page_title: 2018 in the United Kingdom
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: The Moody Blues arrives at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands in 1970
context_page_description: Events from the year 2018 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 2 January
  Tony Calder, 74, English music promoter and executive (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones).
  Alan Deakin, 76, English footballer (Aston Villa, Walsall, Tamworth).
  4 January
  Peter Birdseye, 98, English footballer (Wycombe Wanderers).
  Ray Thomas, 76, English singer-songwriter ("Veteran Cosmic Rocker", "For My Lady") and Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues), prostate cancer.
  6 January
  Nigel Sims, 86, English footballer (Aston Villa, Wolverhampton, Peterborough).
  8 January
  Jenny Joseph, 85, English poet.
  Jackie Perry, 93, English rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s.
  Tricia Walker, 53, British author, breast cancer.
  9 January
  Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scottish footballer (Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers, national team).
  Ted Phillips, 84, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Leyton Orient, Colchester United), dementia.
  10 January
  Eddie Clarke, 67, British guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway), pneumonia.
  David Fisher, 88, British television writer (Doctor Who, Dixon of Dock Green, Hammer House of Horror).
  John McGlashan, 50, Scottish footballer (Millwall, Peterborough United, Rotherham United).
  11 January
  Ednyfed Hudson Davies, 88, Welsh politician, MP for Conway (1966–1970) and Caerphilly (1979–1983).
  12 January
  Bella Emberg, 80, English actress (The Russ Abbot Show).
  Harry Uzoka, 25, British model, stabbed.
  13 January
  Rick Jolly, 71, British Royal Navy surgeon.
  14 January
  Cyrille Regis, 59, English footballer, suspected heart attack.
  15 January
  Olive Nicol, Baroness Nicol, 94, British politician and life peer, Member of the House of Lords (since 1983).
  16 January
  Ed Doolan, 76, broadcaster (BBC WM, BRMB; first local presenter to be inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame).
  Rodney Fern, 69, English football player (Leicester City, Chesterfield), dementia.
  18 January
  John Barton, 89, British theatre director, co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
  Arthur Davidson, 89, British politician, complications from a fall.
  Peter Mayle, 78, British author (A Year in Provence).
  Laurie Morgan, 87, British government official, Chief Minister of Guernsey (2004–2007).
  20 January
  Jim Rodford, 76, English bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies), injuries from a fall.
  22 January
  Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player (Blackpool, national team) and manager (Leeds United), world champion (1966), cancer.
  Patrick Cryne, 66, English businessman (iSOFT) and football team owner (Barnsley F.C.), cancer. (death announced on this date)
  23 January
  Tracey Moore, 76, English cricketer (Norfolk, Minor Counties North, Minor Counties East), cancer. (death announced on this date)
  Richard Woollacott, 40, British racehorse trainer.
  24 January
  Mark E. Smith, 60, British singer and songwriter (The Fall).
  26 January
  Stacey Young, 52, model and actress (wife of Paul Young)
  27 January
  John Wall, 85, British engineer and inventor (Crayford focuser).
  28 January
  Neil Harris, 63, British musician (Sham 69), cancer.
  29 January
  Paul Alcock, 64, English football referee, cancer.
  Sir Cyril Taylor, 82, British educator.
  30 January
  Sir Henry Brooke, 81, British lawyer and judge, Lord Justice of Appeal (1996–2006), complications from cardiac surgery.
  31 January
  Peter King, 5th Earl of Lovelace, 66, British peer. (death announced on this date)
caption: Ray Thomas in 1970
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