Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has died.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/08/middleeast/iran-former-president-rafsanjani-dies/index.html?adkey=bn
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/08/middleeast/iran-former-president-rafsanjani-dies/index.html?adkey=bn
Former New York mayor Ed Koch has died. (<- CNN link)