Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Literature & Poetry

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Nivaria Tejera

Switzerland

c. 1930 – 2016 (86 years old)

Nivaria Tejera was a Cuban poet and novelist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Sciences & Discovery

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Robert D. Acland

United States

c. 1942 – 2016 (74 years old)

Robert D. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Music

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Pierre Boulez

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez

France

1925 – 2016 (90 years old)

Dominant visionary of postwar musical modernism, composer of Le Marteau sans maître, world-renowned conductor who led the centenary Ring cycle at Bayreuth, and founder of IRCAM and Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Baden-Baden, Germany

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Alex Timpson

Great Britain

c. 1947 – 2016 (69 years old)

Alexandra Winkfield Timpson MBE was a British campaigner for children's rights.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.

London, United Kingdom

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Philosophy & Thought

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Stanford Anderson

United States

c. 1935 – 2016 (81 years old)

Stanford Anderson was an American architectural historian and professor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

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Nash Candelaria

United States

c. 1929 – 2016 (87 years old)

Nash Candelaria was an American novelist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Sciences & Discovery

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Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov

Russia

c. 1927 – 2016 (89 years old)

Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov was a Soviet and Russian computer scientist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Moscow, Russia

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Sciences & Discovery

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Rudolf Haag

Germany

c. 1923 – 2016 (93 years old)

Rudolf Haag was a German theoretical physicist, who mainly dealt with fundamental questions of quantum field theory. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Berlin, Germany

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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María Lorenza Barreneche

Argentina

c. 1927 – 2016 (89 years old)

María Lorenza Barreneche Iriarte was an Argentine public figure and First Lady of Argentina from 1983 until 1989 as the wife of the late President Raúl Alfonsín.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Sports & Athletics

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Tom Allin

Great Britain

c. 1988 – 2016 (28 years old)

Thomas William Allin was an English cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Literature & Poetry

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Joseph Ritz

United States

c. 1930 – 2016 (86 years old)

Joseph P. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

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Marjorie Pizer

Australia

c. 1921 – 2016 (95 years old)

Marjorie Pizer (1921–2016) was a distinguished Australia public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in literature.

Canberra, Australia

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Arts & Music

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Maja Maranow

Germany

c. 1962 – 2016 (54 years old)

Maja Maranow was a German actress. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Berlin, Germany

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Arts & Music

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Michel Galabru

France

c. 1923 – 2016 (93 years old)

Michel Louis Edmond Galabru was a French actor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Paris, France

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Sciences & Discovery

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Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds

Switzerland

c. 1943 – 2016 (73 years old)

Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds was a Latvian computer scientist and mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Jorge Lepra

Switzerland

c. 1943 – 2016 (73 years old)

Jorge Alberto Lepra Loiodice was a Uruguayan diplomat and politician.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Stephen W. Bosworth

United States

c. 1940 – 2016 (76 years old)

Stephen Warren Bosworth was an American academic and diplomat. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Ted Stanley

United States

c. 1932 – 2016 (84 years old)

Theodore Richard Stanley was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States

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