- Jan 3 Joyce Collins, American jazz and film and television session pianist, singer, and educator, dies at 79
- Jan 4 Donal Donnelly, Irish actor (The Godfather: Part III, Dead), dies of cancer at 78
- Jan 8 Monica Maughan, Australian actor (b. 1933)
- Jan 14 Petra Schürmann, German model and TV announcer, Miss World 1956 (b. 1935)
- Jan 21 Paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator (b. 1953)
- Jan 22 James Mitchell, American dancer and actor (All My Children, Bloomer Girl), dies of pneumonia at 89
- Jan 22 Jean Simmons, British actress (Thorn Birds, Guys & Dolls), dies at 80
- Jan 22 Johnny Seven [Fetto], American actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss), dies at 83
- Jan 24 Pernell Roberts, American actor (Bonanza- "Adam"; Trapper John, M.D.), dies at 81
- Jan 27 Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933)
Tom Brookshier (1931-2010)
Jan 29 American football defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles) and broadcaster (CBS), dies of cancer at 78
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