May 16 Deaths

Sammy Davis Jr. (1925 - 1990)

American actor, singer and dancer

Jim Henson (1936 - 1990)

American puppeteer, director and producer

Andy Kaufman (1949 - 1984)

American comedian and actor

Ronnie James Dio (1942 - 2010)

American heavy metal singer and songwriter

Eliot Ness (1903 - 1957)

American lawman

Django Reinhardt (1910 - 1953)

Belgian guitarist and composer

Chalino Sánchez (1960 - 1992)

Mexican singer

Ashley Massaro (1979 - 2019)

American wrestler and manager

A. Philip Randolph (1889 - 1979)

American activist

Bob Hawke (1929 - 2019)

Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia

Charles Perrault (1628 - 1703)

French author

Joseph Fourier (1768 - 1830)

French mathematician

Mehmed VI (1861 - 1926)

Ottoman sultan

James Agee (1909 - 1955)

Novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter, film critic

Chuck Brown (1936 - 2012)

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Margaret Hamilton (1902 - 1985)

American actress

Joseph Campanella (1924 - 2018)

American actor

Tomas Rivera (1935 - 1984)

writer, poet, educator

Hank Jones (1918 - 2010)

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George Ade (1866 - 1944)

Writer, newspaper columnist, playwright

Andrew Goodpaster (1915 - 2005)

United States Army general

Lola Flores (1923 - 1995)

Spanish singer and actress

James Ewing (1866 - 1943)

American pathologist

John Vanderbilt (1819 - 1877)

American politician

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