Died on This Day (16-Dec)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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Mama Cax | Cacsmy Brutus , known as Mama Cax, was an American-Haitian model and disabled rights activist. | American-Haitian model | 30 | 1 | |
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 | 5 | |
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Elwood V. Jensen | Elwood Vernon Jensen was the Distinguished University Professor, George and Elizabeth Wile Chair in Cancer Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. | American biologist | 92 | 8 |
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John David Duty | John David Duty was an American who was executed in Oklahoma for first-degree murder. | Convicted US murderer | 58 | 10 |
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Hans-Rudolf Rösing | Hans-Rudolf Rösing was a German U-boat commander in World War II and later served in the Bundesmarine of the Federal Republic of Germany. | German World War II U-boat commander | 99 | 16 |
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Stuart Adamson | William Stuart Adamson was a Scottish guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, who rose to fame with Big Country. | Guitarist, songwriter, vocalist | 43 | 19 |
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Johnny Moss | Johnny Moss was a gambler and professional poker player. | American poker player | 88 | 25 |
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Paul Castellano | Constantino Paul Castellano , also known as "The Howard Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Paulie" , was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family. | Mafiosi | 70 | 35 |
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W. Somerset Maugham | William Somerset Maugham ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer. | British playwright, novelist, short story writer | 91 | 55 |
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Dick Bayless | Harry Owen "Dick" Bayless was a professional baseball player. | American baseball player | 37 | 100 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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Keely Smith | Dorothy Jacqueline Keely , better known as Keely Smith, was an iconic American jazz and popular music singer, who performed and recorded extensively in the 1950s with then-husband Louis Prima, and throughout the 1960s as a solo artist. | American jazz and popular music singer | 89 | 3 | |
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Ray Price | Noble Ray Price was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. | Country Music Artist | 87 | 7 |
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Bob Brookmeyer | Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer. | American musician | 81 | 9 |
John Spencer | John Spencer was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Leo McGarry on the NBC political drama series The West Wing. | Actor | 58 | 15 | |
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Madlyn Rhue | Madlyn Soloman Rhue was an American film and television actress. | American actor | 68 | 17 |
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Blue Demon | Alejandro Muñoz Moreno , better known by the ring name Blue Demon , was a Mexican film actor and luchador enmascarado . | Mexican professional wrestler | 78 | 20 |
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Douglas Campbell | Douglas Campbell was an American aviator and World War I flying ace. | American World War I flying ace | 94 | 30 |
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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 | 40 |
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Fumimaro Konoe | Prince Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese politician and prime minister. | Japanese politician | 54 | 75 |
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Byron Kilbourn | Byron Kilbourn was an American surveyor, railroad executive, and politician who was an important figure in the founding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | American politician | 69 | 150 |