March 16th
162 Notable deaths
Arthur Godfrey
American radio personality and television actor (1903-1983).
Born August 31st, 1903 in Manhattan.
Died March 16th, 1983 at 79 years old in Manhattan (pulmonary emphysema).
Constantin Brâncuși
Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter (1876-1957).
Born February 19th, 1876 in Hobița. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1957 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jason Molina
American singer-songwriter.
Born December 30th, 1973 in Oberlin.
Died March 16th, 2013 at 39 years old in Indianapolis.
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Born May 28th, 1910 in Linden. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1975 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Richard Erdman
Actor, film director (1925-2019).
Died March 16th, 2019 at 93 years old in Los Angeles (dementia). [ref]
Yakov Sverdlov
Soviet politician (1885-1919).
Born June 3rd, 1885 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died March 16th, 1919 at 33 years old in Moscow (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella
Spanish politician; dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as prime minister of spain from 1923 to 1930.
Born January 8th, 1870 in Jerez de la Frontera. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1930 at 60 years old in Paris (autism). [ref]
Alan B. Krueger
American economist (1960–2019).
Born September 17th, 1960 in Livingston.
Died March 16th, 2019 at 58 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish writer (1858–1940).
Born November 20th, 1858 in Östra Ämtervik church parish. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1940 at 81 years old in Östra Ämtervik church parish (stroke).
Jean Monnet
French political economist regarded by as a chief architect of european unity (1888-1979).
Born November 9th, 1888 in Cognac.
Died March 16th, 1979 at 90 years old in The Jean Monnet House.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte