April 16th
167 Notable deaths
Émile Bernard
French painter (1868-1941).
Born April 28th, 1868 in Lille. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1941 at 72 years old in Paris. [ref]
Luis Sepúlveda
Chilean writer (1949–2020).
Born October 4th, 1949 in Ovalle.
Died April 16th, 2020 at 70 years old in Oviedo City (COVID-19). [ref]
Jane Dee Hull
American politician (1935-2020).
Born August 8th, 1935 in Kansas City.
Died April 16th, 2020 at 84 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
Fay McKenzie
American actress (1918-2019).
Born February 19th, 1918 in Hollywood.
Died April 16th, 2019 at 101 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of prophet's mosque (1952–2016).
Born January 1st, 1952 in Mecca.
Died April 16th, 2016 at 64 years old in Medina.
Samuel Selvon
Trinidad and tobago writer.
Born May 20th, 1923 in San Fernando. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1994 at 70 years old in Trinidad (respiratory failure). [ref]
Gyude Bryant
Liberian politician (1949-2014).
Born January 17th, 1949 in Monrovia.
Died April 16th, 2014 at 65 years old in Monrovia.
Felix Kersten
Finnish masseur for heinrich himmler (1898-1960).
Born September 30th, 1898 in Tartu.
Died April 16th, 1960 at 61 years old in Hamm (myocardial infarction).
Alfred Ryder
American actor (1916–1995).
Born January 5th, 1916 in New York City.
Died April 16th, 1995 at 79 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home (disease).
Cy Endfield
American screenwriter and director (1914–1995).
Born November 10th, 1914 in Scranton.
Died April 16th, 1995 at 80 years old in Shipston-on-Stour.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore