Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2016

Kelly McGarry was a professional New Zealand freeride mountain biker and X-Games Athlete. He was known for his best trick award in the 2013 Red Bull Rampage when he backflipped a 72-foot canyon gap. The video of the flip went viral on YouTube, getting over 196 million views. McGarry was one of the most prolific and recognised participants in the sport of freeride mountain biking. His participation in Crankworx events made him a recognisable figure in the sport, and in 2015, McGarry held the record for most consecutive appearances at the event.

Juras Požela was a Lithuanian politician who served as the Minister of Health of Lithuania from March 2016 until his death on 16 October 2016 from pancreatitis. He was also a Seimas member, Youth and Sports Affairs Committee Chairman and a presidium member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.

Helen Delich fue una periodista y política estadounidense.

Sylvia Beatrice Anderson was an English television and film producer, writer, voice actress and costume designer, best known for her collaborations with Gerry Anderson, her husband between 1960 and 1981.

Mir Quasem Ali was a Bangladeshi businessman, philanthropist and politician. He was a former director of Islami Bank, and chairman of the Diganta Media Corporation, which owns Diganta TV. He founded the Ibn Sina Trust and was a key figure in the establishment of the NGO Rabita al-Alam al-Islami. He was considered to be the wealthiest member of the Bangladeshi political party Jamaat-e-Islami. He was sentenced to death on 2 November 2014 for crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 by International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. The charges were denied by his relatives, stating they were politically motivated. Rights groups also raised concerns about these cases, with Amnesty International criticising the use of the death penalty and saying Mir Quasem Ali's trial had been unfair. He was hanged at Gazipur on 3 September 2016 after his final appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Johan Botha fue un cantante sudafricano de ópera con voz de tenor que se nacionalizó austriaco.

Yevgeni Nikolayevich Lazarev, also credited as Eugene Lazarev, was a Russian–American actor and director. He was born in Minsk.

Helen Elizabeth Garrett, commonly known as Elizabeth Garrett or Beth Garrett,, was an American professor of law and academic administrator. Between 2010 and 2015, she served as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Southern California. On July 1, 2015, she became the 13th president of Cornell University—the first woman to serve as president of the university. She died from colon cancer on March 6, 2016, the first Cornell president to die while in office.

Sydney Schanberg Hillel fue un periodista estadounidense, conocido principalmente por su cobertura de la guerra en Camboya.

Rafael Tovar y de Teresa fue un diplomático, abogado e historiador mexicano. Primer Secretario de Cultura de México en el gabinete del presidente Enrique Peña Nieto (2015), fue embajador de México ante Italia entre 2001 y 2007; fue el segundo presidente del Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CONACULTA), posición que ocupó en tres ocasiones distintas hasta que este organismo se convirtió en la Secretaría de Cultura. Fue también presidente de la Comisión Organizadora de la Conmemoración del Bicentenario del inicio del movimiento de Independencia Nacional y del Centenario del inicio de la Revolución Mexicana entre septiembre de 2007 y octubre de 2008.