87 years old)

Gerald "Jerry" Martin Ackerman OAL was an American art historian and educator. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Fred Wiedersporn

Germany

c. 1932 – 2016 (84 years old)

Alfred Wiedersporn was a German gymnast. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Berlin, Germany

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Sports & Athletics

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Ian Pieris

Switzerland

c. 1934 – 2016 (82 years old)

Ian Pieris was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer and a former president of Sri Lanka Cricket.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska

Poland

c. 1937 – 2016 (79 years old)

Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska was a Polish alpine skier. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Warsaw, Poland

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Delia Córdova

Peru

c. 1954 – 2016 (62 years old)

Delia Córdova was a Peruvian volleyball player. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Lima, Peru

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Literature & Poetry

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Fazu Aliyeva

Russia

c. 1933 – 2016 (83 years old)

Fazu Aliyeva was an Avar-speaking Soviet-born Russian poet, novelist and journalist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Moscow, Russia

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