Died August 2016

Roger Tsien, a Nobel Prize winner who helped develop a method to track cancer cells and follow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, has died, according to The Associated Press. He …

When “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” was released in 1971, few of its stars were familiar to audiences. And even with the movie’s moderate success at the box office …

Gene Wilder, the comic actor known for movies including “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Young Frankenstein,” has died at the age of 83.

Darrell Ward, a truck driver who starred on the reality show “Ice Road Truckers,” died Aug. 28, 2016, in a plane crash, according to multiple news sources. He was 52. …

Harry “Mr. Fuji” Fujiwara was a popular professional wrestler and manager with a unique signature trick.

Juan Gabriel, a legendary Mexican singer, died Aug. 28, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 66. TMZ reported that Gabriel died in Santa Monica, California, of a suspected …

Legendary jazz recording engineer.

Max Ritvo, a poet who wrote about his experience with cancer, died Aug. 23, 2016, according to The Associated Press. He was 25. Ritvo had been diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma …

Marvin Kaplan, a prolific comedy character actor who played the diner patron Henry the telephone repairer on the sitcom “Alice,” died Aug. 25, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He …

Alexander Polli, a skydiver and pioneer of BASE jumping, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, in a wingsuit crash in the French Alps. He was 31. Polli’s YouTube videos of wingsuit …