Sir John Gilbert Hanson (16 November 1938 – 13 January 2017) was a senior British diplomat, senior executive, historian, and academic. He was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Hanson was the Director-General of the British Council between 1992 and 1998. Hanson then became the Warden of Green College, University of Oxford from 1998 to 2006. Under his leadership, Green College merged with Templeton College in 2008 to become Green Templeton College, located at what was previously Green College.
Hanson died in London on 13 January 2017 after a short illness, aged 78.
Vahit Melih Halefoğlu
Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (19 November 1919 – 21 January 2017) was a Turkish politician and diplomat.
After the general elections held in 1983, Turgut Özal appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs from outside of the parliament. In 1986, he was elected deputy of Ankara from the Motherland Party (ANAP). He did not stand for election in the 1987 general elections and ended his political career.
Halefoğlu died on 21 January 2017 in Istanbul, aged 97.
The Roches
The Roches (Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy Roche) were a vocal group of three songwriting Irish-American sisters from Park Ridge, New Jersey. They were known for their "unusual" and "rich" harmonies, quirky lyrics, and casually comedic stage performances.
The Roches were active as performers and recording artists from the mid-1970s through 2007, at various times performing as a trio and in pairs.
Veljo Tormis
Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 in Kuusalu - 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer. He was called as one of the greatest living choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia.
Internationally, he is known from his extensive body of choral music, which passes 500 individual choral songs, most of it a cappella. The great majority of these pieces are based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs ("regilaulud"), either textually, melodically, or merely stylistically.
John Watkiss
John Watkiss (28 July 1961 – 21 January 2017) was a British artist. He was known for his painting and his work in comics and movie production. His career led him from cover artist for graphic novels to storyboard artist and character designer. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Watkiss' comics illustration work includes DC Comics' "The Sandman" #39 (1992) and #53 (1993), "Sandman Mystery Theatre" #5–8 (1993), "Starman" #18 (1996), and all 13 issues of "Deadman".
Watkiss died of cancer at the age of 55.
Dan Caspi
Dan Caspi (January 1, 1945 – January 22, 2017) was an Israeli lecturer, journalist and activist. He worked at the Communication Studies Department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel.
Throughout his career, Caspi has combined research with public activity and lively commentary. He published hundreds of articles in the printed daily and online press, including regular columns in a Jerusalem local paper, in the Israel Publishers’ Association monthly "Otot" ("Signals")' in "Haayin Hashviit" ("The Seventh Eye", an online media journal)' the op-ed section of "ynet" (an online newspaper produced by Yedioth Ahronoth) and a blog for Ha'aretz.
Caspi died on January 22, 2017 in Israel, aged 72.
İlhan Cavcav
İlhan Cavcav (October 4, 1935 – January 22, 2017) was a Turkish businessman. He served as the chairman of Gençlerbirliği, a Football club in Turkey for almost 40 years until his death. He was born in Ankara.
He was known for his hard negotiation tactics with the big clubs in Turkey and searching for abilities especially for discovering talent from Africa.
In November 2014 Cavcav announced that he would be fining bearded players, claiming that they were a bad influence for the youth. Cavcav said that he would fine players that kept their beards 25,000 Turkish Liras and also attacked UEFA for not banning beards in all of its completions.
Cavcav was taken to hospital after falling and hitting his head, which caused a brain hemorrhage. He was kept in intensive care unit. One day later, on January 22, 2017, he was pronounced dead.
Chen Yu-mei
Chen Yu-mei (; 22 July 1966 – 22 January 2017) was a politician in the Republic of China. She served as Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 18 September 2013 to 8 August 2014.
On 8 August 2014, Chen officially resigned to attend to other career plans. She was succeeded by Hsin Shih-chang, a professor from National Taiwan Normal University.
Cristina Adela Foișor
Cristina Adela Foișor (7 June 1967, Petroșani – 22 January 2017, Timișoara), née Badulescu, was a Romanian chess player, an Mnternational Master and Woman Grandmaster. She won the Women's Romanian Chess Championship five times.
She had competed for the world championship several times, most recently the Women's World Chess Championship 2012 when she went out in the first round in an Armageddon game. In the season 2016/17 she played for Schachfreunde Deizisau in 2. Bundesliga Süd.
Foisor died of complications from pneumonia after several days in a coma at County Hospital of Timișoara, Romania, aged 49.
Andy Marte
Andy Manuel Marte (October 21, 1983 – January 22, 2017) was a Dominican professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians and Arizona Diamondbacks. He also played in the KBO League for the KT Wiz. He was born in Villa Tapia, Dominican Republic.
Marte was killed in a car crash near San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic on January 22, 2017, aged 33.
József Torgyán
József Torgyán (16 November 1932 − 22 January 2017) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He was chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the government of Viktor Orbán from 1998 through 2001. He was born in Mátészalka, Hungary.
Torgyán in Budapest, Hungary on 22 January 2017 from heart failure, aged 84.
Pete Overend Watts
Peter Overend Watts (13 May 1947 – 22 January 2017) was an English bass guitarist. He was known for being the founding member and guitarist of 1970s rock band, Mott the Hoople. He was born in Birmingham, England. His book ""The Man Who Hated Walking"" was published in 2013.
Watts died in Birmingham on 22 January 2017 from throat cancer at the age of 69.
Yordano Ventura
Yordano Ventura Hernández (; June 3, 1991 – January 22, 2017) was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2013 through 2016. He was twice named to the All-Star Futures Game. He was born in Samaná, Dominican Republic.
Ventura made his MLB debut on September 17, 2013. He was known as a power pitcher, his fastball was much valued by the Royals during his tenure with the team. In 2014, Ventura's 96.2 mph average fastball velocity (96.4 for two-seamers) ranked second-best among MLB starters. He helped the Royals win the 2015 World Series.
On January 22, 2017, Ventura was killed in a car accident in the city of Juan Adrián, Dominican Republic, aged 25.
Jaki Liebezeit
Jaki Liebezeit (May 26, 1938 – January 22, 2017) was a German drummer. He was best known as a founding member of Can, who has been called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral". He also played the piano and saxophone. He was born in Dresden, Germany.
Liebezeit died on January 22, 2017 in Dresden, Germany from pneumonia, aged 78.
Park Ridge, New Jersey
Park Ridge is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Park Ridge had a population of 8,645 as of the 2010 United States Census. The mayor of Park Ridge is Terence P. Maguire.
The borough is a part of the Pascack Valley region of Bergen County. It is bounded by the boroughs of Montvale, River Vale, Woodcliff Lake and Hillsdale.