July 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1216 – Pope Innocent III (b. 1161)
• 1324 – Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)
• 1342 – Charles I of Hungary (b. 1288)
• 1546 – Anne Askew, English poet (b. 1521)
• 1557 – Anne of Cleves (b. 1515)
• 1594 – Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)
• 1647 – Masaniello, Neapolitan rebel (b. 1622)
• 1664 – Andreas Gryphius, German writer (b. 1616)
• 1686 – John Pearson, English theologian (b. 1612)
• 1691 – François Michel le Tellier, Marquis of Louvois, French war minister (b. 1641)
• 1729 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer (b. 1683)
• 1747 – Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
• 1770 – Francis Cotes, English painter (b. 1726)
• 1796 – George Howard, English field marshal (b. 1718)
• 1831 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1850 – Julia Glover, Irish-born actress (b. 1779)
• 1868 – Dmitry Pisarev, Russian writer and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (b. 1800)
• 1882 – Mary Todd Lincoln, American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17th First Lady of the United States (b. 1818)
• 1886 – Ned Buntline, American novelist (b. 1823)
• 1896 – Edmond de Goncourt, French writer and critic (b. 1822)
• 1915 – Ellen G. White, American author (b. 1827)
• 1916 – Élie Metchnikoff, Russian microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1917 – Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (b. 1847)
• 1949 – Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, Russian poet (b. 1866)
• 1953 – Hilaire Belloc, English writer (b. 1870)
• 1960 – Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 – John P. Marquand, American novelist (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat (b. 1921)
• 1979 – Alfred Deller, English singer (b. 1912)
• 1981 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1942)
• 1982 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor (b. 1947)
• 1982 – Charles Robberts Swart, South African politician (b. 1894)
• 1985 – Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1989 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (b. 1927)
• 1990 – Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor, and organist (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (b. 1915)
• 1991 – Frank Rizzo, American politician (b. 1920)
• 1992 – Buck Buchanan, American football player (b. 1940)
• 1994 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian priest, writer, and broadcaster (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1995 – May Sarton, Belgian-American poet (b. 1912)
• 1995 – Stephen Spender, English poet (b. 1909)
• 1996 – John Panozzo, American drummer (Styx) (b. 1948)
• 1996 – Adolf von Thadden, German politician (b. 1921)
• 1998 – John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1966)
• 1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher and lawyer (b. 1960)
• 1999 – Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (Country Musume) (b. 1979)
• 2001 – Morris, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1923)
• 2001 – Terry Gordy, American wrestler (b. 1961)
• 2001 – Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and resistance figure (b. 1907)
• 2002 – John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Celia Cruz, Cuban singer (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist (b. 1935)
• 2004 – George Busbee, American politician (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Charles Sweeney, American general (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Yi Gu, Korean prince (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer, songwriter, and radio host (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Bob Orton, American wrestler (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American politician (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and historian (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Jo Stafford, American singer (b. 1917)
• 2010 – James Gammon, American actor (b. 1940)
• 2011 – Forrest Blue, American football player (b. 1944)
• 2012 – William Asher, American director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Bob Babbitt, American bass player (The Funk Brothers) (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Stephen Covey, American businessman and author (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Gilbert Esau, American politician (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973)
• 2012 – Antonín Holý, Czech scientist (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Taras Kiktyov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1986)
• 2012 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian composer and musician (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer (Deep Purple, Paice, Ashton & Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men) (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Masaharu Matsushita, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919)