page_title: 2016 in the United States
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in the United States / Deaths / December
caption_attribution_description: English: Michael Patrick "Mike" Kelly (1942–2016), member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 7 in Fairbanks, 2005-2011. Also president of the University of Alaska Board of Regents 1996-1998, and formerly CEO of Golden Valley Electric Association. Photo likely taken at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel on November 2, 2010. Kelly was cropped out of larger original photo. Also corrected red-eye problem on original photo.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2016 in the United States.
context_section_description: December 1
  Don Calfa, actor (born 1939)
  Elisabeth Carron, operatic soprano (born 1922)
  Joe McKnight, football player (born 1988)
  December 2
  Lyle Bouck, U.S. Army officer (born 1923)
  H. Keith H. Brodie, psychiatrist and educator (born 1939)
  Billy Chapin, child actor (born 1943)
  Mark Gray, country singer (born 1952)
  Sammy Lee, Olympic diver (born 1920)
  Bosco Tjan, psychologist and neuroscientist (born 1966)
  December 3
  Newman Darby, inventor (born 1928)
  Herbert Hardesty, jazz musician (born 1925)
  Nancy Mairs, author (born 1943)
  December 4
  Leonard T. Connors, politician (born 1929)
  Jack Rudin, real estate developer (born 1924)
  Margaret Whitton, actress (born 1950)
  December 5
  Big Syke, rapper (born 1968)
  Larry Roberts, football player (born 1963)
  Rashaan Salaam, football player (born 1974)
  Rodney Smith, photographer (born 1947)
  December 6 – Dave Edwards, football player (born 1939)
  December 7
  Mike Kelly, politician (born 1942)
  Elliott Schwartz, composer (born 1936)
  December 8
  Putsy Caballero, baseball player (born 1927)
  John Glenn, aviator, astronaut, and U.S. Senator (born 1921)
  Joseph Mascolo, actor (born 1929)
  Thomas C. Oden, theologian (born 1931)
  December 9
  Edwin Benson, last native speaker of the Mandan language (born 1931)
  Nola Ochs, centenarian (born 1911)
  Jens Risom, Danish-born furniture designer (born 1916)
  December 10
  Ken Hechler, politician (born 1914)
  Eric Hilton, hotelier and philanthropist (born 1933)
  Miles Lord, federal judge (born 1919)
  December 11
  Sark Arslanian, football coach (born 1924)
  Harry Jones, football player (born 1945)
  Bob Krasnow, music industry executive (born 1935)
  December 12
  Barrelhouse Chuck, blues musician (born 1958)
  Myron H. Bright, federal judge (born 1919)
  Donald L. Corbin, judge and politician (born 1938)
  Jimbo Elrod, football player (born 1954)
  Shirley Hazzard, Australian-born author (born 1931)
  Jim Lowe, singer and songwriter (born 1923)
  Konrad Reuland, football player (born 1987)
  Esther Wilkins, dentist (born 1916)
  December 13
  Lawrence Colburn, U.S. Army soldier (born 1949)
  Roy Harrover, architect (born 1928)
  Ralph Raico, historian (born 1936)
  Thomas Schelling, economist (born 1921)
  Alan Thicke, Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, game and talk show host (b. 1947)
  December 14
  Bernard Fox, Welsh-born actor (born 1927)
  Garrett K. Gomez, jockey (born 1972)
  Karel Husa, Czech-born composer and conductor (born 1921)
  December 15
  Chuck Allen, football player (born 1939)
  Howard Bingham, photographer (born 1939)
  Fran Jeffries, actress and singer (born 1937)
  Craig Sager, sportscaster (born 1951)
  December 17
  Benjamin A. Gilman, politician (born 1922)
  William T. "Bill" Hanna, politician (born 1930)
  Louis Harris, journalist, author, and opinion polling entrepreneur (born 1921)
  Henry Heimlich, thoracic surgeon (born 1920)
  William H. Hudnut III, politician (born 1932)
  December 18
  Brendan J. Dugan, banker and college administrator (born 1947)
  Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress and socialite (born 1917)
  Sonny Moran, basketball coach (born 1926)
  December 19
  Phil Gagliano, baseball player (born 1941)
  Dick Latessa, actor (born 1929)
  December 20
  Lawrence Borst, veterinarian and politician (born 1927)
  Robert Eddins, football player (born 1988)
  Toby Hemenway, educator and author (born 1952)
  December 21
  Sidney Drell, physicist (born 1926)
  Weston Noble, music conductor and educator (born 1922)
  December 22
  Andre Martel, businessman and politician (born 1946)
  Kenneth Snelson, sculptor and photographer (born 1927)
  Lillian Walker, politician (born 1923)
  December 23
  Joyce Appleby, historian (born 1929)
  Willa Kim, costume designer (born 1917)
  Jim Lehew, baseball player (born 1937)
  December 24
  John Barfield, baseball player (born 1964)
  Joseph Fitzmyer, Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar (born 1920)
  Edwin Reinecke, politician (born 1924)
  Bronson Thayer, banker (born 1939)
  December 25
  Alphonse Mouzon, jazz drummer (born 1948)
  Vera Rubin, astronomer (born 1928)
  December 26
  John J. Benoit, law enforcement officer and politician (born 1951)
  Duck Edwing, cartoonist (born 1934)
  Frances Gabe, inventor and cen
caption: Mike Kelly
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