May 16th
151 Notable deaths
Jadwiga Rappé
Polish opera vocalist.
Born February 24th, 1952 in Toruń. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2025 at 73 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Albert Paris Gütersloh
Austrian painter (1887-1973).
Born February 5th, 1887 in Vienna.
Died May 16th, 1973 at 86 years old in Baden.
François Maistre
Actor (1925-2016).
Born May 14th, 1925 in Demigny. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2016 at 91 years old in Sèvres. [ref]
Mela Muter
Polish painter (1876-1967).
Born April 26th, 1876 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1967 at 91 years old in Paris. [ref]
Giovanni Coppa
Italian catholic cardinal (1925–2016).
Born November 9th, 1925 in Alba. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2016 at 90 years old in Rome. [ref]
Raymond Lyttleton
British mathematician and theoretical astronomer (1911-1995).
Born May 7th, 1911 in Warley Woods.
Died May 16th, 1995 at 84 years old
José Asunción Flores
Paraguayan composer.
Born August 27th, 1904 in Asunción.
Died May 16th, 1972 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires (Chagas disease).
Edouard Zeckendorf
Mathematician, military officer, physician.
Died May 16th, 1983 at 82 years old in Liège.
Walter Oliver
New zealand naturalist, ornithologist, malacologist and museum curator (1883–1957).
Born September 7th, 1883 in Launceston.
Died May 16th, 1957 at 73 years old in Wellington.
Bogdan Śliwa
Polish chess grandmaster (1922–2003).
Born February 4th, 1922 in Kraków.
Died May 16th, 2003 at 81 years old in Kraków.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde