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On 10 October 2005, Obote died of kidney failure in a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, aged 79.
Jimmy MacDonald
John James "Jimmy" MacDonald (May 19, 1906 – February 1, 1991) was a British-born American foley artist, animator, voice actor, musician, and the original head of the Disney sound effects department. He was also known for being the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1947 to 1977. After MacDonald's resignment in 1977, Wayne Allwine took over the role as Mickey from 1977 until his death in 2009.
Katherine Dunn
Katherine Karen Dunn (October 24, 1945 – May 11, 2016) was an American novelist, journalist, voice artist, radio personality, book reviewer and poet. She was born in Garden City, Kansas, but was raised in Portland, Oregon. She was best known for the novel "Geek Love" (1989).
Dunn died of lung cancer on May 11, 2016 in Portland, aged 70.
Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare (, also spelled "Kadaré"; born 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist and poet. He is known for writting short stories until the publication of his first novel, "The General of the Dead Army".
In 1996, he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France. In 2005, he won the first Man Booker International Prize and in 2016, he was "Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur" recipient.
Kadare has been said he might win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works have been published in about 30 languages.
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Mike Agostini
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In 1954, he became the first athlete from that country to take a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, Canada, on 31 July. He competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Agostini died on 12 May 2016 in Sydney, Australia from pancreatic cancer, aged 81.
Susanne Blakeslee
Susanne Ann Blakeslee (born January 27, 1956) is an American actress, voice artist, comedian, clown, jester, mime, tap dance and street dance. best known for voicing Cruella de Vil and for Maleficent's voice in the Kingdom Hearts. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
Sammy Ellis
Samuel Joseph Ellis (February 11, 1941 – May 13, 2016) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds (1962 – 1967), California Angels (1968), and Chicago White Sox (1969). He was born in Youngstown, Ohio. His career began in the early 1960s. He retired in 1970.
Ellis was an MLB All-Star in 1965.
Ellis died of cancer at his home in Temple Terrace, Florida on May 13, 2016, aged 75.
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Dick McAuliffe
Richard John "Dick" McAuliffe (November 29, 1939 – May 13, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and second baseman for the Detroit Tigers from 1960 to 1973 and for the Boston Red Sox from 1974 to 1975. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
McAuliffe died on May 13, 2016 in Farmington, Connecticut after suffering a stroke and Alzheimer's disease, aged 76.
Seán Ardagh
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Ardagh died on 17 May 2016 after a long-illness in Dublin, aged 68.
Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was a Grammy Award winning American country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He has released more than twenty albums.
His songs have been recorded by other artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell.
Clark won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: "My Favorite Picture Of You".
Clark died in Nashville, Tennessee from lymphoma on May 17, 2016, aged 74.
Huguette Dreyfus
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Dreyfus died on 17 May 2016 in Lyon, aged 87.
Michael Roberds
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Roberds died from a suspected heart attack at a hospital in Langley, British Columbia on May 15, 2016, aged 52.
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Marco Pannella
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He was the leader of the Radical Party. Between 1979 and 2009, he was a Member of the European Parliament, where he sat as a full member in the Committee on Legal Affairs, in the Committee on Budgetary Control and in the Delegation for relations with Israel.
He was also President of the Nonviolent Radical Party. He was a bisexual. He was an atheist.
Pannella died on 19 May 2016 of lung and liver cancer in Rome, aged 86.
Alexandru Lăpușan
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Lăpușan died on 17 May 2016, aged 61.
Alexandre Astruc
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Astruc was known for his movies "The Crimson Curtain", "La Putain respectueuse", "Les Mauvaises rencontres", "Amour de poche", "Une vie", and "La proie pour l'ombre".
In 1994, he was given the René Clair Award.
Astruc died in Paris on 19 May 2016, aged 92.
Fritz Stern
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He was a University Professor Emeritus at New York's Columbia University. His work focused on the relationships between Germans and Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries and on the rise of National Socialism in Germany during the first half of the 20th century.
Stern died on May 18, 2016 in New York City, aged 90.
Lino Toffolo
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Toffolo died in Murano, Italy on 17 May 2016, aged 81.
Luis H. Álvarez
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Giovanni Coppa
Giovanni Coppa (9 November 1925 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as a diplomat of the Holy See. He was elevated to cardinalate in 2007. He was born in Alba, Italy.
Coppa died on 16 May 2016, aged 90.
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