January 17, 2026 Journalists Writers Robert Macklin Australian journalist and author Died on Saturday January 17th 2026 Other journalistsDavid Kendall American television writer and producer and film director dead at age 68Volker Hage German journalist, author and literary critic dead at age 76Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Yair Garbuz Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist dead at age 80Zelda F. Gamson American sociologist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 90Len Strazewski American comic book writer dead at age 71Edith Eger Hungarian-American psychologist and author dead at age 98Gerry Conway American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer dead at age 73Alfred Slote American author dead at age 99Marcos Petrillo Brazilian promoter, author, and music researcher dead at age 67More from AustraliaMichael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40Robyn Woodhouse Australian Olympic high jumper dead at age 82Damien Christensen Australian footballer dead at age 62Bill Grayden Australian politician, MP and Western Australian MLA dead at age 105Leigh Crawford Australian footballer dead at age 80Steve Maslow American sound mixer, Oscar winner, cancer dead at age 81Brian Wilkinson Australian Olympic swimmer dead at age 88Peter Morris Australian politician, MP and minister of transport dead at age 93Gordon Ingate Australian Olympic sailor dead at age 100Kim Bowers Australian musician, music director and sound artist, breast cancer diesMore from January 16, 2026Mark Jones (filmmaker) Filmmaker dead at age 72Chris Krug American baseball player dead at age 86Arthur Tobin LawyerPolitician dead at age 95Chet BrooksVitalie ZagaievschiDino AttanasioBill HembreeS. V. Adinarayana RaoAli Salem al-BeidhAngelo Gugel Tags 16 January 2026 2026-01-16 Australia January 16 January 2026 Journalists Macklin Robert Writers ←Murad Hasratyan François Bazaramba→