October 9, 2016 Scientists Jacob Neusner American academic scholar of Judaism Died on Saturday October 8th 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 AmericaDonald Gibb dead at age 71, American actorJason Collins dead at age 47, American basketball player, glioblastomaCharle Young dead at age 75, public figureBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerRex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalistJack Taylor public figure dead at age 89Jack Douglas dead at age 80, American record producerBrandon Clarke dead at age 29, Canadian-American basketball playerLou Graham dead at age 88, American golfer, U.S. Open championJim Colbert American golfer dead at age 85More from October 8, 2016John GleesonPierre TcherniaKuo Ching-faGiovanni ScognamilloMaximiliano GiustiStylianos PattakosMervyn JonesMerfyn JonesCachitaAlina María Hernández Tags 08 October 2016 2016-10-08 America Jacob Neusner October 2016 October 8 Scientists ←Alina María Hernández Anne Pashley→