December 12, 2016 Scientists Sadiq Jalal al-Azm syrian Philosopher and academician Died on Monday December 12th 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 SyriaJean-Clément Jeanbart Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Aleppo dead at age 83Colette Khoury Syrian novelist and poet dead at age 95More from December 12, 2016Sark ArslanianJoão CasteloGeorge KleinWilliam J. RichardsonPeter BrabrookHarry JonesJoe LigonPalani VaughanJim Prior, Baron PriorJohn Moffat Tags 12 December 2016 2016-12-12 al-Azm December 12 December 2016 Sadiq Scientists Syria ←Joe Ligon Palani Vaughan→