Irreplaceable: Jewish News remembers those we lost in 2016
We pay tribute to those who have passed away in 2016 including Elie Wiesel, Gene Wilder, Jack Kagan, Leonard Cohen, Rabbi Lionel Blue and Shimon Peres
Elie Wiesel, 87, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate
Garry Shandling, 66, Comedian
Gene Wilder, 83, Actor
Goldie Michelson, 113, Jewish Russian-American supercentenarian
Imre Kertész, 86, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
Jack Kagan, 87, Holocaust survivor and last member of the Bielski Partisans living in the UK
Leonard Cohen, 82, Singer and songwriter
Rabbi Lionel Blue, 86, British Reform rabbi and broadcaster
Shimon Peres, 93, Former Israeli president and prime minister
Meir Dagan, 71, ex-Director of the Mossad
Sir Sigmund Sternberg, 95, Philanthropist and interfaith pioneer
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Actress
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