Famous Deaths for 16th August 2024

1443 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
1958 – Paul Panzer, German-American silent film actor (The Perils of Pauline, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin), dies at 85
1969 – Russ Bender, American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man; Space Monster, It Conquered the World), dies at 59
1986 – Jaime Saenz, Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1921)
1995 – Robert “Bobby” Debarge, RandB Musician, dies of AIDS at 39
2003 – Andrew Pryce Jackman, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger and composer, dies of a heart attack at 67
2003 – Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (1971-79) who killed an estimated 100,000 to 500,000 people, dies of kidney failure aged between 75-80
2007 – Bahaedin Adab, Iranian MP (b. 1945)
2008 – Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipina composer (Filiasiana), concert pianist, and educator (Bayanihan Dance Company), dies of pneumonia 89
2019 – Jim Hardy, American NFL quarterback, 1946-52 (Los Angeles Rams; Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions; Pro Bowl 1950), dies at 96

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