List of Famous people who died in 2016
T. N. Gopakumar
T. N. Gopakumar was an Indian journalist. He was the news editor-in-chief of Asianet News. Gopakumar was also the producer and anchorperson of the popular weekly programme Kannadi on Asianet.
Madeleine LeBeau
Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau was a French film actress who also appeared in American films, most notably Casablanca.
Malek Chebel
Malek Chebel was a renowned Algerian philosopher and anthropologist of religions. He was one of the most prominent North African intellectuals. He studied in Algeria, then later in France at Paris where he also studied psychoanalysis. He was a teacher at many universities worldwide.
Martha Roth
Martha Roth was an Italian-born Mexican film actress. She became a star during the Golden age of Mexican cinema.
Darren Seals
Darren Seals was an American racial justice, anti-police brutality, and anti-gun violence activist from Ferguson, Missouri who worked on the assembly line at General Motors. In September 2016, he was found shot dead in a burning car. St. Louis County Police are investigating his death as a homicide; they have not publicly identified suspects or motives.
Noh Jin-kyu
Noh Jin-Kyu was a South Korean short track speed skater. During his first season at the senior level at the age of 18, he became the 2011 Overall World Champion. He was the World Record holder for 1500m and 3000m and team member for the 5000m Relay WR.
Chad Robinson
Chad Damian Robinson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Robinson spent several years in Australia's National Rugby League with the Parramatta Eels and the Sydney Roosters and a season with Super League side Harlequins RL.
Joe Esposito
Joseph Carmine Esposito was Elvis Presley's road manager and friend. After Elvis' death, Joe became an author and publisher of several Elvis books.
Kay Starr
Catherine Laverne Starks, known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, but her roots were in jazz.
Angela Paton
Angela Paton was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She co-founded the Berkeley, California-based Berkeley Stage Company. She appeared in stage performances, and in comedy, drama, and thriller films, in roles including Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in Groundhog Day (1993) and Grandma in American Wedding (2003).