December 1, 2016 Scientists Andrew Rippin British-born Canadian historian of Islam Died on Thursday December 1st 2016 Other scientistsKenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of JusticeBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerJosé Ballesta Spanish politician, mayor of Murcia, cancer dead at age 67Melo Freire Brazilian politician, deputy dead at age 99Festus Mogae Motswana president and economist dead at age 86Pierre Chambon French biologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences dead at age 95Liviu Volconovici Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor, Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment dead at age 69Aimable Karasira Rwandan academic, YouTuber and dissident, drug overdose diesAlgis Jurgis Kundrotas Lithuanian physicist dead at age 75Anatoly Rusanov Russian chemist dead at age 94More from CanadaBrandon Clarke dead at age 29, Canadian-American basketball playerPunch McLean Canadian ice hockey coach dead at age 93Harold Theriault Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA dead at age 73Pat Graham public figure dead at age 64Claude Morin Canadian politician dead at age 96Marcel Labine Canadian poet dead at age 78Matt Davidson Canadian ice hockey player dead at age 48Dan McLean Canadian journalist and news anchor dead at age 78John Garrett public figure dead at age 74Thomas Gayford Canadian equestrian dead at age 97More from December 1, 2016Sebastian LeoneJoe DeverNancy MeehanAdrian TeodorescuRuta Šaca-MarjašaSir John SwireOusmane SowNorman OakleyJim GillespieBarry Lloyd Tags 01 December 2016 2016-12-01 Andrew Britain Canada December 1 December 2016 Rippin Scientists ←Ousmane Sow Norman Oakley→