Biographies: Deaths of 2016

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Deaths of 2016

A-E | F-L | M-Q | R-Z

A-E

• King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
• Edward Albee, playwright
• Muhammad Ali, boxer
• David Bowie, musician, actor
• Fidel Castro, Cuban president
• Leonard Cohen, poet, singer
• Pat Conroy, writer
• Patty Duke, actress
• Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and novelist

F-L

• Carrie Fisher, actor
• Rob Ford, politician
• Glenn Frey, musician
• Zsa Zsa Gabor, actor
• John Glenn, astronaut, U.S. senator
• Zaha Hadid, architect
• Merle Haggard, country singer and songwriter
• Henry Heimlich, doctor
• Florence Henderson, actor
• Gordie Howe, hockey player
• Gwen Ifill, news anchor
• Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan
• Harper Lee, author

M-Q

• Garry Marshall, director, producer
• George Martin, music producer behind The Beatles
• George Michael, singer
• Arnold Palmer, golfer
• Shimon Peres, Israeli prime minister
• Prince, musician, singer

R-Z

• Nancy Reagan, actress, former U.S. First Lady
• Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General
• Debbie Reynolds, actor
• Alan Rickman, actor
• Morley Safer, TV personality, journalist
• Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Pat Summitt, coach
• Abe Vigoda, actor
• Elie Wiesel, writer, Holocaust survivor
• Gene Wilder, actor, filmmaker