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  On January - 16 death of herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)   

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

1988  On January - 16 death of andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)   

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

1992  On this day in history roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95   

1993  Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87 on January - 16.   

1994  On this day in history harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52   

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

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

1997  Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76 on January - 16.   

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

1999  On this day in history death of jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)   

2000  Death of Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928) on this day in history.   

2001  Death of Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939) on January - 16.   

2002  Death of Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916) on January - 16.   

2003  Death of Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918) on January - 16.   

2004  Death of Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

2005  Death of Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958) on January - 16.   

2006  Death of Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (b. 1923) on this day in history.   

2007  On January - 16 death of ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)   

2009  On January - 16 death of joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)   

2017  On January - 16 death of eugene Cernan, American astronaut   

2018  Death of Bradford Dillman, American actor on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer and manager   

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

2023  On this day in history death of kamal Aboki , 26, Nigerian comedian, traffic collision.   

2023  Death of Carrie Acheson , 88, Irish politician, TD (1981–1982) on January - 16.   

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

2023  On this day in history death of john Bicourt , 77, British Olympic middle-distance runner ( 1972 , 1976 ).   

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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  On January - 16 birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on January - 16.   

1587  On this day in history birth of alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter   

1616  On January - 16 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  On January - 16 birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)