Stephen Fienberg, eminent statistician active in the NSF-Census Research Network, among so many other networks and places, passed away in his sleep on December 14, 2016, after a long and drawn-out battle against cancer.
The world of statistics lost one of its leading members today.
An obituary can be found at http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/december/obituary-fienberg.html.