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Deaths on December 16

xxxx : Adheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68
xxxx : Adof Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75
xxxx : John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies
xxxx : Piin II, of H‚ristal, Duke/prince of France, dies
1404 : Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74
1670 : Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies
1672 : John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1673 : Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68
1719 : Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78
1774 : Fran‡ois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80
1781 : Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56
1783 : Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
1790 : Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38
1816 : Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73
1821 : Claire E J, countess the R‚musat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41
1833 : Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55
1852 : Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59
1852 : Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80
1858 : Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69
1859 : Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73
1861 : Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71
1870 : Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31
1871 : Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73
1874 : Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79
1897 : Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57
1897 : L-M Alphonse Daudet, Frans writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57
1914 : Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82
1916 : Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered
1920 : Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies
1921 : Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86
1922 : Eli‰zer Ben-Jehuda, [Perelmann], Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67
1922 : Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st pres of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated
1923 : Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50
1927 : Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88
1931 : Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82
1935 : Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
1940 : M EugŠne F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies
1940 : William Wallace, composer, dies at 80
1944 : Glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
1945 : Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri
1949 : Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
1950 : Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70
1960 : Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63
1961 : Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61
1961 : Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93
1965 : William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
1973 : Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies
1974 : Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies
1976 : George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
1978 : Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76
1980 : Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90
1982 : Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54
1983 : Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
1985 : Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
1985 : Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies
1985 : Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant
1987 : Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79
1988 : H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies
1989 : Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies
1989 : Lee Van Cleef, US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 64
1989 : Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59
1991 : Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies
1992 : Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80
1992 : Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
1993 : Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46
1993 : Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75
1993 : Moses Gunn, actor (Roots), dies of asthma at 64
1993 : Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75
1993 : Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68
1994 : Mary Durack, poet, dies at 81
1994 : Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60
1995 : Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85
1996 : Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85
1996 : Joe Coral, bookmaker, dies at 92
1996 : Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86
1997 : Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45
1997 : Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52

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