Famous People Named Rip 2016 Part 1

Famous People Named Rip 2016 Part 1
This is a chronology of deaths in 2016. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. Notable persons without an article can be listed for one month after death to prompt creation of one. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
Dominique Arnaud, 60, French cyclist, cancer.[3]
Radu Beligan, 97, Romanian actor, director and essayist.[4]
Dimitri, 80, Swiss clown.[5]
William Gaines, 82, American journalist (Chicago Tribune) and academic (University of Illinois), Parkinson's disease.[6]
André Isoir, 81, French organist.[7]
György Kéri, 66, Hungarian biochemist, Széchenyi Prize winner (2013).[8]
Lawrence Minors, 73, Bermudian calypso bassist.[9]
Cesar Odio, 58, American basketball player (Florida Southern Moccasins) and coach (Barry University), captain of 1981 Division II champion, leukemia.[10]
Mohammed Shahid, 56, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1980), liver and kidney disease.[11]
Pavel Sheremet, 44, Belarusian journalist, explosion.[12]
Mark Takai, 49, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Hawaii's 1st district (since 2015) and the Hawaii House of Representatives (1994–2015), pancreatic cancer.[13]