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May 16th
147 Notable deaths
Anatoli Maslyonkin
Russian footballer (1930-1988).
Born June 29th, 1930 in Moscow.
Died May 16th, 1988 at 57 years old in Moscow.
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).
Bogdan Śliwa
Polish chess player (1922-2003).
Born February 4th, 1922 in Kraków.
Died May 16th, 2003 at 81 years old in Kraków.
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.
François Bréda
Hungarian academic (1956-2018).
Born February 20th, 1956 in Deva.
Died May 16th, 2018 at 62 years old in Cluj-Napoca. [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]
Edouard Zeckendorf
Mathematician, military officer, physician.
Died May 16th, 1983 at 82 years old in Liège.
Ralf Törngren
Prime minister of finland (1899-1961).
Born March 1st, 1899 in Oulu. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1961 at 62 years old in Turku.
Maria Orska
German actress (1893-1930).
Born March 16th, 1896 in Mykolaiv.
Died May 16th, 1930 at 34 years old in Vienna (intoxication).
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown