- Jan 8 Buck Henry [Henry Zuckerman], American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (Get Smart; The Graduate; The Owl and the Pussycat), actor (1st 10-time host of SNL; The Man Who Fell To Earth), and director Heaven Can Wait), dies of a heart attack at 89 [1]
- Jan 8 Edd Byrnes, American actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper), dies at 87
- Jan 15 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
- Jan 17 Derek Fowlds, British actor (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show), dies at 82
- Jan 21 Terry Jones, Welsh comedian (Monty Python), dies from complications of dementia at 77
- Jan 22 John Karlen, American actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey), dies at 86
- Jan 25 Monique van Vooren, Belgian-American actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein), and writer, dies of cancer at 92
- Jan 27 Jack Burns, American comedian (Burns & Schreiber), actor, and screenwriter (The Muppet Show), dies of respiratory failure at 86 [1]
- Jan 28 Marj Dusay [Marjorie Mahoney], American actress (Guiding Light - "Alexandra"; Bret Maverick - "Kate"), dies at 83
- Jan 28 Nicholas Parsons, British presenter, comedian and actor "the ultimate quiz show host", dies at 96
- Jan 30 Fred Silverman, American broadcasting executive and producer (ABC, NBC and CBS), dies at 82
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