Some were loved and some were hated, but these politicians and other public figures who died in 2016 left their marks on the world.

  • , the Cuban revolutionary turned dictator who ruled over his island nation for half a century, died in November at the age of 90.
  • , the Hollywood actress who served as the U.S. First Lady for most of the 1980s, died in March due to heart failure. She was 94.
  • , who became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth and went on to a long career in the Senate, died in December at age 95.
  • , the Mayor of Toronto elected on a promise to 鈥渟top the gravy train鈥� became world famous after admitting in 2013 to smoking crack cocaine. He died in March at age 46 from liposarcoma.
  • the Ottawa MP whose bill proposing a gender-neutral national anthem passed in the House of Commons last June, died in August from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was 61.
  • , the first female U.S. Attorney General, died in November of Parkinson's disease at the age of 78.
  • , the long-time Conservative MP who went on to serve as Alberta鈥檚 premier, died in a plane crash in October. He was 60.
  • , the Nobel Peace Prize recipient who served as Israel鈥檚 prime minister and president, died in September at age 93 after a stroke.
  • , the Conservative MP who represented the Medicine Hat area of Alberta, died of a heart attack while sitting at his desk in Ottawa in March. He was 41.
  • , a former Senator for Manitoba, died of complications from esophageal cancer and pneumonia in June at the age of 73.
  • , a U.K. Labour Party MP who praised the contribution of immigrants to Britain, was killed in an attack by a white supremacist later of murder. She was 41.