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Deaths in September 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2016.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
September 2016
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[edit]- Raymond Daveluy, 89, Canadian composer, organist, music educator and arts administrator.[1]
- Thomas G. Doran, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rockford (1994–2012).[2]
- Frederick Drandua, 73, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Arua (1986–2009), diabetes.[3]
- Fred Hellerman, 89, American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter.[4]
- Kerson Huang, 88, Chinese-born American theoretical physicist.[5]
- Ruth Hubbard, 92, Austrian-born American biologist.[6]
- Kacey Jones, 66, American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.[7]
- Len Maddocks, 90, Australian cricketer.[8]
- Leif Mæhle, 89, Norwegian literary historian.[9]
- Zahid Malik, 78, Pakistani journalist and editor.[10]
- William Ole Ntimama, 88, Kenyan
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“The Strongest Man in the World” – that is the unofficial title given to the gold medalist of the +90kg weight lifting competition, where men lift total weights that measure over half a ton.
In 1964, it came down to two massive men from the Soviet Union – Yury Vlasov and Leonid Zhabotinsky.
Vlasov was the champion, winning gold in Rome and becoming one of the Soviet Union’s most popular people. According to the book Rome 1960 by David Maraniss, Pravda described him in 1960 as a man not only possessing superior strength, but brains as well. “He is a young man, very cultured, very well read,” Pravda boasted of the engineering student. “Vlasov is the best example of the harmonical physical and mental development of the Soviet athletes.” Vlasov was expected to succeed in Tokyo as well.
Zhabotinsky was a 2-meter, 160-kilogram giant, who had never won head-to-head against Vlasov prior to Tokyo. While Vlasov, who wore glasses during his competitions had a reserved, scholarly look, Zhabotinsky was boisterous, and perceived to be crude in manners, according to this analysis of the weightlifters from 1964.
As American champion Norbert Schemansky faded, it came down to a battle between Vlasov and Zhabotinsky. In the second to final attempt in the cle
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