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October 16th
187 Notable deaths
Sam Hardy
American actor.
Born March 21st, 1884 in New Haven. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1935 at 51 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Leo Boivin
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born August 2nd, 1931 in Prescott.
Died October 16th, 2021 at 90 years old in Prescott. [ref]
Balys Sruoga
Lithuanian writer (1896–1947).
Born February 14th, 1896 in Baibokai.
Died October 16th, 1947 at 51 years old in Vilnius.
Ralph Waldo Rose
American track and field athlete (1885-1913).
Born March 17th, 1885 in Healdsburg.
Died October 16th, 1913 at 28 years old in San Francisco (typhoid fever).
Per Bak
Danish physicist (1948-2002).
Born December 8th, 1948 in Denmark.
Died October 16th, 2002 at 53 years old in Copenhagen.
Eugene Gordon Lee
American child actor (1933-2005).
Born October 25th, 1933 in Fort Worth.
Died October 16th, 2005 at 71 years old in Minneapolis (lung cancer, brain cancer).
Ebba Bernadotte
Swedish noble (1858-1946).
Born October 24th, 1858 in Jönköping. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 87 years old in Grödinge parish.
Yuri Ozerov
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1921-2001).
Born January 26th, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]
Died October 16th, 2001 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Phyllis Gordon
Actress (1889-1964).
Born October 17th, 1889 in Suffolk.
Died October 16th, 1964 at 74 years old in Sonoma.
Felix Arndt
American pianist and composer.
Born May 20th, 1889 in New York City.
Died October 16th, 1918 at 29 years old in New York City (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
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