- Jan 1 Juanita Moore, American actress (Imitation Of Life), dies at 99 [1]
- Jan 3 Tom Rosenthal, British publisher & broadcaster, dies at 78
- Jan 5 Carmen Zapata, American actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City), dies at 86
- Jan 6 Larry D Mann, Canadian actor and broadcaster (Accidental Family, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies at 91
- Jan 14 Mae Young, American professional wrestler and one of the pioneers in women's wrestling (National Wrestling Alliance, WWF), dies at 90
- Jan 16 Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor (Charlotte's Web, Alice, The Partridge Family), dies from heart and kidney failure at 82
- Jan 16 Roger Lloyd-Pack, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses - "Trigger"; The Vicar of Dibley - "Owen"; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- Jan 16 Russell Johnson, American television and film actor, best known for his role as "The Professor" on Gilligan's Island, dies of kidney failure at 89
- Jan 22 Luis Ávalos, Cuban-American stage and screen character actor (Condo; E/R; I Had 3 Wives), dies of heart failure at 67
- Jan 23 Riz Ortolani, Italian Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger, predominantly of film scores (Mondo Cane - "More"), dies at 87
- Jan 30 Arthur Rankin, Jr, American director, producer, and screenwriter (Rankin/Bass Productions -The Year Without A Santa Claus; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty The Snowman), dies at 89
- Jan 31 Christopher Jones, American actor, dies from cancer at 72
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