Wu Jianmin (; March 30, 1939 – June 18, 2016) was a Chinese diplomat. He worked as the spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry. He was an ambassador of China to the Netherlands, Geneva and France. He was the president of the Bureau International des Expositions.
On June 18, 2016, Wu died when the car in which he was traveling struck a median while exiting the Donghu Lake Tunnel in Wuhan, China. Wu was on his way to lecture at Wuhan University. He was 77.
Randy Jones (drummer)
Randy Jones (January 23, 1944 – June 23, 2016) was a British-born American jazz drummer. He was born in Berkshire, England. He was known for his albums "M.F. Horn" (1970), "M.F. Horn Two" (1972), "M.F. Horn 3" (1973), and "".
Jones died at the Calvary Hospital in the Bronx on June 23, 2016 from heart failure at the age of 72.
Oleg Karavaychuk
Oleg Nikolayevich Karavaichuk (; December 28, 1927 – June 13, 2016) was a Soviet and Russian composer, author of music for many movies and theater performances. He was born in Kiev. Karavaychuk worked with Sergei Parajanov, Vasily Shukshin, Ilya Averbakh, Kira Muratova ("Brief Encounters", "The Long Goodbye") and others. Karavaychuk also worked with the avant-garde, in particular Sergey Kuryokhin.
Karavaychuk died on June 13, 2016, in St. Petersburg, aged 88.
Bur’i Mohamed Hamza
Bur’i Mohamed Hamza (, , died 25 June 2016) was a Somali politician. From August 2012 to January 2014, he was a Member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
He later served as the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia from January to October 2014. He served as the State Minister of Finance until December 2014. He was the State Minister of the Premier's Office for Environment at the time of his death.
Hamza died during an attack by at least four al-Shabab militants on the Hotel Naso-Hablod in Mogadishu on 25 June 2016. His room collapsed on him after it was damaged by a car bomb. The hotel was "frequented by apostate government workers", explained spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab to Reuters.
Freehold Township, New Jersey
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Titan (Six Flags Over Texas)
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Chips Moman
Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman (June 12, 1937 – June 13, 2016) was an American record producer, guitarist, and Grammy Award-winning songwriter. He was born in LaGrange, Georgia.
In the 1960s, Moman worked for Stax Records before founding the American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, and later in Nashville.
As a record producer, Moman was known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops. As a songwriter, he was known for standards associated with Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Waylon Jennings, and B. J. Thomas, including the Grammy-winning "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song".
He was also a session guitarist for Franklin and other musicians.
Moman died from complications of emphysema in LaGrange, Georgia on June 13, 2016, aged 79.
Superman: Tower of Power
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Patrick Mayhew
Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden (11 September 1929 – 25 June 2016) was a British barrister and Conservative politician.
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tunbridge Wells constituency from its creation at the February 1974 general election, standing down at the 1997 election.
He was Under-Secretary for Employment from 1979-81, then Minister of State at the Home Office from 1981 to 1983. After this he served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1983-87, and then Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 1987-92. He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1992-97, the longest anyone has served in this office.
Mayhew had lived with cancer and Parkinson's disease in his later years. He died on 25 June 2016 from complications from Parkinson's disease, aged 86.
James Gilbert (producer)
Cecil James Gilbert (5 May 1923 – 7 July 2016) was a Scottish television producer and director. He was the BBC's Head of Comedy from 1973–77. He was probably best known for his work on "The Two Ronnies", "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Open All Hours".
In 2003, Gilbert appeared on the documentary special "30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine" to discuss his role in helping to create the series.
Gilbert died on 7 July 2016 in Scotland, aged 93.
Riddick Bowe
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Bowe was born in Brooklyn, New York City.
Bill Berkson
William Craig "Bill" Berkson (August 30, 1939 – June 16, 2016) was an American poet, critic, teacher and sometime curator. He was mainly active in Manhattan during the 1960s and 1970s.
Berkson died of a heart attack on June 16, 2016 in San Francisco, California, aged 76.
Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo
Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo (22 December 1926 – 25 June 2016) was an Indian Odia language short story writer. He won several literary awards over his career, including the 1979 Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for "Akasha Patala", and the 1983 Sarala Award and the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia, for "Abhisapta Gandharba".
Sahoo died on 25 June 2016 after suffering from multiple organ failure, aged 89.
Irving Moskowitz
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Moskowitz was of Jewish descent.
Anatoli Grishin
Anatoli Kuzmich Grishin (; 8 July 1939 – 14 June 2016) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1960s.
He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Grishin also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold medal (K-4 10000 m: 1966) and a bronze medal (K-2 1000 m: 1963).
Grishin died on 14 June 2016, at the age of 76.
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Ann Morgan Guilbert (October 16, 1928 – June 14, 2016), sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and movie actress. She played a number of roles, from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the early 1960s sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and later Yetta Rosenberg, Fran Fine's doddering grandmother, in 56 episodes of the 1990s sitcom "The Nanny".
Guilbert died of cancer of unknown primary origin in Los Angeles on June 14, 2016, aged 87.
UEFA Euro 1988
The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament took place in West Germany between 10 and 25 June 1988. It was the eighth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA.
The final match was played on 25 June between the Soviet Union and the Netherlands. The Netherlands won the match 2–0, and became the European champions for the first, and so far only time.
Pat Suggate
Richard Patrick "Pat" Suggate (17 March 1922 – 16 June 2016) was a New Zealand geologist. He was known for his research into coal properties and coal rank, and into the advances and retreats of New Zealand's glaciers. From 1974 to 1986 he served as director of the New Zealand Geological Survey.
In the 2003 New Year Honours Suggate was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to geology.
Suggate died in Wellington on 16 June 2016, aged 94.
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