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July 16th
177 Notable deaths
Alexander Koenig
German naturalist (1858-1940).
Born February 20th, 1858 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 16th, 1940 at 82 years old in Klocksin.
Wilfried
Austrian singer.
Born June 24th, 1950 in Bad Goisern.
Died July 16th, 2017 at 67 years old in Lilienfeld (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Henri Pourrat
French writer (1887-1959).
Born May 7th, 1887 in Ambert. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1959 at 72 years old in Ambert.
Rosa María Britton
Panamanian obstetrician gynecologist and writer.
Born July 28th, 1936 in Chimán.
Died July 16th, 2019 at 82 years old in Panama City.
William Russell
U.s. political figure (1857–1896); governor of massachusetts from 1891 to 1894.
Born January 6th, 1857 in Cambridge.
Died July 16th, 1896 at 39 years old in Quebec.
Víctor Víctor
Dominican composer, singer and percussionist (1948-2020).
Born December 11th, 1948 in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Died July 16th, 2020 at 71 years old in Santo Domingo (COVID-19). [ref]
Hubert Jedin
German theologian and historian (1900-1980).
Born June 17th, 1900 in Groß Briesen.
Died July 16th, 1980 at 80 years old in Bonn.
Claus Peymann
German theatre director and manager (1937—2025).
Born June 7th, 1937 in Bremen. [ref]
Died July 16th, 2025 at 88 years old in Köpenick. [ref]
Aleksandr Boloshev
Basketball player.
Born March 12th, 1947 in Elektrogorsk.
Died July 16th, 2010 at 63 years old in Volgograd (stroke). [ref]
Rudenko Sergei Ivanovich
Soviet anthropologist (1885-1969).
Born January 29th, 1885 in Kharkiv.
Died July 16th, 1969 at 84 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau