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September 15 2016

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Barrett Deems🇺🇸
deceased
American musician (1914–1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,879
Charles Winslow🇿🇦
deceased
South African tennis player (1888–1963) · 1888–1963
Days lived
27,437
Danilo Kotsevski
deceased
Macedonian literary critic, novelist, playwright and poet · 1947–2020
Days lived
26,809
David Hurst🇩🇪
deceased
German actor (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
34,098
Eduard Strauch🇩🇪
deceased
German SS, Security Police and Security Service commander and convicted war criminal · 1906–1955
Days lived
17,926
Erich Mendelsohn🇺🇸
deceased
Jewish-German architect (1887–1953) · 1887–1953
Days lived
24,284
Fritz Pleitgen🇩🇪
deceased
German journalist and author (1938-2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,859
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden🇸🇪
deceased
King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973
Days lived
33,180
Harry Dean Stanton🇺🇸
deceased
American actor (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,301
Héctor Castro🇺🇾
deceased
football player · 1904–1960
Days lived
20,379
Hubert Petschnigg🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian architect (1913-1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,635
Jan Krenz🇵🇱
deceased
Polish conductor and composer (1926-2020) · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,397
K. H. Scheer🇩🇪
deceased
German writer (1928–1991) · 1928–1991
Days lived
23,098
Louise Giblin🇺🇸
deceased
American chemist (1895-1973) · 1895–1973
Days lived
28,389
Ludwik Lawiński🇵🇱
deceased
actor (1887-1971) · 1887–1971
Days lived
30,768
Momčilo Krajišnik🇧🇦
deceased
Bosnian Serb former politician (1945–2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,632
Phil Moorby🇬🇧
deceased
American computer scientist · 1953–2022
Days lived
25,345
Richard Pfeiffer🇩🇪
deceased
German physician and bacteriologist (1858–1945) · 1858–1945
Days lived
31,948
Richard Wright🇬🇧
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1943–2008
Days lived
23,791
Steve Brown🇺🇸
deceased
jazz musician best known for his work on string bass (1890-1965) · 1890–1965
Days lived
27,638
Vladimir Padrta🇨🇿
deceased
basketball player, Czechoslovakia (1952–2009) · 1952–2009
Days lived
20,797
Vyacheslav Multino🇷🇺
deceased
Soviet tennis player, multiple champion of Soviet Union (1899–1978) · 1899–1978
Days lived
28,980
Wolfgang Abendroth🇩🇪
deceased
scientist · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,991
Wolfgang Wahl🇩🇪
deceased
German actor and voice actor (1925–2006) · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,506

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