Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened 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 January - 16.   

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  On January - 16 roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95   

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

1994  Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52 on January - 16.   

1995  William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1996  On January - 16 harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75   

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

1998  On January - 16 david "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67   

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

2000  On January - 16 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  On this day in history death of robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)   

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

2004  On this day in history death of kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)   

2005  On this day in history death of marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)   

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

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

2009  On this day in history death of joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)   

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

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

2018  On January - 16 death of oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician   

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

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

2023  On January - 16 death of kamal Aboki , 26, Nigerian comedian, traffic collision.   

2023  On this day in history 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  On January - 16 birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

1409  On this day in history 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  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on January - 16.   

1626  On January - 16 birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)   

1634  On this day in history birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)