Bob Jones Canadian ice hockey player dead at age 80
Bob Jones, a Canadian ice hockey player who appeared in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, died on January 24, 2026, at age 80. Robert Charles Jones…
Who Died in January 2026?
Who died in January 2026? Over 1,000 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Lennart Backman Swedish footballer dead at age 91
Lennart Backman, the Swedish footballer who played for IFK Norrköping, AIK and the national team, died on January 24, 2026. Born Kurt Lennart Ingemar Backman on February 7, 1934, he…
Paul William Coteus Packaging for high-performance computer systems, BlueGene supercomputer family…
Paul William Coteus, an American electrical engineer, died on January 24, 2026, at age 72. He worked at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, and was…
William M. Keys American Marine general dead at age 88
William M. Keys, an American Marine general and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general, died on January 24, 2026. Born in Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, on March 29, 1937, he was…
Rob Maurer
American baseball player (Texas Rangers)Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Nazzareno Canuti
Italian footballer (InterDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Aleksandr Oleinikov
Russian directorDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Robert A. Baines
American politicianDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Ðani Kovač
Serbian sprinterDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Phil Griego
American politicianDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Lim Yong-bo
South Korean basketball player and manager (national teamDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Joël Schmidt
French novelistDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Nicolas Blondeau
French riding instructorDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Maurice Le Coutour
French supercentenarianDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Yvonne Lime
American actress (I Was a Teenage WerewolfDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Alan Musgrave
British-born New Zealand philosopherDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Terry Boers
American radio host (Boers and Bernstein)Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
George Speake
English art historian and archaeologistDied on Saturday January 24th 2026
Håkan Bengtsson
Swedish Olympic swimmer (1960)Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
John Brodie
American football player (San Francisco 49ers)Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Ota Zaremba
Czech weightlifterDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Albert Holt
Australian Aboriginal elder (Bidjara)Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Nessa Hyams
American casting director (The ExorcistDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Jean Dorion
Canadian politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Selim Sadak
Turkish politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Kristinn Svavarsson
Icelandic saxophonist (Mezzoforte)Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Bob Valentine
Australian motorcycle speedway riderDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Harry Olmer
Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and educatorDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Pierre Ducimetière
French epidemiologistDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Lula Lahfah
Indonesian social media personalityDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Jógvan Durhuus
Faroese politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Carlo Cecchi
Italian actorDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez
Spanish politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Ian Macowat
English footballer (Crewe AlexandraDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Marcel Loncle
French football playerDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
István Antal
Romanian politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Lucyna Pietrzyk
Polish politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Andrzej Januszajtis
Polish physicist and politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Roseanne Diab
South African atmospheric scientistDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Ernesto Gil Elorduy
Mexican politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Kalin Terziyski
Bulgarian writerDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Floyd Vivino
American comedianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Giancarlo Cella
Italian football player (TorinoDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
José Ernesto Gil Elorduy
Mexican politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Homare Suguro Japanese actor and singer dead at age 85
Homare Suguro, a Japanese actor and singer, died on January 23, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on June 1, 1940, he worked for Shochiku…
Ed Bernard Actor dead at age 86
Ed Bernard, an American actor best known for his roles on Police Woman, The White Shadow and Hardcastle and McCormick, died on January 23, 2026, at the age of 86.…
Donald John Roberts Canadian-American economist dead at age 80
Donald John Roberts, a Canadian-American economist and professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, died on January 23, 2026. He was the John H. and Irene S. Scully Professor…
Chris Baur Scottish broadcast journalist dead at age 83
Chris Baur, a Scottish broadcast journalist, died on January 23, 2026. He was born Christopher Frank Baur on 28 May 1942 in Oxted, Surrey, and was raised in Scotland from…
Otto Duecker Painting dead at age 77
Otto Duecker, an American painter and draughtsman, died on January 23, 2026, at age 77. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1948, he graduated from Oklahoma State University and…
Kikuo Arakawa Research of hypertension, cardiovascular medicine dead at age 96
Kikuo Arakawa, a Japanese medical scientist and internist, died on January 23, 2026. He specialized in hypertension and cardiovascular medicine and was a Professor Emeritus at Fukuoka University. Arakawa also…
Peter Squires
English cricketer (Yorkshire) and rugby union player (British & Irish Lions)Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Francis Buchholz
German bass guitarist (Scorpions)Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Brian Crowley
Irish politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Petr Krill
Czech politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Květoslava Kořínková
Czech politicianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Ilyas Pasha
Indian footballer (East Bengal)Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
E. A. Siddiq
Indian agricultural scientistDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Anthony Fletcher
British historianDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Paul F. Gorman
American Army generalDied on Friday January 23rd 2026
Dino Turcato
Italian weightlifterDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Roger-Maurice Bonnet
French astrophysicist and academicDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Sani Lakatani
Niuean politicianDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Dave Schmidt
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Kevin Johnson
American football player (Philadelphia EaglesDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Paul Larivaille
French literary critic and academicDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Brian McGowan
Australian rules footballer (South MelbourneDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Jan Nico Scholten
Dutch politicianDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
John L. Allen Jr.
American journalistDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Anthony P. Vainieri
American politicianDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Raúl Guglielminetti
Argentine intelligence officer and convicted criminal (Batallón de Inteligencia 601)Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
André Jammes
French bookseller and photography historianDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Monique Freres
Belgian gymnastDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Jean Chollet
French scenographer and journalist (Encyclopædia Universalis)Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Hristina Obradović
Serbian hegumeniaDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Rüdiger Erben
German politicianDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Nancy Skinner Nordhoff
American philanthropist and environmentalistDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Walter Martínez journalist dead at age 84
Walter Martínez, a Venezuelan journalist with Venezolana de Televisión, died on January 22, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Walter Nelson Martínez Martínez in Montevideo, Uruguay, he had a…
Laura Adler Casting director dead at age 65
Laura Adler, an American casting director known for her work on American Dreams, Dream On and My Boys, died on January 22, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. She was 65.…
Abdul Salam Azimi
Afghan judgeDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Ziyad Halab
37-38Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Eric L. Huntley
Guyanese-born activistDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Hifumi Katō
Japanese shogi playerDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Kevin Healy
Australian rules footballer (Collingwood)Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Claude “Hoot” Gibson
American football player (San Diego ChargersDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Li Chang-Su
North Korean judoka World Champions bronze medallist (1989)Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Robert H. Liebeck
American aerodynamicistDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Senka Veletanlić
Yugoslav actressDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Bruce Bilson
American television director (Get SmartDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Sara Jane Paez
Filipino beauty queenDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Bobby Duncum
American professional wrestler (WWWFDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Barbara Aronstein Black
American legal scholarDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Aleksandr Shavlokhov
South Ossetian politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026