The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2016.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Diane Baker
Diane Carol Baker (born February 25, 1938) is an American actress, producer and educator. She started her acting career in 1959. She has starred in many movies including "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959), "The Prize" (1963), "Marnie" (1964), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and "The Cable Guy" (1996). She has appeared in television series such as "The Virginian", "Here We Go Again", "Columbo" and "House".
Baker was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Bernie Taupin
Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English lyricist, poet, writer, and visual artist. He was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Best known for his long-term partnership with Elton John, having written the lyrics for most of John's songs. Taupin has also worked with Alice Cooper and Willie Nelson.
Notable works by Taupin and John include the songs "Rocket Man", "Levon", "Crocodile Rock", "Tiny Dancer", "Candle in the Wind", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Daniel", "Your Song", "I'm Still Standing", "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues", "Sacrifice", "The One", "Simple Life", "The Last Song", "Club at the End of the Street" and "Believe". In September 1997, he rewrote the lyrics of "Candle in the Wind" for "Candle in the Wind 1997", a tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
In 1992, Taupin and John were added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" for the movie "Brokeback Mountain". He was played by Jamie Bell in the biopic movie "Rocketman" (2019).
Taupin has been married four times and divorced three times. He has been married to Heather Kidd since 2004. The couple have two children.
Illumination (company)
Illumination (formerly known as Illumination Entertainment) is an American movie and animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007 and owned by Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is a division of Comcast.
New Jersey Department of Transportation
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) controls transportation in New Jersey. NJDOT maintains the State's road system, making policies and solving problems. It is headed by the "Commissioner of Transportation", who is now Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation was made in 1966. It was the first State transportation agency in the United States. Its rail division was made in 1979, at the same time as New Jersey Transit.
NJDOT has been removing many traffic circles in New Jersey since the late 1970s.
NJDOT controls 2,316 miles of roads in New Jersey. All major roads in New Jersey are controlled by NJDOT, except for the New Jersey Turnpike, the Garden State Parkway, and Interstate bridges and tunnels.
The NJDOT has also supported passenger trains in New Jersey since the 1960s. It has bought many other railroad companies from that time onwards.
NJDOT is a member of the Northeast Corridor Commission.
NJDOT has a Traffic Management Center in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
It is home to the New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The center looks after the resources in New Jersey whenever there are big incidents all day.
JDSU
JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU) was an Ottawa company that made fibre-optic network parts. Over 10,000 people worked for them in Ottawa and 30,000 world-wide.
JDS Fitel was founded by Jozef Straus in 1981. Straus, an engineer, also worked at Bell-Northern Research.
Daemonologie
Daemonologie—in full Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books: By the High and Mighty Prince, James &c.—was written and published in 1597 by King James VI of Scotland (later also James I of England). It is a medieval philosophy that discusses the relationship between ancient necromancy and the ancient black magic that was popular during the Middle Ages. It also touches on topics such as werewolves and vampires.
This book is believed to be one of the main sources used by William Shakespeare in the production of "Macbeth".
Shade-loving plants
In ecology, shade tolerance refers to a plant's ability to grow with low light levels. The term is also used in gardening and landscaping. Sometimes called "shade-loving" plants, they can be grown without a lot of sunshine. Most urban gardeners must find plants that will grow in partial or full shade.The following plants are known to be shade-loving:
List of Korean family names
This is a list of Korean family names, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) means South Korea. (N) means North Korea.
The most common of these names is Kim, followed by Lee and Park. These three family names are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. , 286 Korean family names were in use.
Edith González
Edith González Fuentes (10 December 1964 – 13 June 2019) was a Mexican actress and dancer. She started her career as a child actress. She went on to appear in nearly 40 telenovelas, including "Sí, mi amor", "Bianca Vidal" and "Doña Bárbara". She also starred in 18 movies. Her final acting role was in the telenovela "3 familias" in 2018.
González was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León. She married Lorenzo Lazo Margáin in 2010. She had a daughter, born in 2004, fathered by Santiago Creel.
In 2016, González was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer. She died of the disease on 13 June 2019 in Mexico City. She was 54.
Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
Australians for Constitutional Monarchy (ACM) is a group that aims to maintain Australia's current constitutional monarchy, with Elizabeth II as Queen of Australia. The group states that it is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organisation whose role is "To preserve, to protect and to defend our heritage: the Australian constitutional system, the role of the Crown in it and our Flag".
Wilhelm Wieben
Wilhelm Wieben (2 June 1935 – 13 June 2019) was a German journalist, actor and author. He is known for presenting "Tagesschau" between 1973 and 1998, the most watched daily television news program in Germany. He also worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen. He also wrote books in Low German. Wieben appeared in the Falco song "Jeanny" reading a news broadcast.
Wieben was born in Hennstedt, Dithmarschen. He came out as gay in a 1995 interview. He died in Hamburg on 13 June 2019, at the age of 84.
Istanbul University
Istanbul University () is a Turkish university in Istanbul.
The main campus is close to Beyazıt Square in Fatih, the capital district of the province, on the European side of the city.
Gar
Gars (or garpike) are a type of ray-finned fish. Gars have long bodies that are heavily armored with scales, and fronted by similarly long jaws filled with long, sharp teeth. All of the gars are relatively large fish. The alligator gar is the largest. Some specimens have been reported to be in length. However, they typically grow to and weigh over . Unusually, their swim bladders can function as lungs. Most gars surface once in while to take a gulp of air. Gar flesh is edible and the hard skin and scales of gars are used by humans. However, their eggs are highly toxic.
Igor Solopov
Igor Solopov (17 April 1961 – 12 June 2019) was an Estonian table tennis player. He was born in Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR. He competed for Estonia in the men's singles event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Solopov competed at seven World Table Tennis Championships. He also won a bronze medal with the Soviet men's team at the 1978 European Table Tennis Championships.
Solopov's death on 12 June 2019 was announced by the Table Tennis Federation of Russia. He was 58.
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