Deaths in January 2020

The following is a list of **deaths that should be noted in January 2020**. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

## January
### 1
*János Aczél, 95, Hungarian-Canadian mathematician and journalist (*Aequationes Mathematicae*), member of the Royal Society of Canada (since 1971) and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (since 1990).
*Chris Barker, 39, English footballer (Barnsley, Cardiff City, Southend United). (body discovered on this date)
*Joan Benson, 94, American keyboard player.
*Martin Bundi, 87, Swiss politician, President of the National Council (1985–1986).
*Alexander Frater, 82, British-Australian travel writer, documentary filmmaker (*The Last African Flying Boat*) and journalist (*Punch*).
*Tommy Hancock, 90, American swing fiddler (The Flatlanders) and bandleader.
*Walter Hayman, 93, German-born British mathematician.
*Don Larsen, 90, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants), esophageal cancer.
*Peter Lo Sui Yin, 96, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sabah (1965–1967).
*Roland Minson, 90, American basketball player (BYU Cougars).
*Ng Jui Ping, 71, Singaporean businessman and army general, Chief of Defence Force (1992–1995), pancreatic cancer.
*Dick Scott, 96, New Zealand historian.
*David Stern, 77, American Hall of Fame sports executive and businessman, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (1984–2014), cerebral hemorrhage.

### 2
*John Baldessari, 88, American conceptual artist.
*Fazilatunnesa Bappy, 49, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, MP (2011–2018).
*Nick Fish, 61, American politician and lawyer, Portland City Commissioner (since 2008), stomach cancer.
*Yukiko Miyake, 54, Japanese politician, MP (2009–2012), suicide by drowning.
*Roger Phillips, 73, British football manager (Corinthian-Casuals), heart disease.
*Bogusław Polch, 78, Polish artist.
*Shen Yi-ming, 62, Taiwanese Air Force commander, Chief of the General Staff (since 2019), helicopter crash.
*Sam Wyche, 74, American football player (Washington Redskins), coach (Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and politician, member of the Pickens County Council (since 2008), problems caused by melanoma.

### 3
*Derek Acorah, 69, English self-styled spiritual medium and television personality (*Most Haunted*, *Celebrity Big Brother*, ''Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns*), sepsis caused by pneumonia.
*Pete Brewster, 89, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers) and coach.
*Wolfgang Brezinka, 91, German-Austrian educational scientist.
*Domenico Corcione, 90, Italian general, Minister of Defence (1995–1996).
*Mónica Echeverría, 99, Chilean journalist, feminist writer (*Crónicas vedadas, Sudamericana*) and actress (*La colonia penal*).
*Reuben Hersh, 92, American mathematician philosopher (*The Mathematical Experience*) and academic (*Scientific American*).
*Nathaël Julan, 23, French footballer (Le Havre, Valenciennes, Guingamp), road accident.
*Stella Maris Leverberg, 57, Argentine politician and trade unionist, Deputy (2007–2015), cardiac arrest caused by road accident.
*Notable people killed in the Baghdad International Airport airstrike:
**Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, 66, Iraqi military commander, head of the Popular Mobilization Forces.
**Qasem Soleimani, 62, Iranian major general, commander of the Quds Force (since 1998).

### 4
*Oliver Batali Albino, 84, South Sudanese politician, Minister of Housing and Public Utilities (1975–1978) and Minister of Labour (1985), heart failure.
*Guy Arnold, 87, English writer and explorer, problems caused by dementia.
*Russell Bannock, 100, Canadian Air Force fighter ace.
*Herbert Binkert, 96, German football player (1. FC Saarbrücken, Saarland national team) and manager (FC 08 Homburg).
*Júlio Castro Caldas, 76, Portuguese lawyer and politician, MP (1980–1983) and Minister of National Defence (1999–2001).
*John R. Cunningham, 92, Canadian medical physicist.
*Tom Long, 51, American-born Australian actor (*Two Hands*, *The Dish*, *The Postcard Bandit*), encephalitis caused by multiple myeloma.
*Lorenza Mazzetti, 92, Italian movie director (*Together*) and novelist.
*K. S. S. Nambooripad, 84, Indian mathematician, academic and computer scientist.
*Walter Ormeño, 93, Peruvian footballer (Club América, Atlante, national team).
*Zdravko Tomac, 82, Croatian politician and writer, MP (1995–2005).

### 5
*James Barber, 79, British biochemist, member of the Australian Academy of Science (since 1995) and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (since 2003).
*T. N. Chaturvedi, 90, Indian politician, Comptroller and Auditor General (1984–1989), Governor of Karnataka (2002–2007) and Kerala (2004), 2017 presidential candidate, heart attack.
*Anri Jergenia, 78, Abkhazian politician, Prime Minister (2001–2002), 2004 presidential candidate.
*Walter Learning, 81, Canadian actor, playwright and theatrical director (*A Gift to Last''), founder of Theatre New Brunswick.
*Liu Zhongyi, 89, Chinese politician, Vice Minister of the National Development and Reform Commission (1985–1990) and Minister of Agriculture (1990–1993).
*Antoni Morell Mora, 78, Spanish-born Andorran diplomat and writer, Ambassador to the Holy See (2005–2010), heart failure.
*Hans Tilkowski, 84, German football player (Westfalia Herne, Borussia Dortmund, West Germany national team) and manager.

### 6
*Bernt Andersson, 86, Swedish football player (Djurgården) and manager (Halmstad, Helsingborg).
*Mike Fitzpatrick, 56, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district (2005–2007, 2011–2017), melanoma.
*Prem Nath Hoon, 90, Indian military officer, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command (1986–1987).
*Oswaldo Larriva, 74, Ecuadorian academic and politician, Deputy (1992–1994, 2013–2017) and Governor of Azuay Province (2007–2009, 2019), leukemia.
*Aloïse Moudileno Massengo, 86, Congolese politician and lawyer, Vice President (1971–1972).
*Luís Morais, 89, Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, Portuguesa, national team).

### 7
*Khamis Al-Dosari, 46, Saudi Arabian footballer (Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, national team), brain cancer.
*Vincenzo Cerundolo, 60, Italian medical researcher. (death announced on this date)
*Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, 91, Pakistani politician and lawyer, Attorney General (1971–1977), Governor of Sindh (1989–1990) and Chief Election Commissioner (2012–2013).
*Larry Gogan, 81, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ Gold, RTÉ 2fm).
*Silvio Horta, 45, American movie and television writer (*Ugly Betty*, *Jake 2.0*, *Urban Legend*), suicide by gunshot.
*Neil Peart, 67, Canadian Hall of Fame drummer (Rush) and lyricist ("The Spirit of Radio", "Tom Sawyer"), glioblastoma.
*George Perles, 85, American football player and coach (Pittsburgh Steelers, Michigan State Spartans), Parkinson's disease.
*Abderrazak Rassaa, 90, Tunisian politician and economist, Minister of Finance (1969–1971).
*Elizabeth Wurtzel, 52, American feminist writer (*Prozac Nation*), journalist (*The Wall Street Journal*) and essayist, subject of *Prozac Nation* movie adaptation, meningitis caused by breast cancer.

### 8
*Edd Byrnes, 86, American actor (*77 Sunset Strip*, *Grease*) and recording artist ("Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)"), suspected stroke.
*Buck Henry, 89, American actor (*The Man Who Fell to Earth*), screenwriter (*The Graduate*, *Get Smart*) and director (*Heaven Can Wait*), Emmy winner (1967), heart attack.
*David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 91, British peer and businessman, member of the House of Lords (1976–1999, 2005–2015).
*Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, 83, Spanish royal, colon cancer.
*Zhu Yuli, 85, Chinese politician and businessman, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Astronautics Industry (1992–1993) and General Manager of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (1993–1999).

### 9
*Walter J. Boyne, 90, American Air Force officer and writer (*The Wild Blue: The Novel of the U.S. Air Force*).
*Galen Cole, 94, American World War II veteran, businessman and philanthropist, manager of the Cole Land Transportation Museum, Purple Heart recipient.
*Rudolf de Korte, 83, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1986–1989), Minister of Economic Affairs (1986–1989).
*Pete Dye, 94, American Hall of Fame golf course designer (TPC at Sawgrass), problems caused by dementia.
*Pampero Firpo, 89, Argentine-American professional wrestler.
*David Glass, 84, American businessman, CEO of Walmart (1988–2000), former owner of the Kansas City Royals, problems caused by pneumonia.
*Robert Molimard, 92, French physician.
*Ivan Passer, 86, Czech-American movie director and screenwriter (''Cutter's Way*), problems caused by COPD.
*Matthew Quashie, 68, Ghanaian Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy (2009–2013) and Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces (2013–2016). 
*Mike Resnick, 77, American science fiction writer (*The Goddess of Ganymede*, *Stalking the Unicorn*, *Kirinyaga*) and editor (*Jim Baen's Universe*), multi-Hugo Award winner, lymphoma.
*Carol Serling, 90, American actress (*Twilight Zone: The Movie*) and producer (*The Twilight Zone*).
*Hal Smith, 89, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates).
*Yong Pung How, 93, Singaporean lawyer and banker, Chief Justice (1990–2006).

### 10
*Tom Alexander, 85, Scottish folk musician (The Alexander Brothers). (death announced on this date)
*Neda Arnerić, 66, Serbian actress (*Shaft in Africa*, *Venom*, *The End of the War'').
*John Crosbie, 88, Canadian politician, MHA (1966–1976), MP (1976–1993) and Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (2008–2013).
*Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, 100, British politician and historian, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1964–1970) and member of the House of Lords (1964–2015).
*Wolfgang Dauner, 84, German jazz fusion pianist (United Jazz + Rock Ensemble) and composer.
*Guido Messina, 89, Italian racing cyclist, Olympic (1952) and world champion (1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956).
*Marc Morgan, 57, Belgian singer-songwriter.
*Petko Petkov, 73, Bulgarian football player (Austria Wien, national team) and manager (Beroe).
*Qaboos bin Said al Said, 79, Omani royal, Sultan (since 1970), colon cancer.
*Carlos Cuco Rojas, 65, Colombian harpist (Cimarrón) and songwriter, heart attack.
*Wu Shuqing, 88, Chinese economist, President of Peking University (1989–1996).

### 11
*Tom Belsø, 77, Danish motor racing driver, stomach cancer.
*Musharraf Karim, 74, Bangladeshi journalist and children's writer, Bangla Academy Literary Award winner (2003).
*Stan Kirsch, 51, American actor (*Highlander: The Series*), suicide by hanging.
*Valdir Joaquim de Moraes, 88, Brazilian football player (Palmeiras, national team) and manager, multiple organ failure.
*La Parka II, 54, Mexican luchador (AAA), lung and kidney failure.
*Kazuo Sakurada, 71, Japanese professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling, CWF, BJPW) and trainer, arrhythmia.
*Steve Stiles, 76, American cartoonist (*Underground comix*, *Heavy Metal*) and writer, Hugo Award winner (2016), cancer.

### 12
*William Bogert, 83, American actor (*Small Wonder*, *Death Wish*, *WarGames*).
*Tony Garnett, 83, British movie producer (*Kes*, *Earth Girls Are Easy*).
*Paulo Gonçalves, 40, Portuguese motorcycle rally racer, race crash.
*Rolf Koschorrek, 64, German politician, MP (2005–2013), cancer.
*Jayalath Manoratne, 71, Sri Lankan actor (*Doo Daruwo*, *Handaya*, *Hiripoda Wassa*), brain cancer.
*Sir Roger Scruton, 75, English philosopher and writer (*Sexual Desire*, *How to Be a Conservative*), editor of *The Salisbury Review* (1982–2001), lung cancer.
*Aart Staartjes, 81, Dutch actor and presenter (*De Stratemakeropzeeshow*, *Sesamstraat*, *Pinkeltje*), car crash.

### 13
*Carlos Girón, 65, Mexican diver, Olympic silver medalist (1980), pneumonia.
*Murad Wilfried Hofmann, 88, German politician and writer, Ambassador to Algeria (1987–1990) and Morocco (1990–1994).
*Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 77, Mexican filmmaker (*Homework*).
*Jack D. Shanstrom, 87, American politician and lawyer, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (1990–2001), problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
*Isabel-Clara Simó, 76, Spanish journalist (*Avui*, *El Punt*) and writer, neurodegenerative disease.

### 14
*John N. Brandenburg, 90, American Army lieutenant general.
*Chamín Correa, 90, Mexican guitarist and record producer, heart attack.
*Eville Gorham, 94, Canadian-American biochemist and ecologist.
*Jack Kehoe, 85, American actor (*Serpico*, *The Sting*, *The Untouchables*), problems caused by a stroke.
*Liang Jun, 90, Chinese tractor driver.

### 15
*Bobby Brown, 96, Scottish Hall of Fame football player (Rangers, Queen's Park) and manager (national team).
*Mark Harris, 72, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, North Sydney Bears, national team), throat cancer.
*Rocky Johnson, 75, Canadian Hall of Fame professional wrestler (NWA, WWE) and trainer, World Tag Team champion (1983), pulmonary embolism.
*Kotaro Suzumura, 76, Japanese economist, pancreatic cancer.
*Christopher Tolkien, 95, British academic and editor (*The Silmarillion*, *The History of Middle-earth*).
*Nikolai Tsymbal, 94, Soviet-Russian Air Force general.
*Ivan Ustinov, 100, Russian intelligence officer (NKVD, SMERSH, KGB).

### 16
*Magda al-Sabahi, 88, Egyptian actress (*Jamila, the Algerian*).
*Harry G. Haskell Jr., 98, American politician and businessman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large congressional district (1957–1959) and Mayor of Wilmington (1969–1973).
*Efraín Sánchez, 93, Colombian football player (San Lorenzo, Independiente Medellín, national team) and manager.
*R. Sathyanarayana, 93, Indian musicologist, Padma Shri recipient (2018).
*Barry Tuckwell, 88, Australian horn player and conductor, heart disease.
*Zhao Zhongxiang, 78, Chinese television news anchor (*Xinwen Lianbo*) and presenter (''CCTV New Year's Gala*), liver cancer.

### 17
*Pietro Anastasi, 71, Italian footballer (Juventus, Inter, national team), cancer.
*Thérèse Dion, 92, Canadian television personality.
*Rahşan Ecevit, 97, Turkish politician and political writer, founder and Leader of the Democratic Left Party (1985–1987).
*Derek Fowlds, 82, British actor (*Yes Minister*, *Yes Prime Minister*, *Heartbeat''), sepsis and heart failure caused by pneumonia.
*Terence Hallinan, 83, American politician and lawyer, District Attorney for San Francisco (1996–2004).
*Hwang Sun-hui, 100, North Korean politician and military personnel, Director of the Korean Revolution Museum (since 1990), pneumonia.
*Bobby Kay, 70, Canadian professional wrestler (Cormier wrestling family) and promoter (Eastern Sports Association).
*John Klyberg, 88, British priest, Bishop of Fulham (1985–1996).
*Khagendra Thapa Magar, 27, Nepali record holder, world's shortest man (2010–2011), pneumonia.
*Walter E. Powell, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 8th congressional district (1971–1975).
*Lech Raczak, 73, Polish theatre director, heart attack.
*Steve Rayner, 66, British sociologist and climate critic (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
*Claudio Roditi, 73, Brazilian jazz trumpeter, prostate cancer.
*Stanisław Stefanek, 83, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Łomża (1996–2011).
*Morimichi Takagi, 78, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Chunichi Dragons), heart failure.
*Rhona Wurtele, 97, Canadian Olympic skier (1948).

### 18
*Mario Bergamaschi, 91, Italian footballer (Milan, Sampdoria, national team).
*Ashwini Kumar Chopra, 63, Indian journalist (*Punjab Kesari*), cricketer and politician, MP (2014–2019), cancer.
*Steve Gillespie, 56, Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling, FMW).
*Egil Krogh, 80, American lawyer, criminal and politician, Under Secretary of Transportation (1973), key figure of the Watergate scandal, heart failure.
*Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, 83, British politician, MP (1966–2001), Leader of the Social Democratic Party (1987–1988) and President of the Liberal Democrats (1995–1998). 
*David Olney, 71, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, heart attack.
*Petr Pokorný, 86, Czech Protestant theologian.
*Piri Sciascia, 73, New Zealand Māori leader, kapa haka exponent and university administrator.
*Jack Van Impe, 88, American televangelist and critic, problems caused by a fall.

### 19
*Manfred Clynes, 94, Austrian-born Australian-American scientist, inventor and musician.
*Urs Egger, 66, Swiss movie director (*Children of the Open Road*, *Opernball*) and journalist (*Neue Zürcher Zeitung*).
*Jimmy Heath, 93, American jazz saxophonist.
*James Mollison, 88, Australian arts administrator, director of the National Gallery of Australia (1971–1990) and the National Gallery of Victoria (1989–1995).
*Robert Parker, 89, American R&B singer ("Barefootin'").
*Sunanda Patnaik, 85, Indian Gwalior gharana classical singer.
*Blagovest Sendov, 87, Bulgarian diplomat, mathematician and politician, Chairperson of the National Assembly (1995–1997) and Ambassador to Japan (2004–2009).
*Shin Kyuk-ho, 98, South Korean businessman, founder of Lotte Corporation.
*Danny Talbott, 75, American football player (Washington Redskins), problems caused by cancer.

### 20
*Herbert Baumann, 94, German composer.
*Wolfgang J. Fuchs, 74, German historian and comic book translator.
*Joseph Hannesschläger, 57, German actor (*Die Rosenheim-Cops*) and musician, neuroendocrine tumor.
*Jaroslav Kubera, 72, Czech politician, President of the Senate (since 2018) and Mayor of Teplice (1994–2018), 2018 presidential candidate.
*Tom Railsback, 87, American politician, member of the Illinois (1962–1966) and U.S. House of Representatives from the 19th congressional district (1967–1983).
*Joe Shishido, 86, Japanese actor (*Youth of the Beast*, *Branded to Kill*, *A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness*).
*Michael I. Sovern, 88, American legal scholar and academic administrator, President of Columbia University (1980–1993), cardiomyopathy.
*George Herbert Walker III, 88, American businessman and politician, Ambassador to Hungary (2003–2006), cousin of George H. W. and George W. Bush, problems caused by a stroke.

### 21
*Norman Amadio, 91, Canadian jazz pianist and bandleader.
*Hédi Baccouche, 90, Tunisian politician, Prime Minister (1987–1989).
*Eugène Berger, 59, Luxembourgish politician, MP (1994–2004, since 2007).
*Terry Jones, 77, Welsh comic actor, historian (*Ancient Inventions*), screenwriter and movie director (Monty Python), problems caused by primary progressive aphasia.
*Ismat Ara Sadique, 77, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Primary and Mass Education (2014) and Public Administration (2014–2018) and MP (since 2014).
*Boris Tsirelson, 69, Russian-Israeli mathematician (Tsirelson's bound, Tsirelson space, Gaussian isoperimetric inequality), euthanasia.
*Ian Tuxworth, 77, Australian politician, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (1984–1986).
*Tengiz Sigua, 85, Georgian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1993).
*Theodor Wagner, 92, Austrian football player (Wacker Wien, national team) and manager (Wacker Innsbruck).
*De'Runnya Wilson, 25, American football player (Mississippi State Bulldogs), murdered.

### 22
*Hercules Ayala, 69, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling, NJPW, WWC).
*Paul Murphy, American politician and judge, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1961–1970, 1971–1974).
*John Karlen, 86, American actor (*Daughters of Darkness*, *Dark Shadows*, *Cagney & Lacey*), congestive heart failure.
*Gerda Kieninger, 68, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1995–2017).

### 23
*Robert Archibald, 39, British basketball player (Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, Club Joventut Badalona).
*Sir Frederick Ballantyne, 83, Vincentian cardiologist and politician, Governor-General (2002–2019).
*Clayton Christensen, 67, American businessman, venture capitalist and writer (''The Innovator's Dilemma*), problems caused by leukemia.
*Jake Godbold, 86, American politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1978–1987).
*Robert Harper, 68, American actor (*Frank's Place*, *Once Upon a Time in America*, *Creepshow*), cancer. 
*Adolf Holl, 89, Austrian theologian.
*Stephen James Joyce, 87, French-born Irish-American literacy expert and executor, grandson of James Joyce.
*Alfred Körner, 93, Austrian football player (Rapid Wien, national team) and manager (First Vienna).
*Jim Lehrer, 85, American journalist (*PBS NewsHour*) and novelist, heart attack.
*Franz Mazura, 95, Austrian operatic bass-baritone (Metropolitan Opera) and actor (*Parsifal''), Grammy winner (1981, 1986). 
*Gudrun Pausewang, 91, German children's writer (*The Last Children of Schewenborn*, *Die Wolke*).
*Armando Uribe, 86, Chilean writer and diplomat, Ambassador to China (1971–1973), winner of the National Prize for Literature (2004).

### 24
*Duje Bonačić, 90, Croatian rower, Olympic champion (1952).
*Chai Chidchob, 92, Thai politician, President of the National Assembly (2008–2011).
*Robert Erwin, 85, American lawyer and politician, Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (1970–1977), problems caused from heart failure.
*Leila Janah, 37, American businesswoman and writer, founder of Samasource, soft-tissue sarcoma.
*Justice Pain, 41, American professional wrestler (CZW).
*Seamus Mallon, 83, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Middletown) and politician, Senator (1982), Deputy First Minister (1998–2001) and MP (1986–2005), cancer.
*Joe Payne, 35, American metal bassist (Divine Heresy, Nile). (death announced on this date)
*Ibsen Pinheiro, 84, Brazilian prosecutor and politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1991–1993) and Deputy (1983–1994, 2003–2011), cardiac arrest.
*Juan José Pizzuti, 92, Argentine football player (Banfield, Racing Club, national team) and manager.
*Sean Reinert, 48, American drummer (Cynic, Death, Æon Spoke).
*Rob Rensenbrink, 72, Dutch footballer (DWS, Anderlecht, national team), problems caused by PMA.
*Pete Stark, 88, American politician, banker and attorney, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1973–2013), leukemia.

### 25
*Liang Wudong, 60, Chinese physician, COVID-19.
*Tor Obrestad, 81, Norwegian author.
*Narciso Parigi, 92, Italian singer and actor.
*Todd Portune, 61, American politician, Hamilton County Commissioner (2001–2019), spinal cancer.
*Stephen R. Reed, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975–1980) and Mayor of Harrisburg (1982–2010), prostate cancer.
*Jordan Sinnott, 25, English footballer (Altrincham, Halifax Town), beaten.
*Monique van Vooren, 92, Belgian-born American actress (*Tarzan and the She-Devil*, *Happy Anniversary*, *Fearless Frank*) and dancer.

### 26
*Maharaj Kishan Bhan, 72, Indian virologist and pediatrician, cancer.
*Kobe Bryant, 41, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers), Olympic champion (2008, 2012) and Oscar winner (2018), helicopter crash.
*Vsevolod Chaplin, 51, Russian Orthodox clergyman and writer.
*Maurice Sanford Fox, 95, American geneticist and molecular biologist.
*Lucy Jarvis, 102, American television producer (*Family Reunion*).
*Nathaniel R. Jones, 93, American politician and lawyer, Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1979–2002), congestive heart failure.
*Michou, 88, French cabaret artist, pulmonary embolism.
*Hubert Mingarelli, 64, French writer, cancer.
*Louis Nirenberg, 94, Canadian-American mathematician, co-developer of Gagliardo–Nirenberg interpolation inequality, Abel Prize winner (2015).
*Bob Shane, 85, American singer and guitarist (The Kingston Trio), problems caused by pneumonia.
*Clifford Wiens, 93, Canadian architect.

### 27
*Lina Ben Mhenni, 36, Tunisian political activist and blogger, stroke caused by an autoimmune disease.
*Jack Burns, 86, American comedian (*The Andy Griffith Show*), television writer (*The Muppet Show*) and actor (*The Partridge Family*), respiratory failure caused by pancreatic cancer.
*Alberto Naranjo, 78, Venezuelan jazz musician and composer.

### 28
*Chris Doleman, 58, American Hall of Fame football player (Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers), glioblastoma.
*Marj Dusay, 83, American actress (*Guiding Light*, *The Facts of Life*, *MacArthur*).
*Frank Edwards, 69–70, American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (2010–2011), plane crash.
*Narciso Elvira, 52, Mexican baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), shot.
*Paul Farnes, 101, British Royal Air Force pilot (The Few).
*Harriet Frank Jr., 96, American screenwriter (*Hud*, *Norma Rae*, *The Carey Treatment*).
*Tofig Gasimov, 81, Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992–1993).
*Abdul Ghafoor, 60, Indian politician, MLA (1995–2005, since 2010).
*Oscar N. Harris, 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1998–2002), mayor of Dunn, North Carolina (1987–1995, 2003–2019).
*Othmar Mága, 90, Czech-born German conductor (Odense Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach).
*Nicholas Parsons, 96, British actor (*Four Feather Falls*), radio and television presenter (*Just a Minute*, *Sale of the Century*), Rector of the University of St Andrews (1988–1991), problems caused from a fall.
*Dyanne Thorne, 83, American actress (*Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS*, *Chesty Anderson, USN*, *Hellhole*) and stage performer, pancreatic cancer.
*Yang Xiaobo, 56–57, Chinese engineer, businessman and politician, Mayor of Huangshi (2009–2014), pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (death announced on this date)

### 29
*Frank Press, 95, American geophysist and scientific writer, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (1977–1981) and President of the National Academy of Sciences (1981–1993).
*Yannis Tseklenis, 82, Greek fashion designer.

### 30
*John Andretti, 56, American racing driver (Nascar Cup Series, CART), colon cancer.
*Miguel Arroyo, 53, Mexican road racing cyclist, National champion (2000), problems caused by surgery.
*Lucien Barbarin, 63, American jazz trombonist, cancer.
*Vitaliy Boiko, 82, Ukrainian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1990–1992), Ambassador to Moldova (1993–1994) and Chairman of the Supreme Court (1994–2002).
*Luboš Dobrovský, 87, Czech journalist, activist and politician, Minister of Defence (1990–1992) and Ambassador to Russia (1996–2000), Charter 77 signer.
*Jörn Donner, 86, Finnish screenwriter (*Rooftree*), movie director (''Men Can't Be Raped*, *Anna*) and politician, MP (1987–1995, 2007, 2013–2015) and MEP (1996–1999), lung disease.
*Homero Gómez González, 50, Mexican environmental activist, engineer and politician, Mayor of Rosario, Michoacán, murdered. (body discovered on this date)
*Roger Holeindre, 90, French military officer and politician, MP (1986–1988).
*Fred Silverman, 82, American television producer (*Scooby-Doo*, *The Waltons*, *All in the Family*) and businessman, CEO of NBC (1978–1981), cancer.

### 31
*Khaled Bichara, 48, Egyptian businessman, CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding (since 2009), car crash.
*Alexander Joseph Brunett, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Seattle (1997–2010).
*Anne Cox Chambers, 100, American media businesswoman (Cox Enterprises) and politician, Ambassador to Belgium (1977–1981).
*Tony Ford, 77–78, New Zealand lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of Tonga (2006–2010).
*Mary Higgins Clark, 92, American author (*A Stranger Is Watching*, *A Cry in the Night*, *Remember Me*).
*Janez Stanovnik, 97, Slovenian economist and politician, President (1988–1990). 
*Dalip Kaur Tiwana, 84, Indian writer, Padma Shri recipient (2004), lung disease.

## Months
* January
* February
* March
* April
* May
* June
* July
* August
* September
* October
* November
* December

## Related pages
* List of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic

## References
## Other websites
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**The Sydney Morning Herald'', Australian obituaries