December 21, 2016 Writers Anne Ranasinghe German-born Sri Lankan poet Died on Wednesday December 21st 2016 Other writersHerb Wharton dead at age 89, public figureVladimir Molchanov dead at age 75, Russian television host and journalistBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerBassek Ba Kobhio dead at age 69, Cameroonian writer and filmmakerRex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalistAtaur Rahman Bangladeshi actor dead at age 84Ralph Ottey Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran dead at age 102Anja Breien Norwegian film director dead at age 85Michael Pennington public figure dead at age 82Frid Ingulstad Norwegian novelist dead at age 90More from GermanyHarald Mothes public figure dead at age 69Karl-Heinz Ripkens dead at age 88, German footballerGünter Jena German choral conductor and musicologist dead at age 92Manuela Hoelterhoff German-born American cultural journalist, cancer dead at age 77Henk Beckers Dutch politician, senator dead at age 81Karl-Heinz Mühe dead at age 77, German politician, member of the Landtag of Lower SaxonyGeorg Baselitz German painter and sculptor dead at age 88Volker Hage German journalist, author and literary critic dead at age 76Peter Gülke German conductor and musicologist dead at age 91Erich Arndt German table tennis player dead at age 87More from December 21, 2016Sir John Oakeley, 8th BaronetFran JeffriesJoyce DaltonRobert EddinsMarion PritchardToby HemenwayAbdul Gafur HaliOsiride PevarelloPatrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of RodingŞehmus Özer Tags 2016-12-21 21 December 2016 Anne December 2016 December 21 Germany Ranasinghe Sri Lanka Writers ←Houshmand Almasi Rachel Owen→