Deaths January 15 | History by KabAstro

1788 Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer, dies at 77
1790 John Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)
1804 Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)
1812 Johannes Herbst, German composer, dies at 76
1815 Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson, dies of liver failure at 49
1816 Henry Harington, British physician, composer, and writer, dies at 88
1833 Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (Waxhaws Massacre), dies at 78
1844 Joseph Mazzinghi, English composer, dies at 78
1863 David Rumph Jones, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 37
1864 Isaac Nathan, British-Australian composer, dies at about 73 [exact birthdate undocumented]
1866 M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies
1876 Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)
1885 Levin Minn Powell, American Commander (Union Navy), dies at 81
1890 Lucia Zarate, Mexican entertainer (lightest known adult human - 2.1 kg at 17), dies at 26
1893 Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble, British Shakespearian actress (Juliet) and author, dies at 83

1896 Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72
1902 Alpheus Hyatt, American zoologist and paleontologist, dies at 63
1904 Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, dies at 73
1909 Arnold Janssen missionary (b. 1837)
1909 Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85
1909 Ernst von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Das Edle Blut), dies at 63
1911 Wilhelm Berger, German composer, pianist and conductor, dies at 49
1915 Fannie Farmer, American culinary pioneer who revolutionised modern cooking through the introduction of precise measurements (Boston Cooking-School Cook Book), dies of complications of a stroke at 57
1915 Guillaume Couture, Canadian choir conductor, composer, and teacher, dies at 63
1916 Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)
1919 Karl Liebknecht, German Marxist revolutionary (Sparta Party), murdered at 47
1919 Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German Marxist revolutionary and founder of the Spartacus League, murdered by the Freikorps at 47
1922 John Kirk Barry, British physician, explorer and administrator in Zanzibar (companion to explorer David Livingstone), dies at 89
1924 Géza Zichy, Hungarian composer and one-armed pianist, dies at 74
1926 Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 42

1932 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educational theorist (Theorie der Bildungsorganisation), dies at 77
1934 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70
1934 Patrick O'Malley, US policeman, killed by John Dillinger
1936 Henry Forster, British politician (Governor-General of Australia 1920-25) and cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89), dies at 70
1942 Mel Sheppard, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 1,500m, medley relay 1908; 4x400 metre relay 1912), dies at 58

Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)

American victim in the Black Dahlia case, murdered at 22

1949 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron, diplomat and senator, dies at 63
1950 Henry "Hap" Arnold, American commanding general, US Army Air Force (WWII), dies at 63
1952 Ned Hanlon, Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
1953 Patrick Vretblad, Swedish composer, dies at 76
1955 Yves Tanguy, French-American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies
1961 Francesco Maria Saraceni, Italian composer, dies at 49
1962 Kenneth MacKenna, American actor and director (Judgment at Nuremberg, Those We Love), dies of cancer at 62
1964 (Weldon Leo) "Jack" Teagarden, American jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman, 1933-38; Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, 1946-51), singer ("Basin Street Blues"), and bandleader, dies from bronchial pneumonia at 58
1964 George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), dies at 80
1964 Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator (manager 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of GB; Queensland RFL secretary 1913-22; inspired establishment RL in France), dies at 74
1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered
1967 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, dies at 86
1967 David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (b. 1882)
1968 Bill Masterton, Canadian American NHL player, first to be fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies at 29
1968 Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physcist (Motion & Relativity), dies at 69
1969 Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82
1970 Vytautas Bacevičius [Bacewicz], Lithuanian avant garde composer (Della Guerra Symphony), dies at 64
1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of a heart attack at 50
1972 Margaret "Daisy" Ashford, British child author who wrote "The Young Visiters" (Mister Salteena's Plan) aged 9, dies at 90
1973 Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919)
1973 Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist, educator, and conductor (Collegium Musicum Antverpiense), dies at 68
1974 Karel Salmon [Karl Salomon], Israeli operatic bass-baritone singer, composer, and conductor, dies at 76
1978 Jack Jackson, British trumpeter, dance band bandleader, and influential BBC disc jockey, dies at 71
1978 Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy
1979 Euphemia Giannini Gregory, Italian-American opera singer and educator (Curtis Institute), dies at 83
1981 David E. Lilienthal, American attorney and government administrator (Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-46; Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-50), dies at 81
1981 Emanuel Celler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 92
1982 Red Smith, American sportscaster and columnist (Pulitzer 1976, Fight Talk), dies at 76

Meyer Lansky (1902-1983)

Polish-born American mobster known as the "Mob's Accountant", dies of lung cancer at 80

1983 Shepperd Strudwick, actor (Psychomania), dies of cancer at 75
1986 James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83
1987 Dolores Hawkins, American R&B singer ("Rocks in My Bed"; "A Kiss Before Dying"), dies at 58
1987 Gerrit Borgers, Dutch literary, dies at 69
1987 Ray Bolger, American dancer, actor, and singer (Wizard of Oz - "Scarecrow"; Partridge Family - "Grandpa Renfrew"), dies of bladder cancer at 83

Seán MacBride (1904-1988)

Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and founder of Amnesty International (Nobel 1974), dies at 83

1989 Wilf Slack, English cricketer, dies while playing cricket in Gambia at 34
1990 Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, The Professionals, The Great Escape), dies after a short illness at 66
1992 (David) Dee Murray [Oates], British bassist (Elton John backing band), dies after a stroke at 45
1992 Hari Rhodes, American actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
1993 Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C'ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), dies at 88
1993 Ken Cory, American actor (The Candidate; Without A Trace), dies of AIDS at 51
1993 Sammy Cahn [Cohen], American lyricist ("Three Coins in a Fountain"; "High Hopes"; "Call Me Irresponsible"), dies of heart failure at 79
1994 György Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (Chopin, Liszt), dies at 72

Harry Nilsson (1941-1994)

American pop and rock singer-songwriter ("Everybody's Talkin'"; "One"; "Without You"), dies of a heart attack at 52

1994 Martin Kosleck, German actor (Pursuit to Algiers; Agent for H.A.R.M.), dies at 89
1994 Philippe Brun, French jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
1995 Sollie McElroy, American R&B singer (The Flamingos. 1953-54 - "Golden Teardrops"), dies at 61
1996 Les Baxter, American exotica musician, orchestra leader and composer (Ritual Of The Savage, Born Again), dies at 73
1996 Minnesota Fats [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], American billiard player and entertainer, dies at 82
1996 Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho (1966-90), dies at 51
1996 Richard Cobb, British historian, dies at 78
1997 Jose Ignacio Domecq, Spanish wine maker, dies at 82
1997 Kenneth Thimann, English American botanist (Balzan Prize), dies at 92
1998 Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician and economist. temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 1966), dies at 99
1998 Harriet Van Horne, American columnist and panelist (Leave it to Girls), dies at 77
1998 Junior Wells, American blues singer ("In My Younger Days"), dies at 63
1999 Betty Box, British film producer (b. 1915)
1999 William Crosbie, Scottish artist, dies at 83
2000 Arkan [Željko Ražnatović], Serbian paramilitary leader, dies at 47
2000 Frances "Fran" Ryan, American actress (Stripes, The Long Riders), dies of natural causes at 83
2000 Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
2001 Bob Braun, American TV and radio personality (Dotty Mack Show), dies at 71
2001 Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
2002 Michael Bilandic, American lawyer, politician (Mayor of Chicago, 1976-79), and jurist (Illinois Supreme Court, 1990-2000), dies of heart failure at 78
2002 Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2003 Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter ("Tutti Frutti"; You Always Hurt the One You Love": "Tampico"), dies at 87
2004 Gus Suhr, American baseball first baseman (1,435 MLB games Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies; only player to be sued by a fan injured after struck by a foul ball), dies at 98
2005 Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
2005 Deem Bristow, American video game voice actor (b. 1947)
2005 Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
2005 Ruth Warrick, American actress (Citizen Kane; All My Children, 1970-2005 - "Phoebe"), civil rights and political activist, dies of complications from pneumonia at 88
2005 Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan operatic lyric soprano, dies at 81
2005 Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
2006 Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, dies at 79
2007 Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. 1945) (executed)
2007 Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
2007 David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
2007 James Hillier, Canadian-American inventor (co-created the electron microscope), dies at 91
2007 Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905)
2008 Brad Renfro, American actor (The Client), dies of heroin overdose at 25
2008 Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, English Game Designer (Zombies Ate My Neighbors), dies of cancer (b. 1964)
2010 Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Jewish-American biochemist and geneticist (Nobel 1968), dies at 82
2011 Nat Lofthouse, English Footballer (b. 1925)
2012 Edward Derwinski, Chicago congressman 1959-83 and first Secretary of Veteran Affairs, dies of cancer at 85
2012 Manuel Fraga [Iribarne], Spanish politician, President of Spanish Galicia (1990-2005), dies at 89
2013 (Jesús) "Chucho" Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), dies from a heart attack at 68
2013 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
2013 Jennings Michael Burch, American writer (They Cage the Animals at Night), dies at 71
2013 Mario Kuri-Aldana, Mexican composer, and teacher, dies at 81
2013 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director and screenwriter, dies at 80
2013 Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist (Borodin Trio, 1976-91), conductor (I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 1983-2011), and teacher, dies at 73 [1]
2014 Joachim Nowotny, German writer, dies at 80
2015 Kim Fowley, American record producer (the Runaways), dies at 75
2016 Dan Haggerty, American actor (Grizzly Adams), dies of cancer at 73
2016 Noreen Corcoran, American actress (Bachelor Father), dies at 72
2017 Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler, dies at 73
2018 Cyrille Regis, English former footballer, dies of a heart attack at 59

Dolores O’Riordan (1971-2018)

Irish musician and singer-songwriter (The Cranberries - "Zombie"; ,"Linger"), drowns in the bath at 46

2018 Edwin Hawkins, American gospel musician, choir master and composer ("Oh Happy Day"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
2018 Joe Frank [Joseph Langermann], American radio personality (KCRW), dies of cancer at 79
2018 Mathilde Krim, American medical researcher and founding chairman of amfAR (Foundation for AIDS Research), dies at 91
2018 Peter Wyngarde [Cyril Goldbert], British actor (Department S and Jason King), dies at 90
2019 Carol Channing, American comic actress, and singer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Hello Dolly), dies at 97
2019 Steve Madaio, American session and touring trumpet player (Paul Butterfield; Stevie Wonder; Rolling Stones), dies of a heart attack at 70
2020 Bobby Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Rangers, Falkirk) and manager (St Johnstone; Scottish national team 1967-71), dies at 96
2020 Chris Darrow, American country-rock pioneer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, bassist, and banjo plucker (Kaleidoscope; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1967-70), dies from complications following a stroke at 75
2020 Rocky Johnson, Canadian pro wrestler (father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; with Tony Atlas first black champions in WWE history), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 75
2021 Bruce Headley, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (Breeders' Cup Sprint 2000 Kona Gold), dies from a stroke at 86
2021 Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), dies at 85
2022 Ed Cheff, American College Baseball HOF coach (16 × NAIA World Series; Lewis–Clark State College 1977-2010), dies at 78
2022 Joe B. Hall, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Division I C'ship 1978; University of Kentucky 1972-85), dies at 93
2022 Ralph Emery, American country music DJ and television host (Nashville Now), dies at 88
2022 Ramazan Rragami, Albanian soccer midfielder (20 caps; KF Vllaznia) and manager (KF Vllaznia), dies at 77
2022 Scot Palmer, Australian sports journalist (The Sun, Sunday Press, Seven Network; President Football Writers Association), dies at 84
2023 Shaye Al-Nafisah, Saudi Arabian soccer forward (32 caps; Al-Kawkab FC), dies at 60
2024 Georgios Darivas, Greek soccer forward (16 caps; Olympiacos 270 games) and manager (Olympiacos 1971, 75-76), dies at 97
2024 Jorge Griffa, Argentine soccer defender (4 caps; CA Newell's Old Boys, Atlético Madrid 227 games), dies at 88