1726 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
1906 – Pierre-Lambert Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal Primate of Belgium, dies at 78
1973 – Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion 1970-73), dies in a car accident at 23
1998 – Attila Zoller, Hungarian-American jazz guitarist, educator (Vermont Jazz Center, 1974-98), and inventor (bi-directional pickup), dies at 70
1999 – Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany, American author and teacher, dies at 109
2005 – William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
2013 – Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack and Womack – “Teardrops”), dies at 64
2017 – Robert Garcia, American politician hit by Wedtech scandal (Rep-D-NY, 1978-83), dies at 84
2021 – Barry Heywood, British director of the British Antarctic Survey, dies at 83
2023 – B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize 2- 018), dies at 95
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 24th January 2024
1924 – Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet and politician, dies at 80
1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer of up to 100 women during the 1970s, executed by electric chair in Florida at 42
1992 – John Bleifer, American actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
1998 – Walter Bishop, Jr, American bebop jazz pianist, music theorist, and educator, dies of a heart attack at 70
2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. 1956)
2005 – June Bronhill, Australian stage and opera singer, dies at 75
2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician
2020 – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), dies of progressive muscular atrophy at 72
2021 – Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Icelandic soccer defender (34 caps; Celtic, Tulsa Roughnecks, Hannover 96, Motherwell), dies from COVID-19 at 70
2021 – George Armstrong, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame centre (Stanley Cup 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs; 7 x NHL All Star), dies from heart complications at 90
Famous Deaths for 23rd January 2024
1549 – Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)
1926 – Joseph Carl Breil, American lyric tenor, and composer – one of the first to write for film (Les amours de la reine Élisabeth; Birth of a Nation; Intolerance), dies of heart disease at 55
1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80, bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo
1957 – Willie Edwards, US African American, murdered by KKK at 25
1973 – Alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948)
1976 – Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
1980 – Babs Gonzales [Lee Brown], American be-bop jazz vocalist, poet, and songwriter (“Oop-Pop-A-Da”), dies of cancer at 60
1991 – Northrop Frye, Canadian writer and critic (b. 1912)
1997 – Audie Pitre, American bass guitarist (Acid Bath), killed by a drunk driver at 26
2003 – Nell Carter, American actress (Gimme A Break; Lobo), dies at 54
Famous Deaths for 22nd January 2024
1750 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
1959 – A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73
1967 – Robert Henriques, English writer (100 Hours to Suez), dies at 61
1975 – Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79
1994 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French stage actor, director and producer (Les Enfants du Paradis), dies at 83
1995 – Christopher Francis Palmer, British composer, orchestrator, and musicologist, dies of AIDS complications 48
1997 – Ian Munro, British medical journalist, humanitarian and cricketer, dies at 73
2000 – Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska), dies at 83
2014 – Roy Cicala, American sound engineer (Record Plant Studios (NYC) – Jimi Hendrix; John Lennon; Frank Sinatra), dies at 74
2022 – Don Wilson, American rock guitarist (The Ventures – “Hawaii 5-0 Theme”; “Walk, Don’t Run”), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 21st January 2024
1118 – Pope Paschal II, born Raniero (1099-1118), dies
1683 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman who tried to bar Catholic James II from throne (Lord Chancellor 1672-73), dies at 61
1731 – Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
1870 – Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)
1891 – Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), dies at 48
1903 – Hermanus Schaepman ‘the doctor’, Dutch poet, Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and politician, dies at 58
1959 – Lamar Stringfield, American composer, dies at 61
1981 – Allyn Joslyn, American actor (They Won’t Forget; Cafe Society), dies at 79
1993 – Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (6 x MLB All Star; World Series 1935; AL MVP and batting champion 1937; Detroit Tigers), dies at 89
2015 – Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 20th January 2024
820 – Muslim jurist Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi’i, dies
1779 – David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61
1949 – Joseph Cuypers, architect Dutch (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
1954 – Fred Root, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies at 63
1973 – Amilcar Cabral, Bissau-Guinean nationalist leader, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered at 51
1982 – Marc Demeyer, Belgian road racing cyclist (Paris-Brussels 1974), dies at 31
1992 – Fitzhugh Lee, American vice-admiral (WW II – Navy Cross x2), dies at 86
2002 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress (Fame), dies at 38
2015 – Edgar Froese, German musician (Tangerine Dream), dies at 70
2016 – David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist, dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 19th January 2024
1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
1871 – Henri Regnault, French painter, dies at 27
1944 – Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
1964 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), dies at 77
1969 – Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, dies at 80
1972 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (In Memorium), dies at 35
1980 – Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, dies at 69
1990 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian leader of the Rajneesh movement, dies at 58
2009 – José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer (world light-heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 72
2020 – Shin Kyuk-Ho, Korean businessman (Lotte Corporation), dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 18th January 2024
1471 – Emperor Go-Hanazono, 102nd Emperor of Japan, dies at 51
1760 – Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, dies at 62
1960 – Gladys Bentley, American blues singer, performer and drag king pioneer during the Harlem Renaissance, dies of pneumonia at 52
1984 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer, rebetiko and laïkó songwriter, and bouzouki player, dies on his 69th birthday
1990 – Russell “Rusty “Hamer, American actor (Make Room for Daddy – “Rusty”), takes his own life at 52
2000 – Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray), dies from natural causes at 87
2000 – Nancy Coleman, American actress (Edge of Darkness), dies at 87
2006 – Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915)
2008 – Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (co-owner Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams 1979–2008), dies at 80
2022 – Lusia Harris, American Basketball HOF center (AIAW C’ship and MVP 1975–77, Delta State University; Olympic silver 1976), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 17th January 2024
1229 – Albert, Bishop of Riga/Albert of Buxhoeveden, founder of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, dies at about 68
1830 – W Waiblinger, writer, dies
1861 – Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)
1990 – Charles Hernu, French politician (Minister of Defense, 1981-85; Mayor of Villeurbanne, 1977-90), and environmental antagonist, dies at 66
1990 – Anna Arnold Hedgeman, African-American social activist (NYC cabinet), dies at 90
2000 – Philip Jones, British classical trumpeter (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, 1951-86), and educator, dies at 71
2002 – Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
2004 – Ray Stark, American stage and film producer, dies at 88
2006 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2022 – Yvette Mimieux, American actress (Time Machine; Where the Boys Are; Light in the Piazza), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 16th January 2024
1817 – Antonín Volánek, Czech organist and composer, dies at 55
1913 – Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, American aeronaut and inventor, dies at 80
1971 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), dies at 81
1972 – David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], American songwriter (“Come On A-My House”), singer (Alvin and The Chipmunks – “Witch Doctor”), and actor (Rear Window), dies at 52
1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1993 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
1994 – Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
1997 – Ennis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29
2002 – Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
2016 – Gary Loizzo, American rock guitarist and singer (American Breed – “Bend Me, Shape Me”), dies of pancreatic cancer at 70