December 16th
183 Notable deaths
Roop Singh
Field hockey player.
Born September 8th, 1910 in Jabalpur.
Died December 16th, 1977 at 67 years old in Gwalior.
Hennadiy Kernes
Ukrainian politician (1959-2020).
Born June 27th, 1959 in Kharkiv.
Died December 16th, 2020 at 61 years old in Charité (COVID-19). [ref]
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer (1929–2011).
Born December 19th, 1929 in Kansas City.
Died December 16th, 2011 at 81 years old in New London (heart failure). [ref]
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Japanese actor.
Born May 27th, 1947 in Izumi. [ref]
Died December 16th, 2023 at 76 years old (interstitial lung disease). [ref]
Peter Dickinson
English children's writer (1927–2015).
Born December 16th, 1927 in Livingstone.
Died December 16th, 2015 at 88 years old in Winchester. [ref]
Peter Collinson
British film director (1936–1980).
Born April 1st, 1936 in Lincolnshire.
Died December 16th, 1980 at 44 years old in Los Angeles (cancer, lung cancer).
Soe Hok Gie
Indonesian activist (1942–1969).
Born December 17th, 1942 in Jakarta.
Died December 16th, 1969 at 26 years old in Semeru.
Eugène Dubois
Dutch paleoanthropologist (1858-1940).
Born January 28th, 1858 in Eijsden.
Died December 16th, 1940 at 82 years old in Haelen (disease).
Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Prince of waldeck and pyrmont.
Born March 9th, 1936 in Bad Arolsen.
Died December 16th, 2024 at 88 years old in Bad Arolsen. [ref]
Grigori Aleksandrov
Soviet film director (1903-1983).
Born January 23rd, 1903 in Yekaterinburg.
Died December 16th, 1984 at 81 years old in Moscow (urinary tract infection).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 183
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius