The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2000.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
January 2000
1 Larry Bearnarth, 59, American Major League Baseball player (New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers), heart attack. W. D. Borrie, 86, New Zealand-born Australian demographer and academic. Oliver Bowen, 57, Canadian engineer. George Carl, 83, American clown, cancer. Edward Gonzalez Carroll, 89, American bishop. Marcello Creti, 77, Italian inventor. Maurice Hallam, 68, English cricket player. Dick Pabich, 44, American gay rights activist, AIDS. Stan Patrick, 77, American NBA basketball player. Gerda Paumgarten, 92, Austrian alpine skier and world champion. Liu Songsheng, 83-84, Chinese Olympic footballer (1948). Andy Spognardi, 91, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox). Colin Vaughan, 68, Australian-Canadian television journalist, architect, and urban activist, heart attack.
2 Gary Adams, 56, American salesman. Nat Adderley, 68, American jazz musician, stroke. Bill Armstrong, 67, American television game show announcer. Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, 89, Spanish royal, mother of King Juan Carlos I, heart attack. George Cooper, 92, Australian cricketer. Ed Doherty, 81, American football player and coach. Henri René Guieu, 73, French science fiction writer, cancer. Patrick O'Brian, 85, English author (Master and Commander). Ullin Place, 75, British philosopher and psychologist. Anna Maria Martínez Sagi, 92, Spanish poet, trade unionist, journalist, and feminist. Elmo Zumwalt, 79, United States Navy officer, cancer.
3 Anita Aarons, 87, Australian-Canadian artist. Tony Aslangul, 76, Australian Olympic alpine skier (1956). June Brae, 82, British ballet dancer. Gabriela Brimmer, 52, Mexican writer and activist, heart attack. Isabel Cooley, 75, American actress. Harmonica Fats, 72, American blues harmonica player. Henry H. Fowler, 91, American lawyer and politician, Secretary of the Treasury, pneumonia. Viktor Kolotov, 50, Soviet/Ukrainian football player and Olympian (1972, 1976). Frank Miller, 83, Irish cricket player.
4 Charles M. Allen, 83, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky). Alex Bartolome, 41, Filipino rapist, execution by lethal injection. Alfred Bohrmann, 95, German astronomer. Tom Fears, 77, Mexican-American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jaroslav Kadavý, 87, Czech Olympic skier (1948). Diether Krebs, 52, German actor, cabaret artist and comedian, lung cancer. Edward H. Kruse, 81, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1949-1951). Spyros Markezinis, 90, Greek politician, Prime Minister. John Milner, 50, American baseball player (New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos), lung cancer. Louis Mucci, 90, American jazz trumpeter. Henry Pleasants, 89, American music critic and intelligence officer, ruptured aorta. Al Schrecker, 82, American basketball player. Keith Wallace, 38, British boxer and Olympian (1980).
5 Turid Balke, 78, Norwegian actress, playwright and artist. Xie Bingying, 93, Chinese soldier and writer. Bernard Braine, 85, British politician. George Cawthray, 86, English cricketer. Goseki Kojima, 71, Japanese manga artist. Pete Morin, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). Kumar Ponnambalam, 61, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician, assassinated. Hopper Read, 89, English cricketer. Vic Schoen, 83, American bandleader, arranger and composer. K. L. Shrimali, 90, Indian politician and educationist. Tony Steponovich, 92, American football player (Minneapolis Red Jackets, Frankford Yellow Jackets). Bernhard Wicki, 80, Austrian actor and film director. Adam Yarmolinsky, 77, American academic, author and government official, leukemia.Adam Yarmolinsky Dies at 77; Led Revamping of Government
6 Celia, unknown, the Last known full blooded Pyrenean ibex, tree fall. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., 86, United States Marine Corps general, cancer. Michael Rex Horne, 78, English structural engineer, scientist and academic. Byron L. Johnson, 82, American economist and politician. Thomas Jamison MacBride, 85, American jurist. Don Martin, 68, American cartoonist (MAD Magazine), cancer. Kjeld Østrøm, 66, Danish rower and Olympian (1956). Edward Pain, 74, Australian Olympic rower (1952). Sven-Pelle Pettersson, 88, Swedish Olympic swimmer and water polo player (1928, 1936). Malvina Polo, 96, American film actress. Horst Seemann, 62, German film director and screenwriter. Ajit Pratap Singh, 82, Indian politician. Robert McG. Thomas, Jr., 60, American journalist and obituarist, abdominal cancer. Clarence Tommerson, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Pirates). Alexey Vyzmanavin, 40, Russian chess Grandmaster, heart attack.
7 Zainal Abidin, 71, Indonesian actor. Gary Albright, 36, American professional wrestler, heart attack. Teddy Brenner, 81, American boxing matchmaker, Parkinson's disease. Robert B. Crosby, 88, American politician. Dorothy Damaschke, 82, American baseball player. Makhmud Esambayev, 75, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer. Ken Keyworth, 65, English football player. Bob McFadden, 76, American voice actor, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Bernice Petkere, 98, American songwriter. Dorian Shainin, 85, American quality consultant, aeronautics engineer, and author. Rodica Simion, 44, Romanian-American mathematician. Klaus Wennemann, 59, German television and film actor, lung cancer.
8 Karl Adamek, 89, Austrian football player and manager. Ephraim Akpata, 72, Nigerian lawyer. Rudy Cipolla, 99, Italian American mandolinist and composer.Our Artists: Rudy Cipolla. Acoustic Disc. Retrieved from http://acousticdisc.com/acd_html/artists/cipolla.html. Accessed November 17th, 2020 Bill Domm, 69, Canadian politician. Henry Eriksson, 79, Swedish middle-distance runner and Olympic champion (1948). Ray Huang, 81, Chinese historian and philosopher, heart attack. Ismael Ramzi, 82, Egyptian Olympic diver (1936, 1948). Hilary Smart, 74, American sailor and Olympic champion (1948). Jack Stokes, 76, Canadian politician, lung cancer. Fritz Thiedemann, 81, German equestrian and Olympian (1952, 1956, 1960). Warren H. Wagner, 79, American botanist.
9 Réal Bouvier, 54, Canadian navigator and a Quebec journalist. Marguerite Churchill, 89, American film actress. Edward R. Cony, 76, American journalist and newspaper executive, pneumonia and complications from Alzheimer's. Seby Coutinho, 70, Indian actor. Burr Folks, 84, American Olympic canoeist (1936). Arnold Alexander Hall, 84, British aeronautical engineer, scientist and industrialist. Poul Mejer, 68, Danish football player and Olympian (1960). Nigel Tranter, 90, Scottish writer. Sir David Young, 73, British general.Lt-Gen Sir David Young Bruno Zevi, 81, Italian architect, historian, curator and author.
10 Arthur Batanides, 76, American actor (Police Academy, Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, Johnny Midnight). Jens Björklund, 89, Swedish Olympic weightlifter (1936). Wesley Drewett Black, 89, Canadian educator and politician, pneumonia."Remembering Wes, gentleman and friend", Hume, Jim. Times - Colonist, [Victoria, B.C] 16 Jan 2000: C15 Jim Blevins, 65, American football player. Maxine Elliott Hicks, 95, American actress. Sam Jaffe, 98, American motion picture agent, producer, studio executive. Gibson Jalo, 60, Nigerian army general. Richard Jameson, 47, Northern Irish loyalist and paramilitary commander, shot. Cliff Lloyd, 83, Welsh football player. John Newland, 82, American director and actor, stroke.Los Angeles Times
11 Raymond Ameijide, 75, American illustrator.(per his obituary January 12, 2000, TheJournalNews.com) Betty Archdale, 92, English-Australian sportswoman and educationalist. Phil Carrick, 47, English cricketer, leukemia. Helena Carter, 76, American actress. Barney Childs, 73, American composer and teacher, Parkinson's disease. Ivan Combe, 88, American inventor.Ravo, Nick, "Ivan D. Combe, 88, Marketer Of Clearasil and Just for Men", The New York Times, January 17, 2000 Wilhelm Grewe, 88, German diplomat and professor of international law. Bob Lemon, 79, American baseball player and manager. Solomon Mamaloni, 56, Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister, kidney disease. William Andrew McDonald, 86, American archaeologist. Ralph Purchase, 83, American competition rower and Olympic champion (1948). Gordon Wright, 87, American historian. Pavao Žanić, 81, Yugoslav prelate of the Catholic Church.
12 Coventry Brown, 89, Scottish footballer and Olympian (1936). Marc Davis, 86, American animator (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi). Bob DeFruiter, 81, American football player (Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams). Dan Duchaine, 47, American bodybuilder, author, and convicted felon, polycystic kidney disease. Ivan Filin, 73, Soviet Russian marathon runner and Olympian (1956). Emmett Mortell, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, heart failure. Bobby Phills, 30, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets), car accident. Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, 89, American chemical engineer. Alex Wright, 69, Scottish football player and manager.
13 Toivo Ahjopalo, 86, Finnish Olympic sprinter (1936). Yves Bonsang, 49, French Olympic bobsledder (1972). Peter Henderson, Baron Henderson of Brompton, 77, British public servant, Clerk of the Parliaments. Murray Davison, 61, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins). Eric Dodson, 79, British actor. Herbert S. Gutowsky, 80, American chemist. Antti Hyvärinen, 67, Finnish ski jumper, coach and Olympic champion (1952, 1956). Elizabeth Kerr, 87, American actress (Mork & Mindy). Alvin Liberman, 82, American psychologist, complications during heart surgery. John Ljunggren, 80, Swedish race walker and Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964). Alfred Nzo, 74, South African political activist. Susumu Ohno, 71, Japanese-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist. Enric Valor i Vives, 88, Spanish writer and grammarian.
14 Yoshinotani Akitoshi, 50, Japanese sumo wrestler. Meche Barba, 77, American-Mexican film actress and dancer, heart attack. Bud Barbee, 85, American baseball player. Alphonse Boudard, 74, French novelist and playwright. Pat Boyette, 76, American broadcaster and comic book artist (Peacemaker), esophagus cancer. Giusi Raspani Dandolo, 83, Italian stage, film, television and radio actress. Guadalupe Huerta, 79, American hispanic activist and lobbyist. Bijan Jalali, 72, Iranian poet and writer. Hans-Joachim Kahler, 91, German general during World War II. Alain Poiré, 82, French film producer, cancer. Clifford Truesdell, 80, American mathematician. M. V. Venkatram, 79, Indian writer from Tamil Nadu. Leonard Weisgard, 83, American children's writer and illustrator. Tomislav Zografski, 65, Macedonian composer.
15 Beryl Clark, 82, American gridiron football player (Chicago Cardinals). Gustav Jung, 54, German footballer. Marie Kazmierczak, 79, American baseball player. Jim LaMarque, 78, American baseball player. Georges-Henri Lévesque, 96, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist. Yves Mariot, 51, French football player, aneurysm. Annie Palmen, 73, Dutch singer. Arkan, 47, Serbian mobster and paramilitary commander, homicide. Alf Ringstead, 72, Irish football player. Fran Ryan, 83, American actress (Pale Rider, Days of Our Lives, The Wizard).
16 Wolf Ackva, 88, German actor. James Card, 84, American film preservationist. Harry Cavan, 83, Irish football official. Gene Harris, 66, American jazz pianist. Will "Dub" Jones, 71, American R&B singer, diabetes. T. N. Kaul, 87, Indian diplomat.