List of Famous people who died in 2016

Fernando Soto Aparicio was a Colombian poet, storyteller, playwright, novelist, librettist, and screenwriter. He was born in Socha, in the Department of Boyacá. Fernando Soto Aparicio spent his childhood in Santa Rosa de Viterbo. He is remembered for the novel The rebellion of the rats. After several decades as a professor at various universities in the country, in 1961 he was exalted with the prize Selecciones Lengua Española, in 1970 he received the Casa de las Américas Prize, and a year later, the prize City of Murcia. In total, he wrote about 70 literary works, among them novels, poems, books of short stories, as well as theatre plays.

Pape Badiane was a French professional basketball player who played 23 times for the men's French national basketball team between 2007 and 2008. He died on 23 December 2016 in a traffic accident.

Marc Michel was a Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films.

Jos Romersa was a Luxembourgian gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He was born in Dudelange. At the gymnastics competition, his best individual finish was 58th in the horse vault. In 2008 he was promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and in 2015 he turned 100. He died in Dudelange on 6 November 2016 at the age of 101.

Maximiliano Jorge Giusti was an Argentine football centre forward. At the time of his death, he played for Mushuc Runa in the Ecuadorian Serie A.

Enrique Hinojosa Vázquez, known professionally as Miss Shangay Lily, was a Spanish drag queen, writer, actor, and director.

María Dolores Castellón Vargas was a Spanish singer. When she was young she went to sing to the theatre Teatro Calderón of Madrid. She sang alongside her brother, Enrique. Later she appeared on television, notably A la española, directed by Valerio Lazarov (1971).

Jacques Rouffio was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.

Bernd Hoss was a German football manager.

Dominique Arnaud was a French racing cyclist. He rode in eleven editions of the Tour de France.