Who Died in January 2016?
Who died in January 2016? Over 700 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Pat Harrington, Jr.
American actor (One Day at a Time)
Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Anna Synodinou
Greek actress and politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Sergei Simonov
Russian ice hockey player (HC Lipetsk)
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Valerio Zanone
Italian politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Michael Purcell
Australian rugby union player
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Sergey Shustikov
Russian football player (FC Torpedo Moscow)
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Paddy Doherty
Northern Irish civil rights activist
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Hayes McClerkin
American lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Indian politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Edhi Sunarso
Indonesian sculptor (Selamat Datang Monument)
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Robert Balser
English animator (Yellow Submarine
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Gerry O’Malley
Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Jay Ritchie
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Norm Wolfinger
American State Attorney (1985–2013)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Albert Gubay
British businessman (Kwik Save)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Gary Flakne
American politician
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Nick Caldwell
American R&B singer (The Whispers)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Percy Freeman
English footballer (Lincoln City
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Demmus Hentze
Faroese politician
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Riley Martin
69
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Elizabeth Swados
American writer and composer (Runaways)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
George MacIntyre
American football player and coach (Vanderbilt)
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Jorge Lepra
Uruguayan diplomat and politician
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Robert H. B. Baldwin
American businessman (Morgan Stanley)
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Long John Hunter
American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Andy Maurer
American football player (Atlanta Falcons
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
André Turcat
French aviator
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Antonio Soto Díaz
Puerto Rican politician
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Olwyn Hughes
British literary agent (Ted Hughes)
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Jean-Paul L’Allier
Canadian politician
Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu
Turkish military officer
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Andres Rodriguez
Venezuelan equestrian competitor
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Helmut Koester
German-born American history professor
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Eddie Sunarso
Indonesian sculptor (Selamat Datang Monument)
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Prunella Scales
83
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Shankar Prasad Jaiswal
Indian politician
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Robert Stigwood
Australian music impresario and film producer
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Peter Powell
English kite maker
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Brad Fuller
American video game composer (Atari)
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Barnabas R. Halem ’Imana
Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
C. B. Forgotston
American political blogger
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
John Roberts
Welsh footballer (Arsenal
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Amby Fogarty
Irish footballer (Sunderland
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Mahabub Hossain
Bangladeshi development economist
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Michel Galabru
93
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Virginia”Virgie”Torres
62 Filipino Ex LTO Chief died cardiac arrest
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Igor Sergun
Russian military officer
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Raghu Nandan Mandal
Indian politician
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Jacques Deny
French mathematician
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Raymond W. Lessard
American Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
U.S.S. Oklahoma
American naval officer; last survivor of U.S.S. Oklahoma
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
C.B. Forgotston
American political blogger
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Tim Francis
New Zealand diplomat
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Peter Naur
Danish computer science pioneer
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Bill Plager
Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues)
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Vilmos Zsigmond
Hungarian-American cinematographer
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Tommy Sale
English rugby league player
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Barack Obama
American convicted terrorist
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Alberto Iniesta Jiménez
Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Homa Nategh
Iranian educator and historian
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Natasha Aguilar
Costa Rican swimmer
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Faris Ahmed Jamaan al-Showeel al-Zahrani
Saudi al-Qaeda member
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Virgie Torres
Filipino politician
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Fateh Singh
Indian sports shooter and army general
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Marcel Barbeau
Canadian painter and sculptor
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Matt Hobden
English cricket player (Sussex)
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Leonard Evans
Canadian politician
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Dale Bumpers
American politician
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Gisela Mota Ocampo
Mexican politician
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Nimr al-Nimr
Saudi Shia religious leader
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Steve Gohouri
Ivorian footballer
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
George Alexandru
Romanian theater and film actor
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Frances Cress Welsing
American psychiatrist and author (The Isis Papers)
Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016