Famous Deaths on July 16

• 599 Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies
• 1139 Waleran, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon and later Duke of Lower Lorraine (1128-39), dies at about 54
• 1216 Innocent III [Lotario de’ Conti di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies at 54 or 55

• 1324 Go-Uda, 91st Emperor of Japan (1274-87), dies at 56
• 1342 King Charles I of Hungary and Croatia, dies at about 53 (exact birth date unknown, 1288)
• 1482 John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies
• 1509 João da Nova, Portuguese Galician explorer (discovered St Helena and Ascension islands), dies at 48 or 49
• 1546 Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (b. 1521)

• 1590 Bartholomaeus of Braga [Fernandez], Dominican theologian and Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, dies at 76

• 1647 Masaniello [Tommaso Aniello], Italian fisherman and leader of the 1647 Naples revolt against the rule of Habsburg Spain, assassinated by a group of grain merchants at 27
• 1664 Andreas Gryphius, German lyric poet and dramatist, dies at 47
• 1686 John Pearson, English theologian known for his “Exposition of the Creed”, dies at 74
• 1691 François Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois), dies at 82
• 1698 Cristoph Kaldenbach, Prussian poet, dies at 84
• 1729 Johann David Heinichen, German Baroque composer and music theorist, dies of tuberculosis at 46
• 1730 Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies
• 1736 Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies
• 1747 Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies
• 1762 Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist, dies at 87
• 1764 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23
• 1782 Louise Ulrike, Queen of Sweden and wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61
• 1796 George Howard, British field marshal (Battle of Culloden against the Jacobites), dies at 78
• 1831 Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French general who fought for Russia against the Ottomans and Napoleon, dies of Cholera at 58
• 1843 Hubert Matthijs Adriaan Jan van Asch van Wijck, Dutch lawyer and politician (Mayor of Utrecht,1827-1839), dies at 68
• 1857 Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies
• 1868 Louis François Dauprat, French composer and horn player, dies at 87
• 1879 Edward Deas Thomson, British-Australian politician, chancellor of the University of Sydney, and member of the Legislative Council of NSW, dies at 79 [1]

• 1886 Ned Buntline [Edward Judson Sr.], American publisher, journalist, and writer, dies at 65
• 1887 Nicaise de Keyser, Belgian painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
• 1889 Michele Amari, Sicilian patriot, Italian revolutionary and historian, dies at 83
• 1890 Gottfried Keller, German-Swiss novelist and poet, dies at 70
• 1896 Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74
• 1896 William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies
• 1897 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies at 1897
• 1905 Bryan Morel Thomas, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69

• 1916 Victor Horsley, English physician and neuroscientist, dies while serving in Iraq in WWI at 59
• 1917 (Ludwig) Philipp Scharwenka, German pianist, composer (Sakuntala; Album polonaise), and educator, dies at 70
• 1918 José de Diego, Puerto Rican patriot and advocate for Puerto Rico’s independence from Spain and the U.S., dies at 52
• 1923 Louis Couperus, Dutch poet and writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
• 1931 Alice Pike Barney, American painter, dies at 74
• 1931 Charles Studd, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Middlesex) and missionary (Cambridge Seven), dies from untreated gallstones at 70
• 1933 John Reeves Ellerman, British accountant, businessman, and shipping magnate, dies at 71
• 1934 Alaska P. Davidson, America’s first female FBI agent, dies at 66
• 1939 Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies
• 1944 Johannes Post, Dutch farmer and anti-Nazi resistance leader (Landelijke Knokploegen), executed by Nazi SS after a failed attempt to free his brother from prison aid at 37
• 1947 Horatio Mbelle, South African interpreter, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria at 77
• 1949 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian philosopher, playwright and poet, dies at 83
• 1953 Hilaire Belloc, Anglo-French author (Path to Rome), dies at 82
• 1956 Brian Norton, South African tennis player (Wimbledon 1921 runner-up), dies at 56

• 1960 John P. Marquand, American writer (The Late George Apley), dies at 66
• 1961 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88
• 1962 Jan Romein, Dutch historian and author (Low Countries by the Sea; Erflaters – both written with his wife Annie), dies at 68
• 1971 H T Tsiang, dies at 65
• 1972 Giorgio Nataletti, Italian composer, dies at 65
• 1972 Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, dies at 70
• 1973 Nine van de Schaaf, Dutch author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91
• 1976 Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat assassinated in 1976 by the Chilean DINA
• 1979 Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
• 1979 James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
• 1980 Robert Brackman, American artist, dies at 81
• 1981 Harry Chapin, American folk-rock singer-songwriter (“Taxi”; “Cat’s In The Cradle”), dies in car crash at 38
• 1982 C. R. Swart, South African politician (1st State President of South Africa 1961-67), dies at 88
• 1982 Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italian-American writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano), dies at 100
• 1982 Leendert Braat, Dutch sculptor and writer (White World), dies at 73
• 1982 Patrick Dewaere, French actor (Les Valseuses, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), commits suicide at 35
• 1984 Billy Williams, American singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
• 1985 Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
• 1985 Robert Siohan, French conductor and composer, dies at 91
• 1985 Wayne King, American saxophonist and bandleader, known as the Waltz King (“The Waltz You Saved for Me”), dies at 84
• 1986 Jerrold R. Zacharias, American physicist who designed the first atomic clock, dies at 81
• 1989 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1955-89), dies of a heart attack at 81
• 1990 Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (International Baccalaureate Organisation), dies at 62
• 1990 Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and theater organist, dies from an intentional medication overdose at 82
• 1991 Dwight Weist, Radio actor and film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81
• 1991 Frank Rizzo, American politician (Mayor-D-Philadelphia, 1972-80), dies of a heart attack at 70
• 1991 Meindert DeJong Dutch-born American children’s author (Shadrach), dies at 85
• 1991 Robert Motherwell, American painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
• 1992 Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 51
• 1992 Patrick Meaney, British businessman and CEO (Rank Organization), dies at 67
• 1994 Julian Schwinger, American physicist (1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for quantum electrodynamics), dies at 76
• 1994 M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78
• 1994 Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91
• 1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian-French-American conductor (Dutch Opera, 1950-54; Strasbourg Philharmonic, 1955–65), and Orchestre Philharmonique de l’ORTF, 1965–70), dies of cancer at 83
• 1995 Eleanore “May” Sarton, Belgian-American writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83

• 1995 Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65
• 1995 Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
• 1995 Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83
• 1995 Stephen Spender, English poet and critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness), dies at 86
• 1995 Travis Kemp, British ballet dancer and teacher, dies at 91
• 1996 Adolf von Thadden, German politician and possible MI6 agent dies at 75
• 1996 John Panozzo, American rock drummer (Styx), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 47
• 1997 Dora Maar [Markovitch], French photographer, painter, poet, model, and lover of Pablo Picasso, dies at 89
• 1998 John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915)
• 1999 Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1966)
• 1999 Frank van Klingeren, Dutch architect (De Meerpaal, Dronten; Agora, Lelystad; ‘t Karregat, Eindhoven), dies at 79
• 1999 Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (b. 1979)

• 2001 Maurice De Bevere, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
• 2001 Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
• 2002 John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
• 2003 Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist (The Stone Diaries) and short story writer, dies at 68
• 2003 Celia Cruz, Cuban-American Grammy Award-winning guaracha, salsa, and bolero singer (La Sonora Matancera, 1950-65), known as ‘the Queen of Salsa’, dies of cancer at 77
• 2004 Bella Lewitsky, American modern dance choreographer, dies at 88
• 2004 George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
• 2005 Blue Barron [Harry Freidman], American “sweet music” orchestra leader (“Cruising Down The River”), dies at 91
• 2005 Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish baritone pop and schlager singer (“Bonjour les amies” / “Hello Friends”), lyricist, translator (“I Want to Hold Your Hand” / “Komm, gib mir deine Hand”‘; She Loves You” / “Sie liebt dich”), and broadcaster, dies at 84
• 2005 Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor, part of Forma 1, dies at 84
• 2005 Prince Gu of Korea (b. 1931)
• 2006 Artie Malvin, American vocalist (Glenn Miller; Jimmy Dorsey), arranger and music director (Julie LaRosa; Pat Boone; Carol Burnett), dies at 83
• 2006 Bob Orton, Sr., American professional wrestler, dies after a series of heart attacks at 80
• 2006 Ossi Reichert, German alpine skier (Olympic gold women’s giant slalom 1956; silver slalom 1952), dies at 80
• 2007 Caterina Bueno, Italian traditional folk singer and music historian, dies at 64
• 2007 Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), dies at 88
• 2008 Jo Stafford, American pop singer (The Pied Pipers – “I’ll Never Smile Again”; Tommy Dorsey – “Let’s Just Pretend”; solo – “You Belong to Me”), dies of heart failure at 90
• 2010 James Gammon, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges), dies at 70
• 2011 Forrest Blue, American football center (First-team All-Pro 1971–73; Pro Bowl 1971–74; SF 49ers, Baltimore Colts), dies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at 65
• 2012 Bob Babbitt [Kreinar], Hungarian-American bassist (The Funk Brothers), dies of brain cancer at 74
• 2012 Jon Lord, English keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water”; Whitesnake), dies from a pulmonary embolism at 71
• 2012 Kitty Wells [Ellen Deason], American country singer (“It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”), dies from complications after a stroke at 92
• 2013 Alex Colville, Canadian conceptual painter, dies at 92
• 2013 Barun De, Indian historian, dies at 80
• 2013 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norwegian ski jumper who took the Olympic oath in 1952, dies at 85
• 2014 Johnny Winter, American Hall of Fame blues musician, dies at 70
• 2016 Alan Vega [Bermowitz] American punk rock vocalist (Suicide – “Ghost Rider”; “Dream Baby Dream”; Cubist Blues), and visual artist, dies at 78
• 2016 Bonnie Brown, American country music singer (The Browns – “I Take the Chance”, “The Three Bells”), dies of lung cancer at 77

• 2018 Manuel Ycaza, Panamanian jockey (Belmont Stakes 1964; Racing Hall of Fame), dies of pneumonia at 80
• 2019 Ernie Broglio, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1959-66 (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs), dies at 83
• 2019 John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975-2010), dies from complications of a stroke at 99
• 2019 Pat Bowlen, American Pro Football Hall of Fame team owner (Super Bowl 1998, 99, 2015 Denver Broncos), dies of complications of Alzheimer’s disease at 75
• 2020 Brigid Berlin, American actress (Andy Warhol films), dies at 80
• 2020 Jamie Oldaker, American session and touring drummer (Bob Seger; Leon Russell; Eric Clapton; Peter Frampton), dies at 68
• 2020 Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball second baseman (MLB All Star 1960²; Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers), dies from stroke complications at 84
• 2020 Vladimir Obukhov, Russian basketball coach (Soviet Union & Malta men’s national teams; MBC Dynamo Moscow), dies at 84
• 2021 Biz Markie [Marcel Hall], American rapper, DJ and record producer (“Just A Friend”), dies at 57 [1]
• 2021 Thomas Rajna, British-Hungarian pianist, and composer (Amarantha; Stop All The Clocks), dies at 92
• 2022 Hobie Billingsley, American ISHOF diving coach (Indiana University 1959-89; 6 x NCAA team championships; US Olympic team 1968, 72, 76), dies from myasthenia gravis at 95 [1]
• 2022 Michel David-Weill, French investment banker (Lazard Frère), dies at 89
• 2023 Jane Birkin, British-French pop singer (“Je t’aime… moi non plus”), actress (Dust; Death On The Nile), and fashion icon, dies at 76 [1]
• 2024 David Morrow, Australian Rugby League HOF broadcaster (ABC, 2GB), dies from cancer at 71
• 2024 Jacques d’Ancona, Dutch journalist, theatre critic, and TV personality (Sound-Mix Show), dies at 86
• 2024 Joe Bryant, American NBA and European League basketball player, 1975-92 (Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, Houston Rockets and 5 European teams), coach, and father of Kobe, dies after suffering a stroke at 69
• 2025 Barrie Robran, Australian Football HOF forward (AFL Legend Status; North Adelaide FC 201 games; Magarey Medal 1968, 70, 73), dies at 77

July 16 Highlights