Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

1982  Death of Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905) on this day in history.   

1985  On January - 16 death of robert Fitzgerald, U.S. poet and translator (b. 1910)   

1986  Death of Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892) on this day in history.   

1987  Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79 on this day in history.   

1988  Death of Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899) on January - 16.   

1989  On this day in history pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82   

1992  Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95 on January - 16.   

1993  Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1994  Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1995  William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83 on January - 16.   

1996  Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75 on January - 16.   

1997  On January - 16 charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76   

1998  David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 on January - 16.   

1999  Death of Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915) on January - 16.   

2000  On this day in history death of will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)   

2001  Death of Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939) on this day in history.   

2002  Death of Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916) on this day in history.   

2003  Death of Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

2004  On January - 16 death of kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)   

2005  On January - 16 death of marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)   

2006  On January - 16 death of stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (b. 1923)   

2007  Death of Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935) on this day in history.   

2009  Death of Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930) on January - 16.   

2017  Death of Eugene Cernan, American astronaut on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history death of bradford Dillman, American actor   

2018  On this day in history death of oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician   

2018  On this day in history death of jo Jo White, American basketball player   

2018  Death of Liu Zhonghua, Chinese navy admiral on January - 16.   

2020  Death of Efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer and manager on this day in history.   

2021  Death of Phil Spector, American record producer and convicted murderer (b. 1939) on this day in history.   

2023  Death of Kamal Aboki , 26, Nigerian comedian, traffic collision on this day in history.   

2023  Death of Carrie Acheson , 88, Irish politician, TD (1981–1982) on this day in history.   

2023  On January - 16 death of lateef Afridi , 79, Pakistani lawyer and politician, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (2020–2021) and MNA (1997–1999), shot.   

2023  Death of John Bicourt , 77, British Olympic middle-distance runner ( 1972 , 1976 ) on this day in history.   

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1245  On this day in history birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

1409  On January - 16 birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1501  On this day in history birth of anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)   

1587  On January - 16 birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter   

1616  On this day in history birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.