Famous Deaths on 16th December

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705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)
714 - Pepin/Pippin II, of Herstal/Héristal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Duke and Prince of the Franks, dies
867 - Eberhard of Friuli
875 - Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75
882 - John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies
999 - Saint Adelaide, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Otto I and regent to Otto II, dies at about 68
1325 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
1378 - Otto III of Montferrat
1379 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England
1404 - Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74
1470 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
1598 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean Naval Commander, shot at the naval Battle of Noryang. (b. 1545)
1669 - Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)
1670 - Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies
1672 - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1673 - Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68
1687 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
1719 - Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78
1751 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
1765 - Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor
1774 - Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80
1781 - Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56
1783 - Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
1783 - Sir William James, British naval commander (b. 1720)
1790 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38
1809 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
1816 - Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73
1833 - Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55
1852 - Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59
1852 - Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80
1858 - Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73
1861 - Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71
1870 - Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31
1871 - Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73
1874 - Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79
1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57
1898 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1914 - Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82
1920 - Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies
1921 - Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86
1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st pres of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated
1923 - Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50
1927 - Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88
1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
1931 - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82
1935 - Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
1940 - M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies
1940 - William Wallace, composer, dies at 80
1940 - Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1944 - Glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orchestra leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
1944 - Don Meyer Basketball coach Northern State, Lipscomb, and Hamline
1945 - Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri
1949 - Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
1950 - Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70
1956 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (b. 1890)
1960 - Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63
1961 - Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61
1961 - Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93
1965 - William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
1973 - Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies
1974 - Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies
1976 - George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
1976 - Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada) (b. 1917)
1977 - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
1978 - Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76
Kentucky Fried Chicken Founder Colonel Sanders (1980) 1980 - Harland Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90
1980 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
1982 - Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54
1982 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
1983 - Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
1984 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
1985 - Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
1985 - Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies
1985 - Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant
1985 - Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
1987 - Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79
1988 - H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies
1988 - Sylvester, American singer (b. 1948)
1989 - Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies
1989 - Lee Van Cleef, US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 64
1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59
1989 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
1990 - Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896)
1991 - Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies
1992 - Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80
1992 - Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
1993 - Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46
1993 - Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75
1993 - Moses Gunn, actor (Roots), dies of asthma at 64
1993 - Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75
1993 - Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68
1993 - Charizma, American Hip-Hop MC (b. 1973)
1994 - Mary Durack, author dies at 81
1994 - Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60
1995 - Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85
1995 - Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907)
1996 - Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85
1996 - Joe Coral, bookmaker, dies at 92
1996 - Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86
1997 - Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45
1997 - Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52
1998 - William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
2001 - Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (b. 1958)
2001 - Stefan Heym, German author (b. 1913)
2003 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
2003 - Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)
2004 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
2005 - Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (b. 1937)
2005 - John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
2006 - Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940)
2006 - Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
2006 - Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
2007 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (b. 1951)
2009 - Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
2009 - Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, controversial South African Health Minister (b. 1940)
2009 - Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician (b. 1956)
2010 - Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)