Famous Deaths for 16th December 2025

1783 – Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (approximated the value of pi and its square, pi^2), dies at 68
1858 – Richard Bright, English physician (Bright’s disease/nephritis), dies at 69
1861 – Karol Joseph Lipinski, Polish composer and virtuoso violinist, dies at 71
1928 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
1935 – Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
1940 – William Wallace, Scottish composer, dies at 80
1944 – Philip Guedalla, English barrister and historian, dies at 55
1991 – Ferdinando Orlandi, Italian actor (The House with Laughing Windows), dies at 66
2020 – Kálmán Sóvári, Hungarian soccer defender (17 caps; Újpesti Dózsa, VM Egyetértés), dies at 79
2022 – Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian soccer defender (63 caps Yugoslavia; RS Belgrade, Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio) and manager (Serbia, Bologna, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, AC Milan, Torino), dies from leukemia at 53

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