March 16th
175 Notable deaths
Sydney Camm
British aeronautical engineer.
Born August 5th, 1893 in Windsor.
Died March 16th, 1966 at 72 years old in Richmond.
Moudud Ahmed
Bangladeshi politician.
Born May 24th, 1940 in Noakhali District.
Died March 16th, 2021 at 80 years old in Mount Elizabeth Hospital. [ref]
Bill Brown
Australian cricketer (1912-2008).
Born July 31st, 1912 in Toowoomba.
Died March 16th, 2008 at 95 years old in Brisbane. [ref]
Gary Bettenhausen
American racing driver (1941–2014).
Born November 18th, 1941 in Tinley Park.
Died March 16th, 2014 at 72 years old in Monrovia.
Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein
Prince of liechtenstein.
Born June 17th, 1869 in Schloss Hollenegg.
Died March 16th, 1955 at 85 years old in Vaduz (influenza).
M. A. R. Barker
Linguist, scholar, author and game designer (1929–2012).
Born November 3rd, 1929 in Spokane.
Died March 16th, 2012 at 82 years old in Minneapolis. [ref]
June Collyer
American film actress (1906–1968).
Born August 19th, 1906 in New York City.
Died March 16th, 1968 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Barbara Hammer
American filmmaker (1939-2019).
Born May 15th, 1939 in Hollywood. [ref]
Died March 16th, 2019 at 79 years old in Manhattan (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Ola Brunkert
Swedish musician (1946-2008).
Born September 15th, 1946 in Örebro.
Died March 16th, 2008 at 61 years old in Artà (falling from height). [ref]
Roger Sessions
American composer, critic, and teacher of music (1896-1985).
Born December 28th, 1896 in Brooklyn.
Died March 16th, 1985 at 88 years old in Princeton.
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs