Deaths on January 17 | Dead-People.com

Wilbur Wood

American baseball player (Boston Red Sox
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 10:35 pm

John ‘Oke Afareha

Nigerian Catholic prelate
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 7:30 pm

Phil Goyette

Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens)
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 7:25 pm

Stuart Altman

American economist
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 7:10 pm

Roger Allers

American animator and filmmaker (The Lion King
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 6:55 pm

Patrick Corrigan

American psychologist and writer
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 6:20 pm

Tom Kim

North Korean-born American physician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 5:05 pm

Ralph Towner

American jazz multi-instrumentalist
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 4:15 pm

Jaan Leetsaar

Estonian politician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 3:30 pm

Alan Black

Scottish footballer (Norwich City
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 11:40 am

Oskár Elschek

Slovak ethnomusicologist
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 11:20 am

Francesco Gurrieri

Italian architect
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 11:10 am

Rubén Patagonia

Argentine singer
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 11:05 am

Giovanni Memola

Italian politician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 11:05 am

Giancarlo Tacchi

Italian football player
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 11:00 am

Joel T. Johnson

American politician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 10:35 am

Stella Isodo Apolot

Ugandan politician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 8:35 am

Bruce Leung

Hong Kong martial artist and actor
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 8:15 am

Raj K. Purohit

Indian politician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 7:35 am

Liu Thai Ker

Singaporean architect and urban planner
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 7:25 am

Evelyn Gigantes

Canadian politician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 7:20 am

Thierry Cazeneuve

French journalist
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 6:50 am

Lazar Shvets

Russian priest
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 6:50 am

Tucker Zimmerman

American singer-songwriter
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 6:40 am

Guillermo Salatino

Argentine sports journalist
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 6:30 am

Nandana Gunathilake

Sri Lankan politician
Died on Sunday January 18th 2026

January 18, 2026 3:25 am

James Petras, Professor of sociology, died on January 17, 2026

James Petras Professor of sociology dead at age 89

James Petras, an American sociologist and academic,
died on January 17, 2026. He was the Bartle Professor emeritus of sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and an adjunct…

January 17, 2026 12:00 pm

W. John McDonald Canadian physicist and academic administrator dead at age 89

W. John McDonald, a Canadian physicist and academic administrator,
died on January 17, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1936, he earned degrees from the…

January 17, 2026 12:00 pm

Craig Anderson American bishop dead at age 83

Craig Anderson, an American bishop,
died on January 17, 2026, at age 83. Craig Barry Anderson was an Episcopal Church bishop who served as Bishop of South Dakota from 1984…

January 17, 2026 12:00 pm

Fabian Malbon British Royal Navy officer, lieutenant governor of Guernsey dead at age 79

Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon, a British Royal Navy officer and former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey,
died on January 17, 2026, aged 79. Born on October 1, 1946, he joined…

January 17, 2026 12:00 pm

Hoot Gibson American football player

Claude "Hoot" Andrew Gibson, an American football player and coach,
died on January 17, 2026. He was 87. Gibson was a defensive back and kick returner who played college football…

January 17, 2026 12:00 pm