Deaths in 2016

This is a list of notable deaths associated with Malta in 2016.

Any Maltese personality with some connection to culture (in the broadest sense of the word) may be listed here. Additions which do not cite reliable sources will be removed to the talk page for discussion.

A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

   * Date: Name, Age, Main reason/s for notability, Established cause of death (if known), References.

Please note: names are listed under the date of death, not the date it was announced.

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• Monday 4 January: Robert Stigwood, 81, music entrepreneur and impresario [1]

• Sunday 10 January: David Bowie, 69, singer and musician who performed in Malta before international stardom, cancer [2], [3]

• Sunday 24 January: Wilfrid Asciak, 85, publisher and billiards champion [4]

• Monday 25 January: Frank Baldacchino, 91, artist

• Monday 25 January: Anthony Cachia Castelletti, ??, local councillor [5]

• Friday 5 February: Roger de Giorgio, 93, architect [6], [7], [8]

• Saturday 6 February: Ġużi Spiteri, 96, politician and notary public [9], [10]

• Thursday 3 March: Tony Dyson, 68, SFX supervisor [11], [12]

• Sunday 6 March: Mgr Paul Giglio, 89, Archbishop and diplomat [13], [14], [15], [16]

• Monday 21 March: Ġużeppi Mercieca, 87, Archbishop Emeritus, Archbishop of Malta from 1976 - 2006 [17], [18]

• Monday 2 May: Joseph Ganado, 90, law professor, [19]

• Wednesday 11 May: Joe Saliba, 55, First President of Malta Dockers Union, [20]

• Thursday 12 May: Pawlu Muscat, 69, Cospicua Mayor, [21]

• Sunday 29 May: Emmanuel Micallef known as Lito, 47, Radio Presenter, D.J [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29]

• Monday 20 June: Connie Azzopardi, 79, Actress, [30],[31],[32],[33],[34]

• Friday 24 June: Charles M. Magro, 72, poet

• Tuesday 28 June: Emanuel Attard, 73, poet

• Monday 4 July: Karmenu Micallef, 72, L-Orizzont Editor

• Wednesday 13 July: John R. Casha, 88, engineer, Football Referee, Former President of I.S.A.

• Tuesday 2 August: John Gauci, 25, photographer [35], [36]

• Wednesday 17 August: Alfred Ellul (also know as Alfred Zimmermann), ??, singer and musician

• Thursday 17 August: Gino Mifsud, 45, bassist, cancer

• Friday 26 August: Kan.Ġiljan Refalo Rapa, 92, priest [37], [38]

• Wednesday 31 August: David Trump, 85, archaeologist [39]

• Tuesday 8 November: John E. Scerri, 85, broadcaster

• Thursday 17 November: Sunny Aquilina, 70, songwriter

• Monday 12 December: Shaun Arrigo, 49, filmmaker [40], [41]

• Saturday 17 December: Judge Oliver Gulia, 91, Judge, Senior Crown Counsel and Deputy Attorney General, [42]

• Sunday 18 December: Charles Belli, 86, Maltese Community Council of Victoria librarian [43]

• Wednesday 21 December: Jason Muscat, 42, Photographer [44]

• Tuesday 27 December: Lino Arrigo Azzopardi, 77, Photographer and photojournalist, cancer [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50]

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