December 16th
176 Notable deaths
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]
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 [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).
Nina Hamnett
Welsh painter (1890–1956).
Born February 14th, 1890 in Tenby.
Died December 16th, 1956 at 66 years old in London (falling from height).
Karl-Heinz Kurras
German police officer (1927–2014).
Born December 1st, 1927 in Barciany.
Died December 16th, 2014 at 87 years old in Spandau.
Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer.
Born February 9th, 1902 in Baltimore, Rochester.
Died December 16th, 1978 at 76 years old in Baltimore (breast cancer).
Stefan Heym
German writer (1913-2001).
Born April 10th, 1913 in Chemnitz.
Died December 16th, 2001 at 88 years old in Ein Bokek (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 176
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci