Deaths Died in January 2015
Tony Ridler
Welsh darts player · 16 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 16
Ervin Drake
American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year" · 15 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 15
Bob Boyd
American basketball coach (USC Trojans) · 14 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 14
Sir Jack Hayward
English businessman · 13 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 13 · Hayward · Other
John Hill
American game designer · 12 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 12 · Other
Jenő Buzánszky
Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC · 11 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 11
Harry V. Jaffa
American political philosophy professor · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10 · Jaffa
Roy Tarpley
American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks) · 09 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 9
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
American film producer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 09 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 9 · Goldwyn
Patsy Garrett
American singer and actress (Benji · 08 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 8
David Rolfe
Australian Paralympic swimmer · 07 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 7
Sanford E. Reisenbach
American marketing executive (Warner Bros.) · 06 January 2015 · January 2015 · Reisenbach · January 6 · Other
Joan Peters
American author (From Time Immemorial) · 05 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 5
Albert Firth
English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity) · 05 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 5
Upendra Trivedi
Indian actor and director · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4
Gene Kemp
British children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler) · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4
Rueben Philip Job
American United Methodist prelate · 03 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 3 · Other · Job
Derek Minter
British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer · 02 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 2 · Other
Per-Olof Åstrand
Swedish physiologist · 02 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 2 · Other
Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari
Yemeni militant · 31 January 2015 · January 2015 · al-Nadhari · January 31 · Other
Johnny Goodman
British TV producer · 30 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 30 · Other
Edward Saylor
American World War II veteran · 28 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 28 · Other
Cleven “Goodie” Goudeau
American greeting card artist · 26 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 26 · Goudeau
Demetrio González
Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer · 25 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 25
Joe Franklin
American television and radio talk show host · 24 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 24 · Other
M. S. Narayana
Indian Telugu actor · 23 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 23 · Narayana
Lawrence Paul Zatkoff
American federal judge · 22 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 22 · Zatkoff
Keith Rayner
American cognitive psychologist · 21 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 21
James Walker
Australian television writer (Neighbours) · 20 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 20
James L. Fowler
American military veteran · 20 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 20 · Fowler · Other
Oscar Hayes
American gospel musician · 19 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 19
June Randall
British script supervisor (The Spy Who Loved Me · 18 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 18 · Other
Walter Peregoy
American animator (The Jungle Book · 16 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 16 · Other
Eugene E. Covert
American aeronautics engineer · 15 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 15 · Covert · Other
Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi
Israeli rabbi · 14 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 14 · Ashkenazi · Other
Roger Wosahlo
English footballer (Peterborough) · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10
Jim Hogan
Irish Olympic long-distance runner · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10
Tim Roberts
American professional wrestler (WWC · 07 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 7
Gilberto Perez
Cuban-born American professor of film studies · 06 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 6 · Pérez
Bill Jessup
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) · 03 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 3
Colleen McCullough
Australian author (The Thorn Birds) · 29 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 29
Bob Shea
American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers) · 27 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 27
Dacia Valent
Somali-born Italian politician · 22 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 22
Canserbero
Venezuelan rapper · 20 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 20
José María Hernández González
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 19 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 19 · González · Other
Origa
Russian singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) · 17 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 17
Ghelubhai Nayak
Indian political activist · 16 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 16 · Other
Harvey Sweetman
New Zealand World War II pilot · 15 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 15 · Other
Hillel Zaks
Polish-born Israeli rabbi · 13 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 13 · Other
Stephen Gold
British computer journalist · 12 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 12
Denis Tsygurov
Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres · 10 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 10
Amedy Coulibaly
French jihadist · 09 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 9 · Other
Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer · 08 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 8
B. S. Abdur Rahman
Indian business executive and philanthropist (B. S. Abdur Rahman University) · 07 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 7 · Other
Lance Percival
British actor (That Was the Week That Was · 06 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 6
William R. Catton, Jr.
American environmental sociologist · 05 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 5 · Catton,
Stuart Scott
American sports journalist (SportsCenter) · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4
Jay Furman
American real estate developer · 04 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 4 · Other
Maher Hathout
Egyptian-born American Islamic leader · 03 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 3 · Other
Abu Anas al-Libi
Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody · 02 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 2 · al-Libi · Other
Manasa Vaniqi
Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel · 01 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 1 · Other
Than Wyenn
American actor (Imitation of Life · 30 January 2015 · January 2015 · January 30