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May 16th Deaths - Yolanda King, Jim Henson and more
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The following is a list of notable world figures who died on May 16th.
| | 583 - Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484) |
| | 1691 - Jacob Leisler, American colonist (b. 1640) |
| | 1703 - Charles Perrault, French author (b. 1628) |
| | 1926 - Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (b. 1861) |
| | 1944 - George Ade, American author (b. 1866) |
| | 1947 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1861) |
| | 1957 - Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903) |
| | 1969 - Robert R., first confirmed death from AIDS in North America (b. 1954) |
| | 1984 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949) |
| | 1984 - Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913) |
| | 1990 - Sammy Davis, Jr., American entertainer (b. 1925) |
| | 1990 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer (b. 1936) |
| | 2002 - Big Dick Dudley, professional wrestler (b. 1968) |
| | 2003 - Mark McCormack, American businessman (b. 1930) |
| | 2006 - Dan Ross, American football player (b. 1957) |
| | 2007 - Yolanda King, eldest child of Dr. Martin Luther King |
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