Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 16

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

1985  Death of Robert Fitzgerald, U.S. poet and translator (b. 1910) on January - 16.   

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 January - 16.   

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

1989  Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1996  Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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

2001  On this day in history death of laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)   

2002  On this day in history death of robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)   

2003  On this day in history death of richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)   

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

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 January - 16.   

2009  Death of Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

2017  Death of Eugene Cernan, American astronaut on January - 16.   

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

2018  Death of Oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician on January - 16.   

2018  Death of Jo Jo White, American basketball player on this day in history.   

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

2020  Death of Efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer and manager on January - 16.   

2021  Death of Phil Spector, American record producer and convicted murderer (b. 1939) on January - 16.   

2023  Death of Kamal Aboki , 26, Nigerian comedian, traffic collision on January - 16.   

2023  On January - 16 death of carrie Acheson , 88, Irish politician, TD (1981–1982).   

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

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1245  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296) was born on January - 16.   

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on January - 16.   

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 this day in history.   

1587  On January - 16 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 this day in history birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)