Famous People Named Rip 2016 Part 1 <br />This is a chronology of deaths in 2016. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. Notable persons without an article can be listed for one month after death to prompt creation of one. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: <br />Dominique Arnaud, 60, French cyclist, cancer.[3] <br />Radu Beligan, 97, Romanian actor, director and essayist.[4] <br />Dimitri, 80, Swiss clown.[5] <br />William Gaines, 82, American journalist (Chicago Tribune) and academic (University of Illinois), Parkinson's disease.[6] <br />André Isoir, 81, French organist.[7] <br />György Kéri, 66, Hungarian biochemist, Széchenyi Prize winner (2013).[8] <br />Lawrence Minors, 73, Bermudian calypso bassist.[9] <br />Cesar Odio, 58, American basketball player (Florida Southern Moccasins) and coach (Barry University), captain of 1981 Division II champion, leukemia.[10] <br />Mohammed Shahid, 56, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1980), liver and kidney disease.[11] <br />Pavel Sheremet, 44, Belarusian journalist, explosion.[12] <br />Mark Takai, 49, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Hawaii's 1st district (since 2015) and the Hawaii House of Representatives (1994–2015), pancreatic cancer.[13]
