January 16th
170 Notable deaths
Helmuth von Pannwitz
German general.
Born October 14th, 1898 in Olesno.
Died January 16th, 1947 at 48 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Carl Smith
American country singer (1927–2010).
Born March 15th, 1927 in Maynardville. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2010 at 82 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Vasily Degtyaryov
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1880-1949).
Born January 2nd, 1880 in Tula.
Died January 16th, 1949 at 69 years old in Moscow.
John Spellman
Us politician (1926-2018).
Born December 29th, 1926 in Seattle.
Died January 16th, 2018 at 91 years old in Seattle (pneumonia). [ref]
Oliver Ivanović
Kosovo-serbian politician and economist.
Born April 1st, 1953 in Rznić. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2018 at 64 years old in North Mitrovica (ballistic trauma, assassination). [ref]
Yao Beina
Chinese female singer.
Born September 26th, 1981 in Wuhan.
Died January 16th, 2015 at 33 years old in Shenzhen (breast cancer).
Ali Moustafa Mosharafa
Egyptian physicist (1898-1950).
Born July 11th, 1898 in Damietta.
Died January 16th, 1950 at 51 years old in Cairo (heart failure).
Robert R. Wilson
American physicist (1914–2000).
Born March 4th, 1914 in Wyoming.
Died January 16th, 2000 at 85 years old in New York.
Rudolf August Oetker
German billionaire businessman.
Born September 20th, 1916 in Bielefeld.
Died January 16th, 2007 at 90 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
German general.
Born April 24th, 1870 in Nuremberg.
Died January 16th, 1948 at 77 years old in Munich.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 170
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare