January 30, 2026 Artists Athletes Ji Han-jae South Korean hapkido martial artist Died on Friday January 30th 2026 Other artistsValeri Zhabko Russian footballer dead at age 58José Ortiz Puerto Rican basketball player, colorectal cancer dead at age 62Chris Phelan Irish-born Australian rugby league player, pancreatic cancer dead at age 70Geoff Ablett public figure dead at age 71Eladio Zárate Paraguayan football player and manager dead at age 84Roque Avallay Argentine footballer dead at age 80Alex Zanardi Italian racing driver and paracyclist dead at age 59René Paardekooper Dutch footballer dead at age 39Alfredrick Hughes American basketball player dead at age 63Yevgeniy Duleyev Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist dead at age 70More from South KoreaLee Hong-koo South Korean politician, prime minister dead at age 92Jerry.K South Korean rapper, glioblastoma dead at age 42Cho Sang-rae South Korean politician, MP dead at age 89Bae Myeong-in South Korean politician, minister of justice dead at age 93Yun Ki-hyeon South Korean Go player dead at age 83More from January 29, 2026Axel Burrough British architect dead at age 79Suzannah Lessard Writer dead at age 81Noel Mayo American industrial designer dead at age 88Michael H. Prosser American academic dead at age 89Peter Ransley British screenwriter, playwright and novelist, bronchopneumonia dead at age 94Terry Swinscoe English footballer dead at age 91Willie Taylor (basketball) American basketball player dead at age 79Heather Goodall Australian academic and historian dead at age 75Kenneth Hyman Film producer dead at age 97Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers British polo official dead at age -1 Tags 2026-01-29 29 January 2026 Artists Han-jae January 2026 January 29 Ji South Korea ←Alexei Simașchevici Roland Huntford→