The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2020.
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 2020 1 János Aczél, 95, Hungarian-Canadian mathematician.We remember Distinguished Professor Emeritus János Aczel Lexii Alijai, 21, American rapper, drug and alcohol overdose. Chris Barker, 39, English footballer (Barnsley, Cardiff City, Southend United), suicide. Joan Benson, 94, American keyboard player.Joan Benson Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blagonravov, 86, Russian scientist.Не стало знаменитого конструктора БМП George W. Blair, 98, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1979–1986).Former legislator from Sturgis passes away Marius Bruat, 89, French footballer.Carnet noir : Disparition de Marius Bruat Günter Brümmer, 86, German canoeist.Günter Brümmer Martin Bundi, 87, Swiss politician, president of the National Council (1985–1986).Ex-Nationalratspräsident Martin Bundi gestorben Frank L. Clarke, 86, Australian business economist.Memorial frank lewis clarke (1933–2020): An international journey in quest of a more serviceable accounting Carlos De León, 60, Puerto Rican boxer, WBC cruiserweight champion (1980–1982, 1983–1985, 1986–1988, 1989–1990), heart attack.Four-time world boxing champ, Hall of Fame trainer Carlos De Leon dies at 60 Alexander Frater, 82, British-Australian travel writer and journalist.Obituary: Alexander Frater 1937-2020 Marty Grebb, 73, American musician (The Buckinghams).Eric Clapton and Band Collaborator Marty Grebb Dead at 74 Tommy Hancock, 90, American musician.Tommy Hancock Dances His Way to Heaven (1929-2020) Doug Hart, 80, American football player (Green Bay Packers). Walter Hayman, 93, German-born British mathematician. Jiao Ruoyu, 104, Chinese politician and diplomat, Mayor of Beijing (1981–1983), Ambassador to Peru (1972–1977) and Iran (1977–1979).北京市原市长焦若愚逝世 Les Josephson, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (Heaven Can Wait).Ex-Rams star Josephson dies Don Larsen, 90, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants), esophageal cancer.Ex-Yankee Don Larsen, only pitcher to throw perfect game in World Series, dies at 90 Bengt Levin, 61, Swedish orienteer, world championship silver medalist (1981).Bengt Levin har lämnat oss Peter Lo Su Yin, 96, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sabah (1965–1967).Ex-Sabah CM Peter Lo passes away Aleksandr Manachinsky, 61, Ukrainian Olympic swimmer (1976).Умер известный харьковский спортсмен Jim Manning, 76, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).James 'Jim' Benjamin Manning Barry McDonald, 79, Australian rugby union player (national team).Vale Barry McDonald, one of Rugby's 'Magnificent Seven' Roland Minson, 90, American basketball player (BYU Cougars).Former BYU star Roland Minson, who helped lead Cougars to 1951 NIT championship, dies at age 90 Jimmy Moran, 84, Scottish footballer (Norwich City, Northampton Town, Workington). Peter Neumann, 88, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).Peter Michael Neumann Ng Jui Ping, 71, Singaporean entrepreneur and army general, Chief of Defence Force (1992–1995), pancreatic cancer.Singapore's second Chief of Defence Force Ng Jui Ping dies at 71 Chris Pattikawa, 79, Indonesian film director and producer.Sutradara Chris Pattikawa Meninggal Dunia Jaap Schröder, 94, Dutch violinist and conductor.Violist, dirigent en pedagog Jaap Schröder (94) Overleden Dick Scott, 96, New Zealand historian.Historian and author Dick Scott dies on New Year's Day Katsura Shinnosuke, 66, Japanese rakugoka, acute myeloid leukemia.落語家・桂伸乃介さん、急性骨髄性白血病で死去 66歳 David Stern, 77, American sports executive and lawyer, commissioner of the National Basketball Association (1984–2014), brain hemorrhage.Former NBA commissioner David Stern dies at 77 Silva Zurleva, 61, Bulgarian journalist, heart attack.Силва Зурлева е открита мъртва в дома си в село Ковачевица
2 John Baldessari, 88, American conceptual artist.John Baldessari, radically influential Conceptual artist, dies at 88 Fazilatunnesa Bappy, 49, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, MP (2011–2018), pneumonia.Ex-Awami League MP Fazilatunnesa Bappy passes away Daitari Behera, 81, Indian politician, MLA (1974–1977 and 1995–2000).Ex- Odisha MLA Dies At Hospital, Family Alleges Medical Apathy Tom Buck, 81, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1966–2004).Former Ga. lawmaker, Columbus native Rep. Tom Buck passes away Michel Celaya, 89, French rugby player (national team).Former France rugby captain Michel Celaya dies aged 89 Lorraine Chandler, 73, American singer and songwriter.Respect 2020... Lorraine Chandler Chen Suhou, 83, Chinese politician, Vice Governor of Hainan (1990–1997), Vice Chairman of the Hainan Provincial People's Congress (1997–2003).海南省人大常委会原副主任、退休干部陈苏厚逝世，享年83岁 Marie Clarke, 104, American labor leader. Auxence Contout, 94, French Guianese writer.Un grand homme de la culture guyanaise, Auxence Contout s'est éteint Mohamed Salah Dembri, 81, Algerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1996).Former Minister Mohamed Salah Dembri, passed away R. Kern Eutsler, 100, American United Methodist Church bishop.Bishop Eutsler, trusted leader, dies at 100 Marian Finucane, 69, Irish broadcaster (Liveline, The Marian Finucane Show).Death announced of RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane Nick Fish, 61, American politician and lawyer, Portland city commissioner (since 2008), stomach cancer.Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish dead from stomach cancer Veronika Fitz, 83, German actress (The Vulture Wally, The Spessart Inn, Oh! This Bavaria!).Veronika Fitz: Serien-Star ist tot Bill Graham, 84, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).William Graham Robert M. Graham, 90, American computer scientist.In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Robert M. Graham (1929–2020) Terry Gray, 81, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings). Edward A. Grouby Jr., 92, American politician, Alabama state representative (1978–1990).Edward Arthur Grouby Jr. Luciana Guindani, 82, Italian Olympic sprint canoer.Luciana Guindani Tom Hickey, 86, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (1966–1986).Thomas Valentine Hickey 1933 - 2020 Obituary Houston Hogg, 71, American football player.Houston Hogg, helped integrate SEC at Kentucky, dies at 71 Fernando Lecuona, 93, Cuban Olympic gymnast.Fernando Lecuona Raymond K. Mason, 92, American businessman.Raymond Knight Mason Gale McArthur, 90, American basketball player (Oklahoma State Cowboys).OSU basketball: Former All-American Gale McArthur dies Bruce McEwen, 81, American neuroendocrinologist.Bruce McEwen, Stress Hormone Researcher, Dies Jack McGuire, 86, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1990–2012).Obituary of John C. McGuire Yukiko Miyake, 54, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (2009–2012), suicide by drowning.Ex-lawmaker Yukiko Miyake found dead in apparent suicide Roman Monchenko, 55, Russian rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1996).Ушёл из жизни Роман Витальевич Монченко George Nicolau, 94, American arbitrator, MLB (1985–1995), NHL (1993–1996), NBA (1979–1981), president of NAA.George Nicolau dies at 94, arbitrator in MLB collusion cases Bogusław Polch, 78, Polish artist.To on rysował "Wiedźmina" i "Kapitana Żbika". Zmarł Bogusław Polch Najwa Qassem, 52, Lebanese journalist and television presenter (Al Arabiya), heart attack.Lebanese TV presenter Najwa Qassem dies at 51 Élisabeth Rappeneau, 84, French film director (J'ai peur d'oublier) and screenwriter (Lovers Like Us, Une Femme ou Deux).Clémentine Célarié en deuil : la scénariste Elizabeth Rappeneau est morte Jacques Renaud, 96, French racing cyclist. Ricardo Rosales, 85, Guatemalan politician, head of the Guatemalan Party of Labour (1974–1996).Fallece Ricardo Rosales Román, exdirigente de URNG y firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz de 1996 Edward Spiegel, 88, American physicist.Edward Spiegel Shen Yi-ming, 62, Taiwanese Air Force general officer, Chief of the General Staff (since 2019), helicopter crash.Taiwan's Chief of General Staff among 8 dead in Black Hawk crash D. P. Tripathi, 67, Indian politician, MP (2012–2018).Senior NCP leader DP Tripathi passes away after prolonged illness Grant Weatherstone, 88, Scottish rugby union player (Edinburgh District, national team).Grant Weatherstone Barbara Uehling, 87, American educator and university administrator, complications from Alzheimer's disease.Barbara Uehling Charlton, PhD Sam Wyche, 74, American football player (Washington Redskins) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), melanoma.Former Cincinnati Bengals coach Sam Wyche dies at 74
3 Derek Acorah, 69, English self-styled spiritual medium and television personality (Most Haunted, Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns), sepsis.Medium Derek Acorah dead aged 69 after falling into coma from 'very brief illness' Antonis Balomenakis, 65, Greek lawyer and politician, MP (2015–2019).Πέθανε ο πρώην βουλευτής του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Αντώνης Μπαλωμενάκης Christopher Beeny, 78, English actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, In Loving Memory, Last of the Summer Wine).Christopher Beeny: Upstairs, Downstairs actor dies at 78 Robert Blanche, 57, American actor (Grimm, World Trade Center, Leverage).We Mourn the Passing of Robert Blanche Pete Brewster, 89, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers) and coach.Family remembers coach Pete Brewster Wolfgang Brezinka, 91, German-Austrian educational scientist.Wolfgang Brezinka Ninez Cacho-Olivares, 78, Filipino journalist (Daily Tribune), heart attack.Veteran journalist Ninez Cacho-Olivares passes away at 78 Mike Colsten, 70, American racing driver.Michael Francis Colsten Sr. Domenico Corcione, 90, Italian general, Minister of Defence (1995–1996).Generale ed ex Ministro della difesa, è morto Domenico Corcione Gérard de Sélys, 75, Belgian journalist.Notre ancien collègue Gérard de Selys est décédé Mónica Echeverría, 99, Chilean journalist, writer and actress.A los 99 años muere la destacada escritora y dramaturga Mónica Echeverría Ken Fuson, 63, American journalist (The Baltimore Sun, The Des Moines Register), complications from liver disease.Ken Fuson, Award-Winning Former Baltimore Sun Writer, Dies At 63 James W. Hennigan Jr., 92, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1953–1955) and Massachusetts Senate (1955–1965).Honorable Senator James W. "Jimmy" Hennigan Jr. Reuben Hersh, 92, American mathematician.Reuben Hersh passed away Nathaël Julan, 23, French footballer (Le Havre, Valenciennes, Guingamp), traffic collision.Nathaël Julan (Guingamp) mort dans un accident de la route M. Sakthivel Murugan, Indian politician, MLA (2001–2006), heart attack.அம்பை சட்டமன்ற தொகுதி முன்னாள் எம்.எல்.ஏ. சக்திவேல் முருகன் மரணம் Stella Maris Leverberg, 57, Argentine politician and trade unionist, Deputy (2007–2015), traffic collision.Falleció Stella Maris Leverberg, víctima del despiste de la camioneta en la que viajaba Penny Morrell, 81, British actress (A Stitch in Time, Mrs. Gibbons' Boys, The End of the Affair).Penny Cole, actress and wife of television and film star Rameshwar Prasad, Indian politician, MLA (1980–1985), kidney disease.बांदा में कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता एवं पूर्व विधायक रामेश्वर भाई का निधन Harvey Reti, 82, Canadian Olympic boxer (1964).Harvey Neil Reti Marie Mercury Roth, 93, American synthetic organic chemist.Marie Mercury Roth, Ph. D. Bernard Ryan Jr., 96, American writer.Bernard Ryan Jr. Michael Shute, 68, Canadian academic, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Dr. Michael Shute Yoshikazu Sunako, 87, Japanese motorcycle and racecar driver.Yoshikazu Sunako: 1932-2020