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I don't believe it's necessary to list the birth and death years when mentioning someone whose name is linked to an article about that person. The birth/death years are not relevant in the context of the article, so it adds unnecessary clutter; if someone is interested in the person, then the linked article has all the biographical information.
Related edits: [1] [2]. Previous similar discussion: Talk:Milligan Street, Perth#Inclusion of birth/death years for people in this article (in which Dan arndt agreed that "birth/death dates is superfluous to the article").
Mitch Ames ( talk) 12:56, 27 September 2016 (UTC) reply

Fair enough - my memory is obviously fading. Dan arndt ( talk) 13:06, 27 September 2016 (UTC) reply