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April 16 Deaths in History - April 16 Birthdays - April 16 Events
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April 16, 2003 Graham Jarvis, actor, Seventh Heaven, dies at 72 April 16, 2002 Robert Urich, actor, Spenser for Hire, dies at 55 April 16, 2002 Ruth Fertel, restaurateur, started Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, dies at 75 April 16, 2001 Michael Ritchie, American Director April 16, 1998 Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur, oldest person in 1998, dies at 117 April 16, 1997 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, media tycoon, dies at 66 April 16, 1997 Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82 April 16, 1997 Michael Stroka, TV actor, Aristede-Dark Shadows, dies of cancer at 57 April 16, 1996 Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73 April 16, 1996 Madeleine Bourdouxhe, writer, dies at 89 April 16, 1996 Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist, dies at 62 April 16, 1996 Stavros Spyros Niarchos, Greek shipowner, dies at 86 April 16, 1995 Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75 April 16, 1995 Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide April 16, 1995 Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80 April 16, 1995 Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster, dies at 86 April 16, 1994 John McLiam, dies of Parkinson's disease at 75 April 16, 1994 Ralph Waldo Ellison, U.S. writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80 April 16, 1994 Ron Vawter, U.S. actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45 April 16, 1994 Samuel Selvon, author, dies at 70 April 16, 1994 Ralph Ellison, American Author April 16, 1993 John P. 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Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77 April 16, 1992 Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72 April 16, 1992 Frank Killmond, dies at 58 April 16, 1992 Neville Brand, actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at 71 April 16, 1991 David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83 April 16, 1989 Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies April 16, 1988 Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, murdered April 16, 1988 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (soc-dem), dies at 90 April 16, 1988 Khalil al-Wazir, PLO milt commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos April 16, 1988 Warde Donovan, dies at 72 April 16, 1985 Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60 April 16, 1980 Alf Sjoberg, dir (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car crash at 76 April 16, 1980 Jean Paul Sartre, writer, dies at 74 April 16, 1978 Lucius D Clay, gen/gov U.S. zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80 April 16, 1973 Istvan Kertesz, Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43 April 16, 1972 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72 April 16, 1971 Mihaly Vaci, Hungarian poet/politician, dies at 46 April 16, 1970 Peter Veres, Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies at 73 April 16, 1970 Richard J. Neutra, Aust/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78 April 16, 1970 Richard Neutra, American Architect April 16, 1968 Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at 78 April 16, 1968 Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76 April 16, 1959 Charles Halton, dies at 83 April 16, 1955 Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded April 16, 1951 Emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85 April 16, 1949 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54 April 16, 1941 Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies April 16, 1941 Josiah Stamp, British Businessman April 16, 1938 Bertram Wagstaff Mills, circus proprietor, dies April 16, 1929 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57 April 16, 1924 Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies April 16, 1920 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80 April 16, 1915 Nelson W. Aldrich, American Politician April 16, 1914 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76 April 16, 1904 Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author April 16, 1881 George William Martin, composer, dies at 56 April 16, 1879 Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France April 16, 1876 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83 April 16, 1870 Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies April 16, 1865 Robert C Tyler, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle April 16, 1860 Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies April 16, 1859 Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist April 16, 1858 Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87 April 16, 1850 Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies April 16, 1846 Domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83 April 16, 1828 Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82 April 16, 1825 John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84 April 16, 1825 Henry Fuseli, British Artist April 16, 1760 Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward April 16, 1756 Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 April 16, 1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 April 16, 1689 Aphra Behn, English Dramatist April 16, 1687 George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59 April 16, 1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies April 16, 1529 Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake April 16, 1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69 April 16, 1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies |