Famous Deaths In January - 16

1982  Death of Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905) on January - 16.  

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 this day in history death of andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)  

1989  On January - 16 pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82  

1992  Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95 on this day in history.  

1993  On January - 16 florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87  

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

1995  On January - 16 william Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83  

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  Death of Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915) on this day in history.  

2000  Death of Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928) on January - 16.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

2006  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of eugene Cernan, American astronaut  

2018  On January - 16 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  On this day in history death of phil Spector, American record producer and convicted murderer (b. 1939)  

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1245  On January - 16 birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)  

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on this day in history.  

1477  Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547) was born on January - 16.  

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)  

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