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.
Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi , 58, Yemeni militant (Islamic Jihad of Yemen ), airstrike.[1]
Dagfinn Bakke , 85, Norwegian newspaper illustrator (Arbeidermagasinet , Lofotposten ).[2]
Ivan Dimitrov , 83, Bulgarian footballer (Lokomotiv Sofia , Spartak Sofia , national team ).[3]
Elizabeth Edgar , 89, New Zealand botanist.[4]
Kris Kelmi , 63, Russian singer-songwriter (Autograph ), cardiac arrest complicated by alcoholism .[5]
Paul Neville , 78, Australian politician, MP (1993–2013).[6]
José Antonio Pujante , 54, Spanish politician, member of the Assembly of Murcia (since 2007), heart attack.[7]
Raymond Ramazani Baya , 75, Congolese politician, Foreign Minister (2004–2007) and Ambassador to France (1990–1996).[8]
Pegi Young , 66, American singer-songwriter and philanthropist, cancer.[9]
Malcolm E. Beard , 99, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1980–1996) and House of Representatives (1978–1980).[10]
Jerry Buchek , 76, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals , New York Mets ).[11]
Paulien van Deutekom , 37, Dutch Olympic speed skater (2006 ), World Allround Speed Skating champion (2008 ), lung cancer.[12]
Daryl Dragon , 76, American musician and songwriter (Captain & Tennille , The Beach Boys ), renal failure.[13]
Bob Einstein , 76, American actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm , Ocean's Thirteen ) and performer (Super Dave Osborne ), leukemia.[14]
Kevin J. McIntyre , 57, American politician, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2017–2018), brain cancer.[15]
Blake Nordstrom , 58, American businessman, co-president of Nordstrom , lymphoma.[16]
Gene Okerlund , 76, American Hall of Fame professional wrestling announcer (AWA , WWE , WCW ), complications from a fall.[17]
Jerzy Turonek , 89, Polish-Belarusian historian.[18]
Sylvia Chase , 80, American news anchor (KRON , ABC World News Tonight ) and journalist (20/20 ), brain cancer.[19]
Sayed Ashraful Islam , 67, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2008) and Minister of Public Administration (since 2009), lung cancer.[20]
Herb Kelleher , 87, American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines , prostate cancer.[21]
Michael Yeung , 73, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hong Kong (since 2017), liver failure complicated by cirrhosis .[22]
Ivan Bortnik , 79, Russian actor (Family Relations , Mirror for a Hero , Mama Don't Cry ), complications from thrombosis .[23]
Harold Brown , 91, American politician and nuclear physicist, Secretary of Defense (1977–1981), pancreatic cancer.[24]
John Burningham , 82, English author (Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers , Granpa ) and illustrator (Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang ), pneumonia.[25]
Harold Demsetz , 88, American economist (Nirvana fallacy ).[26]
Leo J. Dulacki , 100, American general, Commanding General of the 4th and 5th Marine Division (1968–1973).[27]
David Garman , 96, British inventor and businessman.[28]
Scott Dozier , 48, American convicted murderer, suicide by hanging.[29]
Eric Haydock , 75, British rock bassist (The Hollies ).[30]
Rudolf Raff , 77, Canadian-born American biologist.[31]
Bernice Sandler , 90, American women's rights activist, led to the creation of Title IX .[32]
Dragoslav Šekularac , 81, Serbian football player (Red Star Belgrade , Yugoslavia national team ) and manager (Marbella ), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[33]
Annalise Braakensiek , 46, Australian model and actress (Pizza ).[34] (body discovered on this date)
José Ramón Fernández , 95, Cuban militant (Bay of Pigs Invasion ) and politician, Vice President of the Council of Ministers (since 1976).[35]
Derek Piggott , 96, British glider pilot and flight instructor, stroke.[36]
W. Morgan Sheppard , 86, English actor (Star Trek , Max Headroom , Gods and Generals ), cancer.[37]
Gene Zwozdesky , 70, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (2012–2015), cancer.[38]
Moshe Arens , 93, Lithuanian-born Israeli-American aeronautical engineer and politician, Minister of Defense (1983–1984, 1990–1992, 1999) and Foreign Affairs (1988–1990).[39]
Edwin Erickson , 80, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (2001–2015).[40]
John Joubert , 91, South African-born British composer.[41]
Dave Laing , 71, English journalist (The Guardian ), editor (Let It Rock ) and broadcaster.[42]
John Mendelsohn , 82, American pharmacologist, President of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (1996–2011), glioblastoma .[43]
Carmencita Reyes , 87, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (2007–2010) and Governor of Marinduque (1998–2007; since 2010).[44]
Tom Rukavina , 68, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1987–2013), leukemia.[45]
Jocelyne Saab , 70, Lebanese journalist and movie director (Dunia ), endometrial cancer .[46]
Bernard Tchoullouyan , 65, French judoka, Olympic bronze medalist (1980 ), heart attack.[47]
Khosro Harandi , 68, Iranian chess master, Chess Olympiad champion.[48]
Larry Langford , 72, American politician and convicted felon, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama (2007–2009), complications from COPD .[49]
Arturo Rojas de la Cámara , 88, Spanish cartoonist.[50]
Kjell Bäckman , 84, Swedish Olympic speed skater (1960 ).[51]
Óscar González-Quevedo , 88, Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest and parapsychologist, heart disease.[52]
Paul Koslo , 74, German-Canadian actor (Rooster Cogburn , The Omega Man , Vanishing Point ), pancreatic cancer.[53]
Anatoly Lukyanov , 88, Soviet-born Russian politician, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1990–1991).[54]
Alan Trask , 85, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1969–1971, 1973–1982), respiratory failure.[55]
Lester Wunderman , 98, American Hall of Fame advertising executive, creator of direct marketing .[56]
Sir Michael Atiyah , 89, British-Lebanese mathematician, President of the Royal Society (1990–1995), Fields Medalist (1966) and Abel Prize winner (2004).[60]
George Brady , 90, Czech-Canadian Holocaust survivor and businessman, heart failure.[61]
Steffan Lewis , 34, Welsh politician, member of the National Assembly for Wales (since 2016), bowel cancer.[62]
Fernando Luján , 79, Colombian-born Mexican actor (Overboard , Dia de muertos , Dangers of Youth ), respiratory failure.[63]
Sue Povey , 76, British geneticist.[64]
Dimitris Sioufas , 75, Greek politician, Speaker of the Parliament (2007–2009).[65]
Tom Warner , 70, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992–1999) and State Solicitor General (1999–2002), prostate cancer.[66]
Etsuko Ichihara , 82, Japanese actress (Your Name , Hideyoshi , The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun ), heart failure.[67]
Batton Lash , 65, American comic book writer and artist (Supernatural Law , Archie Meets the Punisher ), brain cancer.[68]
Jaime Rosenthal , 82, Honduran politician, Vice President (1986–1989) and MP (2002–2006), heart attack.[69]
Patricia Wald , 90, American judge, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1986–1991), pancreatic cancer.[70]
Douglas M. Costle , 79, American environmentalist and politician, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1977–1981), complications from a stroke.[71]
Bonnie Guitar , 95, American country singer-songwriter ("Dark Moon ") and musician.[72]
Joe M. Jackson , 95, American Air Force officer, Medal of Honor recipient.[73]
Phil Masinga , 49, South African footballer (Leeds United , Bari , national team ), cancer.[74]
Alfred K. Newman , 94, American Navajo code talker .[75]
Francis W. Nye , 100, American Air Force general.[76]
Mel Stottlemyre , 77, American baseball player (New York Yankees ) and coach (New York Mets , Houston Astros ), multiple myeloma.[77]
Paweł Adamowicz , 53, Polish politician, Mayor of Gdańsk (since 1998), stabbed.[78]
Milton Bluehouse Sr. , 82, American politician, President of the Navajo Nation (1998–1999).[79]
Eli Grba , 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees , Los Angeles Angels ), pancreatic cancer.[80]
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.[81]
Gavin Smith , 50, Canadian professional poker player, heart attack.[82]
Rainer Stadelmann , 85, German egyptologist .[83]
Julio Vallejo Ruiloba , 73, Spanish psychiatrist, liver cancer.[84]
Carol Channing , 97, American actress (Hello, Dolly! , Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , Thoroughly Modern Millie ), singer and dancer, Tony winner (1964 ), complications from a stroke.[85]
Miodrag Radovanović , 89, Serbian actor (The Farm in the Small Marsh , The Elusive Summer of '68 , Battle of Kosovo ), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[86]
John C. Bogle , 89, American investor and writer (Common Sense on Mutual Funds ), founder of The Vanguard Group , esophageal cancer.[87]
Jean Chatillon , 81, Canadian composer, pneumonia.[88]
Mirjam Pressler , 78, German children's writer and translator (The Diary of Anne Frank ).[89]
Chris Wilson , 62, Australian singer-songwriter ("Short Cool Ones ") and guitarist (Harem Scarem ), pancreatic cancer.[90] (death announced on this date)
Yu Min , 92, Chinese nuclear physicist, developed the H-bomb and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences .[91]
Vicente Álvarez Areces , 75, Spanish politician, President of Asturias (1999–2011), Senator (since 2011) and Mayor of Gijón (1987–1999).[92]
Babiker Awadalla , 101, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister (1969).[93]
Windsor Davies , 88, Welsh actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum , Carry On England , Never the Twain ).[94]
Mary Oliver , 83, American poet (American Primitive ), Pulitzer Prize winner (1984) and National Book Award winner (1992), lymphoma.[95]
Reggie Young , 82, American guitarist (The Memphis Boys ).[96]
Boo , 12, American Pomeranian dog and Internet celebrity, heart failure.[97]
John Coughlin , 33, American figure skater, national champion (2011 ), suicide.[98]
Dale Dodrill , 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers ), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[99]
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr , 80, Iraqi archaeologist.[100]
Cees Haast , 80, Dutch racing cyclist, lung cancer.[101]
William A. Thomas , 70, American college football player and coach (Tennessee State Tigers ).[102]
Etienne Vermeersch , 84, Belgian philosopher and political activist, founder of SKEEP , assisted suicide .[103]
Ivan Vutsov , 79, Bulgarian football player (Levski Sofia , national team ) and manager (Spartak Pleven ).[104]
Mario Bertoncini , 86, Italian composer, pianist, and music educator, liver cancer.[105]
Ted McKenna , 68, Scottish drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ), cerebral haemorrhage.[106]
Tony Mendez , 78, American intelligence officer, subject of Argo , complications of Parkinson's disease.[107]
Muriel Pavlow , 97, English actress (Malta Story , Doctor in the House , Reach for the Sky ).[108]
Red Sullivan , 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins , New York Rangers , Chicago Blackhawks ), Alzheimer's disease.[109]
Henry Sy , 94, Chinese-Filipino business magnate (SM Prime ), heart attack.[110]
Tibor Baranski , 96, Hungarian-born American educator and activist, Righteous Among the Nations recipient (1979).[111]
Paul Barrett , 78, British music manager and agent (Shakin' Stevens ).[112]
Rosemarie Bowe , 86, American model and actress (The Adventures of Hajji Baba , Big Trouble , Murder on Flight 502 ).[113]
Peter Burmeister , 77, German mathematician and professor.[114]
Evloghios , 83, German-born Italian Orthodox bishop, Primate of the Holy Synod of Milan (since 1990), complications from a stroke.[115]
Masazō Nonaka , 113, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest verified living man (since 2018).[116]
Andrew G. Vajna , 74, Hungarian-American movie producer (Nixon , Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , Medicine Man ).[117]
Kaye Ballard , 93, American actress (The Mothers-in-Law , The Doris Day Show ) and singer ("Fly Me to the Moon "), kidney cancer.[118]
Raghbir Singh Bhola , 91, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1956 ) and silver medalist (1960 ), multiple organ failure.[119]
Maxine Brown , 87, American country singer (The Browns ), complications from heart and kidney disease.[120]
Rosa González Román , 76, Chilean journalist and politician, Deputy (1998–2006), cervical cancer.[121]
Henri, Count of Paris , 85, French noble, Orléanist pretender to the French throne (since 1999).[122]
Charles Kettles , 89, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient.[123]
Pedro Manfredini , 83, Argentine footballer (Racing Club , Roma , national team ).[124]
Emiliano Sala , 28, Argentine footballer (Bordeaux , Nantes , Cardiff City ), plane crash.[125]
Shivakumara Swami , 111, Indian Lingayat spiritual leader and educationist, Seer of Siddaganga Matha (since 1941), lung infection.[126]
Harris Wofford , 92, American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1991–1995), complications from a fall.[127]
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.[128]
Andrew Fairlie , 55, Scottish chef, brain cancer.[129]
Wolfgang Thonke , 80, German Air Force general and journalist (Fliegerstammtisch Strausberg ), stomach cancer.[130]
Charles Vandenhove , 91, Belgian architect, pneumonia.[131]
Diana Athill , 101, British literary editor and novelist (After a Funeral , Somewhere Towards the End ).[132]
Richard Bodycombe , 96, American Air Force general.[133]
Jack Thomas Brinkley , 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 3rd congressional district (1967–1983), heart attack.[134]
Dick Dolman , 83, Dutch politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1979–1989) and member of the House of Representatives (1970–1990).[135]
Ayşen Gruda , 74, Turkish actress (Tosun Paşa , Süt Kardeşler , Gülen Gözler ) and comedian, pancreatic cancer.[136]
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.[137]
Hidekichi Miyazaki , 108, Japanese masters athlete, cerebral hemorrhage.[138]
Oliver Mtukudzi , 66, Zimbabwean musician, complications from diabetes.[139]
Erik Olin Wright , 71, American Marxist sociologist, President of the American Sociological Association (2012), acute myeloid leukemia .[140]
Elio Berhanyer , 89, Spanish fashion designer.[141]
Antonio Marchesano , 88, Uruguayan politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1985–1986) and Interior Minister (1986–1989), lung cancer.[142]
Rosemary Bryant Mariner , 65, American Navy aviator, ovarian cancer.[143]
Norman Orentreich , 96, American dermatologist, performed the first modern hair transplant , congestive heart failure.[144]
Fernando Sebastián Aguilar , 89, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of León (1979–1983) and Archbishop of Pamplona and Tudela (1983–2007), complications from a stroke.[145]
Bruce Corbitt , 56, American heavy metal singer (Rigor Mortis , Warbeast ), esophageal cancer.[146]
John Jeffries , 89, New Zealand politician and judge, Deputy Mayor of Wellington (1971–1974).[147]
Florence Knoll , 101, American architect and furniture designer.[148]
Vigilio Mario Olmi , 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (1986–2003).[149]
Meshulam Riklis , 95, Turkish-born American-Israeli businessman.[150]
Krishna Sobti , 93, Indian author (Zindaginama and Litigation Against Amrita Pritam ), pneumonia.[151]
Dale Barnstable , 93, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats ).[152]
Jean Guillou , 88, French composer, organist and pianist.[153]
Henrik Jørgensen , 57, Danish Olympic marathon runner (1984 , 1988 ), heart attack.[154]
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.[155]
Gerry Plamondon , 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens ).[156]
Giuseppe Zamberletti , 85, Italian politician, Minister of Protezione Civile (1982–1987) and Senator (2004–2009), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[157]
Henry Chapier , 85, Romanian-born French television journalist (France 3 ) and movie critic.[158]
Yvonne Clark , 89, American engineer.[159]
Nina Fyodorova , 71, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1976 ) silver (1976) and bronze (1980 ) medalist.[160]
Peter Magowan , 76, American businessman, co-owner of the San Francisco Giants , cancer.[161]
Erica Yohn , 90, American actress (An American Tail , Corrina, Corrina , Pee-wee's Big Adventure ).[162]
Jurrie Koolhof , 59, Dutch footballer (PSV , Groeningen , national team ).[163]
Mourad Medelci , 75, Algerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2013), cerebral hemorrhage.[164]
Otto Schubiger , 94, Swiss ice hockey player (national team ), Olympic bronze medalist (1948 ).[165]
Pepe Smith , 71, Filipino rock guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band ), complications from a stroke.[166]
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.[167]
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.[168]
Andy Hebenton , 89, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers ), bladder cancer.[169]
Alf Lüdtke , 75, German historian (Alltagsgeschichte ), stroke.[170]
Mohammad Nabi Habibi , 73, Iranian politician, Mayor of Tehran (1984–1987), heart attack.[171]
Charles J. Hynes , 83, American lawyer and politician, Kings County District Attorney (1990–2013), complications from heart surgery and leukemia.[172]
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.[173]
Jan Wahl , 87, American children's writer (Pleasant Fieldmouse , The Furious Flycycle , Humphrey's Bear ), prostate cancer.[174]
Stewart Adams , 95, British chemist, creator of ibuprofen , pneumonia.[175]
Dame Felicity Hill , 103, British Royal Air Force officer, Director of WRAF (1966–1969).[176]
Per Jorsett , 98, Norwegian freelance sports reporter (Sportsmanden , Dagbladet , Nationen ), cardiopulmonary arrest.[177]
Dick Miller , 90, American actor (Gremlins , The Little Shop of Horrors , Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ), pneumonia.[178]
A. Ernest Fitzgerald , 92, American engineer and government whistleblower.[179]
Kálmán Ihász , 77, Hungarian footballer (Vasas , national team ), cerebral infarction.[180]
Ron Joyce , 88, Canadian businessman, co-founder of Tim Hortons .[181]
Johnny Lion , 77, Dutch singer ("Sophietje ") and actor (Siberia , Godforsaken ), lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease.[182]
Pierre Nanterme , 59, French business executive (Accenture ), colorectal cancer.[183]
Georges Sarre , 83, French politician, MEP (1979–1981) and Deputy (1981–2002), coronary artery disease.[184]
Lori Wilson , 81, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1973–1978), complications from dementia.[185]