Deaths in January 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2016.

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 2016

1 Gerald M. Ackerman, 87, American art historian and educator.Remembering Art Historian Gerald M. Ackerman Natasha Aguilar, 45, Costa Rican swimmer, silver and bronze medalist at the 1987 Pan American Games, complications from a stroke.Muere la nadadora costarricense Natasha Aguilar George Alexandru, 58, Romanian theater and film actor, complications from an abdominal infection.George Alexandru s-a stins din viata in aceasta dimineata, la varsta de 58 de ani. Mesajele colegilor dupa moartea actorului Fazu Aliyeva, 83, Russian Avar poet and journalist, heart failure.Народная поэтесса Дагестана Фазу Алиева скончалась на 83 году жизни Lennie Bluett, 96, American actor (Gone with the Wind, Mighty Joe Young, A Star is Born).Lennie Bluett, a Soldier in 'Gone With the Wind,' Dies at 96 Dale Bumpers, 90, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975), Senator from Arkansas (1975–1999).Former United States Senator and Governor of Arkansas Dale Bumpers Dies at 90 Antonio Carrizo, 89, Argentine broadcaster.Gran tristeza, murió Antonio Carrizo Delia Córdova, 62, Peruvian Olympic volleyball player.Delia Córdova Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska, 79, Polish Olympic alpine skier.Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska Jacques Deny, 99, French mathematician.Jacques Deny nous a quittés Gail Fullerton, 88, American academic administrator.Gail Fullerton Brian Johns, 79, Australian company director, managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995–2000), cancer.Tributes paid to former ABC managing director Brian Johns, who has died aged 79 Gilbert Kaplan, 74, American conductor and businessman, cancer.Gilbert Kaplan, conductor – obituary Helmut Koester, 89, German-born American history professor.Preeminent New Testament Scholar Helmut Koester Passes Away at 89 Tony Lane, 71, American art director (Rolling Stone), brain cancer.Tony Lane, artist behind Rolling Stone and album covers, dies Mark B, 45, British hip-hop record producer.UK hip-hop producer Mark B has died Gilberto Mendes, 93, Brazilian composer.Gilberto Mendes (1922–2016): Sailing in the Ocean of Creativity John Coleman Moore, 92, American mathematician. Homa Nategh, 81, Iranian educator and historian.هما ناطق، تاریخ‌نگار و استاد دانشگاه، درگذشت Mike Oxley, 71, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from (1981–2007), lung cancer.Former Rep. Mike Oxley dies, 71 Jean Pedersen, 81, American mathematician.Jean Pedersen (1934-2016) Ian Pieris, 82, Sri Lankan cricketer (Cambridge University Cricket Club).Former SLC president Pieris dies at 82 Jim Ross, 89, Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).Jim Ross' obituary Anil Salgaocar, 75, Indian executive and politician.Mining baron Anil Salgaocar passes away Fred Wiedersporn, 84, German Olympic gymnast.Fred Wiedersporn Vilmos Zsigmond, 85, Hungarian-American cinematographer (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, McCabe & Mrs. Miller), Oscar winner (1978).Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-Winning Cinematographer, Dies at 85

2 Faris al-Zahrani, 38, Saudi al-Qaeda member, execution by beheading.Saudi Arabia executions threaten Middle East as diplomatic row ensues between Riyadh and Tehran Mieke Andela-Baur, 92, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives.In Memoriam: Mieke Andela-Baur Marcel Barbeau, 90, Canadian painter and sculptor.L'artiste Marcel Barbeau est décédé Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, 91, Indian politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (1996–2012), complications from a stroke.Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan passes away Vicente Camacho, 86, Northern Mariana Islands businessman and politician, member of the Marianas Political Status Commission.Camacho, a pioneer of the CNMI, is laid to rest Michel Delpech, 69, French singer-songwriter and actor, throat cancer.Famous French singer Michel Delpech passes away Leonard Evans, 86, Canadian politician, complications from a heart attack.Len Evans, former NDP MLA, dies at 86 Tim Francis, 87, New Zealand diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1988–1991), Administrator of Tokelau (1984–1988), cancer.Tributes flow for former diplomat Tim Francis Brad Fuller, 62, American video game composer (Marble Madness, Tetris, Blasteroids), Director of Engineering for Atari (1993–1996), pancreatic cancer.Tetris and Donkey Kong composer Brad Fuller passes away Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska, 93, Polish actress.Nie żyje Maria Grabowska-Kierczyńska Matt Hobden, 22, English cricketer (Sussex), fall.Cricketer Matthew Hobden 'fell asleep on roof' before falling to death at exclusive Scottish estate Matthiew Klinck, 37, Canadian film director and producer (Hank and Mike), stabbed.2 teens charged in murder of Gatineau filmmaker Matthiew Klinck Thomas Johnstone McWiggan, 97, British aviation engineer.McWIGGAN Gisela Mota Ocampo, 33, Mexican politician, Mayor of Temixco (2016), member of the Chamber of Deputies (2012–2015), shot.Mexican Mayor Slain a Day After Taking Office Nimr al-Nimr, 56, Saudi Shia religious leader, execution by beheading.Saudi Arabia executes 47 people in one day including Shia cleric John Reid, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of South Sydney (1972–1993).Vale Bishop John Reid Frederic Remington, 86, American politician.Frederic Remington Jr. Rino Salviati, 93, Italian singer, guitarist and actor.Roma, addio a Rino Salviati, voce e chitarra di "Prigioniero di un sogno" Kaneko Shigeji, 84, Japanese boxer, OPBF featherweight champion (1953 - 1958), pneumonia.Shigeji Kaneko who beat 'Flash' Elorde four times passes away Stanley Siegel, 79, American talk show host, pneumonia.Stanley Siegel, a Riveting and Irrepressible Talk-Show Host, Dies at 79 Fateh Singh, 51, Indian sports shooter and army officer, shot.Pathankot attack: Commonwealth gold medalist Fateh Singh martyred Mirko Vujačić, 91, Montenegrin Olympic athlete.Mirko Vujačić Frances Cress Welsing, 80, American psychiatrist and author, complications from a stroke.Dr. Frances Cress Welsing Dies at 80 Leonard White, 99, British television producer (The Avengers, Armchair Theatre) and actor.Leonard White 1916 – 2016 Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, 87, Turkish military officer, Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1988–1990), kidney failure.Emekli Orgeneral Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu için tören düzenlendi

3 Klaas Bakker, 89, Dutch footballer (Ajax).Ex-Ajacied Klaas Bakker overleden Robert H. B. Baldwin, 95, American businessman (Morgan Stanley), pneumonia.Robert H.B. Baldwin, Who Led Morgan Stanley's Growth, Dies at 95 Leonard Berkowitz, 89, American social psychologist.Leonard Berkowitz Paul Bley, 83, Canadian jazz pianist.R.I.P., Paul Bley Gary Flakne, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1973).Gary W. Flakne Amby Fogarty, 82, Irish footballer (Sunderland, Hartlepool, Cork Celtic) and manager (Cork Hibernians, Galway Rovers). C. B. Forgotston, 70, American lawyer and political blogger, suicide by gunshot. Cristina Grado, 76, Italian actress and voice actress.Cristina Grado (in Italian) Demmus Hentze, 92, Faroese politician, Finance Minister (1975–1981).Demmus Hentze farin John McDade Howell, 93, American academic and university chancellor (East Carolina University).John Howell Obituary Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, 83, Indian politician.Ex-MP and BJP leader Shankar Prasad Jaiswal passes away Alberto Iniesta Jiménez, 92, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (1972–1998).Fallece en Albacete monseñor Alberto Iniesta Jiménez Raymond W. Lessard, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Savannah (1973–1995).Bishop Raymond William Lessard Marvin S. Lieberman, 82, American politician.Marvin Samuel Lieberman Gomer Lloyd, 68, British Olympic bobsledder. Raghu Nandan Mandal, 63, Indian politician.BJP MLA dies in Jharkhand Andy Maurer, 67, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos), cancer.Ex-Duck Andy Maurer dies at age 67 Peter Naur, 87, Danish computer science pioneer, Turing Award winner.Den verdensberømte it-dansker Peter Naur er død Georg Nees, 89, German academic and artist.Georg Nees Bill Plager, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues). Peter Powell, 83, English kite maker, stroke.Peter Powell stunt kite pioneer of the 1970s dies Tommy Sale, 97, English rugby league player (Leigh, Widnes).Leigh rugby league stalwart Tommy Sale dies, aged 97 Igor Sergun, 58, Russian military officer, Director of the GRU (since 2011).Путин соболезнует в связи со смертью начальника ГРУ Игоря Сергуна Ted Stanley, 84, American philanthropist and businessman (Danbury Mint).Ted Stanley, Medical Philanthropist, Dies at 84 Fridolin Sulser, 89, Swiss-born American pharmacologist.Fridolin Sulser

4 Tom Allin, 28, English cricketer (Warwickshire), suicide by jumping.Bideford cricketer named as man who died from Torridge Bridge fall Frank Armitage, 91, Australian-born American painter and animator (Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book).Frank Armitage Dies: Disney Imagineer Who Contributed To 'Sleeping Beauty' & Disneyland Was 91 Jan Aronsson, 84, Swedish footballer (Degerfors IF).Jan Aronsson Robert Balser, 88, American animator (Yellow Submarine, Heavy Metal, The Jackson 5ive), respiratory failure.'Yellow Submarine' Animation Director Robert Balser Passes at 88 Fernando Barrachina, 68, Spanish footballer (Valencia CF).Muere el ex jugador del Valencia Fernando Barrachina Eugene J. Bedell, 87, American politician.Eugene J. Bedell Stephen W. Bosworth, 76, American diplomat, Ambassador to South Korea (1997–2001), prostate cancer.Stephen W. Bosworth, U.S. Diplomat Who Helped Oust Ferdinand Marcos, Dies at 76 John A. Busterud, 94, American politician.John Busterud Colin Butler, 102, British entomologist. Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, 73, Latvian computer scientist and mathematician, heart attack.Mūžībā aizgājis profesors Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds Michel Galabru, 93, French actor (The Judge and the Assassin, La Cage aux Folles, Belle Époque).French actor Michel Galabru passes away aged 93 Long John Hunter, 84, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.El Paso music legend Long John Hunter dies S. H. Kapadia, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2010–2012).Former chief justice of India SH Kapadia passes away Jorge Lepra, 73, Uruguayan diplomat and politician, heart failure.Murió el exministro de Industria, Jorge Lepra Maja Maranow, 54, German actress (Beloved Sisters), breast cancer.Schauspielerin Maja Maranow ist tot Achim Mentzel, 69, German musician and television presenter.German entertainer Achim Mentzel dies at 69 Red Parker, 84, American football coach (The Citadel, Clemson, Ole Miss).Former Clemson football coach Red Parker dies Donald J. Parsons, 93, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Quincy (1973–1988).Bishop Parsons Dies at 94 Marjorie Pizer, 95, Australian poet.Marjorie HOLBURN Notice Joseph Ritz, 86, American author and playwright.Joseph P. RITZ Notice John Roberts, 69, Welsh footballer (Arsenal, Birmingham, Wrexham).Former Arsenal Defender John Roberts Dies at 69 Andres Rodriguez, 31, Venezuelan equestrian competitor, silver medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games, traffic collision.World-class equestrian jumper, woman die in Wellington crash Leo Rucka, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).Leo Rucka Gavriel Salomon, 77, Israeli educational psychologist.In Memoriam – Gavriel Salomon Alexander O. Shirley, 88, British Virgin Islands civil servant and cricketer, Accountant General (1967–1987), namesake of the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground.Alexander O. Shirley, Cricketer, Died at 89