Famous Deaths for 16th July 2025

1482 – John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies
1947 – Horatio Mbelle, South African interpreter, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria at 77
1979 – Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912)
1990 – Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and theater organist, dies from an intentional medication overdose at 82
1995 – Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83
1995 – Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
1997 – Dora Maar [Markovitch], French photographer, painter, poet, model, and lover of Pablo Picasso, dies at 89
2004 – George Busbee, Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
2022 – Michel David-Weill, French investment banker (Lazard Frère), dies at 89
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

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