List of Famous people who died in 2016

Brian Knighton, better known by the ring name Axl Rotten, was an American professional wrestler. In the early 1990s, he was a part of the tag team The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten. He had a short stint with World Championship Wrestling in 1991, but he was best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1993 to 1999.

Kim Sung-min was a South Korean actor.

George S. Irving was an American actor known primarily for his character roles on Broadway and as the voice of Heat Miser in the American Christmas television specials beginning with The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974).

Clay Martin Croker, generally credited as C. Martin Croker, was an American animator and voice actor. He was best known for having provided the voices of Zorak and Moltar on the animated series Space Ghost Coast to Coast, replacing Don Messick, who originally voiced the characters in the 1960s series Space Ghost.

Antonio Donnell Armstrong was an American football linebacker who played professionally in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.

Gonzalo Agustín Vega González was a Mexican film, theatre and television actor.

José Gildeixon Clemente de Paiva, commonly known as Gil, was a Brazilian footballer who last played for Chapecoense as a defensive midfielder.

Rokusuke Ei was a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist, and television personality of Chinese descent.

Maliheh Afnan was a Palestinian artist.

Edgar Dean Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14, he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, making him the sixth person to walk on the Moon.