Deaths Month: August 2016
Laurence Higgins
American Roman Catholic priest · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24 · Other
J. Alec Motyer
Irish-born British biblical scholar · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26 · Motyer
André Mélançon
Canadian filmmaker and actor · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23 · Melancon
Bryan Clutterbuck
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers) · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23
Martyn Quayle
British Manx politician · 26 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 26
Michael Leader
British actor (EastEnders · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Marvin Kaplan
American actor (It's A Mad · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25
Sam Bawlf
72 · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20 · Other
Miguel Varela
Filipino businessman · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24 · Other
Rudy Van Gelder
American recording engineer · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25 · Gelder · Other
Gilles-Gaston Granger
French analytic philosopher · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24
Louis Smith
American jazz trumpeter · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20 · Other
Sergey Marchuk
Russian speed skater · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25 · Other
Janus van der Zande
Dutch marathon runner · 07 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 7 · Zande
Warren Hinckle
American polictical journalist · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25
Joel Bergman
American architect · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24 · Other
Tom Ganley
American businessman and politician · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24
Sonia Rykiel
French fashion designer · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25 · Other
Andrea Jaffe
American publicist (Tom Cruise · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24 · Other
Justin du Fresne
New Zealand radio broadcaster · 25 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 25 · Fresne
Krzysztof Ptak
Polish cinematographer (Pornografia) · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Other · Pták
Juan Bell
Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles · 24 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 24
Goulart de Andrade
Brazilian television host and journalist · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23 · Andrade
Kishore Dave
Indian journalist (Jai Hind) · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Elizabeth Colson
American social anthropologist · 03 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 3
Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23 · Antonio · Zuqueto · Other
Peter Blundell Jones
66-67 · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Jones · Other
Denny Kass
American professional wrestler · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23
Esther Jungreis
Hungarian-born American religious leader · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23 · Other
Edward T. Maloney
American aviation historian · 19 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 19 · Maloney
Peter deCourcy Hero
American philanthropy consultant · 21 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 21 · Other · Hero
Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe
American WW2 pilot ace and politician · 23 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 23 · O'Keefe
Edward Malefakis
American history professor · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Rab Stewart
Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic · 21 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 21
Jacqueline Pagnol
French actress (Topaze) · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Gilli Smyth
English musician who performed with the band Gong · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Jim Gibbons
American football player (Detroit Lions) · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
Michael Brooks
American basketball player (La Salle) · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Derek Smith
British jazz pianist · 21 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 21
Detlev Blanke
German Esperantist · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20 · Other
Girolamo Grillo
Italian Roman Catholic prelate · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Other
Doris Bohrer
American World War II spy · 08 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 8 · Other
Headley Bennett
Jamaican saxophonist · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Other
Joe Duplin
American sailor · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Other
Alexei Marin
Soviet hockey player · 10 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 10
Mark Chellgren
American journalist (Associated Press) · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20
S R Nathan
6th President of Singapore (1999-2011) · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Nathan
Trevor Baker
British meteorologist · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22 · Other
Per Lønning
Norwegian bishop and politician · 22 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 22
Guido Schmidt-Chiari
Austrian banker (Creditanstalt) · 21 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 21 · Other
D. C. Dillinger
American professional wrestler · 14 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 14 · Dillinger
Neil Black
English oboist · 14 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 14 · Other
Benet Rosell
Catalan artist · 21 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 21
Luis Rodolfo Peñaherrera Bermeo
Ecuadorian artist · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20 · Bermeo
Basia Frydman
Polish-born Swedish actress (The Slingshot) · 21 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 21
Jérôme Monod
French business executive and political advisor · 20 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 20 · Other
Don Welch
American poet and academic · 06 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 6
Peter Paul Brennan
American Old Catholic prelate · 01 August 2016 · August 2016 · August 1 · Brennan · Other