page_title: Deaths in January 2018
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: Deaths in January 2018 / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Autograph session with Jack Ketchum at Salon du livre 2009 (Paris, France). Français&#160;: Séance de dédicaces avec Jack Ketchum, lors du Salon du livre 2009 (Paris, France).
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2018. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.
  Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death and most importantly a source.
caption: Jack Ketchum
  1946 – 2018
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