January 16th
194 Notable deaths
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
British army general (1874-1957).
Born April 14th, 1874 in Kensington Palace.
Died January 16th, 1957 at 82 years old in London.
Dave Holland
English drummer (1948-2018).
Born April 5th, 1948 in Northampton.
Died January 16th, 2018 at 69 years old in Lugo (liver cancer).
Trey Wilson
American actor (1948-1989).
Born January 21st, 1948 in Houston.
Died January 16th, 1989 at 40 years old in New York City.
Pauline Phillips
American advice columnist (1918-2013).
Born July 4th, 1918 in Sioux City.
Died January 16th, 2013 at 94 years old in Minneapolis (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Malian politician.
Born January 29th, 1945 in Koutiala.
Died January 16th, 2022 at 76 years old in Bamako. [ref]
Clara Ward
American gospel singer (1924–1973).
Born April 21st, 1924 in Philadelphia.
Died January 16th, 1973 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
Rocco Commisso
Italian and american businessman (1949–2026).
Born November 25th, 1949 in Marina di Gioiosa Ionica. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2026 at 76 years old [ref]
Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor (1919–1972).
Born January 27th, 1919 in Fresno.
Died January 16th, 1972 at 52 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Aslan Usoyan
Russian criminal of kurdish origin (1937-2013).
Born February 28th, 1937 in Tbilisi.
Died January 16th, 2013 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Peter Schickele
American composer, musical educator, and parodist (born 1935).
Died January 16th, 2024 at 88 years old in Bearsville. [ref]
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We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk