February 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 549 – Zhu Yi, high official of the Liang Dynasty (b. 483)
• 1247 – Heinrich Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)
• 1279 – King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
• 1391 – John V Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1332)
• 1531 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
• 1560 – Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat
• 1645 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, (b. 1585)
• 1710 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632)
• 1721 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686)
• 1754 – Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
• 1820 – Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (b. 1758)
• 1844 – Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)
• 1898 – Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843)
• 1899 – Félix Faure, President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 – Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 – St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)
• 1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
• 1919 – Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893)
• 1928 – Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 – Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841)
• 1932 – Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1944 – Henri Nathansen, Danish writer and stage director (b. 1868)
• 1944 – Dadasaheb phalke.Indian filmmaker(b.1870)
• 1957 – Josef Hofmann, Polish-American virtuoso pianist (b. 1876)
• 1961 – Dazzy Vance, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (b. 1891)
• 1967 – Smiley Burnette, American actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1967 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born actor (b. 1887)
• 1974 – John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Norman Treigle, American bass-baritone (b. 1927)
• 1977 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897)
• 1978 – E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Nematollah Nassiri, executed Iran general/head of SAVAK (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895)
• 1984 – M.A.G. Osmani, Supreme Commander of Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War (b. 1918)
• 1988 – Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Keith Haring, American artist (b. 1958)
• 1991 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan Contra leader (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Angela Carter, English writer (b. 1940)
• 1992 – Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (b. 1917)
• 1992 – Herman Wold, Swedish statistician (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
• 1996 – Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Governor of California (b. 1905)
• 1996 – Brownie McGhee, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
• 1997 – Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Michael Larson, Press Your Luck Big-winning contestant (b. 1949)
• 2000 – Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911)
• 2001 – Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916)
• 2001 – William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Walter Winterbottom, England football manager (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Rusty Magee, American composer (b. 1955)
• 2004 – Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975)
• 2005 – Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk
• 2006 – Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
• 2006 – Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Korean Cardinal, Protopriest of the Holy Roman Church (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer player and actor. (b. 1956)
• 2011 – Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Gary Carter, American baseball player (b. 1954)