Tuesday 5th of January 2016

Composer Pierre Boulez dies of unknown causes at the age of 91 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Sunday 10th of January 2016

Musician and actor David Bowie dies of liver cancer at the age of 69 in 285 Lafayette Street, New York, Soho, New York, United States.

Sunday 14th of February 2016

57-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Transmission' in Galerie Marion de Cannière, Leopoldplaats 12, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

'For four hours I lay with my head in a metal smokestack. At the other end of the smokestack stood an electrical motor that swung around a wooden stick inside the stack.'

Thursday 10th of March 2016

Musician Keith Noel Emerson known from Emerson, Lake and Palmer commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 72 in Santa Monica, California, United States.

Thursday 31st of March 2016

Architect Zaha Mohammad Hadid dies of a heart attack at the age of 66 in Mount Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Rd, Miami, Florida, United States.

Sunday 10th of April 2016

110 die in firework stock explosion and fire in Puttingal Temple, Paravur, Kerala, India.

Thursday 21st of April 2016

Musician Prince dies after suffering from flu-like symptoms for over two weeks at the age of 58 in Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States.

Wednesday 25th of May 2016

Accomplice of serial killer William Bonin aka The Freeway Killer Gregory Matthew Miley dies after being beaten by another inmate at the age of 55 in Mule Creek State Prison, 4001 Highway 104, Ione, California, United States.

Friday 3rd of June 2016

Boxer Muhammad Ali dies of septic shock at the age of 74 in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.

Sunday 12th of June 2016

Mass murderer Omar Mir Seddique Mateen known for the Orlando nightclub shooting is shot dead after a three-hour standoff with police officers at the age of 30 in Pulse Nightclub, 1912 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, United States.

In three hours time Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded another 58 with a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol during a 'Latin Night'. At 2:45 a.m., Mateen called News 13 of Orlando and said "I'm the shooter. It's me. I am the shooter." He then said he was carrying out the shooting on the behalf of ISIS and began speaking rapidly in Arabic.

Monday 27th of June 2016

Writer and futurist Alvin Toffler dies of natural causes at the age of 88 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Saturday 16th of July 2016

Musician Alan Vega known from Proto Punk band Suicide dies of natural causes at the age of 78 in New York City, New York, United States.

Monday 25th of July 2016

26-year-old Mass murderer Satoshi Uematsu known for the Sagamihara stabbings stabs 19 mentally disabled people from 18 to 70 years old to death in a residential care center in Tsukui Yamayuri En, Sagamihara, Kantō, Japan.

Another 26 patients were injured. Uematsu turned himself in at the Tsukui Police Station two hours after the incident with a bag of multiple kitchen knives and other bloodstained sharp tools.

Saturday 20th of August 2016

28-year-old Mass murderer Derrick Ryan Dearman known for the Citronelle homicides kills five people by gun shots and slashing with an axe in Jim Platt Road 1700, Citronelle, Alabama, United States.

The victims were 26-year-old Joseph Adam Turner, his 35-year-old wife Shannon Melissa Randall, 26-year-old Robert Lee Brown, 23-year-old Justin Kaleb Reed and his 22-year-old wife who was five months pregnant, Chelsea Marie Reed.

Friday 26th of August 2016

52-year-old Serial killer Gao Chengyong aka The Chinese Jack the Ripper is arrested in Baiyin, Gansu, China.

Gao confessed to the eleven murders.

Friday 16th of September 2016

Noise music band Club Moral play their 146th concert at the Tower Transmissions VI festival in Club Pushkin, Leipziger Straße 12, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.

Monday 26th of September 2016

Film director Herschell Gordon Lewis aka The Godfather of Gore dies of natural causes at the age of 87 in Pompano Beach, Florida, United States.

Thursday 20th of October 2016

Mountaineer Junko Tabei known for becoming the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest dies of cancer at the age of 77 in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.

Friday 25th of November 2016

Photographer and film director David Hamilton commits suicide by an overdose of medication at the age of 83 in Paris, VIe, Île-de-France, France.

Hamilton was facing allegations of rape by his former model Flavie Flament.

Friday 25th of November 2016

15th President of Cuba Fidel Alejandro Ruz Castro dies of unknown causes at the age of 90 in Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.

Saturday 10th of December 2016

Noise music band Club Moral play their 147th concert in Le Marquis de Sade, 39 Rue de Paris, Rennes, Bretagne, France.

Sunday 18th of December 2016

Actress Zsa Zsa Gábor aka Sári Prinzessin von Anhalt dies of a heart attack at the age of 99 in Los Angeles, Bel Air, California, United States.