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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for December 16

Last Updated 08-16-2025

🎨✍Quentin Blake -- is 93 in the year 2025 and 94 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1932
Cartoonist, Illustrator, Children's Author, English

John Jacob -- is 91 in the year 2025 and 92 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1934
Social Reformer
Misc: National Urban League head

Morris Dees -- is 89 in the year 2025 and 90 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1936
Attorney

🎭Joyce Bulifant -- is 88 in the year 2025 and 89 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1937 N.S.
Cartoon Voice Actress, Actress, Comedienne, Director, Panelist
Names/Places: James MacArthur's then William Asher's wife
TV Shows: Sport Billy, Bill Cosby Show (as Mrs. Marsha Peterson), Mary Tyler Moore (as Marie Slaughter), Flo (as Miriam), Match Game (panelist)
Movie Titles: Airplane!, The Happiest Millionaire

🎨Edward Joseph Ruscha -- is 88 in the year 2025 and 89 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1937 N.S.
Artist
Misc: the pop art movement

🎭Liv Ullmann -- is 87 in the year 2025 and 88 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1938
Movie Actress, Director, Japanese, Norweigan
Names/Places: b. in Tokyo; MN:Johanne
Movie Titles: Persona, Autumn Sonata, Shame, Cries and Whispers

🏆🏈Don Morrison -- is 86 in the year 2025 and 87 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1939
NFL Player, Football Offensive Tackle

🏆🏒Wayne Connelly -- is 86 in the year 2025 and 87 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1939
NHL Right Wing, Canadian

🎵George Galfo -- is 85 in the year 2025 and 86 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1940
Tenor
Group Names: Mystics

📰Lesley Stahl -- is 84 in the year 2025 and 85 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1941
Newscaster, Correspondent, Journalist
TV Shows: CBS News, 60 Minutes

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Jim Gibbons -- is 81 in the year 2025 and 82 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1944
Governor

🎵Tony Hicks -- is 80 in the year 2025 and 81 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1945
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Singer, Guitarist, English
Names/Places: aka Anthony
Group Names: The Hollies

🎭Terence Knox -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1946
Actor
TV Shows: St. Elsewhere (as Dr. Peter White), Tour of Duty (as Sgt. Zeke Anderson)
Movie Titles: Tripwire

🎵Benny Andersson -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1946
Hall of Famer, Keyboardist, Pianist, Synthesizer, Pop Singer, Swedish
Names/Places: b. in Stockholm; FN:Goran Bror
Group Names: ABBA

🎵Javier Barrenechea -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1946
Bassist
Group Names: Mocedades

🎵René McLean -- is 79 in the year 2025 and 80 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1946
Flutist, Saxophonist

🏆🏁🏃Vincent Matthews -- is 78 in the year 2025 and 79 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1947
Sprinter, Runner, Olympic Athlete
Misc: 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1972)

🎵🎸Billy Gibbons -- is 76 in the year 2025 and 77 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1949 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Rock and Roll Singer
Names/Places: b. in Houston, TX
Misc: some say b. Mar 4, 1948
Group Names: ZZ Top

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🏆🏈Jean Fugett -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1951
NFL Tight End

🎵🎷🎸Robben Ford -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1951 N.S.
Guitarist, Blues Musician, Jazz Musician, Rock Musician
Misc: associated with the acts John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Yellowjackets, Chick Corea, Gregg Allman Band, L.A. Express

🎵🎸Bill Bateman -- is 74 in the year 2025 and 75 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1951
Rock and Roll Musician
Group Names: The Blasters

🎵Jeff Prescott -- is 73 in the year 2025 and 74 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1952
Radio Disc Jock
Misc: KGB-FM, then 91X, then KFMB co-jock with Michael Berger in San Diego

🏆Joslyn Y. Hoyte-Smith -- is 71 in the year 2025 and 72 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1954 N.S.
Track and Field, Olympic Athlete, English
Misc: 4X400m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1980)

⚖💰Carol Browner -- is 70 in the year 2025 and 71 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1955
Lawyer, Businessperson, Environmentalist

🎭Xander Berkeley -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1958
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor
TV Shows: Nikita (as Percy Rose), The Mentalist (as Sheriff Thomas McAllister), 24 (as George Mason), Teen Titans (voice), The Walking Dead
Movie Titles: The Fabulous Baker Boys, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Candyman, Apollo 13, Gattaca, Taken, Safe, Kick-Ass, Air Force One, Shanghai Noon, If These Walls Could Talk, Five, Sid and Nancy

🎭Katie Leigh -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1958
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Totally Spies!, Poppy Cat, Space Racers, Muppet Babies, Dungeons and Dragons, Darkwing Duck
Movie Titles: Despicable Me

🏆🏈Bart Oates -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1958
NFL Center

🏆🏀Jeff Ruland -- is 67 in the year 2025 and 68 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1958
NBA Center

🎭Alison LaPlaca -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1959
Actress, Producer
TV Shows: Open House (as Linda Phillips), Duet (as Linda Phillips), Jackie Thomas Show (as Laura Miller), Tom (as Laura Graham), John Larroquette Show (as Catherine Merrick)
Movie Titles: Fletch, Madhouse

🎭🎵Larry Poindexter -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1959 N.S.
Actor, Country Music Singer

🎵🎸Steven Irvine -- is 66 in the year 2025 and 67 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1959
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: Lloyd Cole & the Commotions

🎭Christopher Fuller -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1961
Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 1995

🎭Gretchen Palmer -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1961
Actress
Movie Titles: When Harry Met Sally, Red Heat, Wishmaster, Trois

🎭Jon Tenney -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1961
Actor, Director
TV Shows: The Closer (as Special Agent Fritz Howard, also in Major Crimes), Crime & Punishment (as O'Donnell), Brooklyn South
Movie Titles: Green Lantern, Tombstone, Beverly Hills Cop III, Lassie, Nixon, The Phantom, Fools Rush In

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🎭Sam Robards -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1961
Actor, Producer
Names/Places: Lauren Bacall & Jason's son
Movie Titles: American Beauty, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Awake, Life is a House

🎭🏆Kelly Ann Tough -- is 64 in the year 2025 and 65 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1961
Actress, Model, Playmate, Canadian
Misc: October 1981

🏆🏈Jerry Gray -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1962
NFL Coach, NFL Cornerback, College Football Coach

🎭Melanie Smith -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1962
Actress
TV Shows: Melrose Place (as Celia Morales)

🏆🏈William Perry -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1962
NFL Defensive
Misc: Chicago Bears Refrigerator defensive tackle
Sports Teams: Chicago Bears

🏆🥊Vinny Paz -- is 63 in the year 2025 and 64 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1962 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Boxer

🏆🏈Tim Green -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1963
NFL Defensive

🎭Benjamin Bratt -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1963
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Law and Order (as Det. Reynaldo "Rey" Curtis)
Movie Titles: Despicable Me 2, Miss Congeniality, Doctor Strange, Pinero, Catwoman

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🎭James Mangold -- is 62 in the year 2025 and 63 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1963 N.S.
Filmmaker

🏆🏈Ernie Jones -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1964
NFL Wide Receiver

🎭🏆Gail Harris -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1964
Actress, Producer, Model, English
Movie Titles: Hard to Die, Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars

🎭Paul Vogt -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1964
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Hannah Montana, MAD TV
Movie Titles: The Princes Diaries 2, Valentine's Day

🏆🏁Heike Drechsler -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1964 N.S.
Sprinter, German
Misc: long jumper and sprinter; East German before reunification in 1991; set world long jump record (24-2 1/4) in 1988; won long jump gold medals at 1992 Olympics and 1983 and '93 World Championships; won silver medal in long jump and bronze medals in both 100-and 200-meter sprints at 1988 Olympics.

🏆⚾Billy Ripken -- is 61 in the year 2025 and 62 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1964
MLB Second Baseman

🏆Cynthia Lynne White -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1965
Beauty Pagent Winner
Misc: Miss Oklahoma-America (1991-top 10)

🏆🥊Romallis Ellis -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1965
Boxer, Olympic Athlete
Misc: lightweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1988)

🎭JB Smoove -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1965
Actor, Comedian, Producer
TV Shows: The Millers, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Movie Titles: The Sitter, Tio Five, Date Night, We Bought a Zoo

🏆⚾Chris (Baseball) Jones -- is 60 in the year 2025 and 61 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1965
MLB Outfielder

🎭Miranda Otto -- is 58 in the year 2025 and 59 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1967
Actress, Australian
TV Shows: 24: Legacy (as Rebecca Ingram)
Movie Titles: War of the Worlds, What Lies Beneath, Danny Deckchair, Lord of the Rings (series)

🎭Paul Scherrer -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1968
Actor

🏆🏈Darryll Lewis -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1968
NFL Cheerleader

🎵🎸Christopher Thorn -- is 57 in the year 2025 and 58 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1968
Alternative Rock Guitarist
Group Names: Blind Melon

🎭Florencia Lozano -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1969
Actress
Movie Titles: Perfect Stranger, Veronika Decides to Die

🏆🏈Charles Mincy -- is 56 in the year 2025 and 57 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1969
NFL Safety

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🎭Daniel Cosgrove -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1970
Actor
TV Shows: Beverly Hills 90210 (as Matt Durning)
Movie Titles: Van Wilder: Party Liaison

🎭Matthew Mahaney -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1970
Actor
Movie Titles: Eraser, Violent Blue, Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance

🎭🏆Rachel Shane -- is 55 in the year 2025 and 56 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1970
Actress, Model, Canadian

🎵Michael McCary -- is 54 in the year 2025 and 55 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1971
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Misc: AP and USA says b. 1971
Group Names: Boyz II Men

🎭Paul Leyden -- is 53 in the year 2025 and 54 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1972
Actor, Producer, Australian
TV Shows: LAX (as Tony)

🎭Sasha Sweet -- is 51 in the year 2025 and 52 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1974
XXX-rated Actress

🎭Jonathan Scarfe -- is 50 in the year 2025 and 51 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1975
Actor, Producer/Director, Canadian
Movie Titles: Van Helsing, Hell on Wheels, Ties That Bind, Into the West

🎭🏆Maria Luisa Gil -- is 48 in the year 2025 and 49 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1977
Actress, Model, Playmate, Cuban
Misc: June 1998

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🎭Aaron Roth -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1978
Entertainment Figure, Sound Effects Technician

🎭Jack Krizmanich -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1978
Actor
TV Shows: Wicked Wicked Games
Movie Titles: The Sitter, Shadowboxer

🎭Scott Bailey -- is 47 in the year 2025 and 48 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1978
Actor

🏆🥊Luke Harper -- is 46 in the year 2025 and 47 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1979 N.S.
Wrestler

🎭Krysten Ritter -- is 44 in the year 2025 and 45 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1981
Actress, Producer
TV Shows: The Defencers (as Jessica Jones), Jessica Jones (star), Veronica Mars, Breaking Bad, Gilmore Girls

🎭Danielle Saar -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1982
Actress

🎭Zoe Jarman -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1982
Actress, Comedienne
TV Shows: The Mindy Project (as Betsy Putch)
Movie Titles: He's Just Not That Into You, The Prototype

🎵Chris Scruggs -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1982
Country Music Singer
Group Names: BR549

🎵Frankie Ballard -- is 43 in the year 2025 and 44 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1982 N.S.
Country Music Singer

🎭Theo James -- is 41 in the year 2025 and 42 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1984 N.S.
Actor, English
TV Shows: Bedlam, Golden Boy
Movie Titles: Allegiant, Insurgent, Divergent, Underworld: Awakening, The Inbetweeners Movie

🎭Amanda Setton -- is 40 in the year 2025 and 41 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1985
Actress
TV Shows: Hawaii Five-0, Gossip Girl, The Mindy Project, The Crazy Ones (as Lauren Slotsky)
Movie Titles: What Happens in Vegas, Sex and the City

🏆Candice Crawford -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1986 N.S.
Beauty Pagent Winner

🏆⚾Alcides Escobar -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1986 N.S.
MLB Shortstop, Venezuelan
Misc: Gold Glove, ALCS MVP (2015); active as of 2015

🎵🎸Dave Rublin -- is 39 in the year 2025 and 40 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1986
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: American Authors

🎭Hallee Hirsh -- is 38 in the year 2025 and 39 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1987
Actress, Producer
TV Shows: JAG (as Mattie), Flight 29 Down, Dharma & Greg, ER (as Rachel Greene #2)
Movie Titles: You've Got Mail

Hannah Selleck -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1988
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: MN:Margaret Mack; Julie Mack & Tom's girl

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🎭🎮Anna Popplewell -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1988
Actress, Video Game Voice Actress, English
TV Shows: Reign (as Lola)
Movie Titles: The Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Video Games: The Chronicles of Narnia (series)

🏆⚽Mats Hummels -- is 37 in the year 2025 and 38 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1988 N.S.
Soccer Player, German

Oscar Seidelman-Brett -- is 36 in the year 2025 and 37 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1989
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Susan & Johnathan's son

Lola Fruchtmann -- is 35 in the year 2025 and 36 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1990
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Annie Lennox & Uri's girl

Zak Dall -- is 35 in the year 2025 and 36 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1990
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Michelle & Bobby's son

🎭Jyoti Amge -- is 32 in the year 2025 and 33 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1993 N.S.
Actress

🎭Stephan James -- is 32 in the year 2025 and 33 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1993 N.S.
Actor, Canadian
Movie Titles: Race, Selma, Home Again, When the Game Stands Tall

🎵Zara Larsson -- is 28 in the year 2025 and 29 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1997 N.S.
Pop Singer, Swedish

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Gabriel Bryan Dattilo -- is 26 in the year 2025 and 27 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1999
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Jessica and Bryan's son

George Francis Palermo -- is 26 in the year 2025 and 27 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1999
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Mary Kelly and George's son

🎭Jasmine Armfield -- is 26 in the year 2025 and 27 in the year 2026; b.12/16/1999 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: EastEnders

💻Alix Earle -- is 25 in the year 2025 and 26 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2000 N.S.
Internet Video Personality

Charles Ezekiel Mozes -- is 23 in the year 2025 and 24 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2002
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Cynthia Nixon and Danny's son

James Reynolds -- is 11 in the year 2025 and 12 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2014 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Blake Lively and Ryan's son

Jasmine Johnson -- is 10 in the year 2025 and 11 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Lauren Hashian and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's daughter

Noname Grant -- is 10 in the year 2025 and 11 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Anna Eberstein and Hugh Grant's daughter

Owen Lee Shook -- is 10 in the year 2025 and 11 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Shiri Appleby and Jon Shook's son

Lucy Iglesias -- is 8 in the year 2025 and 9 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2017 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Anna Kournikova and Enrique's twin daughter

Nicholas Iglesias -- is 8 in the year 2025 and 9 in the year 2026; b.12/16/2017 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Anna Kournikova and Enrique's twin son

👑Catherine Of Aragon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1485 J-LD d.1/7/1536 J-LD (50)
Queen, English, Spanish
Names/Places: born in what is modern-day Spain (in the Kingdom of Castile during the Middle Ages); the first wife of King Henry VIII
Misc: was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533

🎖Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1742 d.9/12/1819 (76)
Army Officer, Prussian

🎵Ludwig van Beethoven -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1770 N.S. d.3/26/1827 N.S. (56)
Composer, German
Names/Places: b. in Bonn; d. in Vienna
Misc: classic orchestras; some say b. Dec 17

Jane Austen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1775 N.S. d.7/18/1817 N.S. (41)
Novelist, English

🎵François Adrien Boieldieu -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1775 N.S. d.10/8/1834 N.S. (58)
Composer, French
Names/Places: NN: The French Mozart
Misc: mainly composed operas

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👑King Leopold I Of Belgium -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1790 d.12/10/1865 (74)
King, Belgiumese
Misc: Ruled 1831-65

💰William Aspinwall -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1807 d.1/18/1875 (67)
Industrialist

Giovanni Donati -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1826 N.S. d.9/20/1873 N.S. (46)
Astronomer, Italian
Misc: who, on Aug. 5, 1864, was first to observe the spectrum of a comet (Comet 1864 II).; This observation indicated correctly that comet tails contain luminous gas and do not shine merely by reflected sunlight.

Alexander Ross Clarke -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1828 d.2/11/1914 (85)
Geologist, English
Misc: whose calculations of the size and shape of the Earth were the first to approximate accepted modern values with respect to both polar flattening and equatorial radius.

🎭William H. Kendal -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1843 d.11/7/1917 (73)
Stage Actor, English

Mary Catherwood -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1847 N.S. d.12/26/1902 N.S. (55)
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet

💰Joseph Fels -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1853 d.2/22/1914 (60)
Manufacturer, Philanthropist

Edward Emerson Barnard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1857 d.2/6/1923 (65)
Astronomer
Misc: discovered Jupiter's fifth satellite

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✍📰John William Fox -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1862 d.7/8/1919 (56)
Author, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Journalist

George Santayana -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1863 d.9/26/1952 (88)
Author, Essayist, Poet, Philosopher, Professor, American, Spanish
Names/Places: d. in Rome
Misc: at Harvard

🎨Ralph Adams Cram -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1863 d.9/22/1942 (78)
Architect
Misc: gothic architect (Cathedral of St Joan NYC)

🎨Wassily Kandinsky -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/4/1866 Ju-1 or 12/16/1866 N.S. d.12/13/1944 N.S. (78)
Painter, Russian
Misc: one of the first creators of pure ab straction in modern painting.

🎖Anton Denikin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1872 d.8/8/1947 (74)
Revolutionary
Misc: General who led the anti-Bolshevik ("White") forces on the southern front during the Russian Civil War (1918-20).

🎭William Duncan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1879 d.2/8/1961 (81)
Actor, Scottish
Movie Titles: Hopalong Rides Again

🏆Sir John Berry Hobbs -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1882 d.12/21/1963 (81)
Sports Figure, English
Misc: who was the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

🎵Zoltan Kodaly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1882 d.3/6/1967 (84)
Composer, Hungarian

🎭Max Linder -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1883 d.10/30/1925 (41)
Actor, Comedian, Director, French, Hungarian
Misc: d. Oct 31?

🎭J. M. Kerrigan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1884 d.4/29/1964 (79)
TV Actor, Irish

💰Elmer Bobst -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1884 d.8/2/1978 (93)
Businessperson, Executive
Names/Places: NN:The Vitamin King

🎭🎵Dolly Connolly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1888 d.11/30/1965 (76)
Vaudevillaness, Composer
Names/Places: RN:Catherine Anne Wenrich

🎭Cameron Prud'Homme -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1892 d.11/27/1967 (74)
Actor

🎵Andy Razaf -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1895 d.2/3/1973 (77)
Lyricist

🎵Lud Gluskin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1898 d.10/13/1989 (90)
Bandleader, Russian
Misc: Bandleader for Jazz bands

✍🎭🎵Sir Noël Coward -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1899 N.S. d.3/26/1973 N.S. (73)
Poet, Playwright, Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director, Composer, Singer, English, Gay
Misc: Ian Fleming's first choice to play Dr. No; his response: Dear Ian, the answer to Dr. No is No! No! No! No!

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🎭Lucille Lortel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1900 N.S. d.4/4/1999 N.S. (98)
Stage Actress, Stage Producer, American
Names/Places: NN: The Queen of Off-Broadway
Misc: b. 1900?

V. S. Pritchett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1900 d.3/20/1997 (96)
Author, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Critic, English
Names/Places: RFN:Victor Sawdon
Misc: Literary

✍⚛Margaret Mead -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1901 d.11/15/1978 (76)
Author, Anthropologist, American

🎨✍Elisabeth Hawes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1903 d.9/6/1971 (67)
Fashion Designer, Author

🏆🏈Ray Parker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1913 N.S. d.3/22/1982 N.S. (68)
NFL Coach

🎵Cub Teagarden -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1915 N.S. d.6/29/1969 N.S. (53)
Drummer

🎵🎷"Turk" Murphy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1915 N.S. d.5/30/1987 N.S. (71)
Bandleader, Jazz Trombonist

✍⚛Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1917 d.3/19/2008 (90)
Novelist, Science Fiction Writer, Scientist, English
Names/Places: RFN:Andrew Charles
Book Titles: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End, The Hammer of God

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🎭George Schaefer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1920 d.9/10/1997 (76)
Movie Director
Misc: the driving force behind more than 55 "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV dramas

🎭Harry Spear -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1921 d.9/22/2006 (84)
Movie Actor
Movie Titles: Our Gang

🎭Merrill Heatter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1926 N.S. d.10/8/2017 N.S. (90)
TV Producer
TV Shows: Hollywood Squares, Gambit, The Wacky Races (co-produced with Hanna-Barbera), PDQ, High Rollers, Battlestars, Catch 21

✍🎭Merrill M. Meatter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1926 N.S. d.10/8/2017 N.S. (90)
Screenwriter, Producer
Misc: collaborated with writer Bob Quigley for over 20 years and co-formed their production company
TV Shows: Hollywood Squares (producer), Gambit (producer), Wacky Races (producer)

🏆🏈Bill Arnsparger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1926 d.7/17/2015 (88)
NFL Coach, College Football Coach

🎵James McCracken -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1926 d.4/29/1988 (61) or 4/30/1988 (61)
Tenor, Opera Singer

🎭Terry Carter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1928 N.S. d.4/23/2024 N.S. (95)
Actor, Director
TV Shows: McCloud (as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst), Battlestar Galactica (as Col. Tigh), The Phil Silver Show (as Pvt. Sugarman)
Movie Titles: Foxy Brown, Benji

Phillip K. Dick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1928 d.3/2/1982 (53)
Science Fiction Writer
Book Titles: Bladerunner

Bruce N. Ames -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1928 N.S. d.10/5/2024 N.S. (95)
Scientist, Biochemist
Misc: was an American biochemist who was a professor of biochemistry and Molecular Biology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)

🎭James Douglas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1929 d.3/5/2016 N.S. (86)
Actor
TV Shows: Peyton Place (as Steven Cord)

🎭Nicholas Courtney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1929 d.2/22/2011 (81)
TV Actor
TV Shows: Dr. Who (as Brigadier)

Charles William "Bill" Young -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1930 N.S. d.10/18/2013 N.S. (82)
Congressperson

🎵Le Grand Kallé -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1930 d.2/11/1983 (52)
Composer, Singer, Congolian
Misc: father of the modern Congo sound

🎵Sam Most -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1930 d.6/13/2013 (82)
Flautist, Reeds

🎭🏆Arline Hunter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1931 N.S. d.9/11/2018 N.S. (86)
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: August 1954

🏆🏈Tom Brookshier -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1931 N.S. d.1/29/2010 N.S. (78)
Football Announcer, NFL Defensive
Misc: Sports Illustrated
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Eagles
TV Shows: CBS Sports Spectacular, This is the NFL, Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes

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🎵Shelby Singleton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1931 d.10/7/2009 (77)
Music Producer, Music Publisher
Misc: Label owner

🎵Karl Denver -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1931 d.12/21/1998 (67)
Singer, Scottish

🎵Johnny "Hammond" Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1933 N.S. d.6/4/1997 N.S. (63)
Organist
Misc: an American soul jazz and hard bop organist.

🎭Pete Schrum -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1934 N.S. d.2/17/2003 N.S. (68)
Actor
Movie Titles: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Dead Man, Trancers, Demonic Toys

🏆🏁🏇John L. Rotz -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1934 N.S. d.7/12/2021 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Horse Jockey

🎵Jim Glaser -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1937 N.S. d.4/6/2019 N.S. (81)
Musician, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: RFN:James
Group Names: Tompall & the Glaser Brothers

✍📰🎭🏆Frank Deford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1938 d.5/28/2017 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Novelist, Journalist, Actor, Sports Writer
Misc: 50-year tenure at Sports Illustrated

🎵Frank Amodeo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1938 N.S. d.10/13/2009 N.S. (70)
Singer
Group Names: The Reflections

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🎭Patti Deutsch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1943 N.S. d.7/26/2017 N.S. (73)
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Panelist
Misc: Charmin commercials with Mr. Whipple, Folgers commmercials with Mrs. Olson
TV Shows: As Told By Ginger, The Smurfs, John Byner Show, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Match Game, Capitol Critters, Angry Beavers
Movie Titles: The Jetsons, Monster's Inc, The Emperor's New Groove, Tarzan, Kronk's New Groove

✍🎭Stephen Bochco -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1943 N.S. d.4/1/2018 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Screenwriter, TV Producer
Names/Places: b. in New York City; Barbara Bosson's hubby
TV Shows: L.A. Law, Doogie Howser MD, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Cop Rock, Hooperman, NYPD Blue, Columbo (writer)

🏆🏁Raymond Beadle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1943 d.10/20/2014 (70)
Hall of Famer, Drag Racer

🏆🏀Don Meyer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1944 d.5/18/2014 (69)
College Basketball Coach
Misc: one of the most winningest coaches in men's college basketball.

📰🎭Yukio Hattori -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1945 N.S. d.10/4/2024 N.S. (78)
Commentator, Personality, Japanese
Misc: was best known as an expert commentator on the television show Iron Chef

🎭Dori Brenner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1946 N.S. d.9/16/2000 N.S. (53)
Actress
TV Shows: Cassie & Company

🎭Kyle Thatcher -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1947 d.12/10/2001 N.S. (53)
Actor

🎭Robert Kerman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1947 N.S. d.12/27/2018 N.S. (71)
XXX-rated Actor
Names/Places: aka R. Bolla
Movie Titles: Debbie Does Dallas

🎭Ben Cross -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1947 N.S. d.8/18/2020 N.S. (72)
TV/Movie Actor, English
Names/Places: RFN:Bernard
Misc: some say b. 1948
TV Shows: Dark Shadows (as Barnabas Collins 1990s)
Movie Titles: Star Trek (2009), First Knight, Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing, Chariots of Fire

🏆🏀Bill (Basketball) Chamberlain -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1949 N.S. d.7/14/2025 N.S. (75)
NBA Player, ABA Figure
Names/Places: RN: William Martin Chamberlain

🏆⚾Mike Flanagan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1951 d.8/24/2011 (59)
MLB Pitcher
Misc: AL Cy Young Award winner in 1979
Sports Teams: Baltimore Orioles

🏆🏀Orlando Woolridge -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1959 d.5/31/2012 (52)
NBA Forward

🏆🥊Sid (Wrestler) Vicious -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1960 N.S. d.8/26/2024 N.S. (63)
Wrestler
Names/Places: RN: Sid Edy, aka Sycho Sid

🎭Bill Hicks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1961 d.2/26/1994 (32)
Comedian

🎵Jeff Carson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1963 N.S. d.3/26/2022 N.S. (58)
Country Music Singer

🏆🏀Clifton Ralph "Clifford" Robinson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1966 N.S. d.8/29/2020 N.S. (53)
NBA Player

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🎭Lisa Spoonhauer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/16/1972 N.S. d.5/20/2017 N.S. (44)
Actress
Movie Titles: Clerks

⚛📰François Quesnay -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/4/1694 N.S. d.12/16/1774 N.S. (80)
Theorist, Physician, Economist, French
Misc: leader of the Physiocrats.

🎵Johann Adolph Hasse -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/25/1699 N.S. d.12/16/1783 N.S. (84)
Teacher, Composer, Singer, German

✍⚖Horace Wallace -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/26/1817 d.12/16/1852 (35)
Author, Poet, Jurist
Misc: art and literature critic

Wilhelm Carl Grimm -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/24/1786 d.12/16/1859 (73)
Children's Author, German
Misc: Folklorist
Book Titles: Fairy tales, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood

Alphonse Daudet -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/13/1840 d.12/16/1897 (57)
Writer, French

💰William Kimball -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/22/1828 d.12/16/1904 (76)
Manufacturer
Misc: Piano Manufacturer

🏆🥊Frank Gotch -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1878 d.12/16/1917 (39)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Misc: professional freestyle, or catch-as-catch-can, wrestler, considered one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

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🎵Chas. Camille Saint Saens -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1835 N.S. d.12/16/1921 N.S. (86)
Teacher, Composer, French
Misc: teaches piano

🏆🎾William Larned -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/30/1872 d.12/16/1926 (53)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

Elinor Hoyt Wylie -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/7/1885 d.12/16/1928 (43)
Novelist, Poet

🎭Thelma Todd -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/29/1906 d.12/16/1935 (29)
Movie Actress, Comic Actress
Movie Titles: Monkey Business, Horse Feathers

Percy Gilchrist -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/27/1851 d.12/16/1935 (83)
Inventor, English

💰Giovanni Agnelli -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/13/1866 d.12/16/1945 (79)
Businessperson
Misc: founder of the Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) automobile company and the leading Italian industrialist of the first half of the 20th century.

🎵Jack Jenney -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/12/1910 d.12/16/1945 (35)
Trombonist

🎵Cesare Sodero -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/2/1886 d.12/16/1947 (61)
Conductor, Italian

✍🎭Sidney Olcott -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/20/1872 N.S. d.12/16/1949 N.S. (77)
Screenwriter, Actor, Movie Producer, Director, Canadian

📰Elizabeth Gilmer -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/18/1861 d.12/16/1951 (90)
Columnist
Names/Places: aka:Dorothy Dix
Misc: lovelorn advice; b. 1870?

🎵🎷Lee Morse -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/30/1897 d.12/16/1954 (57)
Blues Singer, Jazz Singer

🎭Anna Luther -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/7/1897 d.12/16/1960 (63)
Actress

🎨Phil Davis -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/4/1906 d.12/16/1964 (58)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: Mandrake the Magician

✍⚛W. Somerset Maugham -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/25/1874 N.S. d.12/16/1965 N.S. (91)
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Playwright, Doctor, French, Gay
Names/Places: RFN:William
Book Titles: Of Human Bondage

🎵Tito Schipa -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/27/1888 d.12/16/1965 (76)
Tenor, Italian

🎵George "Smitty" Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/28/1939 N.S. d.12/16/1970 N.S. (30)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: Manhattans

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🏆🏌Helen Hicks -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/11/1911 N.S. d.12/16/1974 N.S. (63)
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Misc: An LPGA Co-Founder

🎵Thomas Schippers -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/9/1930 d.12/16/1977 (47)
Composer, Conductor

J. Fred Buzhardt -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/21/1924 d.12/16/1978 (54)
Attorney

🏆🏈George Halas Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/4/1925 N.S. d.12/16/1979 N.S. (54)
NFL Executive
Names/Places: George's son; NN:Mugs

💰Colonel Harland David Sanders -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/9/1890 d.12/16/1980 (90)
Businessperson
Names/Places: b. near Henryville, Indiana
Misc: Kentucky Fried Chicken founder

🎵🎸Jack Ross -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/1/1916 N.S. d.12/16/1982 N.S. (66)
Trumpeter, Novelty Singer, Rock and Roll Musician
Album Titles: Cinderella (1962)

🏆⚽Rudy Kuntner -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/10/1908 d.12/16/1982 (74)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Austrian

🏆🏈Doug Kotar -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/11/1951 d.12/16/1983 N.S. (32)
NFL Runningback

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🎭Grigor Alexandrov -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/23/1903 d.12/16/1983 (80)
Director

💰🏆🏁Colin Chapman -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/19/1928 d.12/16/1983 (55)
Hall of Famer, Businessperson, Auto Racer, British
Misc: auto designer, Lotus Cars founder

🏆⚾Debs Garms -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1907 d.12/16/1984 (77)
MLB Player

🏆🏒Walter "Babe" Pratt -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/7/1916 d.12/16/1988 (72)
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1935-1952
Sports Teams: New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins

🎵Sylvester -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/6/1947 d.12/16/1988 (40)
Songwriter, Disco Singer, Gay
Names/Places: LN:James

🎭Aileen Pringle -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/23/1895 d.12/16/1989 (94)
Actress

🎭Silvana Mangano -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/21/1930 d.12/16/1989 (59)
Movie Actress, Italian

🎭Lee Van Cleef -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/9/1925 d.12/16/1989 (64)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Somerville, NJ
Misc: 1950-60s TV western supporting actor; d. Dec 14?

🏆Terre Tucker -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1944 N.S. d.12/16/1990 N.S. (46)
Model, Playmate
Misc: November 1963

🎵Jackie Mittoo -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/3/1948 d.12/16/1990 (42)
Music Director, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Jamaican
Misc: Ska genre
Group Names: The Skatalites

🎭🎵Fred Scott -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/14/1902 d.12/16/1991 (89)
Actor, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: NN:The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo
Misc: 1940s cowboy star

🎭Moses Gunn -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/2/1929 d.12/16/1993 (64)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: b. in St. Louis, MO
TV Shows: The Cowboys, Roots (as Kintango), Good Times (as Carl Dixon), Father Murphy (as Moses Gage)

🎨Charles Moore -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/31/1925 d.12/16/1993 (68)
Architect

Kakuei Tanaka -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/4/1918 d.12/16/1993 (75)
Prime Minister, Politician
Misc: premier of Japan (1972-74)

🏆🏈Al DeRogatis -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1927 d.12/16/1995 (68)
Sports Commentator, NFL Defensive End
Names/Places: RFMN:Albert John

🎵Eadie Del Rubio -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/23/1921 d.12/16/1996 (75)
Novelty Singer
Group Names: the Del Rubio Triplets

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Sir Laurens Van Der Post -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/13/1906 d.12/16/1996 (90)
Author, South African

🎭Richard Warwick -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/29/1945 d.12/16/1997 (52)
Movie Actor
Movie Titles: Johnny Dangerously

Lillian Disney -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/15/1899 N.S. d.12/16/1997 N.S. (98)
Celebrity Wife
Misc: the silent partner who named Mickey Mouse --her husband wanted to call him Mortimer --and who helped design Disneyland

🎵Nicolette Larson -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/17/1952 N.S. d.12/16/1997 N.S. (45)
Country Music Singer
Names/Places: b. in Helena, MT
Song Titles: Lotta Love

🎨Ralph Fasanella -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/2/1914 d.12/16/1997 (83)
Painter

William Gaddis -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1922 d.12/16/1998 (75)
Novelist

🎭Pauline Curley -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/19/1903 d.12/16/2000 (96)
Movie Actress
Misc: silent film actress

🎵🎸Stuart Adamson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/11/1958 N.S. d.12/16/2001 N.S. (43)
Songwriter, Synthesizer, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, Scottish
Group Names: Big Country

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Stefan Heym -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/10/1913 d.12/16/2001 (88)
Novelist, German

🏆🏁🏍Don Vesco -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/8/1939 d.12/16/2002 (63)
Motorcyclist
Misc: set motorcycle record in 1978 of 318MPH

🎭Madlyn Rhue -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/3/1934 d.12/16/2003 (69)
Actress
Names/Places: b. in Washington, DC; RN:Madeline Roche
Misc: some say b. 1935

🎵Gary Stewart -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/28/1944 N.S. d.12/16/2003 N.S. (59)
Songwriter, Country Music Singer

🏆⚾Ted Abernathy -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/6/1933 d.12/16/2004 (71)
MLB Pitcher

🎵Martha Carson -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/19/1921 d.12/16/2004 (83)
Country Music Singer

🎭John Spencer -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/20/1946 d.12/16/2005 (58)
TV Actor
TV Shows: L.A. Law (as Tommy Mullaney), The Negotiator, The West Wing (as Chief of Staff Leo McGarry)

🎵Enzo Stuarti -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/3/1919 d.12/16/2005 (86)
Singer, Italian

🎵Dan Fogelberg -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/13/1951 d.12/16/2007 (56)
Composer/Songwriter, Guitarist, Pianist, Adult-Pop Singer
Names/Places: b. in Peoria, IL

🎭Sam Bottoms -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/17/1955 d.12/16/2008 (53)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Santa Barbara; Brother of Joseph & Timothy

🎭Roy E. Disney -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/10/1930 d.12/16/2009 (79)
Film Executive
Names/Places: Roy O. Disney's son, nephew of Walt

🎵Sikiru Ayinde Barrister -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/9/1948 d.12/16/2010 (62)
Composer, Singer, Nigerian (Nigeria)

🎭Dan Frazer -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/20/1921 d.12/16/2011 (90)
Actor
TV Shows: Kojak (as Frank McNeil), As the World Turns

🎭Robert Easton -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/23/1930 d.12/16/2011 (81)
Actor

🎭Nicol Williamson -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/14/1936 d.12/16/2011 (75)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Scottish

🎭🏆Lynda Ann Wiesmeier -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/30/1963 d.12/16/2012 (49)
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: July 1982

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🎵Ray Price -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/12/1926 d.12/16/2013 (87)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Country Music Singer/Guitarist
Names/Places: b. in Perryville, TX; NN:The Cherokee Cowboy; MN:Nobel
Misc: had over 80 Top 40 hits on the Country Charts

🎵🏆🥊Ernie Terrell -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/4/1939 d.12/16/2014 (75)
Music Producer, Singer, Boxer

🎵Tommy "Snuff" Garrett -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/5/1938 d.12/16/2015 N.S. (77)
Music Producer
Misc: A&R director for Liberty from 1958-1966, producer of numerous early 1960's hits by white rock and roll artists

🏆🏒Leonard Stanley "Len" Ceglarski -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/27/1926 N.S. d.12/16/2017 N.S. (91)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Coach, Hockey Player, Olympic Athlete
Sports Teams: Clarkson (coach), Boston College (coach)

🎭🎵🎷Dorothy Keeley Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/9/1928 d.12/16/2017 N.S. (89)
Actress, Jazz Singer
Names/Places: RN: Dorothy Jacqueline Keely, aka Keely Smith
Misc: some say b. 1928

🎵Richard Dobson -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/19/1942 d.12/16/2017 N.S. (75)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Country Music Singer

🎭🏆Lee Leonard -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/3/1929 N.S. d.12/16/2018 N.S. (89)
TV Host, Sportscaster
Misc: Inaugurated ESPN in Sports Center when he delivered the network's first words: "If you love sports, it you really love sports, you;'ll think you've died and gone to sports heaven" on September 7, 1979.
TV Shows: People Tonight, Showbiz Today

🎵🎸Carl Mann -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/22/1942 N.S. d.12/16/2020 N.S. (78)
Songwriter, Pianist, Rockabilly Singer

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🎵🎸Dino Danelli -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/23/1944 N.S. d.12/16/2022 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Drummer
Misc: some say b. 1945
Group Names: The Rascals, The Young Rascals

🎵🎸Charlie Gracie -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/14/1936 N.S. d.12/16/2022 N.S. (86)
Guitarist, Rockabilly Singer

🎵🎸Rich Anderson -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/1/1947 N.S. d.12/16/2022 N.S. (75)
Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: The Tubes

Elliott Levitas -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/26/1930 N.S. d.12/16/2022 N.S. (91)
Congressperson

🏆🥊Rolando Garbey -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/19/1947 N.S. d.12/16/2023 N.S. (76)
Boxer, Olympic Athlete, Cuban

🎭🎵Jim Ladd -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/17/1948 N.S. d.12/16/2023 N.S. (75)
Radio Producer, Radio Disc Jock
Names/Places: NN: The Lonesome L.A. Cowboy

🏆🏀Dick Van Arsdale -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/22/1943 N.S. d.12/16/2024 N.S. (81)
NBA Coach, NBA Player
Names/Places: Tom's twin
Sports Teams: New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns

⛪🎵🏆Anita Bryant -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/25/1940 N.S. d.12/16/2024 N.S. (84)
Baptist, Pop Singer, Beauty Pagent Winner
Misc: Miss Oklahoma 1958, Florida Orange Juice; anti-gay activist who got hit with a pie in her face
TV Shows: George Gobel Show

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