December 16th
183 Notable deaths
Giorgi Mazniashvili
Georgian general (1872–1937).
Born April 6th, 1872 in Kaspi Municipality.
Died December 16th, 1937 at 65 years old in Tbilisi.
Ivan Susloparov
Soviet major general (1897–1974).
Born October 19th, 1897 in Vyatka Uyezd.
Died December 16th, 1974 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Hayao Tada
Japanese general (1882-1948).
Born February 24th, 1882 in Sendai.
Died December 16th, 1948 at 66 years old in Tateyama (stomach cancer).
Flavio Cotti
Member of the swiss federal council from 1987 to 1999 (1939-2020).
Born October 18th, 1939 in Muralto.
Died December 16th, 2020 at 81 years old in Locarno (COVID-19). [ref]
Faina Melnyk
Soviet discus thrower.
Born July 9th, 1945 in Bakota, Ukraine.
Died December 16th, 2016 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Hans Kornberg
British biochemist (1928-2019).
Born January 14th, 1928 in Herford.
Died December 16th, 2019 at 91 years old in Boston, Falmouth. [ref]
Gustaf Aulén
Swedish bishop and lutheran theologian (1879-1977).
Born May 15th, 1879 in Ljungby. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1977 at 98 years old in Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling.
Vladimir Turchinsky
Russian bodybuilder (1963–2009).
Born September 28th, 1963 in Moscow.
Died December 16th, 2009 at 46 years old in Pashukovo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sharon Laws
British racing cyclist.
Born July 7th, 1974 in Nairobi.
Died December 16th, 2017 at 43 years old (cervical cancer). [ref]
Selim Palmgren
Finnish composer and pianist (1878–1951).
Born February 16th, 1878 in Pori.
Died December 16th, 1951 at 73 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 183
For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer