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May 16th
149 Notable deaths
Clemens Krauss
Austrian conductor.
Born March 31st, 1893 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1954 at 61 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Karol Adamiecki
Polish engineer.
Born March 18th, 1866 in Dąbrowa Górnicza. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1933 at 67 years old in Warsaw.
Cheikha Rimitti
Algerian female raï singer(8 may 1923- 15 may 2006).
Born May 8th, 1923 in Tessala. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2006 at 83 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Polk
American journalist.
Born October 17th, 1913 in Fort Worth.
Died May 16th, 1948 at 34 years old in Thessaloniki.
Alice Kober
American classical scholar (1906-1950).
Born December 23rd, 1906 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1950 at 43 years old in Brooklyn (lung cancer). [ref]
William Steinberg
American conductor (1899-1978).
Born August 1st, 1899 in Cologne. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1978 at 78 years old in New York City. [ref]
Giuseppe De Santis
Italian film director (1917–1997).
Born February 11th, 1917 in Fondi.
Died May 16th, 1997 at 80 years old in Rome.
Douglas Blubaugh
Olympic wrestler and trainer (1934–2011).
Born December 31st, 1934 in Ponca City.
Died May 16th, 2011 at 76 years old in Tonkawa (motorcycle accident). [ref]
Harold Murray
British chess historian (1868–1955).
Born June 24th, 1868 in London.
Died May 16th, 1955 at 86 years old in London.
Albert Londres
French journalist and writer (1884-1932).
Born November 1st, 1884 in Vichy.
Died May 16th, 1932 at 47 years old in Gulf of Aden (traffic collision).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 149
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan