Famous Deaths for 11th January 2021

1867 – Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
1991 – Jason Christmas, dies of a gunshot wound during robbery in NY at 49
1994 – John Bradley, United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi (see Iwo Jima), dies of a stroke at 70
1995 – Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
1996 – Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English jazz guitarist, dies at 76
2000 – Bob Lemon, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star 1948–54; World Series 1948; no-hitter 1948; Cleveland Indians) and manager (KC Royals, Chicago WS; World Series NY Yankees 1978), dies at 79
2002 – Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
2002 – [Charles Eugene] Gene Dinwiddie, American blues saxophonist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 65
2005 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) dies of colon cancer at 66
2016 – Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer, dies at 93

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