Hisdates•ComPage 3: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 16
Saturday, 22 March 2025
1979 Death of John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) on this day in history. 
1983 Death of Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902) on this day in history.
1984 Gyorgy Kosa, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1986 John Hurley, song writer (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45 on August - 16.
1988 Milton Adolphus, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1989 Amanda Blake, actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 58 on August - 16.
1990 Death of Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925) on August - 16.
1991 Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43 on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack
1993 Irene Sharaff, US costume designer (Cleopatra, Can-can), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74
1995 On August - 16 john Cameron Swayze, news anchor (NBC), dies at 89
1996 On August - 16 eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31
1997 Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1999 On August - 16 death of pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914)
2002 Death of Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914) on this day in history.
2003 On August - 16 death of idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1928)
2004 On August - 16 death of ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1950)
2005 On August - 16 death of joe Ranft, American animator (b. 1960)
2006 Death of Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944) on this day in history.
2007 On this day in history death of max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
2008 Death of Ronnie Drew, Ex-Singer of The Dubliners & Solo Artist (b. 1934) on this day in history.
2018 Death of Aretha Franklin, American singer and songwriter on August - 16.
2018 Death of Kim Yong-chun, North Korean military officer and politician on this day in history.
2018 On August - 16 death of yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
2018 On August - 16 death of atal Bihari Vajpayee, 10th Prime Minister of India
2019 Death of Princess Christina of the Netherlands on August - 16.
2019 Death of Peter Fonda, American actor on this day in history.
2019 Death of Felice Gimondi, Italian racing cyclist on this day in history.
2019 Death of José Nápoles, Cuban-born Mexican boxer on this day in history.
2019 On August - 16 death of richard Williams, Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and writer
2021 Death of Volodymyr Holubnychy, Soviet and Ukrainian race walker and Olympic champion (b. 1936) on August - 16.
2023 Death of Pierre Alféri , 60, French novelist, poet, and essayist on this day in history.
2023 On this day in history death of v. S. R. Arunachalam , 87, Indian engineer, founder of CSTEP .
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