November 16, 2016 Politicians Writers Melvin Laird American politician and writer Died on Wednesday November 16th 2016 Other politiciansZoya Boguslavskaya dead at age 102, Russian poet and writerHerb 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 82More from AmericaClarence Carter dead at age 90, public figureBobby Keasler dead at age 80, public figurePatrick Arnold dead at age 59, American organic chemistWilliam V. Tamborlane dead at age 79, American pediatrician and academicJohn Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dead at age 100, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern West VirginiaDonald 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 journalistMore from November 16, 2016Jeff OlsonJules EskinRay BradyMilt OkunClift TsujiIshwar Dass DhimanNana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem IIAki HintsaPaul RoscheLen Allchurch Tags 16 November 2016 2016-11-16 America Laird Melvin November 16 November 2016 Politicians Writers ←Bob Walsh Roger Hobbs→