March 16th
159 Notable deaths
Bob Crompton
English footballer (1879–1941).
Born September 26th, 1879 in Blackburn.
Died March 16th, 1941 at 61 years old in Blackburn.
Takaaki Yoshimoto
Japanese poet and philosopher.
Born November 25th, 1924 in Tokyo.
Died March 16th, 2012 at 87 years old in Bunkyō-ku (pneumonia). [ref]
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Danish architect (1929-1987).
Died March 16th, 1987 at 57 years old in Hillerød.
Fred Pentland
English footballer and manager (1883-1962).
Born July 29th, 1883 in Wolverhampton.
Died March 16th, 1962 at 78 years old in Lytchett Matravers.
Arthur A. Hartman
American diplomat.
Born March 12th, 1926 in New York City.
Died March 16th, 2015 at 89 years old in Washington, D.C..
Abolqasem Lahouti
Persian poet (1887–1957).
Born October 12th, 1887 in Kermanshah.
Died March 16th, 1957 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Charles Eliot
British diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist (1862-1931).
Born January 8th, 1862 in Sibford Gower.
Died March 16th, 1931 at 69 years old in Strait of Malacca.
Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel
French painter and illustrator (1850-1913).
Born October 18th, 1851 in Orléans.
Died March 16th, 1913 at 61 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Torgny Lindgren
Swedish writer (1938-2017).
Born June 16th, 1938 in Norsjö. [ref]
Died March 16th, 2017 at 78 years old in Rimforsa (stomach cancer). [ref]
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter.
Born June 2nd, 1921 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1983 at 61 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 159
Our minds are too small to comprehend something as huge as death. Let it go. Maxime Lagacé