Who Died Today | Famous Deaths On This Day 16 JANUARY

8 LEGENDS Who Died on January 16 – Twin Peaks’ David Lynch, Addams Family’s Lurch & Italian Bombshell Gina Lollobrigida! 🕯️


Who died today in history? On January 16 we lost the surreal genius who gave us Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, the 7-foot gentle giant who snapped “You rang?,” Laurence Olivier’s brilliant widow and Tony-winning stage queen, the screwball comedy goddess who lit up 1930s screens, the voluptuous Italian star who rivaled Sophia Loren, Trigger from Only Fools and Horses, the Partridge Family’s exasperated manager, and the blonde bombshell sidekick of 1950s-60s comedy.

📅 Date: January 16
🔹 David Lynch (1946–2026) – Master of the surreal; Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive—painted nightmares and dreams like no one else.
🔹 Ted Cassidy (1932–1979) – Lurch on The Addams Family; 6'9" gentle giant whose “You rang?” became TV immortality, also voiced Hulk.
🔹 Joan Plowright (1929–2025) – Dame Joan; Tony-winning stage queen, Laurence Olivier’s widow, radiant in Enchanted April & Tea with Mussolini.
🔹 Gina Lollobrigida (1927–2023) – Italian goddess; Bread, Love and Dreams, rival to Sophia Loren, sculptor & photojournalist in later life.
🔹 Carole Lombard (1908–1942) – Screwball queen of My Man Godfrey & Twentieth Century; wit and beauty cut short in plane crash at 33.
🔹 Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944–2014) – Trigger in Only Fools and Horses; “Alright, Dave?” British comedy treasure, also Barty Crouch Sr. in Harry Potter.
🔹 Dave Madden (1931–2014) – Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family; exasperated manager who grounded the bus.
🔹 Joyce Jameson (1932–1987) – Blonde bombshell sidekick in The Apartment, Death Race 2000, and countless 60s comedies.
💥 From red rooms to Addams mansions, Italian villas to Partridge buses—these 8 brought surreal dreams, gothic charm, screwball fire & unforgettable British wit.


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