Deaths In January 2018: Wiki list article

For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

• Gert Brauer, 62, German footballer (FC Carl Zeiss Jena).
• Jahn Otto Johansen, 83, Norwegian editor (Morgenposten, Dagbladet).
• Robert Mann, 97, American violinist and composer, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet.
• Ebrahim Nafae, 83, Egyptian journalist (Al-Ahram), lung cancer.
• Manuel Olivencia, 88, Spanish economist and diplomat, Commissioner General of Seville Expo '92 (1984–1991), respiratory failure complicated from a fall.
• Mauro Staccioli, 80, Italian sculptor, complications from pneumonia.
• Tim Sweeney, 88, Irish hurler (Galway).

2

• Małgorzata Bocheńska, 69, Polish journalist.
• Frank Buxton, 87, American actor (Batfink, Overboard, What's Up, Tiger Lily?), screenwriter (Hot Dog) and director (The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy), complications from heart disease.
• Emily Dole, 60, American professional wrestler (GLOW).
• Rick Hall, 85, American songwriter ("Achin', Breakin' Heart", "She'll Never Know") and recording producer-owner (FAME Studios), prostate cancer.
• Ferdinando Imposimato, 81, Italian judge (International Criminal Court) and politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1987–1996) and 2015 presidential candidate.
• Lawal Kaita, 85, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (1983), liver failure.
• Guida Maria, 67, Portuguese actress (The Miracle Worker, The Vows, A Única Mulher), pancreatic cancer.
• Ali Akbar Moinfar, 89, Iranian politician, MP (1980–1984) and Minister of Petroleum (1979–1980), kidney failure.
• Thomas S. Monson, 90, American religious leader and writer, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (since 2008) and President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1995–2008).
• Michael Pfeiffer, 92, German football player (national team) and manager (Roda JC Kerkrade, Alemannia Aachen).

3

• Fred Bass, 89, American bookseller (Strand Bookstore), congestive heart failure.

4

• Aharon Appelfeld, 85, Romanian-born Israeli writer (Badenheim 1939, The Immortal Bartfuss, Blooms of Darkness) and Holocaust survivor.
• Johannes Brost, 71, Swedish actor (Rederiet, Jönssonligan, Bröllopsfotografen), pancreatic cancer.
• Brendan Byrne, 93, American politician, Governor of New Jersey (1974–1982), lung infection.
• Bruce Halle, 87, American auto parts executive and Conservative philanthropist, founder of Discount Tire.
• Senichi Hoshino, 70, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Chunichi Dragons) and manager (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles), pancreatic cancer.
• Philipp Jenninger, 85, German politician, President of the Bundestag (1984–1988).
• Ray Thomas, 76, American singer-songwriter ("From Mighty Oaks", "Veteran Cosmic Rocker", "For My Lady") and flautist (The Moody Blues), prostate cancer.
• Vladimir Yankilevsky, 79, Russian artist (Soviet Nonconformist Art), leukemia.

5

• Antonio Valentín Angelillo, 80, Argentine-born Italian football player (Inter Milan, Argentina national team, Milan) and manager (Arezzo, FAR Rabat, Morocco national team), lung cancer.
• Aydın Boysan, 96, Turkish architect and novelist (Aldanmak, Yıl 2046 Uzay Anıları, Yollarda), multiple organ failure.
• Carlos Heitor Cony, 91, Brazilian journalist (Folha de S.Paulo) and writer, multiple organ failure.
• Asghar Khan, 96, Pakistani politician and military officer, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force (1957–1965) and Chairman of the Tehrik-e-Istiqlal (1970–2011), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Marián Labuda, 73, Slovak actor (Dobří holubi se vracejí, Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, The Garden).
• Marina Ripa Di Meana, 76, Italian writer (I miei primi quarant'anni, La più bella del reame), television personality and director (Cattive ragazze), deep palliative sedation.
• Arthur Rorheim, 99, American Baptist minister, co-founder of Awana.
• Jerry Van Dyke, 86, American actor (My Mother the Car, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Coach) and comedian, heart failure.
• Peter Wells, 88, British-born New Zealand athlete.
• John W. Young, 87, American astronaut (Apollo 16, STS-1), complications from pneumonia.

6

• Horace Ashenfelter, 94, American Hall of Fame athlete, Olympic champion (1952).
• Thomas Bopp, 68, American astronomer, co-discoverer of Comet Hale–Bopp.
• Rita Crocker Clements, 86, American political organizer, First Lady of Texas (1979–1983, 1987–1991), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Peter Preston, 79, British columnist (The Observer) and journalist, editor of The Guardian (1975–1995), melanoma.
• Greta Thyssen, 90, Danish-born American actress (Bus Stop, Journey to the Seventh Planet, The Three Stooges), body-double (Marilyn Monroe) and model, pneumonia.
• Dave Toschi, 86, American police detective (Zodiac Killer), inspiration for Dirty Harry, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Chris Tsangarides, 61, British music producer (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy), heart failure complicated from pneumonia.
• Frank Varrichione, 85, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams), skin cancer.

7

• Jim Anderton, 79, New Zealand politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1999–2002), MP (1984–2011) and Leader of the Progressive Party (1979–1984).
• France Gall, 70, French singer ("Laisse tomber les filles", "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", "Ella, elle l'a"), Eurovision winner (1965), infection complicated from cancer of unknown primary origin.
• Anna Mae Hays, 97, American military officer and nurse, Chief of Army Nurse Corps (1967–1971), complications from a heart attack.
• Marjorie Holt, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district (1973–1987).
• Markku Into, 72, Finnish poet (Tuonela Rock, Tuskin tulee ilta, Raivoava takakirves), Eino Leino Prize winner (2001), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Peter Sutherland, 71, Irish banker (Goldman Sachs) and politician, Attorney General (1981–1982, 1982–1984) and Director-General of the World Trade Organization (1993–1995).

8

• Juan Carlos García, 29, Honduran footballer (Marathón, Olimpia, national team), leukemia.
• Denise LaSalle, 78, American blues singer-songwriter ("Trapped by a Thing Called Love"), complications from a fall and heart disease.
• Vojtěch Lindaur, 60, Czech journalist, radio host (Radio Beat) and record producer.
• George Maxwell Richards, 86, Trinidadian politician, President (2003–2013), congestive heart failure.
• Donnelly Rhodes, 80, Canadian actor (Soap, Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci's Inquest), liver cancer.

9

• Bob Bailey, 75, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Robert Minlos, 86, Russian mathematician.
• Odvar Nordli, 90, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister (1976–1981), prostate cancer.
• Yılmaz Onay, 80, Turkish novelist (Evlerde Uyur Uyanık Yalanlar) and stage director (Fear and Misery of the Third Reich), stomach cancer.
• Kato Ottio, 23, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer (national team), suspected cardiac arrest.
• Ted Phillips, 84, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Leyton Orient, Colchester United), dementia.
• Milton J. Rosenberg, 92, American psychology professor (University of Chicago) and radio host (WGN), complications from pneumonia.

10

• Eddie Clarke, 67, British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway), pneumonia.
• Mikhail Derzhavin, 81, Russian actor (Three Men in a Boat, Investigation Held by ZnaToKi, Old Hags).
• Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scottish footballer (Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers, national team).
• Tom Luken, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st congressional district (1974–1975, 1977–1991) and Mayor of Cincinnati (1971–1972).
• Doreen Tracey, 74, English-born American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), pneumonia complicated from cancer.

11

• Doug Barnard, Jr., 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 10th congressional district (1977–1993), pneumonia.
• Stephane Gauger, 48, Vietnamese-born American movie director (Owl and the Sparrow), stroke.
• Edgar Ray Killen, 92, American Ku Klux Klan leader and convicted murderer (Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner).
• Takis Loukanidis, 80, Greek footballer (Doxa Drama, Panathinaikos, national team), heart attack.

12

• Eddy Beugels, 73, Dutch cyclist, UCI Road World silver medalist (1966).
• Bella Emberg, 80, British actress (The Russ Abbot Show, The Benny Hill Show, Bear Behaving Badly).
• Keith Jackson, 89, American sportscaster (ABC Sports, Wide World of Sports).
• Jean-Louis Koszul, 97, French mathematician (Koszul complex), member of the French Academy of Sciences (since 1980).
• Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French organist, lung cancer.
• Doodhnath Singh, 81, Indian writer (Sukhant, Aakhri Kalaam, Yamgatha), prostate cancer.
• John V. Tunney, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 38th congressional district (1965–1971) and U.S. Senator (1971–1977), prostate cancer.
• Frankie Muse Freeman, 101, American civil rights lawyer and activist

13

• Doug Harvey, 87, American Hall of Fame baseball umpire (MLB), esophageal cancer.
• Byron Langley, 91, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1973–1980) and State Senator (1985–1996), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek rock musician ("Mousikes Taxiarhies", "Kaggela Pantou", "Digma Dorean") and stand-up comedian, heart attack.
• Jean Porter, 95, American actress (Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, Betty Co-Ed, Cry Danger).
• Eliyahu Winograd, 91, Israeli judge, member of the Supreme Court of Israel (1996), respiratory failure.

14

• Dan Gurney, 86, American racing driver (All American Racing), race car constructor, and team owner, complications from pneumonia.
• Max Labovitch, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Spanky Manikan, 75, Filipino actor (Himala, Behind Enemy Lines, Majika), lung cancer.
• Erling Mandelmann, 82, Danish photojournalist, aortic aneurysm.
• John Pierik, 68, Dutch Olympic shooter (1980, 1984).
• Cyrille Regis, 59, English footballer (West Brom, Coventry City, national team), cardiac arrest.
• Hugh Wilson, 74, American director (WKRP in Cincinnati, Police Academy, The First Wives Club) and television writer (Frank's Place), Emmy Award winner (1988), emphysema.

15

• Romana Acosta Bañuelos, 92, American public servant, Treasurer (1971–1974), pneumonia.
• Viktor Anpilov, 72, Russian political activist and trade unionist, complications from a stroke.
• Carl Emil Christiansen, 80, Danish footballer (Esbjerg fB).
• Joe Frank, 79, American radio personality (KPFA, WNYC, NPR), kidney cancer.
• Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel singer ("Oh Happy Day", "Candles in the Rain"), Grammy Award winner (1970, 1971, 1978, 1993), pancreatic cancer.
• Dick King, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1965–1994).
• Mathilde Krim, 91, Italian-born American HIV/AIDS researcher (amfAR), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000).
• Karl-Heinz Kunde, 80, German racing cyclist.
• Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish singer-songwriter ("Are You Listening?", "No Baggage"), rock guitarist (The Cranberries, D.A.R.K.) and television personality (The Voice of Ireland), accidental drowning.
• Óscar Pérez, 36, Venezuelan policeman and political activist, responsible for the Caracas helicopter incident, shot.
• Roderick Rijnders, 76, Dutch coxswain, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Peter Wyngarde, 90, British actor (Department S, Jason King, Flash Gordon).

16

• Bill Bain, 80, American management consultant, founder of Bain & Company, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• George Bandy, 72, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Bradford Dillman, 87, American actor (The Enforcer, Piranha, Murder, She Wrote), complications from pneumonia.
• Anatoly Glushenkov, 75, Russian politician, Governor of Smolensk Oblast (1993–1998).
• Kingdon Gould Jr., 94, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (1969–1972) and the Netherlands (1973–1976), pneumonia.
• Peter Groeger, 84, German actor (Blaulicht, Polizeiruf 110, Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten).
• Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese actress (Uma hora de Amor, Canção da Saudade, Sarilho de fraldas) and singer ("Ele e ela"), Eurovision contestant (1966).
• Oliver Ivanović, 64, Kosovar politician, State Secretary of the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija (2008–2012), shot.
• John Spellman, 91, American politician, Governor of Washington (1981–1985), pneumonia complicated from a fall.
• Jo Jo White, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Kansas City Kings), Olympic champion (1968), pneumonia complicated from dementia.

17

• Jessica Falkholt, 29, Australian actress (Home and Away), injuries following car crash.
• Augusto Polo Campos, 85, Peruvian composer ("Regresa"), complications from diabetes.

18

• Ishfaq Ahmad, 87, Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor (Abdus Salam Centre for Physics), President of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2007).
• Wallis Grahn, 72, Swedish actress (Pelle Svanslös, Rederiet, Wallander – Innan frosten).
• Lucas Mangope, 94, South African politician, President of Bophuthatswana (1977–1994).
• Javiera Muñoz, 40, Swedish singer ("Varje timma, var minut", "No hay nada más").
• Nancy Richler, 60, Canadian novelist (Throwaway Angels, Your Mouth Is Lovely, The Imposter Bride), cancer.
• Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, 95, Ukrainian military officer.
• Stansfield Turner, 94, American admiral, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1977–1981).
• Chick Webster, 97, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).

19

• Ute Bock, 75, Austrian educator and humanitarian.
• Anna Campori, 100, Italian actress (The Song of the Heart, Cuore matto... matto da legare, No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous).
• Olivia Cole, 75, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House, Brewster Place), Emmy Award winner (1977), heart attack.
• Saqi Farooqi, 81, Pakistani poet.
• Red Fisher, 91, Canadian sports journalist (Montreal Star, Montreal Gazette).
• Dorothy Malone, 93, American actress (Written on the Wind, Peyton Place, Basic Instinct), Oscar winner (1956).
• Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper ("Trappin Ain't Dead"), kidney failure complicated from seizure.
• Allison Shearmur, 54, American movie producer (The Hunger Games, Rogue One, Cinderella), complications from lung cancer.

20

• Paul Bocuse, 91, French chef, Parkinson's disease.
• John Coleman, 83, American weatherman (The Weather Channel, KUSI-TV).
• Graeme Langlands, 76, Australian rugby league footballer (St. George Dragons, national team), complications from dementia.
• Naomi Parker, 96, American naval machinist, inspiration for the "We Can Do It!" poster.
• Jim Rodford, 76, English musician (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies), complications from a fall.
• Miyako Sumiyoshi, 30, Japanese Olympic speed skater (2014).

21

• Yves Afonso, 73, French actor (Masculin Féminin, The Clockmaker, Week End).
• Chartchai Chionoi, 75, Thai boxer (WBC, WBA), pneumonia complicated by Parkinson's disease.
• Bruno Giacosa, 88, Italian winemaker (Azienda Agricola Falletto), complications from a stroke.
• Tsukasa Hosaka, 80, Japanese footballer (Furukawa Electric, Kofu, national team), pneumonia.
• Jens Okking, 78, Danish actor (The Kingdom, One-Hand Clapping) and politician, MEP (1999–2003).
• Connie Sawyer, 105, American actress (Dumb and Dumber, When Harry Met Sally, Pineapple Express), heart attack.

22

• Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player (Blackpool, national team), manager (Leeds United) and pundit (BBC Radio 5 Live), world champion (1966), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Billy Hancock, 71, American rockabilly singer ("Shakin' That Rockabilly Fever", "Wanted: True Rock 'n' Roll") and guitarist (Billy Hancock & the Tennessee Rockets), complications from cirrhosis.
• Reinier Kreijermaat, 82, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, USV Elinkwijk, Xerxes/DHC).
• Ursula K. Le Guin, 88, American science fiction writer (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed), suspected heart attack.
• William Joseph McDonough, 83, American economist and banker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1993–2003), heart failure.

23

• Mohammed Al-Mfarah, 72, Saudi Arabian actor (Al-Saknat Fe Klobna, Secretary in the House, Bokor Wa kolampor), laryngeal cancer.
• Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter ("Grazing in the Grass"), prostate cancer.
• Nicanor Parra, 103, Chilean poet.
• Wyatt Tee Walker, 88, American civil rights activist (Congress of Racial Equality) and pastor, Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1960–1964).
• Lari White, 52, American country singer-songwriter ("Now I Know", "That's My Baby", "Stepping Stone") and actress (Cast Away), peritoneal cancer.

24

• Marcos Carvajal, 33, Venezuelan baseball player (Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins), pneumonia.
• Gonzalo Facio Segreda, 99, Costa Rican politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970–1978), President of the Legislative Assembly (1953–1956), Ambassador to the United States (1956–1958, 1962–1966, 1990–1994), pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's disease.
• Renaud Gagneux, 70, French composer, complications from ALS.
• Jack Ketchum, 71, American novelist (The Girl Next Door) and screenwriter (Offspring, XX), pancreatic cancer.
• Mark E. Smith, 60, English singer-songwriter (The Fall), lung and kidney cancer.

25

• Claribel Alegría, 93, Nicaraguan poet.
• Neagu Djuvara, 101, Romanian historian, essayist and philosopher, pneumonia.
• Steve Foster, 71, Australian singer-songwriter ("Coming Home In A Jar", "Forever Blue", "No Reins"), lung cancer.
• Patrick Mazimhaka, 69, Rwandan politician, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (2003–2008).
• John Morris, 91, American movie composer (The Elephant Man, Young Frankenstein, Dirty Dancing), respiratory tract infection.
• Lyudmila Senchina, 67, Russian pop singer ("Love and Separation", "White Acacia", "Field Flower") and actress (Armed and Dangerous), pancreatic cancer.

26

• Elizabeth Hawley, 94, American journalist and chronicler of Himalayan expeditions.
• Jacques Languirand, 86, Canadian radio host (Par 4 chemins), writer (Tout compte fait) and actor (Mars and April), Alzheimer's disease.
• Hiromu Nonaka, 92, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1983–2003), Chief Cabinet Secretary (1998–1999), heart failure.
• Yukiaki Okabe, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964), pneumonia.

27

• Robert McCormick Adams, Jr., 91, American anthropologist, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1984–1994).
• Royal Galipeau, 71, Canadian politician, MP (2006–2015), multiple myeloma.
• Ingvar Kamprad, 91, Swedish businessman, founder of IKEA, pneumonia.
• Dennis Peron, 71, American cannabis and LGBT activist and businessman (Cannabis Buyers Club), lung cancer.
• Mort Walker, 94, American comics artist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois), complications from pneumonia.
• John Wall, 85, British engineer (Crayford focuser) and astronomer, member of the British Astronomical Association (until 2018).

28

• Neil Harris, 63, British musician (Sham 69), cancer.
• Antônio Agostinho Marochi, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Presidente Prudente (1976–2002), respiratory failure.
• Dharmasena Pathiraja, 74, Sri Lankan movie director (Eya Dan Loku Lamayek) and screenwriter (Bambaru Avith), respiratory tract infection.
• Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist (Ghetto Swingers) and Holocaust survivor.
• Gene Sharp, 90, American political scientist and nonviolence advocate, founder of the Albert Einstein Institution.

29

• Ion Ciubuc, 74, Moldovan politician, Prime Minister (1997–1999).
• Francisco Núñez Olivera, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, world's oldest man (since 2017).
• Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist, arranger and bandleader (Howlin' Wolf), Blues Music Award winner (2013, 2014).

30

• Rolf Schafstall, 80, German football player (Hamborn 07, Reutlingen 05) and manager (MSV Duisburg, VfL Bochum, Bayer 05 Uerdingen).
• Mark Salling, 35, American actor (Glee), singer-songwriter ("Pipe Dreams") and convicted sex offender, suicide by hanging.
• Clyde Scott, 93, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions) and hurdler, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Kevin Towers, 56, American baseball executive (San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks), thyroid cancer.
• Terry Van Ginderen, 86, Belgian children's television producer (Kom Toch Eens Kijken) and music producer, pneumonia.
• Azeglio Vicini, 84, Italian football player (Sampdoria) and manager (Udinese, national team).
• Louis Zorich, 93, American actor (The Muppets Take Manhattan, Mad About You, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), heart failure.

31

• Rasual Butler, 38, American basketball player (Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers), car crash.
• Erwin de Vries, 88, Surinamese painter and artist, respiratory failure.
• Oscar Gamble, 68, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies), jaw cancer.
• Haim Gouri, 94, Israeli poet (Flowers of Fire, Years of Fire, Poems of the Seal, Gehazi Visions), Israel Prize winner (1988).
• Leonid Kadeniuk, 67, Ukrainian cosmonaut (STS-87).
• Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American singer (American Idol), car crash.
• Olavi Mäenpää, 67, Finnish politician, member of the Turku City Council (1992–2017).

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