December 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 705 – Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)
• 714 – Pippin of Herstal, Frankish noble
• 867 – Eberhard of Friuli
• 999 – Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)
• 1325 – Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
• 1378 – Otto III of Montferrat
• 1379 – John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, British noble and naval commander
• 1470 – John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
• 1515 – Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval commander (b. 1453)
• 1598 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)
• 1669 – Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. c. 1608)
• 1687 – William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 – Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
• 1765 – Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor (b. 1741/42)
• 1774 – François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694)
• 1783 – Johann A. Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
• 1783 – Sir William James, British naval commander (b. 1720)
• 1809 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
• 1859 – Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
• 1892 – Henry Yesler, American entrepreneur and politician (b. 1810)
• 1897 – Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and short story writer (b. 1840)
• 1898 – Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1914 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (b. 1832)
• 1916 – Ognjeslav Kostović Stepanović, Serbian inventor (b. 1851)
• 1921 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
• 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz, Polish politician (b. 1865)
• 1925 – Maurice Lecoq, French sports shooter (b. 1854)
• 1928 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
• 1930 – Herman Lamm, German-born American bank robber (b. 1890)
• 1935 – Thelma Todd, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866)
• 1944 – Betsie ten Boom, sister of Corrie ten Boom and Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
• 1945 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1866)
• 1945 – Fumimaro Konoye, Japanese politician (b. 1891)
• 1948 – Denham Fouts, American gigolo and socialite (b. 1914)
• 1949 – Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (b. 1873)
• 1952 – Robert Henry Best, South Carolina-born broadcaster of Nazi propaganda convicted of treason in 1948 (b. 1896)
• 1956 – Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (b. 1890)
• 1963 – Nam Phương, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1914)
• 1965 – W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (b. 1874)
• 1968 – Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
• 1968 – General Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian military commander and statesman (b.1916)
• 1976 – Réal Caouette, French-Canadian politician (b. 1917)
• 1977 – Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
• 1980 – Colonel Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
• 1980 – Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer (b. 1928)
• 1983 – Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
• 1985 – Thomas Bilotti, American organized crime figure (b. 1940)
• 1985 – Paul Castellano, American organized crime figure (b. 1915)
• 1988 – Sylvester James, American singer (b. 1948)
• 1989 – Óscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
• 1989 – Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1989 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1990 – Douglas Campbell, American aviator (b. 1896)
• 1991 – Tamási Eszter, Hungarian TV announcer and actress (b. 1938)
• 1993 – Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1993 – Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese politician (b. 1918)
• 1993 – Charizma, American Hip-Hop MC (b. 1973)
• 1995 – Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907)
• 1995 – Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (b. 1939)
• 1996 – Quentin Bell, English art historian (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney (b. 1899)
• 1997 – Nicolette Larson, American singer (b. 1952)
• 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, Canadian politician (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)
• 2004 – Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist (b. 1946)
• 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 film industry executive (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician (b. 1956)
• 2009 – Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Dan Frazer, American actor (b. 1921)