Deaths Died in January 2016
Pat Harrington, Jr.
American actor (One Day at a Time) · 06 January 2016 · January 2016 · Harrington · January 6
Sergei Simonov
Russian ice hockey player (HC Lipetsk) · 07 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 7
Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov
Russian computer scientist · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5 · Korolyov
Sergey Shustikov
Russian football player (FC Torpedo Moscow) · 07 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 7
Paddy Doherty
Northern Irish civil rights activist · 07 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 7 · Other
Edhi Sunarso
Indonesian sculptor (Selamat Datang Monument) · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Tom Allin
English cricket player (Warwickshire) · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Robert Balser
English animator (Yellow Submarine · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Other
Gerry O’Malley
Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5 · O'Malley
Jay Ritchie
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Norm Wolfinger
American State Attorney (1985–2013) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Albert Gubay
British businessman (Kwik Save) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5 · Other
Nick Caldwell
American R&B singer (The Whispers) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Percy Freeman
English footballer (Lincoln City · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Demmus Hentze
Faroese politician · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Riley Martin
69 · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5 · Other
Elizabeth Swados
American writer and composer (Runaways) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
George MacIntyre
American football player and coach (Vanderbilt) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Robert H. B. Baldwin
American businessman (Morgan Stanley) · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Baldwin · Other
Long John Hunter
American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Hunter
Andy Maurer
American football player (Atlanta Falcons · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
André Turcat
French aviator · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Other
Antonio Soto Díaz
Puerto Rican politician · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Diaz
Olwyn Hughes
British literary agent (Ted Hughes) · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Other
Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu
Turkish military officer · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Other
Helmut Koester
German-born American history professor · 01 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 1
Paul Bley
Canadian Jazz pianist · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Andres Rodriguez
Venezuelan equestrian competitor · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Andrés · Other
Eddie Sunarso
Indonesian sculptor (Selamat Datang Monument) · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Prunella Scales
83 · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Other
Robert Stigwood
Australian music impresario and film producer · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Peter Powell
English kite maker · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Other
Craig Strickland
American country singer · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Brad Fuller
American video game composer (Atari) · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Barnabas R. Halem ’Imana
Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Barnabás · Imaná · Other
Red Parker
American football coach · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
C. B. Forgotston
American political blogger · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · Forgotston · January 3 · Other
John Roberts
Welsh footballer (Arsenal · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Amby Fogarty
Irish footballer (Sunderland · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Mahabub Hossain
Bangladeshi development economist · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4
Michel Galabru
93 · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Other
Virginia”Virgie”Torres
62 Filipino Ex LTO Chief died cardiac arrest · Virginia"Virgie"Torres · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Other
Igor Sergun
Russian military officer · 04 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 4 · Other
Raymond W. Lessard
American Roman Catholic prelate · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Lessard · Other
Ed Vezey
American naval officer; last survivor of U.S.S. Oklahoma · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Other
U.S.S. Oklahoma
American naval officer; last survivor of U.S.S. Oklahoma · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Other
C.B. Forgotston
American political blogger · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Other
Peter Naur
Danish computer science pioneer · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Other
Bill Plager
Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues) · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3
Vilmos Zsigmond
Hungarian-American cinematographer · 01 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 1 · Other
Alberto Iniesta Jiménez
Spanish Roman Catholic prelate · 03 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 3 · Jiménez · Other
Faris Ahmed Jamaan al-Showeel al-Zahrani
Saudi al-Qaeda member · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · al-Zahrani · January 2 · Other
Fateh Singh
Indian sports shooter and army general · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Other
Matt Hobden
English cricket player (Sussex) · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2
Nimr al-Nimr
Saudi Shia religious leader · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Other
Steve Gohouri
Ivorian footballer · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2
George Alexandru
Romanian theater and film actor · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2
Frances Cress Welsing
American psychiatrist and author (The Isis Papers) · 02 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 2 · Welsing