Jamil Azar
Jordanian journalist and broadcaster · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Deaths Died in 02 January 2026
Ashok Gajanan Modak
Indian educationist · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2 · Modak · Other
Bret Shuford
American actor (Paramour · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Gregory de Polnay
British actor (Dixon of Dock Green · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2 · Polnay
Johnny Legend
American rockabilly musician · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Ivan Varshavsky
Russian foreman · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2 · Other · Iván
Saleh Rusheidat
Jordanian politician · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Mesut İktu
Turkish operatic baritone · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2 · Other
Amal Fathullah Zarkasyi
Indonesian Muslim scholar · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2 · Zarkasyi · Other
Arnold Long
British cricketer (Sussex · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Dimitar Penev
Bulgarian football player (CSKA Sofia · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Phoenix Spicer
Australian football league player (North Melbourne) · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Valery Fyodorovich Plotnikov
Soviet phototgrapher · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2 · Plotnikov · Other
David E. Mitchell American medical activist, founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs Now, multiple…
David E. Mitchell, an American medical activist and founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs Now, died on January 2, 2026. Mitchell, also known as David Emerson Mitchell, was an American business executive and drug price advocate who became active in… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · Cancer · Other
Barbara Lawrence (talent manager) Talent manager dead at age 82
Barbara Lawrence, an American talent manager, died on January 2, 2026, in New York City. Born Barbara Deitchman on January 10, 1943, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, she was the daughter of Gertrude Lawrence and Bernie Lawrence. She… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Francis Grant (marine) British marine and World War II veteran dead at age 101
Francis Grant, a British Royal Marine and World War II veteran, died on January 2, 2026. Born on December 20, 1924, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, he signed up for the Royal Marines at the age of 18. He fought in 1944… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · Grant, · Other
Patrick Duffy (British politician) British politician, MP and president of the NATO Assembly dead a…
Patrick Duffy, the British politician who served as a Member of Parliament and president of the NATO Assembly, died on January 2, 2026, aged 105. A Labour Party politician and economist, he represented Colne Valley from a 1963 by-election until… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026
Bobby Baxter (footballer, born 1937) public figure dead at age 88
Robert Denholm Baxter, an English professional footballer who played for Darlington, Brighton & Hove Albion and Torquay United, died on January 2, 2026. Born in Redcar, Yorkshire, in 1937, he was the son and namesake of Scotland and Middlesbrough footballer… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026