Deaths in January 2019

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in January 2019. 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
Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi, 58, Yemeni militant (Islamic Jihad of Yemen), airstrike.
Dagfinn Bakke, 85, Norwegian newspaper illustrator (Arbeidermagasinet, Lofotposten).
Ivan Dimitrov, 83, Bulgarian footballer (Lokomotiv Sofia, Spartak Sofia, national team).
Elizabeth Edgar, 89, New Zealand botanist.
Kris Kelmi, 63, Russian singer-songwriter (Autograph), cardiac arrest complicated by alcoholism.
Paul Neville, 78, Australian politician, MP (1993-2013).
Jose Antonio Pujante, 54, Spanish politician, member of the Assembly of Murcia (since 2007), heart attack.
Raymond Ramazani Baya, 75, Congolese politician, Foreign Minister (2004-2007) and Ambassador to France (1990-1996).
Pegi Young, 66, American singer-songwriter and philanthropist, cancer.
2
Malcolm E. Beard, 99, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1980-1996) and House of Representatives (1978-1980).
Jerry Buchek, 76, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets).
Paulien van Deutekom, 37, Dutch Olympic speed skater (2006), World Allround Speed Skating champion (2008), lung cancer.
Daryl Dragon, 76, American musician and songwriter (Captain & Tennille, The Beach Boys), renal failure.
Bob Einstein, 76, American actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ocean's Thirteen) and performer (Super Dave Osborne), leukemia.
Kevin J. McIntyre, 57, American politician, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2017-2018), brain cancer.
Blake Nordstrom, 58, American businessman, co-president of Nordstrom, lymphoma.
Gene Okerlund, 76, American Hall of Fame professional wrestling announcer (AWA, WWE, WCW), complications from a fall.
Jerzy Turonek, 89, Polish-Belarusian historian.
3
Sylvia Chase, 80, American news anchor (KRON, ABC World News Tonight) and journalist (20/20), brain cancer.
Sayed Ashraful Islam, 67, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2008) and Minister of Public Administration (since 2009), lung cancer.
Herb Kelleher, 87, American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, prostate cancer.
Michael Yeung, 73, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hong Kong (since 2017), liver failure complicated by cirrhosis.
4
Ivan Bortnik, 79, Russian actor (Family Relations, Mirror for a Hero, Mama Don't Cry), complications from thrombosis.
Harold Brown, 91, American politician and nuclear physicist, Secretary of Defense (1977-1981), pancreatic cancer.
John Burningham, 82, English author (Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers, Granpa) and illustrator (Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang), pneumonia.
Harold Demsetz, 88, American economist (Nirvana fallacy).
Leo J. Dulacki, 100, American general, Commanding General of the 4th and 5th Marine Division (1968-1973).
David Garman, 96, British inventor and businessman.
5
Scott Dozier, 48, American convicted murderer, suicide by hanging.
Eric Haydock, 75, British rock bassist (The Hollies).
Rudolf Raff, 77, Canadian-born American biologist.
Bernice Sandler, 90, American women's rights activist, led to the creation of Title IX.
Dragoslav Sekularac, 81, Serbian football player (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (Marbella), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
6
Annalise Braakensiek, 46, Australian model and actress (Pizza). (body discovered on this date)
Jose Ramon Fernandez, 95, Cuban militant (Bay of Pigs Invasion) and politician, Vice President of the Council of Ministers (since 1976).
Derek Piggott, 96, British glider pilot and flight instructor, stroke.
W. Morgan Sheppard, 86, English actor (Star Trek, Max Headroom, Gods and Generals), cancer.
Gene Zwozdesky, 70, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (2012-2015), cancer.
7
Moshe Arens, 93, Lithuanian-born Israeli-American aeronautical engineer and politician, Minister of Defense (1983-1984, 1990-1992, 1999) and Foreign Affairs (1988-1990).
Edwin Erickson, 80, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (2001-2015).
John Joubert, 91, South African-born British composer.
Dave Laing, 71, English journalist (The Guardian), editor (Let It Rock) and broadcaster.
John Mendelsohn, 82, American pharmacologist, President of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (1996-2011), glioblastoma.
Carmencita Reyes, 87, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (2007-2010) and Governor of Marinduque (1998-2007; since 2010).
Tom Rukavina, 68, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1987-2013), leukemia.
Jocelyne Saab, 70, Lebanese journalist and movie director (Dunia), endometrial cancer.
Bernard Tchoullouyan, 65, French judoka, Olympic bronze medalist (1980), heart attack.
8
Khosro Harandi, 68, Iranian chess master, Chess Olympiad champion.
Larry Langford, 72, American politician and convicted felon, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama (2007-2009), complications from COPD.
Arturo Rojas de la Camara, 88, Spanish cartoonist.
9
Kjell Backman, 84, Swedish Olympic speed skater (1960).
Oscar Gonzalez-Quevedo, 88, Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest and parapsychologist, heart disease.
Paul Koslo, 74, German-Canadian actor (Rooster Cogburn, The Omega Man, Vanishing Point), pancreatic cancer.
Anatoly Lukyanov, 88, Soviet-born Russian politician, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1990-1991).
Alan Trask, 85, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1969-1971, 1973-1982), respiratory failure.
Lester Wunderman, 98, American Hall of Fame advertising executive, creator of direct marketing.
10
Theo Adam, 92, German opera singer.
Dianne Oxberry, 51, British broadcaster (BBC North West Tonight), pancreatic cancer.
Lionel Price, 91, British basketball player (national team) and Olympian (1948).
11
Sir Michael Atiyah, 89, British-Lebanese mathematician, President of the Royal Society (1990-1995), Fields Medalist (1966) and Abel Prize winner (2004).
George Brady, 90, Czech-Canadian Holocaust survivor and businessman, heart failure.
Steffan Lewis, 34, Welsh politician, member of the National Assembly for Wales (since 2016), bowel cancer.
Fernando Lujan, 79, Colombian-born Mexican actor (Overboard, Dia de muertos, Dangers of Youth), respiratory failure.
Sue Povey, 76, British geneticist.
Dimitris Sioufas, 75, Greek politician, Speaker of the Parliament (2007-2009).
Tom Warner, 70, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992-1999) and State Solicitor General (1999-2002), prostate cancer.
12
Etsuko Ichihara, 82, Japanese actress (Your Name, Hideyoshi, The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun), heart failure.
Batton Lash, 65, American comic book writer and artist (Supernatural Law, Archie Meets the Punisher), brain cancer.
Jaime Rosenthal, 82, Honduran politician, Vice President (1986-1989) and MP (2002-2006), heart attack.
Patricia Wald, 90, American judge, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1986-1991), pancreatic cancer.
13
Douglas M. Costle, 79, American environmentalist and politician, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1977-1981), complications from a stroke.
Bonnie Guitar, 95, American country singer-songwriter ("Dark Moon") and musician.
Joe M. Jackson, 95, American Air Force officer, Medal of Honor recipient.
Phil Masinga, 49, South African footballer (Leeds United, Bari, national team), cancer.
Alfred K. Newman, 94, American Navajo code talker.
Francis W. Nye, 100, American Air Force general.
Mel Stottlemyre, 77, American baseball player (New York Yankees) and coach (New York Mets, Houston Astros), multiple myeloma.
14
Pawel Adamowicz, 53, Polish politician, Mayor of Gdansk (since 1998), stabbed.
Milton Bluehouse Sr., 82, American politician, President of the Navajo Nation (1998-1999).
Eli Grba, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels), pancreatic cancer.
Lenin Rajendran, 67, Indian movie director (Venal, Puravrutham, Mazha) and screenwriter, member of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (since 2016), complications of a liver transplant.
Gavin Smith, 50, Canadian professional poker player, heart attack.
Rainer Stadelmann, 85, German egyptologist.
Julio Vallejo Ruiloba, 73, Spanish psychiatrist, liver cancer.
15
Carol Channing, 97, American actress (Hello, Dolly!, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Thoroughly Modern Millie), singer and dancer, Tony winner (1964), complications from a stroke.
Miodrag Radovanovic, 89, Serbian actor (The Farm in the Small Marsh, The Elusive Summer of '68, Battle of Kosovo), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
16
John C. Bogle, 89, American investor and writer (Common Sense on Mutual Funds), founder of The Vanguard Group, esophageal cancer.
Jean Chatillon, 81, Canadian composer, pneumonia.
Mirjam Pressler, 78, German children's writer and translator (The Diary of Anne Frank).
Chris Wilson, 62, Australian singer-songwriter ("Short Cool Ones") and guitarist (Harem Scarem), pancreatic cancer. (death announced on this date)
Yu Min, 92, Chinese nuclear physicist, developed the H-bomb and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
17
Vicente Alvarez Areces, 75, Spanish politician, President of Asturias (1999-2011), Senator (since 2011) and Mayor of Gijon (1987-1999).
Babiker Awadalla, 101, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister (1969).
Windsor Davies, 88, Welsh actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Carry On England, Never the Twain).
Mary Oliver, 83, American poet (American Primitive), Pulitzer Prize winner (1984) and National Book Award winner (1992), lymphoma.
Reggie Young, 82, American guitarist (The Memphis Boys).
18
Boo, 12, American Pomeranian dog and Internet celebrity, heart failure.
John Coughlin, 33, American figure skater, national champion (2011), suicide.
Dale Dodrill, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr, 80, Iraqi archaeologist.
Cees Haast, 80, Dutch racing cyclist, lung cancer.
William A. Thomas, 70, American college football player and coach (Tennessee State Tigers).
Etienne Vermeersch, 84, Belgian philosopher and political activist, founder of SKEEP, assisted suicide.
Ivan Vutsov, 79, Bulgarian football player (Levski Sofia, national team) and manager (Spartak Pleven).
19
Mario Bertoncini, 86, Italian composer, pianist, and music educator, liver cancer.
Ted McKenna, 68, Scottish drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), cerebral haemorrhage.
Tony Mendez, 78, American intelligence officer, subject of Argo, complications of Parkinson's disease.
Muriel Pavlow, 97, English actress (Malta Story, Doctor in the House, Reach for the Sky).
Red Sullivan, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks), Alzheimer's disease.
Henry Sy, 94, Chinese-Filipino business magnate (SM Prime), heart attack.
20
Tibor Baranski, 96, Hungarian-born American educator and activist, Righteous Among the Nations recipient (1979).
Paul Barrett, 78, British music manager and agent (Shakin' Stevens).
Rosemarie Bowe, 86, American model and actress (The Adventures of Hajji Baba, Big Trouble, Murder on Flight 502).
Peter Burmeister, 77, German mathematician and professor.
Evloghios, 83, German-born Italian Orthodox bishop, Primate of the Holy Synod of Milan (since 1990), complications from a stroke.
Masazo Nonaka, 113, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living man (since 2018).
Andrew G. Vajna, 74, Hungarian-American movie producer (Nixon, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Medicine Man).
21
Kaye Ballard, 93, American actress (The Mothers-in-Law, The Doris Day Show) and singer ("Fly Me to the Moon"), kidney cancer.
Raghbir Singh Bhola, 91, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1956) and silver medalist (1960), multiple organ failure.
Maxine Brown, 87, American country singer (The Browns), complications from heart and kidney disease.
Rosa Gonzalez Roman, 76, Chilean journalist and politician, Deputy (1998-2006), cervical cancer.
Henri, Count of Paris, 85, French noble, Orleanist pretender to the French throne (since 1999).
Charles Kettles, 89, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient.
Pedro Manfredini, 83, Argentine footballer (Racing Club, Roma, national team).
Emiliano Sala, 28, Argentine footballer (Bordeaux, Nantes, Cardiff City), plane crash.
Shivakumara Swami, 111, Indian Lingayat spiritual leader and educationist, Seer of Siddaganga Matha (since 1941), lung infection.
Harris Wofford, 92, American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1991-1995), complications from a fall.
22
Koos Andriessen, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (1963-1965, 1989-1994) and Minister of Transport and Water Management (1994), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Andrew Fairlie, 55, Scottish chef, brain cancer.
Wolfgang Thonke, 80, German Air Force general and journalist (Fliegerstammtisch Strausberg), stomach cancer.
Charles Vandenhove, 91, Belgian architect, pneumonia.
23
Diana Athill, 101, British literary editor and novelist (After a Funeral, Somewhere Towards the End).
Richard Bodycombe, 96, American Air Force general.
Jack Thomas Brinkley, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 3rd congressional district (1967-1983), heart attack.
Dick Dolman, 83, Dutch politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1979-1989) and member of the House of Representatives (1970-1990).
Aysen Gruda, 74, Turkish actress (Tosun Pasa, Sut Kardesler, Gulen Gozler) and comedian, pancreatic cancer.
Jonas Mekas, 96, Lithuanian-American movie director (Walden, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty) and poet.
Hidekichi Miyazaki, 108, Japanese masters athlete, cerebral hemorrhage.
Oliver Mtukudzi, 66, Zimbabwean musician, complications from diabetes.
Erik Olin Wright, 71, American Marxist sociologist, President of the American Sociological Association (2012), acute myeloid leukemia.
24
Elio Berhanyer, 89, Spanish fashion designer.
Antonio Marchesano, 88, Uruguayan politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1985-1986) and Interior Minister (1986-1989), lung cancer.
Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 65, American Navy aviator, ovarian cancer.
Norman Orentreich, 96, American dermatologist, performed the first modern hair transplant, congestive heart failure.
Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, 89, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Leon (1979-1983) and Archbishop of Pamplona and Tudela (1983-2007), complications from a stroke.
25
Bruce Corbitt, 56, American heavy metal singer (Rigor Mortis, Warbeast), esophageal cancer.
John Jeffries, 89, New Zealand politician and judge, Deputy Mayor of Wellington (1971-1974).
Florence Knoll, 101, American architect and furniture designer.
Vigilio Mario Olmi, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (1986-2003).
Meshulam Riklis, 95, Turkish-born American-Israeli businessman.
Krishna Sobti, 93, Indian author (Zindaginama and Litigation Against Amrita Pritam), pneumonia.
26
Dale Barnstable, 93, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).
Jean Guillou, 88, French composer, organist and pianist.
Henrik Jorgensen, 57, Danish Olympic marathon runner (1984, 1988), heart attack.
Michel Legrand, 86, French composer ("The Windmills of Your Mind", "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"), conductor and jazz pianist, Oscar winner (1968, 1971, 1983), sepsis complicated by a lung infection.
Gerry Plamondon, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
Giuseppe Zamberletti, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Protezione Civile (1982-1987) and Senator (2004-2009), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
27
Henry Chapier, 85, Romanian-born French television journalist (France 3) and movie critic.
Yvonne Clark, 89, American engineer.
Nina Fyodorova, 71, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1976) silver (1976) and bronze (1980) medalist.
Peter Magowan, 76, American businessman, co-owner of the San Francisco Giants, cancer.
Erica Yohn, 90, American actress (An American Tail, Corrina, Corrina, Pee-wee's Big Adventure).
28
Jurrie Koolhof, 59, Dutch footballer (PSV, Groeningen, national team).
Mourad Medelci, 75, Algerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2013), cerebral hemorrhage.
Otto Schubiger, 94, Swiss ice hockey player (national team), Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
Pepe Smith, 71, Filipino rock guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band), complications from a stroke.
29
George Fernandes, 88, Indian politician, Minister of Railways (1989-1990) and Defence (1998-2001, 2001-2004) and MP (1996-2010), complications from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Jean-Marc Fontaine, 74, French mathematician, co-developed the p-adic Hodge theory and member of the French Academy of Sciences (since 2002), thyroid cancer.
Andy Hebenton, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers), bladder cancer.
Alf Ludtke, 75, German historian (Alltagsgeschichte), stroke.
Mohammad Nabi Habibi, 73, Iranian politician, Mayor of Tehran (1984-1987), heart attack.
Charles J. Hynes, 83, American lawyer and politician, Kings County District Attorney (1990-2013), complications from heart surgery and leukemia.
James Ingram, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Baby, Come to Me", "Yah Mo B There") and actor (The Fearless Four), Grammy winner (1982, 1985), brain cancer.
Jan Wahl, 87, American children's writer (Pleasant Fieldmouse, The Furious Flycycle, Humphrey's Bear), prostate cancer.
30
Stewart Adams, 95, British chemist, creator of ibuprofen, pneumonia.
Dame Felicity Hill, 103, British Royal Air Force officer, Director of WRAF (1966-1969).
Per Jorsett, 98, Norwegian freelance sports reporter (Sportsmanden, Dagbladet, Nationen), cardiopulmonary arrest.
Dick Miller, 90, American actor (Gremlins, The Little Shop of Horrors, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm), pneumonia.
31
A. Ernest Fitzgerald, 92, American engineer and government whistleblower.
Kalman Ihasz, 77, Hungarian footballer (Vasas, national team), cerebral infarction.
Ron Joyce, 88, Canadian businessman, co-founder of Tim Hortons.
Johnny Lion, 77, Dutch singer ("Sophietje") and actor (Siberia, Godforsaken), lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Pierre Nanterme, 59, French business executive (Accenture), colorectal cancer.
Georges Sarre, 83, French politician, MEP (1979-1981) and Deputy (1981-2002), coronary artery disease.
Lori Wilson, 81, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1973-1978), complications from dementia.
References
Other websites
The Guardian, UK obituaries
The Telegraph obituaries
Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
The New York Times, US obituaries
The Washington Post obituaries
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
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