October 16th
172 Notable deaths
Flora Nwapa
Nigerian writer.
Born January 13th, 1931 in Oguta.
Died October 16th, 1993 at 62 years old in Enugu (pneumonia).
Christian Krohg
Norwegian painter (1852-1925).
Born August 13th, 1852 in Vestre Aker. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1925 at 73 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer.
Born December 25th, 1915 in Patti. [ref]
Died October 16th, 2011 at 95 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Barrington Moore, Jr.
American historian and sociologist.
Born May 12th, 1913 in Washington, D.C..
Died October 16th, 2005 at 92 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Granville Bantock
British composer and conductor (1868-1946).
Born August 7th, 1868 in London.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 78 years old in London.
Lodewijk van den Berg
Chemical engineer and astronaut.
Born March 24th, 1932 in Sluiskil.
Died October 16th, 2022 at 90 years old in Largo. [ref]
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).
Sergei Efron
Officer of the white army; russian and soviet publicist, writer, nkvd agent (1893–1941).
Born October 11th, 1893 in Moscow.
Died October 16th, 1941 at 48 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Ted V. Mikels
American film director.
Born April 29th, 1929 in Saint Paul. [ref]
Died October 16th, 2016 at 87 years old in Las Vegas (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Balys Sruoga
Lithuanian writer.
Born February 2nd, 1896 in Biržai.
Died October 16th, 1947 at 51 years old in Vilnius.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 172
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami