Famous Deaths on January 19

January 19 Calendar

1761 Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, French noblewoman and Duchess of Modena and Reggio (1737-61), dies at 60
1766 Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect, dies at 70
1785 Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
1795 Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, dies at 74
1805 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, German composer, dies at 43
1830 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, Czech guitarist, and composer, dies at 56
1833 (Louis Joseph) Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist, violinist, and composer of over twenty operas, dies from tuberculosis at 41
1839 Georg Abraham Schneider, German horn player and composer, dies at 68
1847 Charles Bent, American fur trader and Governor of New Mexico Territory for 100 days (1846-47), killed at 47
1851 Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
1862 Felix Zollicoffer, American journalist and Confederate Brigadier General, killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky at 49
1865 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
1871 Henri Regnault, French painter, dies at 27
1874 August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, dies at 75
1878 Henri V. Regnault, French physicist and chemist, dies at 67

1885 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
1893 Julius Eichberg, German composer, dies at 68
1894 Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes), dies at 58
1901 Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (1873-74, 1977), dies at 79
1902 Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart [Esther Pariseau], Canadian religious leader (US capitol), dies at 78
1905 Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher of the Bengal Renaissance, religious reformer and founder of the Brahmo religion, dies at 87
1906 Bartolomé Mitre [Martínez], Argentine general, author, statesman and President (1862-1868), dies at 84
1913 David Emlyn Evans, British composer, dies at 69
1921 William Gunn, English cricket batsman (11 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102no; Nottinghamshire CCC) and soccer winger (2 caps; Notts County FC), dies at 62
1925 Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, dies at 83
1927 Carlota of Mexico, princess of Belgium and empress consort of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86
1927 Jim McLaughlin, American Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey (Kentucky Derby 1881, Preakness Stakes 1885, 6 x Belmont Stakes), dies at 65
1929 Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)

1934 Armand Parent, Belgian composer, dies at 70
1939 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1940 William E. Borah, American lawyer and politician (Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho), dies at 74
1944 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
1945 Ernest-Bernard Allo, French Dominican theologist, dies at 71
1948 Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)
1951 Constantin C. Nottara, Romanian violinist and composer (Peace Poem), dies at 60
1954 Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (Kaluza-Klein theory), dies at 68
1956 Charles Dingle, American actor (The Little Foxes), dies at 68
1957 József Dudás, Romanian/Hungarian resistance fighter (b. 1912)
1962 Harry "Snub" Pollard, Australian actor (Don't Shove, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72
1964 Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), dies at 77
1964 Joe Weatherly, American auto racer (NASCAR Sprint Cup champion 1962-63), dies of head injuries in race crash at 41
1965 Frank Reicher, German-American actor (King Kong, Son of Kong), dies at 89
1966 Frank Foyston, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Stanley Cup 1914 Toronto Blueshirts, 1917 Seattle Metropolitans, 1925 Victoria Cougars), dies at 74
1967 Grace Cunard, American silent screen actress (Untamed, Resurrection), dies at 73
1968 Ray Harroun, American auto racer (inaugural Indianapolis 500 1911; Motorsports Hall of Fame of America 2000), dies at 89
1969 Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, dies at 80
1969 Charles Winninger, American actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island, Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 84
1969 Jan Palach, Czech student, dies of burns from self-immolation protesting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia at 20
1970 Hal March [Harold Mendelson], American comedian, actor and TV host ($64,000 Question; Outrage), dies of lung cancer at 49
1971 Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
1972 Michael Rabin, American violinist (In Memorium), dies at 35
1973 Max Adrian, Irish actor (Boy Friend), dies of a heart attack at 69
1975 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist (Lonesome Road), dies at 85
1976 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886)
1976 Kevin Coughlin, American actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in a hit and run at 30
1979 Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans, American NFL fullback (NY Giants), dies of a heart attack at 66
1979 Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies
1980 Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, dies at 69
1980 William O. Douglas, American member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
1982 Elis Regina (Costa), Brazilian pop-samba-bossa nova singer ("Arrastão" - "Pull the Trawling Net"), dies from cardiac arrest after consuming alcohol, cocaine and tranquilizers at 36
1982 Leopold Trepper, Polish-Israeli spy (founded CP Palestina), dies at 77
1983 Don Costa, American composer (Hello, Dolly!), arranger, and record producer (Sinatra and Strings; My Way), dies at 57
1984 Max Bentley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Hart Trophy 1946; Chicago Blackhawks), dies at 63
1987 Fred Lohse, German composer and educator, dies at 78
1987 Gerald Brenan, English writer (The Spanish Labyrinth), dies at 92
1989 Norma Varden, English-American actress (Loose in London), dies at 90
1990 (Alberto) Semprini, British pianist and radio broadcaster (BBC's Semprini Serenade), dies at 81
1990 Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and statesman (UN ambassador, Supreme Court justice 1962-65), dies at 81
1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian leader of the Rajneesh movement, dies at 58
1990 Herbert Wehner, German politician (Member of the Bundestag, 1949-83; chairman of the SPD, 1969-83), dies of complications from Binswanger's disease at 83
1990 Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher, dies at 84
1991 Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87
1991 Glenn Langan, American actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie, Jungle Heat, Rapture), dies of lymphoma at 73
1991 John Russell, American actor (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at 70
1991 Marcel Chaput, French Canadian politician, dies at 72
1992 Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Bengali singer and composer (Ei Ganga ei Padda), dies at 60
1993 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
1993 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
1993 Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50
1993 William LeMassena, American stage and screen actor (All That Jazz; As The World Turns, 1985-92), dies of lung cancer at 76
1995 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80
1995 Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Snowbird"; "Put Your Hand in the Hand"), takes his own life at 56
1996 Bernard Baily, American comic artist (co-creator of DC Comics), dies at 79
1996 Donald Simpson, American film producer (Flashdance), dies at 52
1996 Harold Wolpe, South African sociologist, lawyer, and activist, dies at 70
1997 Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, dies at 70
1997 James Dickey, American poet, novelist and lecturer (Deliverance, Buckdancer's Choice), dies at 73

1999 Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby union footballer (b. 1967)
2000 Bettino Craxi, Italian socialist politician (Prime Minister, 1983-87), dies from complications of diabetes at 65

Austrian-American actress (Ecstasy, Samson & Delilah) and inventor (radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes), dies of heart failure at 86

2001 Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
2003 Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (French Minister of Culture), dies at 86
2004 David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach, dies at 48
2004 Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
2005 Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
2005 Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
2005 K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
2006 Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
2006 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), dies at 84
2006 Thomas Christian David, Austrian flutist, conductor, choral director, and composer, dies at 80
2006 Tony Franciosa [Anthony Papaleo], American stage and screen actor (A Hatful of Rain; Career; Ben-Hur, Name of the Game), dies of a massive stroke at 77

2007 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter (The Mamas and The Papas - "California Dreamin'"), dies from abdominal aortic aneurysm at 66
2007 Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist and newspaper editor (Agos), shot by an assassin at 52
2007 Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer, dies at 37
2007 Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler, dies of a drug overdose at 45
2008 Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster for CBC (b. 1936)
2008 John Stewart, American pop-folk singer, guitsrist, banjo player (Kingston Trio, 1961-67), and songwriter ("Daydream Believer"), dies of a stroke at 68
2008 Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (The Birds; The Bob Newhart Show - "Emily"), dies at 70
2009 José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer (world light-heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 72
2010 Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby commentator known as "the voice of rugby", dies at 86
2010 Panajot Pano, Albanian soccer forward (28 caps; Partizani Tirana 210 games; "The little Puskás"), dies of a heart attack at 70
2011 Ernest McCulloch, Canadian stem cell research pioneer, dies at 84
2011 Wilfrid Sheed, British-American writer (Boys of Winter; Transatlantic Blues; The House That George Built), dies at 80
2012 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (Painted Birds), dies from lymphoma at 78
2013 Anatoly Bannik, Ukrainian chess master, dies at 91

American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1970 Baltimore Orioles), dies from a heart attack at 82

American Baseball HOF outfielder (24 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 44, 46; NL MVP 1943, 46, 48; 7 × NL batting champion; St Louis Cardinals), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92

2014 Bert Williams, English soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 381 games), dies at 93
2014 Christopher Chataway, British middle and long-distance runner (world record 5k) and Conservative MP, dies at 82
2014 Udo Kasemets, Estonian-born Canadian composer, dies at 94
2015 Anne Kirkbride, English actress (Deirdre-Coronation Street), dies of breast cancer at 60
2015 Karl H. Pribram “Magellan of the Mind”, Austrian-American neuroscientist, psychologist and philosopher (research into brain’s limbic system), dies at 95
2016 Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (A Special Day), dies at 84
2017 H. Boyd Woodruff, American microbiologist whose research led to antibiotics, dies at 99
2017 Miguel Ferrer, American actor (Robocop, NCIS LA), dies of cancer at 61
2018 Allison Shearmur [Allison Ivy Brecker], American film executive and producer (Star Wars, The Hunger Games, Jason Bourne), dies of complications from lung cancer at 54
2018 Dorothy Malone, American actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place), dies at 93
2018 Geoffrey Caston, British diplomat and academic administrator (University of Oxford, 1972-79; Vice-Chancellor of University of the South Pacific, 1983-92), dies at 91
2018 Olivia Cole, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House), dies of a heart attack at 75
2019 Henry Sy, Chinese- Filipino businessman known as the "Philippines' Retail King", dies at 94
2019 Mario Bertoncini, Italian composer, dies at 86
2019 Ted McKenna, Scottish drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Rory Gallagher), dies from surgery complication at 68
2020 Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist and composer, known as "Little Bird", dies at 93
2020 Kazım Ayvaz, Turkish wrestler (Olympic gold lightweight, 1964; World C'ship gold welterweight, 1958; lightweight, 1962), dies at 81
2020 Robert Parker, American saxophonist and soul singer ("Barefootin'"), dies at 89
2020 Shin Kyuk-Ho, Korean businessman (Lotte Corporation), dies at 98
2022 Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (Hannibal Rising; Saint Laurent), dies from head injuries suffered in helmet-less skiing accident at 37
2022 Gloria McMillan, American radio and television actress (Our Miss Brooks - "Harriet"), dies at 88
2022 Hans-Jürgen Dörner, German soccer defender (96 caps; Dynamo Dresden 400 games) and manager (Werder Bremen), dies at 70
2022 Hardy Krüger, German actor (The Flight of the Phoenix), novelist, and travel writer, dies at 93
2022 Nils Arne Eggen, Norwegian soccer defender (29 caps; Rosenborg, Vålerengen FC) and manager (Norway; Rosenborg), dies at 80
2023 David Sutherland, Scottish cartoonist (Beano - Bash Street Kids, Dennis the Menace), dies at 89 [1]
2023 Norbert Sattler, Austrian slalom canoeist (World C'ship gold K-1 team 1971, K-1 1973; Olympic silver K-1 1972), dies at 71
2024 Jack Burke Jr, American golfer (US Masters, PGA C'ship 1956; Ryder Cup 1951, 53, 55, 59; 1973 [non-playing captain]), dies at 100
2024 Lance Larson, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m freestyle relay, silver 100m freestyle 1960; WR 100m butterfly 58.7s 1960), dies at 83
2024 Marlena Shaw [Marlina Burgess], American jazz, R&B, and disco singer ("California Soul"; "Touch Me In the Morning"), dies at 81
2024 Mary Weiss, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), dies at 75

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