Famous Deaths In January - 16

1982  On January - 16 death of red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)  

1985  On this day in history 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  On this day in history earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79  

1988  Death of Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899) on this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75  

1997  Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1998  David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1999  On January - 16 death of jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)  

2000  On January - 16 death of will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)  

2001  On January - 16 death of laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

2018  Death of Bradford Dillman, American actor on January - 16.  

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

2018  Death of Jo Jo White, American basketball player on January - 16.  

2018  Death of Liu Zhonghua, Chinese navy admiral on this day in history.  

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)  

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

2023  On January - 16 death of john Bicourt , 77, British Olympic middle-distance runner ( 1972 , 1976 ).  

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1245  On January - 16 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  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on January - 16.  

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

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.