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August 16th
159 Notable deaths
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977).
Born January 8th, 1935 in Tupelo. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1977 at 42 years old in Graceland (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942-2018).
Born March 25th, 1942 in Memphis.
Died August 16th, 2018 at 76 years old in Detroit (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Babe Ruth
American baseball player (1895–1948).
Born February 6th, 1895 in Baltimore.
Died August 16th, 1948 at 53 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (esophageal cancer).
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
10th prime minister of india in 1996 and from 1998–2004.
Born December 24th, 1924 in Gwalior.
Died August 16th, 2018 at 93 years old in New Delhi (diabetes). [ref]
Idi Amin
President of uganda from 1971 to 1979.
Born May 17th, 1928 in Koboko.
Died August 16th, 2003 at 75 years old in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (kidney failure).
Peter Fonda
American actor.
Born February 23rd, 1940 in New York City.
Died August 16th, 2019 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician (1911-1938).
Born May 8th, 1911 in Hazlehurst. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1938 at 27 years old in Greenwood. [ref]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali (1948-1997).
Born October 13th, 1948 in Faisalabad. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1997 at 48 years old in London (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Sean Lock
British comedian (1963–2021).
Born April 22nd, 1963 in Chertsey.
Died August 16th, 2021 at 58 years old in Muswell Hill (lung cancer). [ref]
Amanda Blake
American actress (1929-1989).
Born February 20th, 1929 in Buffalo.
Died August 16th, 1989 at 60 years old in Sacramento (AIDS related disease).
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz