Deaths Month: January 2026
Horst Witzler
German football manager (Schwarz-Weiß Essen · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Other
Netsanet Workneh
Ethiopian actor · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
János Koltai
Hungarian actor and director (The Round-Up · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Anouschka Bernhard
German footballer (national team) · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Mieczysław Mąkosza
Polish organic chemist · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
John Kershaw, 4th Baron Kershaw
British hereditary peer · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Kershaw · Other
Melpo Zarokosta
Greek actress (Maiden's Cheek · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Greek
Luísa Diogo
Mozambican politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Luisa
José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona
Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Tarazona · Other
Mark Jones (filmmaker) Filmmaker dead at age 72
an American screenwriter, film director and producer, died on January 16, 2026. He wrote and directed the 1993 film Leprechaun, which launched the horror franchise of the same name. Jones also directed and co-wrote the horror film Rumpelstiltskin, wrote for… · 16 January 2026 · January 2026
Chris Krug American baseball player dead at age 86
an American Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres, died on January 16, 2026. Born Everett Ben Krug on December 25, 1939, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur… · 16 January 2026 · January 2026
Arthur Tobin LawyerPolitician dead at age 95
an American politician and lawyer from Quincy, Massachusetts, died on January 16, 2026, at age 95. He served on the Quincy City Council and in the Massachusetts legislature before being elected the 29th mayor of Quincy. After his time as… · 16 January 2026 · January 2026
Ratbek hadji Nysanbayev
Kazakh religious figure · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Nysanbayev · Other
Abdullahi Abubakar
Nigerian Islamic cleric and humanitarian · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Other
Rudolf Urc
Slovak director of documentary and animated films and academic · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
James E. O’Grady
American sheriff · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · O'Grady · Other
Edgar Salvé
Belgian middle-distance runner · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Yolande Viviane Compaoré
Burkinabe politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Compaoré
Ado Schlier
German radio personality (Radio Salzburg · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Other
Vera Valdez
Brazilian model · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Other
Gagik Yeganyan
Armenian politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Kenny Morris
English drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees) · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Blanche Marvin
American-born British theatre critic · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Other
Mochammad Djamhari
Indonesian military officer and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Robert Jensen
Dutch television personality (Jensen!) · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Dutch · Other
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
South African-born Greek-Spanish royal · Denmark · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Greek · Other
Jayashree Kabir
Indian actress (Pratidwandi · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Dogardisc Colombian champeta singer and songwriter, diabetes dies
the stage name of Colombian champeta singer and songwriter Ismael Simancas, died on January 15, 2026. Born in Cartagena, Colombia, he was an important figure in the Colombian coastal genre of champeta and was described by El Tiempo as one… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Kenny Morris (drummer) English drummer dead at age 68
an English drummer and painter best known as the first studio drummer of Siouxsie and the Banshees, died on January 15, 2026, aged 68. Born Kenneth Ian Morris on February 1, 1957, he joined the band in February 1977 and… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Arne Roosman Estonian-born Canadian painter dead at age 93
an Estonian-born Canadian painter, died on January 15, 2026, at age 93. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, on March 6, 1932, he was also a lithographer and muralist. After fleeing the Soviet occupation of Estonia and Nazi Germany, Roosman lived in… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Filip Stojanović (politician) Serbian politician dead at age 81
a Serbian politician who served several terms in the parliaments of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia, died on January 15, 2026. He was a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party. Born on August 10, 1944, in Šilovo, near… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · Stojanovic
Jim Wearne American musician dead at age 75
an American musician, died on January 15, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a Cornish-American musician who lived most of his life in the Chicago area of northern Illinois. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in the… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
James F. White Funeral director, politician dead at age 90
an American funeral director and politician, died on January 15, 2026, in Farmington, Minnesota, at the age of 90. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978. Born in Lakeville,… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Alan Woods (priest) English Anglican priest, dean of Gibraltar dead at age 83
English Anglican priest and dean of Gibraltar from 2003 to 2008, died on January 15, 2026, aged 83. Born on July 18, 1942, he was educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School. After qualifying as an accountant, he worked for the… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Clay Iles English tennis player and coach dead at age 83
an English tennis player and coach, died on January 15, 2026, aged 83. A British player and LTA-licensed tennis coach, he also worked as a sports writer and tennis umpire. Iles competed at the Wimbledon Championships 12 times between 1962… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Seppo Reijonen
Finnish Olympic ski jumper (1968) · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Athletes
Namirembe Bitamazire
Ugandan academic and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Ante Grgurević
Croatian basketball coach and player · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Mutumwa Mawere
Zimbabwean-South African businessman · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Other
Mojtaba Tarshiz
Iranian footballer (Shahr Khodro F.C · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Ernestine Russell
Canadian Olympic gymnast (1956 · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Athletes
Quemil Yambay
Paraguayan musician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Alfonso Castellanos
Colombian radio broadcaster and journalist · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Doug McConnell
American television journalist · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Vicki L. Gregory
American academic and librarian · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Gregory
Sandra Hester
American activist · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Other
Rick Link
American professional wrestler · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Other
Rick Garcia
America LGBTQ activist · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · García · Other
Michel Griffon
French agronomist · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · French · Other
Robert Croft
American freediver · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Other
Layonel Adams
31 · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Other