December 2, 2016 Scientists Hans Witsenhausen German mathematician Died on Friday December 2nd 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 GermanyAlbrecht Weinberg dead at age 101, public figureHarald 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 91More from December 2, 2016Amar EzzahiMicky FitzLaMia Flight 2933Gisela MayZekarias YohannesOdeefuo Boa Amponsem IIIKamilló LendvayBurton J. Lee IIIDon CalfaH. Keith H. Brodie Tags 02 December 2016 2016-12-02 December 2 December 2016 Germany Hans Scientists Witsenhausen ←Charles M. Stein Lyle Bouck→