Died on This Day: Dec-16

Died on This Day (Dec-16)

Person		Description	Age	Anniv
Dick Van Arsdale	American basketball player, coach, executive	American basketball player	81	1
Sheikh Nawaf	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is the emir of Kuwait and the commander of the Kuwait Military Forces.	Emir of Kuwait	86	2
Elia Alessandrini	Swiss footballer	Swiss footballer	25	3
Lucía Hiriart	Augusto Pinochet's widow	First Lady of Chile	98	4
Lorenzo Taliaferro	American football player	American football player	28	5
Mama Cax	American–Haitian model and disability rights activist	American-Haitian model	30	6
Keely Smith	American singer	American jazz and popular music singer	89	8
Peter Dickinson	Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories.	English author and poet	88	10
John David Duty	John David Duty was an American who was executed in Oklahoma for first-degree murder.	Convicted US murderer	58	15
Roy E. Disney	Roy Edward Disney KCSG was an American businessman.	Businessman	79	16
Manol Manolov	Manol Manolov was a Bulgarian football defender and manager.	Bulgarian footballer	83	17
John Spencer	John Spencer was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Leo McGarry on the NBC political drama series The West Wing and for his role as attorney Tommy Mullaney in L.	American actor	58	20
Blue Demon	Alejandro Muñoz Moreno , better known by the ring name Blue Demon , was a Mexican film actor and luchador enmascarado .	Mexican wrestler	78	25
Johnny Moss	Johnny Moss was a gambler and professional poker player.	American poker player	88	30
Douglas Campbell	Douglas Campbell was an American aviator and World War I flying ace.	American World War I flying ace	94	35
Paul Castellano	Constantino Paul Castellano , was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family.	Mafiosi	70	40
Colonel Sanders	Colonel Harland David Sanders was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken and later acting as the company's brand ambassador and symbol.	KFC Founder	90	45
W. Somerset Maugham	William Somerset Maugham CH was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.	British playwright, novelist, short story writer	91	60
Charles Bennett	Charles Bennett was a British athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the first British track and field athlete to become Olympic champion.	Athletics competitor	79	75
Charles, Count of Valois	French prince	Count of Valois	55	700

Anniversary Date: Dec-16

Died on This Day (Dec-16)