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November 16th
172 Notable deaths
Claude Dauphin
French actor (1903-1978).
Born August 19th, 1903 in Corbeil-Essonnes. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1978 at 75 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Tiger Flowers
African-american boxer (1895-1927).
Born August 5th, 1895 in Camilla.
Died November 16th, 1927 at 32 years old in New York City.
Henry Taube
Canadian-born american chemist (1915–2005).
Born November 30th, 1915 in Neudorf.
Died November 16th, 2005 at 89 years old in Palo Alto.
Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist.
Born October 30th, 1928 in Wilmington.
Died November 16th, 1999 at 71 years old in Baltimore.
Samuel Hopkins Adams
American investigative journalist (1871-1958).
Born January 26th, 1871 in Dunkirk.
Died November 16th, 1958 at 87 years old in Beaufort. [ref]
Carol Leigh
American artist and activist and sex workers' rights activist (1951–2022).
Born January 11th, 1951 in New York City.
Died November 16th, 2022 at 71 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Patrick Edlinger
French rock climber.
Born June 15th, 1960 in Dax. [ref]
Died November 16th, 2012 at 52 years old in La Palud-sur-Verdon (fall). [ref]
Johnny Green
American basketball player (1933–2023).
Born December 8th, 1933 in Dayton.
Died November 16th, 2023 at 89 years old in Huntington. [ref]
Georges Marchais
Former general secretary of the french communist party (1920-1997).
Born June 7th, 1920 in La Hoguette. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1997 at 77 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pavel Aleksandrov
Russian mathematician.
Born May 7th, 1896 in Noginsk. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1982 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 172
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner