Died on This Day (16-May)
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Bob Hawke | Robert James Lee Hawke, was an Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Labor Party from 1983 to 1991. | Prime Minister of Australia | 89 | 1 |
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David Rendel | David Digby Rendel was a British politician for the Liberal Democrats. | British politician | 67 | 4 |
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Dick Trickle | Richard Leroy Tremble , mostly referred to as "Dick", was an American race car driver. | American stock car racing driver | 71 | 7 |
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M-Bone | Cali Swag District was an American hip hop group from Inglewood, California, founded by former Death Row Records artist Big Wy and Dairold Potts. | Rapper | 22 | 9 |
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Andrew Goodpaster | Andrew Jackson Goodpaster was an American Army General. | United States Army general | 90 | 15 |
| Jim Dewar | British musician | British musician | 59 | 18 | |
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Franz Staudegger | The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II. | SS Officer | 74 | 25 |
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Margaret Hamilton | Margaret Brainard Hamilton was an American film actress best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West, and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch, in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's film The Wizard of Oz . | American film actress | 82 | 35 |
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Clifford R. Hope | Clifford Ragsdale Hope was a U.S. Representative from Kansas, and a member of the Republican Party. | American politician | 76 | 50 |
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Levi P. Morton | Levi Parsons Morton was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. | American politician | 96 | 100 |
| Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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Joseph Campanella | Joseph Anthony Campanella was an American character actor. | American character actor | 93 | 2 |
| Adrian Robinson | Adrian Lynn Robinson, Jr. was an American football linebacker. | American football linebacker | 25 | 5 | |
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Ernie Chan | Ernesto Chan , born and sometimes credited as Ernie Chua, was a Chinese-American comics artist, known for work published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including many Marvel issues of series featuring Conan the Barbarian. | Chinese-American comics artist | 71 | 8 |
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Ronnie James Dio | Ronald James Padavona , known professionally as Ronnie James Porco Dio, was an American heavy metal singer-songwriter and composer. | Rock singer | 67 | 10 |
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Marika Rökk | Marika Rökk was an Egyptian-born singer, dancer and actress of Hungarian descent, who became famous in German films, notably in the Nazi era. | Actress, singer, dancer | 90 | 16 |
| Andrzej Szczypiorski | Andrzej Szczypiorski ; 3 February 1928 – 16 May 2000) was a Polish novelist and politician. | Polish writer | 76 | 20 | |
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Sammy Davis Jr. | Samuel George Davis Jr. was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States. | American entertainer | 64 | 30 |
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Marin Preda | Marin Preda was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of Cartea Românească publishing house. | Romanian writer | 57 | 40 |
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G. Campbell Morgan | Reverend Doctor George Campbell Morgan D.D. was a British evangelist, preacher, a leading Bible teacher, and a prolific author. | British evangelist | 81 | 75 |
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John J. Almy | John Jay Almy was a U.S. Navy Rear-Admiral, who held the record for the longest period of seagoing service . | U.S. Naval officer | 80 | 125 |