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December 16 Deaths in History - December 16 Birthdays - December 16 Events
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December 16, 2003 Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40 December 16, 2003 Madlyn Rhue, actress, Star Trek, dies at 69 December 16, 2001 Roy Brocksmith, character actor, Picket Fences, dies at 56 December 16, 1997 Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45 December 16, 1997 Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52 December 16, 1996 Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85 December 16, 1996 Joe Coral, bookmaker, dies at 92 December 16, 1996 Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86 December 16, 1995 Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85 December 16, 1994 Mary Durack, poet, dies at 81 December 16, 1994 Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 December 16, 1993 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 December 16, 1993 Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75 December 16, 1993 Moses Gunn, actor (Roots), dies of asthma at 64 December 16, 1993 Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75 December 16, 1993 Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68 December 16, 1992 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 December 16, 1992 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies December 16, 1991 Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies December 16, 1989 Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies December 16, 1989 Lee Van Cleef, U.S. actor (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 64 December 16, 1989 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59 December 16, 1987 Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79 December 16, 1985 Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant December 16, 1983 Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74 December 16, 1982 Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54 December 16, 1980 Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90 December 16, 1978 Blanche Calloway, U.S. singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 December 16, 1976 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies December 16, 1974 Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies December 16, 1965 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 December 16, 1961 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61 December 16, 1961 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93 December 16, 1960 Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63 December 16, 1950 Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70 December 16, 1949 Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed December 16, 1945 Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri December 16, 1944 Glenn Miller, U.S. jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40 December 16, 1940 M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies December 16, 1940 William Wallace, composer, dies at 80 December 16, 1935 Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30 December 16, 1931 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82 December 16, 1927 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 December 16, 1923 Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50 December 16, 1922 Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, [Perelmann], Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67 December 16, 1922 Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st President of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated December 16, 1921 Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86 December 16, 1920 Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies December 16, 1916 Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered December 16, 1914 Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82 December 16, 1897 Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57 December 16, 1897 L-M Alphonse Daudet, Frans writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57 December 16, 1874 Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 December 16, 1871 Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 December 16, 1870 Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 December 16, 1861 Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 December 16, 1859 Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 December 16, 1858 Richard Bright, British Dr. (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 December 16, 1852 Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 December 16, 1852 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80 December 16, 1833 Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 December 16, 1821 Claire E J, countess the Remusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41 December 16, 1816 Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 December 16, 1790 Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 December 16, 1783 Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 December 16, 1781 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 December 16, 1774 Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 December 16, 1719 Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 December 16, 1673 Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 December 16, 1672 John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 December 16, 1670 Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies December 16, 1404 Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 December 16, 999 Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 December 16, 882 John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies December 16, 875 Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 December 16, 714 Pippin II, of Heristal, Duke/prince of France, dies |