1683 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
1881 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
1928 – George Washington Goethals, American army general and civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal, dies at 69
1967 – Ann Sheridan, American actress (They Drive by Night, Dodge City, Another World), dies of cancer at 51
1984 – Jackie Wilson, American soul singer-songwriter and performer (“Lonely Teardrops”; “Higher And Higher”: “I Get the Sweetest Feeling”), dies at 49
1994 – Basel al-Assad, Syrian president Hafez al-Assad’s son and chosen successor, dies in car accident at 31
2004 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer and playwright (The Tied Up Balloon), dies at 74
2005 – John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
2006 – Bedanand Jha, Nepalese politician
2021 – David Bolton, English rugby league five eighth (23 caps Great Britain; Wigan, Balmain) and coach (Parramatta), dies at 83
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 20th January 2022
1707 – Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer and adventurer (attempted to rule Iceland), dies at 60
1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
1971 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal, dies at 85
1990 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, dies at 102
1991 – Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87
1996 – David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61
2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
2008 – Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Latvian-Canadian composer, organist, and pedagogue, dies at 88
2012 – Etta James [Jamesetta Hawkins], American singer, dies from leukaemia at 73
Famous Deaths for 19th January 2022
1766 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect, dies at 70
1833 – (Louis Joseph) Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist, violinist, and composer of over twenty operas, dies from tuberculosis at 41
1973 – Max Adrian, Irish actor (Boy Friend), dies of a heart attack at 69
1982 – Elis Regina (Costa), Brazilian pop-samba-bossa nova singer (“Arrastão” – “Pull the Trawling Net”), dies from cardiac arrest after consuming alcohol, cocaine and tranquilizers at 36
1990 – Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher, dies at 84
1993 – Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
2001 – Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
2006 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), dies at 84
2006 – Anthony “Tony” Franciosa [Papaleo], American actor (Career, Ben-Hur, Jeff-Name of the Game), dies at 77
2018 – Olivia Cole, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House), dies of a heart attack at 75
Famous Deaths for 18th January 2022
1677 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town), dies at 57
1859 – Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, dies at 51
1951 – Jack Holt, American golddigger and actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone), dies from a heart attack at 62
1967 – Reese “Goose” Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
1982 – Trent Lehman, American child actor (Butch-Nanny and the Professor), commits suicide at 20
1987 – George Thalben-Ball, Australian-English organist (Birmingham City Organist, 1949-83), and composer (Elegy), dies at 90
1989 – Bruce Chatwin, British travel writer (In Patagonia) and novelist, dies of AIDS at 49
1994 – Arthur Altman, American songwriter (All or Nothing at All), dies at 83
2011 – Sargent Shriver, American politician and activist (Peace Corps), dies at 95
2014 – Dennis Frederiksen, American rock singer, dies from liver cancer at 62
Famous Deaths for 17th January 2022
1468 – Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405)
1887 – William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
1991 – Olav V, King of Norway (1957-91), dies at 87
1992 – Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
1992 – Charlie Ventura, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Bop for the people), dies of cancer at 75
1994 – Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61
1995 – Isador Caplan, British lawyer and Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82
1997 – Bert Kelly, Australian politician (b. 1912)
2004 – Noble Willingham, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger), dies at 72
2020 – Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricket all-rounder (41 Tests; top score 122; 88 wickets), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 16th January 2022
1886 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
1898 – Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)
1907 – Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies at 64
1934 – Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65
1957 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian US conductor (NBC), dies in NYC at 89
1975 – Thor Johnson, American conductor (Cin Symph 1958), dies at 61
1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1992 – Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
1996 – Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
2012 – Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor, dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 15th January 2022
1595 – Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)
1781 – Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718)
1926 – Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 42
1978 – Jack Jackson, British trumpeter, dance band leader, and influential BBC disc jockey, dies at 71
2005 – Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
2007 – David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
2013 – Mario Kuri-Aldana, Mexican composer, and teacher, dies at 81
2013 – Jennings Michael Burch, American writer (They Cage the Animals at Night), dies at 71
2021 – Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), dies at 85
2021 – Bruce Headley, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (Breeders’ Cup Sprint 2000 Kona Gold), dies from a stroke at 86
Famous Deaths for 14th January 2022
1802 – Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris), dies at 59
1892 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, British prince (b. 1864)
1901 – Mandell Creighton, British historian and a bishop of the Church of England, dies at 57
1924 – Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at 72
1967 – Renato Lunelli, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 71
1977 – Anaïs Nin, French author (Henry and June), dies of cervical cancer at 73
1990 – David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies
2006 – Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
2006 – Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
2018 – Daniel “Dan” Gurney, American race-car driver, coach and team owner (All American Racers), dies from complications of pneumonia at 86
Famous Deaths for 13th January 2022
533 – Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96
703 – Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
1853 – Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)
1929 – Wyatt Earp, American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, dies at 80
1985 – Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson’s teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
1992 – Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
2009 – Doña Mary Ejercito, Filipino supercentarian, mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
2012 – Rauf Denktash, leader of Turkish Cypriots, dies of multiple organ failure at 87
2015 – Frank Glazer, American pianist (Satie), composer and teacher (Eastman School of Music, 1965-80), dies at 99
2021 – Tim Bogert, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge; Jeff Beck), dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 12th January 2022
1390 – Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1550 – Andrea Alciato, Italian lawyer and writer, dies at 57
1705 – Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
1934 – Surya Sen “Master Da”, Indian activist for independence (Chittagong armoury raid), hanged at 39
1988 – Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
1992 – Walt Morey, US children’s book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at 84
1996 – Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
2005 – Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
2007 – Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
2009 – Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)