The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2015. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: *Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

January 2015

1

* Barbara Atkinson, 88, British actress (''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debuted ...

''). * Staryl C. Austin, 94, American air force

brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

. *

Ulrich Beck Ulrich Beck (15 May 1944 – 1 January 2015) was a German sociologist, and one of the most cited social scientists in the world during his lifetime. His work focused on questions of uncontrollability, ignorance and uncertainty in the modern a ...

, 70, German sociologist, heart attack. *

Fiona Cumming Fiona Cumming (9 October 1937 – 1 January 2015) was a Scottish television director, noted for her work on the BBC television series, '' Doctor Who'', during the show's Fifth Doctor era. Her credits included the 1982 episode, '' Castrovalva'' ...

, 77, British television director (''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

''). *

Eric Cunningham Eric Gordon Cunningham (April 14, 1949 – January 1, 2015) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1984. Background Cunningham was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and educated ...

, 65, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for

Wentworth North Wentworth North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1896. It was located near the city of Hamilton in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. The "N ...

(1975–1984). *

Mario Cuomo Mario Matthew Cuomo (, ; June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo previously served as t ...

, 82, American politician,

Governor of New York The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has ...

(1983–1994), heart failure. *

Donna Douglas Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith; September 26, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1962–1971). Following her acting career, Douglas became ...

, 82, American actress (''

The Beverly Hillbillies ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family from ...

, Frankie and Johnny,

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, su ...

''), pancreatic cancer. * Matthew Franjola, 72, American journalist (

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspa ...

) and photographer. *

Jeff Golub Jeff Golub (April 15, 1955 – January 1, 2015) was an American jazz guitarist who had a solo career and who led the band Avenue Blue. He worked as a sideman for a number of rock and pop musicians. He was arguably best known for his work with Rod ...

, 59, American guitarist,

progressive supranuclear palsy Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a late-onset degenerative disease involving the gradual deterioration and death of specific volumes of the brain. The condition leads to symptoms including loss of balance, slowing of movement, difficulty ...

. * Jack Howell, 88, British physician. *

Omar Karami Omar Abdul Hamid Karami (last name also spelled Karamé and Karameh) ( ar, عمر عبد الحميد كرامي; 7 September 1934 – 1 January 2015) was the 29th prime minister of Lebanon, who served two separate terms. He was Prime Minis ...

, 80, Lebanese politician,

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

(1990–1992, 2004–2005). * Bill Keating, 70, American football player (

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

) and attorney. *

Tore Helge Larsen Tore Helge Larsen (22 December 1945 – 1 January 2015) was a Norwegian harness racer. He won 2072 races during his career, which lasted from the 1960s to 2001. He grew up in Ekeberg, Oslo Ekeberg is a neighborhood in the city of Oslo, Norway. ...

, 69, Norwegian harness racer, cancer. *

Géry Leuliet Géry-Jacques-Charles Leuliet (12 January 1910 – 1 January 2015) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and at the time of his death, was the oldest bishop of the Catholic Church, at 104 years of age. Leuliet was born in France and ...

, 104, French Roman Catholic prelate, world's oldest Catholic bishop, Bishop of

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

(1963–1985). *

Boris Morukov Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Моруков; 1 October 1950 – 1 January 2015) was a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the ...

, 64, Russian physician and cosmonaut,

STS-106 STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. Crew Spacewalks * '' Lu and Malenchenko '' – EVA 1 *EVA 1 Start: 11 September 2000 – 04:47 UTC *EVA 1 End: 11 Septemb ...

mission specialist. * Kjell Noreik, 85, Norwegian physician. * Mrunalini Devi Puar, 83, Indian educator, Chancellor of the

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India. Originally established as a college in 1881, it became a university in 1949 after the independence of ...

(since 1988). *

Ninón Sevilla Emelia Pérez Castellanos (10 November 19211 January 2015), known professionally as Ninón Sevilla, was a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. Early life Sevilla was born and raised in Centro Habana, a popular section of Havana. As a youth, she th ...

, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (''

Aventurera ''Aventurera'' ("Adventuress" in English) is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Alberto Gout and starring Ninón Sevilla and Andrea Palma (actress), Andrea Palma. It's considered a masterpiece of the ''Rumberas film''. The film features Pedro ...

'', '' La usurpadora''), heart attack. * William Lloyd Standish, 84, American federal judge, District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1987–2002). * Manasa Vaniqi, 62, Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel, Permanent Secretary for Sugar (since 2009). *

Miller Williams Stanley Miller Williams (April 8, 1930January 1, 2015) was an American contemporary poet, as well as a translator and editor. He produced over 25 books and won several awards for his poetry. His accomplishments were chronicled in ''Arkansas Biog ...

, 84, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.

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Per-Olof Åstrand Per-Olof Åstrand (21 October 1922 – 2 January 2015) was a Swedish professor of physiology at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH) in Stockholm 1970–1977, and 1977–1988 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a ...

, 92, Swedish physiologist. * James A. Barlow, 91, American politician, member of the

Wyoming House of Representatives The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 60 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state, each with a population of ...

(1983–1987). *

Charles Baur Charles Baur (20 December 1929, Paris – 2 January 2015) was a French politician. He served as the longtime President of the Regional Council of Picardy from 1976 until 1978 and again from 1985 to 2004. He was a member of the Union for French De ...

, 85, French politician, President of the Regional Council of

Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...

(1976–1978, 1985–2004). *

Noel Cobb Noel Cobb (21 March 1938 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA – 2 January 2015, England) Philosopher, psychologist and author Noel Cobb lived and studied in Norway from 1959 to 1966 and made many friends there. Among them Axel Jensen, Jan Erik Vol ...

, 76, American-born British philosopher, psychologist and author. *

Little Jimmy Dickens James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" 50 cm, and h ...

, 94, American country music singer (" May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"), cardiac arrest. * Baldina Di Vittorio, 94, Italian politician. *

Danny Dunton Dennis Clifford "Danny" Dunton (13 May 1924 – 2 January 2015) was an English international motorcycle speedway rider and promoter who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1950, achieving 12th place with 5 points. As well as ...

, 90, English

speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta *Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana Types of races and race cours ...

rider and promoter. *

Maurice Fontaine Maurice Fontaine (20 September 1919 – 2 January 2015) was a French politician. Biography He was born in 1919, and was a viticulturist. In 1965, he was elected mayor of Aigues-Mortes, a position he would hold until 1977. He ran for the positio ...

, 95, French politician. *

Bob Gilmore Bob Gilmore (6 June 1961 – 2 January 2015) was a musicologist, educator and keyboard player. Born in Larne, Northern Ireland, he spent his early years in Carrickfergus. He studied music at York University, England, then at Queen's University ...

, 53, British musicologist. * Vasant Gowarikar, 81, Indian scientist and

ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...

chairman, dengue and urinary tract infection. * Basil Hansen, 88, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

). *

Lloyd House Lloyd House may refer to: People * Lloyd House (politician), Arizona state representative from 1967 to 1968 Buildings ;in the Netherlands *Lloyd Hotel, Dutch national monument in Amsterdam in the United Kingdom *Lloyd House, Birmingham in the Un ...

, 83, American politician, member of the

Arizona House of Representatives The Arizona State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. The upper house is the Senate. The House convenes in the legislative chambers at the Arizona State C ...

(1967–1968). * Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist (''

Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with List of Doraemon chapters, its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ' ...

''), diabetes. *

Abu Anas al-Libi Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i, ar, نزيه عبد الحميد نبيه الرقيعي Libyan pronunciation: known by the alias Abu Anas al-Libi ( ; ar, ابو أنس الليبي Libyan pronunciation: ; 30 March 1964; or 14 ...

, 50, Libyan

al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military ta ...

member in United States custody, liver cancer. * John McQuilten, 65, Australian politician, member of the

Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Co ...

for

Ballarat Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid ...

(1999–2006). *

Derek Minter Derek Minter (27 April 1932 – 2 January 2015) was an English Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer. Born in Ickham, Kent, with education starting in nearby Littlebourne, Walker, Mick. ''Derek Minter, King of Brands'', 2008, p.8 ...

, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer. * Arthur Neu, 81, American politician,

Lieutenant Governor of Iowa This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of Iowa. History Prior to 1990, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected in separate elections; since then they have run together on the same ticket. List See also * List of g ...

(1973–1979), member of the

Iowa Senate The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, . ...

(1967–1973). *

Tihomir Novakov Tihomir Novakov, Ph.D known also as Tica Novakov (March 16, 1929 – January 2, 2015) was a Serbian-born American physicist. As a scientist, Novakov is known for his black carbon, air quality, and climate change research. James Hansen dubbed him " ...

, 85, Serbian-born American physicist. * Billy O'Neill, 85, Irish sportsman. * István Pásztor, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

). * Dan Poulin, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (

Minnesota North Stars The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, and the team's colors for ...

), cancer. *

Arpád Račko The statue of the Košice's Coat-of-arms Arpád Račko (July 17, 1930 – January 2, 2015) was a Slovak sculptor. He was born in Szolnok, Hungary and lived in Košice. Arpád Račko studied at the prestigious Academy of Creative Arts in Pragu ...

, 84, Hungarian-born Slovak sculptor. * Vincent Cartledge Reddish, 88, Scottish astronomer,

Astronomer Royal for Scotland Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995. It has since been an honorary title. Astronomers Royal for Scotland See also * Edinburgh Astronomical Institution * City Observatory * R ...

(1975–1980). * Kristian Sundtoft, 77, Norwegian politician.

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Jamal Uddin Ahmad Jamal Uddin Ahmad (c. 1929 – 3 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician and accountant. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1982. He also served as the former President of the South Asian Federation of Accoun ...

, 85, Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1982). *

Daniel Albright Daniel Albright (October 29, 1945 – January 3, 2015) was the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard and the editor of ''Modernism and Music: An Anthology of Sources''. He was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois and completed his un ...

, 69, American academic. * Martin Anderson, 78, American economist and political adviser. * Adunni Bankole, 55, Nigerian businesswoman, heart attack. *

Edward Brooke Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 until 1979. Prior to serving in the Senate, he served as t ...

, 95, American politician, member of the

U.S. Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

from

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

(1967–1979). *

Bryan Caldwell Bryan Craig Caldwell (May 6, 1960 – January 3, 2015) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers. He played college football at Arizona State University. Early years Ca ...

, 54, American football player (

Houston Oilers The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis, and later Nashville, Tennessee becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1960 as ...

), Hodgkin's lymphoma. *

Paulinus Costa Paulinus Costa (19 October 1936 – 3 January 2015) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the archdiocese of Dhaka from 2005 to 2011. Career Costa was born in Gazipur, Bangladesh. He was ordained as a priest on 21 December 1963. He was appointed ...

, 78, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

(2005–2011), heart attack. * Maher Hathout, 79, Egyptian-born American Islamic leader, cancer. *

Dwight Hooker Dwight Hooker (June 22, 1928 – January 3, 2015) was an American photographer and architect. He was best known as a photographer for ''Playboy'' magazine and has been described as one of the masters of "the sensual and the erotic", along with pho ...

, 86, American photographer (''

Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...

'') and architect. * Bill Jessup, 85, American football player (

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...

). *

Rueben Philip Job Rueben Philip Job (February 7, 1928 – January 3, 2015) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church. Elected in 1984, he served the Iowa episcopal area and retired in 1992. Birth and family Job was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. On A ...

, 86, American United Methodist prelate, Bishop of the Iowa

episcopal area An episcopal area in the United Methodist Church (UMC) is a basic unit of this denomination. It is a region presided over by a resident bishop that is similar to a diocese in other Christian denominations. Each annual conference in the UMC is wit ...

(1984–1992). *

Muath al-Kasasbeh Muath Safi Yousef al-Kasasbeh ( ar, معاذ صافي يوسف الكساسبة, Muʿaḏ Ṣāfī Yūsuf al-Kasāsibah South Levantine pronunciation: ; 29 May 1988 – 3 January 2015) was a Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot who was captur ...

, 26, Jordanian fighter pilot and

ISIS Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...

hostage, burned alive. *

Roger Kitter Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

, 65, British actor (''

'Allo 'Allo! ''Allo 'Allo!'' is a British sitcom television series, created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner and Richard Gibson. Originally broadcast on BBC1, the series focuses on the life of a French caf ...

'') and entertainer, cancer. *

Olga Knyazeva Olga Nikolaevna Knyazeva (russian: Ольга Николаевна Князева; 9 August 1954 – 3 January 2015) was a Soviet foil fencer. She won a team gold medal at the 1976 Olympics and placed ninth individually. She also won four go ...

, 60, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

). * Willy Ovesen, 90, Norwegian civil servant. *

Terence Ranger Terence "Terry" Osborn Ranger (29 November 1929 – 3 January 2015) was a prominent British Africanist, best known as a historian of Zimbabwe. Part of the post-colonial generation of historians, his work spanned the pre- and post-Independence ...

, 85, British historian. * Jaime Romero Móran, 22, Mexican gymnast, shot. *

Allie Sherman Alex "Allie" Sherman (February 10, 1923 – January 3, 2015) was an American football player and coach who played 51 games in six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback and defensive back, and afterward served as head co ...

, 91, American football player (

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...

) and coach (

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

). *

Jouko Törmänen Jouko Sihveri Törmänen (10 April 1954 – 3 January 2015
) was a Finni ...

, 60, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

4

Chang Sung-hwan Chang Sung-hwan (Korean: 장성환; Hanja: 張盛煥, October 27, 1920 – January 4, 2015) was a South Korean air force lieutenant general, government minister and diplomat. Military career He was the first Korean pilot to fly the Nort ...

, 94, South Korean lieutenant general and diplomat, Chief of Staff of the

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an a ...

(1962–1964), natural causes. *

Elisabetta Catalano Elisabetta Catalano (1944 – 4 January 2015) was an Italian fine-art photographer mostly specialized in black and white and color portraiture. Life Catalano was born in Rome, and took up photography as an autodidact. In the early 1960s she st ...

, 70, Italian fine-art photographer. *

Pino Daniele Giuseppe Daniele (19 March 1955 – 4 January 2015), known as Pino Daniele, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. His influences covered a wide number of genres, including pop, blues, jazz, and Italian and Middle Eastern music. Biograp ...

, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack. *

Chitresh Das Chitresh Das (Devanagari: ) (9 November 1944 – 4 January 2015) was a classical dancer of the North Indian style of Kathak. Born in Calcutta, Das was a performer, choreographer, composer and educator. He was instrumental in bringing Kathak to ...

, 70, Indian dancer, instructor and choreographer, aneurysm. * Al Delugach, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter,

mesothelioma Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers many of the internal organs (known as the mesothelium). The most common area affected is the lining of the lungs and chest wall. Less commonly the lining ...

. *

Lance Diamond Lance Diamond (born William Shingles), (July 3, 19452015 in review: ...

, 69, American singer, heart complications. *

Jay Furman Jay Furman (July 15, 1942 – January 4, 2015) was a developer and owner of real estate located in thirty-nine U.S. states and Puerto Rico. He had significant interests in more than 150 shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and industrial/st ...

, 72, American real estate developer, cancer. *

He Zhenliang He Zhenliang (; 29 December 1929 – 4 January 2015) was a Chinese politician and diplomat. He served as vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Culture and Olympic Education Com ...

, 85, Chinese politician and diplomat. * Dan Held, 53, Canadian ice hockey player. *

Gene Kemp Gene Kemp née Rushton (27 December 1926 – 4 January 2015) was an English author known for children's books. Her first, ''The Pride of Tamworth Pig'', appeared in 1972. She won the British Carnegie Medal for her school novel '' The Turbulent ...

, 88, British children's author ('' The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler''). * Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

). * Azizullah Lodin, 75–76, Afghan politician. *

John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth ...

, 77, Scottish footballer (

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

). *

Stu Miller Stuart Leonard Miller (December 26, 1927 – January 4, 2015), nicknamed The Butterfly Man, was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952–56), Philadelphia Phillies (1956), New York/San Francisco Giants (1 ...

, 87, American baseball player (

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yor ...

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...

). *

Juan Isidro Moreno Juan Isidro Moreno Espinal (Mata del Jobo, Sabaneta; 6 August 1924 – Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the c ...

, 90, Dominican Republic poet. * Hasan Hazer Moshar, 91, Iranian artist. * Jack Parr, 78, American basketball player (

Cincinnati Royals The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ...

). *

Natalino Pescarolo Natalino Pescarolo (26 March 1929 – 4 January 2015) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1952, Pescarolo was named auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cuneo in Italy in 1990. In 1992, he was appointed bi ...

, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Fossano Fossano ( pms, Fossan) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra. It lies on the main railway line from Turin to Cuneo and to Savona, and has a branch li ...

(1992–2005) and

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

(1999–2005). *

Hank Peters Henry John Peters (September 16, 1924 – January 4, 2015) was an American professional baseball executive who held senior management positions for the Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball between ...

, 90, American baseball executive (

), complications from a stroke. *

Ahuti Prasad Ahuti Prasad (born Adusumilli Janardhan Vara Prasad; 2 January 1958 – 4 January 2015) was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu film industry. He was renowned for the wide variety of roles he played, including father-figure, comedian, and anta ...

, 57, Indian actor, colon cancer. *

Ives Roqueta Ives Roqueta (; born 29 February 1936 in Sète, Hérault, died January 4, 2015) was an Occitan author. He played a major role in the country's political and cultural movement. He was the president of the IEO for a number of years and his brother J ...

, 78, French

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author. * Eli Sagan, 87, American clothing manufacturer, cultural anthropology author and Nixon Enemy. *

Stuart Scott Stuart Orlando Scott (July 19, 1965 – January 4, 2015) was an American Sports commentator, sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, most notably on ''SportsCenter''. Well known for his hip-hop style and use of catchphrases, Scott was also a regular ...

, 49, American sports journalist (''

SportsCenter ''SportsCenter'' (SC) is a daily sports news television show, television program that serves as the flagship program and brand of United States, American cable television, cable and satellite television television network, network ESPN. The show ...

''), appendix cancer. *

Michele Serros Michele Marie Serros (February 10, 1966 – January 4, 2015) was an American author, poet and comedic social commentator. Hailed as "a Woman to Watch in the New Century" by ''Newsweek'',adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma (; plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata ) (AC) is a type of cancerous tumor that can occur in several parts of the body. It is defined as neoplasia of epithelial tissue that has glandular origin, glandular characteristics, or ...

of the salivary gland. * Nelson Torno, 87, Argentine Olympic sports shooter. *

Upendra Trivedi Upendra Jethalal Trivedi (14 July 1936 4 January 2015) was an Indian film and stage actor, director and producer who was one of the most prolific actors of Gujarati cinema. As an actor films like '' Mehndi Rang Lagyo'' (1960), ''Jogidas Khuman' ...

, 78, Indian actor and director. * Richard D. Veltri, 79, American politician, member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

. *

René Vautier René Vautier (; 15 January 1928 – 4 January 2015) was a French film director. His films, which were often controversial with French authorities, addressed many issues, such as the Algerian War, French colonialism in Africa, pollution, raci ...

, 86, French film director (''

Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès ''Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès'' (English: To Be Twenty in the Aures) is a 1972 film. Synopsis A group of young pacifists from Brittany is taken to a camp destined to deserters. They end up by accepting the increasing violence with which they a ...

''). *

Bernard Williams Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBA (21 September 1929 – 10 June 2003) was an English moral philosopher. His publications include ''Problems of the Self'' (1973), ''Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy'' (1985), ''Shame and Necessity'' ...

, 72, British film producer (''

A Clockwork Orange ''A Clockwork Orange'' may refer to: * ''A Clockwork Orange'' (novel), a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess ** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel *** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (soundtrack), the film ...

'', ''

Daredevil Daredevil may refer to: * A stunt performer Arts and media Comics * Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications), a fictional 1940s superhero popularized by writer-artist Charles Biro * Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), a Marvel comic book superher ...

'', ''

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' adve ...

''), cancer. *

Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński (4 May 1944 – 4 January 2015) was a Polish sociologist, political scientist, and writer. A professor of sociology, he was the founder and first head of the Polish Academy of Sciences' Institute of Political Studies, and re ...

, 70, Polish academic. * János Zsombolyai, 75, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.

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Philippe Baillet Philippe Baillet (6 October 1940 – 5 January 2015) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. References

1940 births 2015 deaths French men's basketball players Olympic baske ...

, 74, French Olympic basketball player. * Allan Beard, 95, British civil servant. *

Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (26 April 1937 – 5 January 2015) was a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver who raced for the Matra and BRM teams. He competed in 88 Grands Prix achieving a single victory, at th ...

, 77, French

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

racing driver, winner of the

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Al Bendich Albert Morris Bendich (June 18, 1929 – January 5, 2015) was a professor of rhetoric at UC Berkeley, active during the Free Speech Movement (1964-1965), as well as a civil rights attorney, noted for his roles in defending the free speech right ...

, 85, American civil rights attorney. *

Khan Bonfils Kan (Khan) Bonfils (October 7, 1967– January 5, 2015) was a Korean-Danish actor. Early life He was born in Korea and adopted when he was 5 years old by Knud Erik Bonfils. He was raised in Denmark. He relocated to London to fulfil his dream. ...

, 42, English actor ('' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', ''

Batman Begins ''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. The film is based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam ...

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Skyfall ''Skyfall'' is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villai ...

''). * Jim Burton, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (

Hershey Bears The Hershey Bears are a professional ice hockey team based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a town located 14 miles east of the state capital of Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the c ...

) and coach, heart attack. *

Jack Calmes Jack Calmes (October 21, 1943 – January 5, 2015) was an American inventor, sound reinforcement and lighting business executive, and musician. In 1965, he co-founded Showco, a concert sound and lighting service company. In 1984, Calmes founded ...

, 71, American inventor, executive and musician. * Eylül Cansın, 24, Turkish transgender woman, suicide by jumping. * Bobby Carter, 75, American politician, member of the

Tennessee Senate The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee Senate has the power to pass resolutions concerning essentially any issue rega ...

(1995–2002). * William R. Catton, Jr., 88, American environmental sociologist. * Arthur E. Chase, 84, American politician, member of the

Massachusetts Senate The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the ...

(1991–1995). * Albert Firth, 77, English rugby league player (

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). *

Antonio Fuertes Antonio Fuertes Pascual (3 December 1929 – 5 January 2015) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Valencia CF, Valencia and Elche CF, Elche and won one cap for the Spain national football team, Spain national team. ...

, 85, Spanish footballer (

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

Elche Elche ( ca-valencia, Elx) is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2014 data, Elche has a population of 228,647 inhabitants,Vadim Glovatsky, 45, Kazakhstani Olympic ice hockey player (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

), (

Metallurg Magnitogorsk Metallurg Magnitogorsk (russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. They a ...

). * Joe Haines, 91, American politician, member of the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

(1981–1999). * Ken Hale, 75, English football player and manager. * Niels Hansen, 90, German diplomat. *

Milton Hebald Milton Elting Hebald (May 24, 1917 – January 5, 2015) was a sculptor who specialized in figurative bronze works. Twenty-three of his works are displayed in public in New York City, including the statues of Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest in ...

, 97, American sculptor. * Martin Joseph, 65, Trinidadian politician, Minister of National Security (2003–2010), drowned. *

Mustafa Kamal Mustafa Kamal, Mostafa Kamal or variations may refer to: *Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President. *Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş (1920–201 ...

, 81, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (1999), heart disease. * Anthony Ledwith, 81, British chemist. * Earl MacNaughton, 95, Canadian physicist. *

Bernard Joseph McLaughlin Bernard Joseph McLaughlin (November 19, 1912 – January 5, 2015) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo and also held the titular see of Mottola. Biography Early life and education ...

, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (1968–1988). * Harold Murphy, 76, American politician, member of the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

(1993–2003). *

Ganesh Patro Behara Ganesh Patro (22 June 1945 – 5 January 2015) was an Indian playwright and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He started his career in 1965, and wrote dialogues, songs, and stories for Telugu films from the 1970s up to th ...

, 69, Indian playwright and screenwriter, cancer. *

Alfons Peeters Alfons Peeters (21 January 1943 – 5 January 2015) was a Belgian footballer. During his career he played for R.S.C. Anderlecht. He earned 4 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Honours Pl ...

, 71, Belgian footballer. *

Joan Peters Joan Peters (née Friedman; April 29, 1936 – January 5, 2015), later Caro, was an American journalist and broadcaster. She wrote the 1984 book ''From Time Immemorial'', a controversial account of the origins of the Palestinians. Life Peters ...

, 78, American author (''

From Time Immemorial ''From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab–Jewish Conflict over Palestine'' is a 1984 book by Joan Peters, published by Harper & Row, about the demographics of the Arab population of Palestine and of the Jewish population of the Arab wo ...

''), complications from a stroke. * King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician. *

Geoff Truett Geoffrey Frederick Truett (23 May 1935 – 5 January 2015) was an English professional footballer, who played as a winger. Early and personal life Geoffrey Frederick Truett was born on 23 May 1935, in Forest Gate, Essex. He was evacuated to A ...

, 79, English footballer (

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building * ...

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Anton Amann Anton Amann (20 June 1956 – 6 January 2015) was an Austrian chemist and Professor of chemistry at the Innsbruck Medical University. He worked in the area of physical chemistry, ECG analysis, and exhaled breath analysis. Amann was the ...

, 58, Austrian chemist. * Else M. Barth, 86, Norwegian philosopher. *

Vlastimil Bubník Vlastimil Bubník (; 18 March 1931 – 6 January 2015) was a Czech ice hockey player and footballer. Bubník was born in Kelč, Czechoslovakia, and played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Brno and Královo Pole. He al ...

, 83, Czech ice hockey player and footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

). *

Buffalo Tiger William Buffalo TigerTom Wells ( ...

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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Florida. They were part of the Seminole nation until the mid-20th century, when they organized as an independent tribe, receiving fed ...

(1962–1985). *

Joseph Djida Joseph Djida, OMI (April 8, 1945 – January 6, 2015) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1976, Ateba was appointed the second bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon Cameroon (; french: ...

, 69, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Ngaoundéré Ngaoundéré, or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) is the capital of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. According to the film ''Les Mairuuwas – Maitre de l'e ...

(since 2000). *

Johannes de Villiers Graaff Johannes de Villiers Graaff (also known as Jan de Van Graaff or Jannie Graaff) (19 February 1928 – 6 January 2015) was a neoclassical South African welfare economist. Graaff is noted for his work on optimal savings rates, contributions to t ...

, 86, South African economist. *

Lawrence Gushee Lawrence Arthur "Larry" Gushee (February 25, 1931 – January 6, 2015) was an American musicologist, who specialized in medieval music and early jazz. He was born in Ridley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at Haverford College, ...

, 83, American musicologist. *

Jean Hendriks Jan Antoon Hubert "Jean" Hendriks (18 August 1925 – 6 January 2015) was a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the Senate of the Netherlands between 1981 and 1991 for the Christian Democratic Appeal. He spent most of his working life at ...

, 89, Dutch politician, member of the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(1981–1991). *

Francesca Hilton Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton (March 10, 1947 – January 5, 2015) was an actress and comedian who was the only child of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and his second wife, actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor. Early life and family Hi ...

, 67, American actress and socialite, stroke. *

Ron Hovey Ronald Clive Hovey (25 August 1932 – 6 January 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Career Hovey played in the 1947 Shepparton Boys Football Club's Central Goulburn Valley ...

, 82, Australian football player (

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

). * Arthur Jackson, 96, American sports shooter. *

Sir John Mason Sir John Mason (1503 – 20 April 1566) was an English diplomat and spy. Origins and education Mason was born to humble parents in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) in 1503. His father is said to have been a cowherd,* his mother was t ...

, 91, British meteorologist. * George H. McKee, 91, American air force

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

. *

Lance Percival John Lancelot Blades Percival (26 July 1933 – 6 January 2015), known as Lance Percival, was an English actor, comedian and singer, best known for his appearances in satirical comedy television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to impro ...

, 81, British actor (''

That Was the Week That Was ''That Was the Week That Was'', informally ''TWTWTW'' or ''TW3'', is a satirical television comedy programme that aired on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963. It was devised, produced, and directed by Ned Sherrin and Jack (aka John) Duncan, and pre ...

'', ''

The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...

'') and singer ("

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"). *

Gilberto Perez Gilberto Perez (1943 – January 6, 2015) was an American Professor of Film Studies. Perez grew up in Havana, Cuba, where he was exposed to an eclectic international mix of films. He is the son of Federico Gilberto Pérez y Castillo (1911-1967) an ...

, 71, Cuban-born American professor of film studies. *

Sanford E. Reisenbach Sanford E. "Sandy" Reisenbach (May 13, 1932 – January 6, 2015) was the longtime marketing executive for Warner Bros. He lived in Beverly Hills, California. According to ''The Hollywood Reporter'', Reisenbach guided over 250 advertising campaign ...

, 82, American marketing executive (

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...

). * Patricia Roppel, 76, American historian and teacher, specialist in the history of

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, cancer. *

Thunder Rumble Thunder Rumble (1989 in New York (state), New York – January 6, 2015) was an American Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorse that The Blood-Horse called a "sensation at Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga" race course for his performances there in 199 ...

, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic. *

Alexandru Segal Alexandru Sorin Segal (October 4, 1947 in Bucharest – 6 January 2015) was an economist and chess player Jewish and Romanian naturalized Brazilian. He was Brazilian chess champion in 1974 and 1978. He became internationally known for his part ...

, 67, Romanian-born Brazilian economist and chess player.

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Subhas Anandan Subhas Anandan (25 December 1947 – 7 January 2015) was an Indian-Singaporean notable criminal lawyer. He had appeared in numerous notable cases, including a case involving actress Quan Yi Fong hitting a taxi driver in 2010, and a case involv ...

, 67, Indian-born Singaporean lawyer, heart failure. * José Arias, 92, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

). * Tim Arson, 38, American professional wrestler ( WWC,

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). * Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, Spanish politician, member of the

(1977–1979, 1993–2000) and

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(2000–2004). * John Burritt, 80, American Olympic biathlete. *

Gilbert Finn Gilbert Finn (September 3, 1920 – January 7, 2015) was a Canadian businessman and was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1994. Born in Inkerman, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Laval Universi ...

, 94, Canadian businessman,

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick The lieutenant governor of New Brunswick (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''du Nouveau-Brunswick'') is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the , who operates distinctly wit ...

(1987–1994). *

Michael Fisher Michael Ellis Fisher (3 September 1931 – 26 November 2021) was an English physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions to statistical physics, including but not restricted to the theory of phase t ...

, 68, British solicitor, cancer. *

Tadeusz Konwicki Tadeusz Konwicki (22 June 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Polish writer and film director, as well as a member of the Polish Language Council. Life Konwicki was born in 1926 as the only son of Jadwiga Kieżun and Michał Konwicki in Nowa Wilejka, ...

, 88, Polish writer and filmmaker. *

Mompati Merafhe Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe (6 June 1936 – 7 January 2015) was a Botswana politician who was Vice-President of Botswana from 2008 to 2012. He was a retired Lieutenant-General and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008. Biography ...

, 78, Botswanan lieutenant general and politician,

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

(2008–2012). *

Arch A. Moore, Jr. Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virgi ...

, 91, American politician,

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(1969–1977, 1985–1989). *

J. P. Parisé Jean-Paul Joseph-Louis Parisé (December 11, 1941 – January 7, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and player. Parisé played in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Minnesota North Stars and the New York Islande ...

, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (

), lung cancer. *

Jethro Pugh Jethro Pugh Jr. (July 3, 1944 – January 7, 2015) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys for fourteen seasons. He played college football at Elizabeth City State College. Early ye ...

, 70, American football player (

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). * Archie Radebe, 55, South African footballer (

AmaZulu Zulu people (; zu, amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal ...

) and coach. *

B. S. Abdur Rahman Buhari Syed Abdur Rahman (15 October 1927 – 7 January 2015) was an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist. He had a range of business interests in the UAE and India (in Tamil Nadu) including maritime shipping, real estate, insu ...

, 87, Indian business executive and philanthropist (

B. S. Abdur Rahman University B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, formerly B. S. Abdur Rahman University, is a private university located in Tamil Nadu, India. Previously, functioning under University of Madras (1984–2001) and Anna University (2 ...

). * David Rolfe, 50, Australian Paralympic swimmer, complications relating to heart surgery. *

Julio Scherer García Julio Scherer García (7 April 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Mexican author and journalist. He was the editor of the daily newspaper ''Excelsior (Mexican daily newspaper), Excélsior'' from 1968 to 1976. He also was the founder of the newsmagazi ...

, 88, Mexican journalist, septic shock. *

Herb Simpson Herbert Harold Simpson (August 29, 1920 – January 7, 2015) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played for the Seattle Steelheads in the West Coast Negro Baseball League. He also played for the Birmingham Black Barons and th ...

, 94, American baseball player (

Seattle Steelheads The Seattle Steelheads were a Negro league baseball team from Seattle, Washington. Owned by Abe Saperstein, they were also known as the Harlem Globetrotters and Cincinnati Crescents, though occasionally the teams split and played each other. F ...

). *

Rod Taylor Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including ''The Time Machine'' (1960), ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), '' The Birds'' (1963), and ''In ...

, 84, Australian actor (''

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'', '' The Birds'', '' 101 Dalmatians'', ''

Inglourious Basterds ''Inglourious Basterds'' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alter ...

''), heart attack. * Nancy Thomas, 96, British television producer (''

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Cabu Jean Maurice Jules Cabut (; 13 January 19387 January 2015), known by the pen-name Cabu (), was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He was murdered in the January 2015 shooting attack on the ''Charlie Hebdo'' newspaper offices. Cabu w ...

, 76, cartoonist **

Elsa Cayat Elsa Jeanne Cayat (; 9 March 1960 – 7 January 2015) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and a columnist for the satirical newspaper '' Charlie Hebdo'' in Paris, France. She was one of 12 victims of the ''Charlie Hebdo'' attack and ...

, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist **

Charb Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting on 7 January 2015. He wor ...

, 47, caricaturist and journalist ** Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist **

Bernard Maris Bernard Henri Maris (; 23 September 19467 January 2015), also known as "Oncle Bernard", was a French economist, writer and journalist who was also a shareholder in '' Charlie Hebdo'' magazine. He was murdered on 7 January 2015, during the shoot ...

, 68, economist and journalist **

Tignous Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (, from oc, Tinhós), was a French cartoonist. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine '' Charlie Hebdo''. On 7 Jan ...

, 57, cartoonist **

Georges Wolinski Georges David Wolinski (; 28 June 19347 January 2015) was a French cartoonist and comics writer. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in a terrorist attack on ''Charlie Hebdo'' along with other staff. Early life Georges David Wolinski was born on 2 ...

, 80, cartoonist

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* Fernando Argila, 92, Spanish footballer. *

William E. Boeing Jr. William Edward Boeing Jr. (November 22, 1922 – January 8, 2015) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist who was the son of aviation pioneer William E. Boeing, founder of the Boeing Company. In 2010, the American Institute o ...

, 92, American businessman. *

Andraé Crouch Andraé Edward Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor. Referred to as "the father of modern gospel music" by contemporary Christian and gospel music profess ...

, 72, American gospel singer, heart attack. *

Kep Enderby Keppel Earl Enderby (25 June 1926 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian politician and judge. Enderby was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party between 1970 and 1975 and became a senior cabinet minist ...

, 88, Australian politician and judge, MP (1970–1975), Supreme Court Justice of New South Wales (1982–1992). *

Patsy Garrett Virginia "Patsy" Garrett (May 4, 1921 – January 8, 2015) was an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a radio performer at the age of seven, Garrett is best known for her seven years on Fred Waring's ''Pleasure Time'' radio sho ...

, 93, American singer and actress (''

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'', ''

Nanny and the Professor ''Nanny and the Professor'' is an early 1970s American sitcom created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century-Fox Television that aired on ABC from January 21, 1970 until December 27, 1971. During pre-production, the proposed tit ...

'', ''

Room 222 ''Room 222'' is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television that aired on ABC for 112 episodes, from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 8:30 ( EST) fo ...

''). * Jean-Claude Gasigwa, 31, Rwandan tennis player ( Davis Cup team). * Peter Hill, 83, English footballer (

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

). * Jenő Lasztovicza, 53, Hungarian politician, MP (since 1998). *

Curtis Lee Curtis Edwin Lee (October 28, 1939 – January 8, 2015) was an American singer of the early 1960s, who was twice a beneficiary of Phil Spector's productions in 1961. These were "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" ( US #7) and "Under the Moon of Love" ( ...

, 75, American singer ("

Pretty Little Angel Eyes "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" is a 1961 song by American singer Curtis Lee. It was released on Dunes Records, #45-2007. Phil Spector served as producer, and also produced Lee's follow-up hit "Under the Moon of Love". Background The track is in the d ...

"), cancer. *

Hubert Markl Hubert Simon Markl (17 August 1938 – 8 January 2015) was a German biologist who also served as president of the Max Planck Society from 1996 to 2002. Early life Markl was born on 17 August 1938 in Regensburg, Germany. He studied biology, chemis ...

, 76, German biologist. *

Ray McFall Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (gra ...

, 88, British nightclub owner (

The Cavern Club The Cavern Club is a nightclub on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened in 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the late 50s and early 1960s. The club became closely assoc ...

). * Roy McKie, 93, American illustrator. *

Richard Meade Richard John Hannay Meade (4 December 1938 – 8 January 2015) was Britain's most successful male equestrian at the Olympics. He was a triple Olympic gold medalist and the first British rider to win an individual Olympic title. He also won ...

, 76, British equestrian, three-time Olympic champion, cancer. * Remo Pianezzi, 87, Swiss cyclist. * Henryk Podlewski, 94, Polish psychiatrist. * Leif Rantala, 67, Finnish linguist. *

Erbey Satterfield Erbey Leland Satterfield (June 23, 1939 – January 8, 2015) was an American electrician, labor activist, and politician. Born in Climax, Colorado, Satterfield enlisted in the United States Navy in 1957. He then went to Utah State Universit ...

, 75, American politician, member of the

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ...

. * Egil Toreng, 92, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician. * Nelson Townsend, 73, American athletic director (

Florida A&M Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the U ...

), heart attack.

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Angelo Anquilletti Angelo Anquilletti (; 25 April 1943 – 9 January 2015) was an Italian football defender. A tough yet fair player, Anquiletti was a successful right-sided full-back, who was known for his strength, energy, work-rate, positioning, marking abili ...

, 71, Italian footballer (

A.C. Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...

). * Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, Indian feminist critic and academic. *

Amedy Coulibaly Amedy Coulibaly (; 27 February 1982 – 9 January 2015) was a Malian-French man who was the prime suspect in the Montrouge shooting, in which municipal police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe was shot and killed, and was the hostage-taker and gu ...

, 32, French jihadist, shot. *

Harry A. DeMaso Harry A. DeMaso (February 24, 1921 – January 9, 2015) was an American politician who was a Michigan Republican State Senator from the 20th district, which comprised the counties of Calhoun and Eaton, and one township in Ingham ( Delhi Townshi ...

, 93, American politician, member of the

Michigan Senate The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives, it composes the state legislature, which has powers, roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, ado ...

(1967–1986). *

Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Samuel John Goldwyn Jr. (September 7, 1926 – January 9, 2015) was an American film producer. Early life Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was born on September 7, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Frances Howard (born Frances Howard McL ...

, 88, American film producer (''

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in ''The New Yorker'' on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book ''My World and Welcome to It'' (Harc ...

'', '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', ''

The Preacher's Wife ''The Preacher's Wife'' is a 1996 American comedy-drama film directed by Penny Marshall and starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance. It is a remake of the 1947 film ''The Bishop's Wife'', which in turn was based on the 1 ...

''), heart failure. *

Ah Chew Goo Ah Chew Goo (April 10, 1918 – January 9, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach of the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team, who was known primarily for his basketball dribbling and passing abilities. Goo, who stood at only , ...

, 96, American basketball player and coach (

University of Hawaii A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

). * Michel Jeury, 80, French science fiction author. * Sonny Karnofsky, 92, American football player (

). * Robert V. Keeley, 85, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mauritius (1976–1978),

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

(1980–1984) and

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(1985–1989), stroke. * Sarah Kemp, 77, Australian actress ('' Sons and Daughters''), lung cancer. * Chuck Locke, 82, American baseball player (

). *

Frans Molenaar Frans Molenaar (; 11 May 1940 – 9 January 2015) was a Dutch fashion designer.Frans Molenaar. Geschiedenis

, 74, Dutch fashion designer, complications from a fall. *

Józef Oleksy Józef Oleksy (; 22 June 1946 – 9 January 2015) was a Polish left-wing politician, former chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (''Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej'', SLD). Early life and education In his youth he lived in Nowy Sącz, and was ...

, 68, Polish politician,

(1995–1996), cancer. *

Bud Paxson Lowell White "Bud" Paxson (April 17, 1935 – January 9, 2015) was an American media executive. In 1982, Paxson and his business partner, Roy Speer, co-founded the Home Shopping Club (now called the Home Shopping Network). He later established Pax T ...

, 79, American media executive, co-founder of the

Home Shopping Network HSN, an initialism of its former name Home Shopping Network, is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Qurate Retail Group, which also owns catalog company Cornerstone Brands. Based in the Gateway area of St. Petersburg, Flor ...

, founder of

Pax TV Ion Television is an American broadcast television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998, as Pax TV, focusing primarily on family-oriented entert ...

. * Peder Pedersen, 69, Danish

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

, Olympic champion (

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

). *

Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman bin Ya'kub ( ms, عبدالرحمن بن يعقوب, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 3 January 1928 – 9 January 2015) was a Malaysian politician of Melanau descent from Mukah. He was the third C ...

, 87, Malaysian politician,

Chief Minister of Sarawak The Premier of Sarawak is the head of Government of Sarawak, government in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Sarawak. The premier is appointed by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, Yang di-Pertua Negeri, also kn ...

(1970–1981). *

Whitney Reed Whitney Reed (August 20, 1932 – January 9, 2015) was a former U.S. No. 1 tennis player from the United States who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. Reed was ranked No. 1 amateur in the United States in 1961 and was ranked in the U.S. amateur ...

, 82, American tennis player. *

James L. Reveal James Lauritz Reveal (March 29, 1941 – January 9, 2015) was a U.S. botanist best known for his contributions to the genus '' Eriogonum'' and for his work on suprageneric names. His website, at PlantSystematics.org, also presents material on plan ...

, 73, American botanist. * Robert Scott, 73, American author. * Iqbal Sheikh, 80, Pakistani cricketer. *

Bud Sherman Louis Ralph "Bud" Sherman (December 24, 1926 – January 9, 2015) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the House of Commons of Canada during the 1960s and was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manit ...

, 88, Canadian politician, member of the

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (french: Assemblée législative du Manitoba) is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislature in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly at provincial gener ...

(1969–1984), member of the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

(1965–1968). * Miroslav Soviš, 60, Czech Olympic biathlete. * Paul M. Starnes, 80, American politician, member of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

(1972–1990). *

Roy Tarpley Roy James Tarpley (November 28, 1964 – January 9, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions in the National Basketball Association (NBA), earning an NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in ...

, 50, American basketball player (

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ...

). *

Christian Vannequé Christian Vannequé (20 August 1949 – 9 January 2015) was a French sommelier and restaurateur. Career In 1967, he began at the three star Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris as an assistant cellar man. He rose to become the restaurant's head so ...

, 65, French sommelier and restaurateur.

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* John Angus, 66, New Zealand children's rights advocate, children's commissioner (2009–2011). * Jorgelina Aranda, 72, Argentine model and actress (''

Il Gaucho ''Il Gaucho'' (internationally released as ''The Gaucho'') is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was co-produced by Clemente Lococo, an Argentinian production company, and in Argentina it was released as ''Un italiano en la Argen ...

''). *

Robert Berner Robert Arbuckle Berner (November 25, 1935 – January 10, 2015) was an American scientist known for his contributions to the modeling of the carbon cycle. He taught Geology and Geophysics from 1965 to 2007 at Yale University, where he latterly se ...

, 79, American geologist and geochemist. *

Walter Berns Walter Berns (May 3, 1919 – January 10, 2015) was an American constitutional law and political philosophy professor. He was a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a professor emeritus at Georgetown University. Early life an ...

, 95, American constitutional law and political philosophy professor. *

Frans Bolweg Frans Bolweg (30 March 1950 – 10 January 2015) was a sailor, scout, speaker, National Race Officer and since 1995 International Judge from the Netherlands. Sailing life Frans Bolweg had a short career, in Clipper, Europe and Laser, as regatta s ...

, 64, Dutch sailor and coach. *

Brian Clemens Brian Horace Clemens (30 July 1931 – 10 January 2015) was an English screenwriter and television producer, possibly best known for his work on '' The Avengers'' and '' The Professionals''. Clemens claimed to be related to Mark Twain (Samuel ...

, 83, British screenwriter (''

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde ''Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde'' is a 1971 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker based on the 1886 novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions ...

'') and television producer (''

The Avengers Avenger, Avengers, The Avenger, or The Avengers may refer to: Arts and entertainment In the Marvel Comics universe * Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes ** Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes o ...

'', ''

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''). *

Abed Daoudieh Abed Khalaf Daoudieh (23 April 1920 – 10 January 2015) was a Jordanian politician. He served as Awqaf and Islamic Affairs minister in 1984. He later served as governor of the governorates of Irbid, Balqa and Ma'an Ma'an ( ar, مَعان, Ma� ...

, 94, Jordanian politician, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister (1984). *

George Dickerson George Graf Dickerson, Jr. (July 25, 1933 – January 10, 2015) was an American actor, writer, and poet. Biography Dickerson was born July 25, 1933, in Topeka, Kansas, to George Graf Dickerson, a lawyer, and Elizabeth Dickerson (née Naumann) ...

, 81, American actor ('' Blue Velvet'', ''

Hill Street Blues ''Hill Street Blues'' is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes. The show chronicles the lives of the staff of a single police station loca ...

''). *

James R. Dixon James Ray Dixon (August 1, 1928, in Houston, Texas – January 10, 2015, in Bryan, Texas) was professor emeritus and curator emeritus of amphibians and reptiles at the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection at Texas A&M University. He lived in El C ...

, 86, American herpetologist. *

Tim Drummond Timothy Lee Drummond (20 April 1940 – 10 January 2015) was an American musician from Canton, Illinois. Drummond's primary instrument was bass guitar and he toured and recorded with many notable artists, including Conway Twitty, Bob Dylan, James ...

, 74, American bassist (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

). * Pierre-André Fournier, 71, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of

Rimouski Rimouski ( ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the C ...

(since 2008). *

Elemér Hankiss Elemér Hankiss (4 May 1928 – 10 January 2015) was a Hungarian sociologist. His first wife was MEP Ágnes Hankiss. Career He was born in the town of Debrecen in eastern Hungary, where his father, János Hankiss was a professor of literature. ...

, 86, Hungarian sociologist. *

Maeve Hillery Maeve Hillery (; 14 August 1924 – 10 January 2015) was an Irish anaesthetist who was the wife of the 6th President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery. Life and family Mary Beatrice Finnegan was born on 14 August 1924 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Her f ...

, 91, Irish physician. * Jim Hogan, 81, Irish Olympic long-distance runner, European champion (

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

). * Harry V. Jaffa, 96, American political philosophy professor. *

Annis Jensen Annis "Big Red" Jensen (September 20, 1921 – January 10, 2015) was an American roller derby skater. In 1954, she was the first women's captain of the San Francisco Bay Bombers in the IRDL professional roller derby league. At the time of retir ...

, 93, American roller derby skater. * Frederik H. Kreuger, 86, Dutch high voltage scientist. *

Junior Malanda Bernard Malanda-Adje (28 August 1994 – 10 January 2015), nicknamed Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer who last played for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a defensive midfielder. He was a youth team player at Brussels, Anderlech ...

, 20, Belgian footballer (

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

, national under-21 team), traffic collision. *

Marko Marin Marko Marin ( sr-cyr, Марко Марин, born 13 March 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and left winger. He was known for his acceleration, dribbling, agility, creativity, versatility, ...

, 84, Slovenian theatre director and art historian. * Slobodan Martinović, 70, Serbian chess player. *

Roger Moyer Roger W. "Pip" Moyer (August 16, 1934 – January 10, 2015) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Annapolis, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, from 1965 to 1973 for two consecutive terms. Moyer is credited with calming race relations ...

, 80, American politician,

Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland The Mayor of Annapolis is the chief political figure in the city of Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis, which is the capital city of Maryland. The mayor is elected to a four-year term. List of Mayors of Annapolis *1708–1720 Amos Garrett (mayo ...

(1965–1973), Parkinson's disease. *

Yoko Nagae Ceschina (5 April 1932 – 10 January 2015) was a Japanese-born patron of the arts and noted patroness of classical music. Biography Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, to a businessman father and mother who played the piano domestically, Yoko Nagae was e ...

, 82, Japanese classical music philanthropist. *

Taylor Negron Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron (August 1, 1957 – January 10, 2015) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Milo in the 1991 buddy cop action comedy film ''The Last Boy Scout''. Early life Negron was born in Glendale, C ...

, 57, American comedian and actor ('' Angels in the Outfield'', ''

Fast Times at Ridgemont High ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' is a 1982 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling (in her feature directorial debut), from a screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his 1981 book ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story' ...

'', ''Bio-Dome''), liver cancer. *Margit Nünke, 84, German fashion model, actress and beauty queen. *Ged Peck, 67, English musician. *Hugh Peery, 83, American Olympic wrestler. *George Probert, 87, American jazz musician and music editor. *Francesco Rosi, 92, Italian film director (''The Mattei Affair'', ''Christ Stopped at Eboli (film), Christ Stopped at Eboli'', ''Salvatore Giuliano (film), Salvatore Giuliano''). *Francis Simard, 67, Canadian revolution activist and criminal, aneurysm. *Hans Stoiber, 96, Austrian poet. *Robert Stone (novelist), Robert Stone, 77, American novelist (''Dog Soldiers (novel), Dog Soldiers''), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. *Denis Tsygurov, 43, Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings). *Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (Netherlands women's national field hockey team, national team), European champion (2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, 2009). *Roger Wosahlo, 67, English footballer (Peterborough United F.C., Peterborough), cancer.

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*Jenő Buzánszky, 89, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC, Hungary national football team, national team), Olympic champion (Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952), last living member of the Golden Team. *Gary Dighton, 46, British Olympic cyclist, suicide. *Doriemus, 24, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1995), euthanised following paddock accident. *Anita Ekberg, 83, Swedish-Italian actress (''La Dolce Vita'', ''Paris Holiday (1958 film), Paris Holiday'', ''Back from Eternity''). *Chashi Nazrul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi filmmaker (''Ora Egaro Jon''). *Chic Littlewood, 84, British-born New Zealand television personality and actor (''King Kong (2005 film), King Kong'', ''30 Days of Night (film), 30 Days of Night''). *Albert McPherson, 87, English football player (Walsall F.C., Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion). *Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, 96, American professor emeritus (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) and neuroscientist. *Fritz Pott, 75, German football player and coach. *Bruno Visintin, 82, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952). *Ryszard Zub, 80, Polish fencer, Olympic silver (Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956, Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960) and bronze (Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964) medalist.

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*John Bayley (writer), John Bayley, 89, British literary critic and writer. *Bonnie Christensen, 63, American children's book author and illustrator, ovarian cancer. *Germán Cobos, 87, Spanish actor. *Trevor Colbourn, 87, Australian educator and academic, President of the University of Central Florida (1978–1989). *James Naanman Daman, 58, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalingo, Jalingo (2000–2007) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam, Shendam (since 2007). *Stephen Gold, 58, British computer journalist, complications of heart surgery. *Robert Gover, 85, American author. *John Hill (game designer), John Hill, 69, American game designer, heart failure. *Akira Kinoshita (photographer), Akira Kinoshita, 78, Japanese photographer. *Carl Long (baseball), Carl Long, 79, American baseball player. *William C. Martel, 59, American political scientist, cancer. *A. J. Masters, 64, American singer and songwriter, prostate cancer. *Paul Morgan (rugby), Paul Morgan, 40, Welsh rugby union and league player. *Elena Obraztsova, 75, Russian mezzo-soprano. *Alex Omes, 43, American nightlife impresario, co-founder of Ultra Music Festival. *V. B. Rajendra Prasad, 82, Indian film producer and director. *Gabriel Ramushwana, 73, South African general, Head of State of Venda (1990–1994), colon cancer. *Ed Skinner, 78, American politician and attorney, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1973). *Darrell Winfield, 85, American rancher and model, Marlboro Man (1968–1989).

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*Robert Boon, 98, Dutch-born American actor (''Queen of Blood, Verboten!,

''). *Chuck Burr, 91, American football executive, general manager for the

. *Tony Ciprian, 82, New Zealand television sports presenter and producer. *Doug Cunningham (American football), Doug Cunningham, 69, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels football, Ole Miss Rebels,

). *Robert Dotson, 91, American flatfoot dancer. *Ralph Faudree, 75, American mathematician. *Frank Glazer, 99, American pianist and composer. *Jack Hayward, Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer and philanthropist, president of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers. *Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer. *H. Wesley Kenney, 89, American television director and producer (''General Hospital, All in the Family'', ''The Young and the Restless''), cardiac arrest. *Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and activist, multiple myeloma. *Frank Mazzola, 79, American film actor and editor (''Rebel Without a Cause'', ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame''). *Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer. *Ronnie Ronalde, 91, British music hall singer and Whistling, siffleur. *Isabel Rosado, 107, Puerto Rican independence activist (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party). *John H. Rubel, 94, American defense electronics executive. *Bill Thompson (manager), Bill Thompson, 70, American talent manager, heart attack. *Jane Wilson, 90, American painter. *Keith Wright (Australian politician), Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, Australian House of Representatives, MP for Division of Capricornia, Capricornia (1984–1993). *Hillel Zaks, 85, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.

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*Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Israeli rabbi. *Bob Boyd (basketball), Bob Boyd, 84, American basketball coach (USC Trojans men's basketball, USC Trojans). *Jerry Dempsey, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1992–2006). *Bill Dodd (footballer), Bill Dodd, 78, English footballer (Burnley F.C.). *Lotte Hass, 86, Austrian model and underwater diver. *Val Holten, 87, Australian cricketer. *Danny Malloy (footballer), Danny Malloy, 84, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee F.C., Dundee). *Jerzy Holzer, 84, Polish historian. *Susanto Pudjomartono, 71, Indonesian newspaper editor and diplomat, second chief editor of ''The Jakarta Post'' (1991–2003), Ambassador to Russia (2003–2008). *Nélida Romero, 88, Argentine actress. *Darren Shahlavi, 42, English actor (''Night at the Museum'', ''Watchmen (film), Watchmen'', ''Ip Man 2'') and martial artist, heart attack. *Obrad Sretenović, 79, Croatian Olympic boxer. *Layne Tom Jr., 87, American actor (Charlie Chan, Charlie Chan series). *Warren Weinstein, 73, American economist, USAID contractor kidnapped by

, drone strike.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/world/asia/2-qaeda-hostages-were-accidentally-killed-in-us-raid-white-house-says.html *Robert White (ambassador), Robert White, 88, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and United States Ambassador to El Salvador, El Salvador (1980–1981). *Zhang Wannian, 86, Chinese general.

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*Bai Jinian, 88, Chinese politician, party chief of Shaanxi Province. *Jean-Claude Baker, 71, French-born American restaurateur, suicide. *Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, 93, Czech prosecutor, participated in the show trial of Milada Horáková. *Arnaldo Calveyra, 85, Argentine poet and novelist, heart attack. *Eugene E. Covert, 88, American aeronautics engineer. *Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year", "I Believe (1953 song), I Believe", "Good Morning Heartache"), bladder cancer. *Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer. *Alan Hirschfield, 79, American film executive, CEO of Columbia Pictures (1973–1978), Chairman of 20th Century Fox (1982–1986). *Mirko Holbus, 74, Serbian Olympic ice hockey player. *Anwarul Iqbal, 64, Bangladeshi politician and police chief, cardiac arrest. *Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, Scottish peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy. *Karel Lichtnégl, 78, Czech football player. *Jean Lindenmann, 90, Swiss virologist and immunologist, co-discoverer of interferon. *Rimma Markova, 89, Russian actress. *Ray Nagel, 87, American football player (UCLA Bruins football, UCLA Bruins) and coach (Utah Utes football, Utah Utes, Iowa Hawkeyes football, Iowa Hawkeyes). *Chikao Ohtsuka, 85, Japanese voice actor (''Lupin III'', ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''One Piece''), Coronary artery disease, ischemic heart failure. *Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist, playwright, and screenwriter (''Bim''), survivor of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt. *Robert S. Pirie, 80, American lawyer. *Ignacio Posada, 79, Colombian Olympic fencer. *Harvey Sweetman, 93, New Zealand World War II pilot. *Rameshwar Thakur, 88, Indian politician, List of Governors of Odisha, Governor of Odisha (2004–2006), List of governors of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh (2006–2007) and List of Governors of Karnataka, Karnataka (2007–2009). *Walter Westbrook (artist), Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist. *Bob Wilson (sportscaster), Bob Wilson, 85, American sportscaster (Boston Bruins). *Joseph Mukasa Zuza, 59, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu, Mzuzu (since 1995), traffic collision.

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*Miriam Akavia, 87, Israeli writer. *Ian Athfield, Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect, pneumonia. *Mohamed Olow Barrow, Somali politician. *Andrew Benson, 97, American biologist. *José Carrasco (politician), José Carrasco, 71, Peruvian politician, Ministry of Energy and Mines (Peru), Minister of Energy and Mines (1988–1989) and member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, Congress (2006–2011), lung cancer. *Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991). *Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter. *Pedro María Iguaran, 74, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad). *Patrick Journoud, 50, French Olympic athlete (Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988). *Stuart Loory, 82, American journalist and media executive (CNN), lung cancer. *Ray Lumpp, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks), Olympic champion (Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948). *Luis Marsans, 84, Spanish painter. *Louis Martin (weightlifter), Louis Martin, 78, Jamaican-born British weightlifter, Olympic silver (Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964) and bronze (Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960) medallist. *Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, Indian political activist. *Walter Peregoy, 89, American animator (''The Jungle Book (1967 film), The Jungle Book'', ''Sleeping Beauty (1959 film), Sleeping Beauty'', ''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins'', ''The Sword in the Stone (1963 film), The Sword in the Stone''). *Tony Ridler, 59, Welsh darts player. *Faith Seidenberg, 91, American attorney and civil rights activist. *Yao Beina, 33, Chinese singer, breast cancer.

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*Bruno Ballarini, 77, Italian footballer (Calcio Como). *Walter Bauza, 75, Argentine Olympic sports shooter. *Joseph Brannigan, 83, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2006–2012). *Marie Foucher-Creteau, 89, French Olympic swimmer. *Ken Furphy, 83, English footballer and manager (Watford F.C., Watford). *Gobinda Halder, 84, Indian lyricist and composer, kidney failure. *Faten Hamama, 83, Egyptian actress (''The Angel of Mercy (1946 film), The Angel of Mercy'', ''Wajh al-Qamar''). *Don Harron, 90, Canadian comedian, actor and author (''Hee Haw, The Big Revue''), cancer. *Kazumasa Hirai (author), Kazumasa Hirai, 76, Japanese manga author (''8 Man'', ''Genma Taisen'', ''Wolf Guy''). *Fritz C. Holte, 89, Norwegian economist. *Justin Kili, 61, Papua New Guinean journalist and media personality. *Rebecca D. Lockhart, 46, American politician, Speaker of the

(since 2011), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. *Henry Manne, 86, American law and economics academic. *Roderick McDonald (basketball), Roderick McDonald, 69, American basketball player (Utah Stars). *Terence Miller, 96, British palaeontologist. *Origa, 44, Russian singer (''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex''), lung cancer. *David E. Paulson, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 28th District (1978–1986). *Greg Plitt, 37, American fitness trainer (''Work Out'') and actor (''Grudge Match (film), Grudge Match'', ''Terminator Salvation'', ''Bobby (2006 film), Bobby''), hit by train. *Bill Sykes (chaplain), Bill Sykes, 75, English author and chaplain.

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*Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, 52, Iranian army general, airstrike. *Vinay V. Deodhar, 66, Indian mathematician. *Maurice Dumas, 87, Canadian politician, House of Commons of Canada, MP for Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (1993–2000). *Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer. *Grazia Livi, 84, Italian author and journalist, Viareggio Prize winner. *D. C. McNeil, 87, Canadian politician. *Alberto Nisman, 51, Argentine prosecutor (AMIA bombing), apparent suicide by gunshot. *Paul O'Grady (politician), Paul O'Grady, 54, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988–1996), cancer. *Muna Obiekwe, 36, Nigerian actor, kidney disease. *Dorothy Barnes Pelote, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993–2003). *Pietro Pianta, 74, Italian footballer. *June Randall, 87, British script supervisor (''The Spy Who Loved Me (film), The Spy Who Loved Me'', ''

'', ''The Shining (film), The Shining''). *Piet van der Sanden, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1989), member of the European Parliament (1973–1974). *Milt Schoon, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins). *Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, Indian politician. *Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers), acute myeloid leukemia. *Dallas Taylor (drummer), Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), complications of viral pneumonia and kidney disease. *Christine Valmy, 88, Romanian-born American cosmetologist. *Tony Verna, 81, American television producer, invented instant replay, leukemia. *Kjell Arnljot Wig, 90, Norwegian media personality.

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*John Bilezikjian, 66, Armenian oud musician, kidney disease. *Rose Marie Brown, 95, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss Virginia (1939). *Justin Capră, 81, Romanian inventor. *Gordon Dickson (athlete), Gordon Dickson, 83, Canadian Olympic marathon runner (1960 Summer Olympics, 1960). *Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 36, American

operative, drone strike. *Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian pianist and piano teacher. *Michel Guimond, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (1993–2011), heart failure. *José María Hernández González, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilapa, Chilapa (1983–1989) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Netzahualcóyotl, Netzahualcóyotl (1989–2003). *Oscar Hayes, 47, American gospel musician. *Arthit Kamlang-ek, 89, Thai general, List of Commanders of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (1983–1986). *Vladimir Kesarev, 84, Russian footballer (FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow). *Anne Kirkbride, 60, British actress (''Coronation Street''), breast cancer. *Rajni Kothari, 85, Indian political scientist. *Robert Manzon, 97, French Formula One driver, last surviving racer from 1950 Formula One season#Results and standings, first World Championship. *Mark Marquess (ice hockey), Mark Marquess, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins). *Reinaldo Oliver, 82, Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952, Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956). *Karl H. Pribram, 95, Austrian-born American neuroscientist and educator, cancer. *Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman. *Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six). *Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter. *Reies Tijerina, 88, American Chicano activist. *Peter Wallenberg, Sr., 88, Swedish financier and industrialist, patriarch of the Wallenberg family.

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*Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping. *James L. Fowler, 84, American military veteran, founded the Marine Corps Marathon. *Edgar Froese, 70, German musician (Tangerine Dream), pulmonary embolism. *Melvin Gordon (businessman), Melvin Gordon, 95, American business executive, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (since 1962). *Lawrence Hogben, 98, New Zealand meteorologist and naval officer. *Anatol Hrytskievich, 85, Belarusian historian. *Graeme Hugo, 68, Australian demographer and geographer, cancer. *Herman E. Lauhoff, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1974–1981). *Rose Marie McCoy, 92, American songwriter ("It Hurts Me to My Heart", "Don't Be Angry", "Tryin' to Get to You", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine"). *Gloria D. Miklowitz, 87, American author. *Wilfride Piollet, 71, French ballerina and choreographer, cancer. *Peter Pontiac, 63, Dutch cartoonist, winner of the Stripschapprijs (1997), liver disease. *Bette Rogge, 92, American radio and television presenter. *William Roffler, 84, American football player (

), pneumonia. *Hitoshi Saito, 54, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988), bile duct cancer. *Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot. *Jerome Van Sistine, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1977–1993). *James Walker (television writer), James Walker, 41, Australian television writer (''Neighbours''), diabetes.

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*Abudureheman Abulikemu, 36, Chinese boxer. *George Atkins (American football), George Atkins, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions). *Patricia Berjak, 75, South African botanist. *Marcus Borg, 72, American Biblical scholar and theologian (Jesus Seminar), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. *Leon Brittan, 75, British politician, Home Secretary (1983–1985), Vice-President of the European Commission (1999), cancer. *Vince Camuto, 78, American footwear designer (Nine West), prostate cancer. *Emmanuel Carter, 85, Trinidadian politician, President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago, President of the Senate (1990–1995), acting President of Trinidad and Tobago, President (1990) during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt. *Frieda Dänzer, 84, Swiss Alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist (Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956). *George W. Downs (political scientist), George W. Downs, 68, American political scientist, heart failure. *George Goodwin (journalist), George Goodwin, 97, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Pulitzer Prize winner (1948). *Harry Gordon (journalist), Harry Gordon, 89, Australian Olympic historian, journalist and newspaper editor. *Martin Honeysett, 71, British cartoonist. *Frank Hooley, 91, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Heeley (1966–1970, 1974–1983). *Waldemar Kmentt, 85, Austrian operatic tenor. *Roy Noble Lee, 99, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1987–1993). *Johnnie Lewis, 68, Liberian lawyer and politician, Chief Justice of Liberia, Chief Justice (2006–2012). *Kemal Monteno, 66, Bosnian singer-songwriter, pneumonia and sepsis. *Keith Rayner (psychologist), Keith Rayner, 71, American cognitive psychologist. *Marshall Schlom, 86, American script supervisor (''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'', ''Perry Mason (1957 TV series), Perry Mason'', ''Rain Man''), complications from a fall. *Chin Shunshin, 90, Japanese author. *Pauline Yates, 85, English actress (''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'').

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*Don Bryant (baseball), Don Bryant, 73, American baseball player (Houston Astros). *Peggy Charren, 86, American children's television activist. *Wendell Ford, 90, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1971–1974), member of the U.S. Senate (1974–1999), lung cancer. *Margaret Bloy Graham, 94, Canadian children's book illustrator (''Harry the Dirty Dog''). *Joan Hinde, 81, English trumpeter and entertainer. *René Jodoin, 94, Canadian animation director and producer. *Tommy Mason, 75, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams). *Fabrizio de Miranda, 88, Italian structural engineer and university professor. *Franco Nicolazzi, 90, Italian politician, Italian Parliament, MP (1963–1990), Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (1985–1988). *Kel O'Shea, 81, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs Magpies, Western Suburbs). *Wayne Quinton, 94, American biomedical engineer. *Dacia Valent, 51, Somali-born Italian politician, Members of the European Parliament 1989–94, MEP (1989–1994), myocardial infarction. *Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, 75, American federal judge, cancer.

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*Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, Saudi royal, King of Saudi Arabia, King (since 2005), complications from pneumonia. *Ernie Banks, 83, American National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs), heart attack. *Jalynn Bennett, 71, Canadian consultant and corporate director. *Betty Jane Diener, 74, American politician, Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis. *Marc Dufour, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings). *Prosper Ego, 87, Dutch activist, founder of the Oud-Strijders Legioen. *Nol Heijerman, 74, Dutch footballer (Sparta Rotterdam, Sparta). *Simma Holt, 92, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Vancouver Kingsway (1974–1979). *Barrie Ingham, 82, English actor (''The Great Mouse Detective'', ''

'', ''A Challenge for Robin Hood''). *Nick Koback, 79, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates). *Svein Døvle Larssen, 86, Norwegian newspaper editor. *Alexander Lastin, 38, Russian chess grandmaster. *Pedro Lemebel, 62, Chilean writer, laryngeal cancer. *Les McMahon, 84, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Division of Sydney, Sydney (1975–1983). *Bud Miller, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986). *M. S. Narayana, 63, Indian Telugu cinema, Telugu actor, multiple organ failure. *Leon Pense, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers). *Jackie Selebi, 64, South African police officer, Commissioner (2000–2009), kidney disease. *Frank Sims, 93, American baseball broadcaster.

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*Stig Bergling, 77, Swedish secret service officer convicted of treason, Parkinson's disease and lung ailment. *Robert Bonnaventure, 94, French cyclist. *Peter Bridges (priest), Peter Bridges, 89, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southend (1972–1977), Coventry (1977–1983) and Warwick (1983–1990). *Link Byfield, 63, Canadian conservative columnist, politician and publisher, oesophageal and liver cancer. *Julio Canessa, 89, Chilean politician and general, member of the Government Junta of Chile (1973), Government Junta (1983–1985), Senate of Chile, Senator (1998–2006). *Otto Carius, 92, German World War II tank commander. *Maria Cerra, 96, American Olympic fencer (1948 Summer Olympics, 1948). *Aisha Chaudhary, 18, Indian motivational speaker and author, pulmonary fibrosis. *Toller Cranston, 65, Canadian figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist (Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976), heart attack. *Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (''Brasileiras e Brasileiros''), pulmonary edema. *Floyd Dunn, 90, American electrical engineer. *Johan Ferner, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre, 1952). *Eric Fitzgibbon, 78, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives for Division of Hunter, Hunter (1984–1996). *Joe Franklin, 88, American television and radio talk show host, prostate cancer. * Wilfrido Garay, 71, Paraguayan footballer. *Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet, 74, South African businessman and winemaker. *Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, 62, Somali politician and rebel soldier, diabetes. *Frances Lennon, 102, British artist. *Erkki Lyijynen, 89, Finnish Olympic rower. *V. S. Raghavan, 90, Indian Tamil cinema, Tamil actor. *Alfred H. Savage, 84, Canadian civil servant, manager of the Toronto Transit Commission (1981–1987). *Joan Serra, 87, Spanish Olympic water polo player (Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948, Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952). *Fred Shank, 74, American nutritionist. *Daniel R. Simpson, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate, Senate, Lewy body dementia. *Peter Westervelt, 95, American physicist. *Toyoko Yoshino, 94, Japanese Olympic athlete. *Tengku Ampuan Tua Intan Zaharah, 86, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1965–1970).

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*Zulkifli Abdhir, 48, Malaysian terrorist and bomb maker, shot. *Robert Atkinson (businessman), Sir Robert Atkinson, 98, British businessman and naval officer. *Sonny Berger, 92, American baseball player. *Rose Cabat, 100, American studio ceramicist. *Mari Ellis, 101, British writer and women's rights activist. *Pauline Fisk, 66, British author, cancer. *Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (''Dos Corazones y un Cielo'') and singer, complications from a stroke. *Pierre Gosnat, 66, French politician, cancer. *Godfrey Kalimugogo, 71, Ugandan writer. *John Leggett, 97, American writer, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, pneumonia. *Giancarlo Ligabue, 83, Italian palaeontologist (discoverer of Ligabueino), Forza Europa politician and businessman. *Sarojini Mahishi, 88, Indian translator and politician. *Richard McBrien, 78, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian. *Bill Monbouquette, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox). *Don O'Hearn, 86, Canadian ice hockey player. *Demis Roussos, 68, Egyptian-born Greek singer ("Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song), Forever and Ever"). *Ian Towers, 74, English footballer (Burnley F.C., Burnley, Oldham Athletic). *Ernst Träger, 88, German judge.

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*R. J. Adams, 72, American actor (''Rocky IV''), heart attack. *José Luis Allende, 88, Spanish Olympic sailor. *Henk Bloemers, 69, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven). *Miguel Ángel Cascallana, 66, Spanish Olympic handball player (Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972). *Edwin A. Colvin, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1975–1982). *Cleven Goudeau, 83, American greeting card artist. *Howard C. Hawkins, 82, American bicycle tool manufacturer (Park Tool). *Stephen R. Johnson, 63, American television and music video director ("Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song), Sledgehammer"), cardiac complications. *Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, 91, Pakistani businesswoman and politician. *R. K. Laxman, 93, Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humourist, multiple organ failure. *Neil Levang, 83, American musician (''The Lawrence Welk Show''). *Lucjan Lis, 64, Polish cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972). *Lester McCumbers, 93, American fiddler. *Valery Miloserdov, 63, Russian Olympic dual bronze medallist basketball player (1976 Summer Olympics, 1976, 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980). *Sidewalk Sam, 75, American artist. *Lee Spick, 34, English snooker player, liver-related illness. *Charles Thomas (athlete), Charles Thomas, 82, American sprinter and athletics coach. *Tom Uren, 93, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives for Division of Reid, Reid (1958–1990). *Rositsa Yanakieva, 60, Bulgarian politician and chemist, National Assembly (Bulgaria), Vice-chairwoman of the National Assembly (since 2014), brain hemorrhage.

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*Wilfred Agbonavbare, 48, Nigerian footballer (Rayo Vallecano, Nigeria national football team, national team), cancer. *Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, Mexican politician, Chamber of Deputies, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991). *Rocky Bridges, 87, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators). *Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, 88, American politician, member of the

(1981–1988) and Wyoming Senate, Senate (1988–1992). *Arturo Carmassi, 89, Italian sculptor and painter. *Yves Chauvin, 84, Belgian-born French Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2005). *Roger Cowley, 75, English physicist. *Suzette Haden Elgin, 78, American science fiction author and linguist. *Henk Faanhof, 92, Dutch Olympic (Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948) and professional road bicycle racer. *Roy Francis (Royal Navy officer), Roy Francis, 92, British naval officer and railway engineer. *Ebbe Grims-land, 99, Swedish composer and viola player. *Pierre Hernandez, 86, French boxer. *Warren Hill (murderer), Warren Hill, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. *Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, 83, Estonian film director. *David Landau (journalist), David Landau, 67, British-born Israeli journalist and newspaper editor (''Haaretz''). *John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers, 87, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana (1967–1997). *Ronnie O'Reilly, 63, Irish cricket umpire. *José Pereira (scholar), José Pereira, 84, Indian Sanskrit scholar, historian and artist. *Joe Rígoli, 78, Argentine actor and comedian (''Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez''), heart failure. *Joseph Rotman, 80, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, chancellor of The University of Western Ontario. *Al Severinsen, 70, American baseball player (

, San Diego Padres). *Bob Shea, 90, American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers). *Charles H. Townes, 99, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (1964). *Gunnar Christie Wasberg, 91, Norwegian non-fiction writer. *Charlie Williams (pitcher), Charlie Williams, 67, American baseball player (New York Mets,

), complications from heart surgery. *Larry Winters, 58, American professional wrestler and trainer, heart attack.

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*Suraj Abdurrahman, 60, Nigerian army officer. *Egon Adler, 77, German Olympic silver medallist cyclist (1960 Summer Olympics, 1960). *Arthur Alarcón, 89, American federal judge. *Mala Aravindan, 76, Indian Malayalam actor. *Francis Bennion, 92, British lawyer. *Alberto Cardaccio, 65, Uruguayan footballer (Danubio F.C., Danubio, Uruguay national football team, national team), traffic collision. *Lionel Gilbert, 90, Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer. *Georg Guggemos, 88, German Olympic ice hockey player (1952 Winter Olympics, 1952). *Don Jones (arts), Don Jones, 91, American artist and art therapist. *Tommie Manderson, 102, British make-up artist (''Willow (film), Willow'', ''Alien (film), Alien'', ''The Killing Fields (film), The Killing Fields''). *Beric Morley, 71, British architectural historian. *Neyko Nenov, 53, Bulgarian major general, Deputy Chief of Defence (since 2014), brain tumor. *Jaswant Singh Rajput, 88, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948,1952 Summer Olympics, 1952). *Edward Saylor, 94, American World War II veteran, member of Doolittle's Raiders. *Katharine Worth, 92, British drama academic.

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*Maurizio Arcieri, 72, Italian singer (The New Dada, Krisma). *Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (''7 Vidas'', ''Siete mesas de billar francés''), cancer. *Subhash Ghisingh, 78, Indian politician (Gorkha National Liberation Front), cirrhosis and liver cancer. *Walter Glechner, 75, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien, Austria national football team, national team). *Bernice Gordon, 101, American crossword writer (''The New York Times crossword puzzle, The New York Times''), heart failure. *Terry Hollindrake, 80, English rugby league player. *Kōno Taeko, 88, Japanese writer and critic, respiratory failure. *Cedric Kushner, 66, South African-born American boxing promoter, heart attack. *Noel Lister, 87, British businessman (MFI Group). *Riichiro Manabe, 90, Japanese composer. *José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho, Porto Velho (1982–1997). *Will McBride (photographer), Will McBride, 84, American photographer. *Danny McCulloch, 69, English bassist (The Animals), heart failure. *Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian author (''The Thorn Birds''), renal failure. *Rod McKuen, 81, American poet, singer and songwriter ("Jean (song), Jean", "Seasons in the Sun"), respiratory arrest. *Kel Nagle, 94, Australian golfer, British Open champion (1960 Open Championship, 1960). *Paul Panhuysen, 80, Dutch composer. *Derek S. Pugh, 84, British psychologist and business theorist. *Dora Prince, 84, Argentine actress. *Derek Robertson (footballer), Derek Robertson, 65, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone FC, St. Johnstone), cancer. *Doris Schoettler-Boll, 70, German artist. *Tenkoko Sonoda, 96, Japanese politician, member of the National Diet, Diet (1946–1952). *Ole Sørensen (footballer), Ole Sørensen, 77, Danish footballer. *Peter Towe, 92, Canadian diplomat, List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States, Ambassador to the United States (1977–1981). *Alexander Vraciu, 96, American World War II Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient. *Len Wyatt, 95, New Zealand cricketer. *Israel Yinon, 59, Israeli conductor.

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*Richard Clark Barkley, 82, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany, Ambassador to East Germany (1988–1990). *Carl Boldt, 82, American basketball player (San Francisco Dons men's basketball, San Francisco Dons). *Ricardo Bressani, 88, Guatemalan food scientist, heart attack. *Carl Djerassi, 91, Austrian-American chemist, novelist and playwright, liver and bone cancer. *Rose Frisch, 96, American biologist. *Johnny Goodman (TV producer), Johnny Goodman, 87, British TV producer. *Kenji Goto, 47, Japanese journalist and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS hostage, beheading. *Harold Hassall, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers). *John Hopkins (political activist), John Hopkins, 78, British photographer, activist, and promoter (Notting Hill Carnival, ''International Times''). *Stuart Inder, 88, Australian journalist and publisher, specialist in Pacific Islands affairs. *Ülo Kaevats, 67, Estonian philosopher and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1995). *Jack Kay, 63, American academic and college administrator. *Geraldine McEwan, 82, British actress (''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'', ''Agatha Christie's Marple''), stroke. *John McHugh (Ohio politician), John McHugh, 84, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1990–1993), cancer. *Howard Norris, 80, British rugby union player (Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team, British and Irish Lions, British Lions). *Richard Richards (Utah politician), Richard Richards, 82, American politician, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1981–1983). *Ben Schadler, 90, American basketball player. *Jerry L. Smith, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1972–1980) and Oklahoma Senate, Senate (1980–2004). *Gerrit Voorting, 92, Dutch professional road bicycle racer, Olympic silver medalist (Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948). *Than Wyenn, 95, American actor (''Imitation of Life (1959 film), Imitation of Life, Splash (film), Splash, Being There''). *Zhelyu Zhelev, 79, Bulgarian politician, List of heads of state of Bulgaria, President (1990–1997).

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*Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, Yemeni militant, drone strike. *Vasco Bendini, 93, Italian Informalism, informalist painter. *Robert Blees, 96, American film and television screenwriter and producer (''Cattle Queen of Montana''). *José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer. *Tomás Bulat, 50, Argentine economist and journalist, traffic collision. *Earl Christensen, 95, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1959–1984). *Don Covay, 78, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools"). *Vic Howe, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers). *William Klinger, 42, Croatian historian, shot. *Udo Lattek, 80, German football coach (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach). *Gabrielle Poulin, 86, Canadian writer. *Adalberto Arturo Rosat, 81, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Aiquile, Aiquile (1986–2009). *Michael Saward (priest), Michael Saward, 82, British Anglican priest and hymnist. *Lizabeth Scott, 93, American actress (''Dead Reckoning (1947 film), Dead Reckoning''), congestive heart failure. *Richard von Weizsäcker, 94, German politician, President of Germany, President of West Germany (1984–1990) and Germany (1990–1994).Germany's von Weizsaecker, president at unification, dies at 94
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