The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
January 2012
1 Gary Ablett, 46, English footballer (Liverpool, Everton, Birmingham City), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bob Anderson, 89, British Olympic fencer (1952) and fight choreographer (Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride). Alfredo Battisti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Udine (1972–2000). Jorge Andrés Martínez Boero, 38, Argentine motorcycle racer, Dakar Rally crash. Elizabeth Brumfiel, 66, American archaeologist. Pauli Burman, 78, Finnish journalist and politician. Frank Cioffi, 83, American philosopher. Diego Cuenca, 84, Spanish footballer. Alvin Devane, 88, American soldier. Marino Di Teana, 91, Italian Argentine sculptor. Hilda Feste, 98, Norwegian woman, murdered. Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund, 92, German pianist and piano teacher.[ Pianistin Ingeborg Finke gestorben. In Sächsische Zeitung, 7 January 2012, p. 10.] Anders Frandsen, 51, Danish singer and television presenter. Rebecca Fromer, 84, American historian and writer, co-founder of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. Kiro Gligorov, 94, Macedonian politician, first democratically elected President (1991–1999). Jan Groover, 68, American photographer. Hermann Guggiari, 87, Paraguayan engineer and sculptor. Frank Horwill, 84, British athletics coach. Ed Jenkins, 78, American politician, Representative from Georgia (1977–1993). Alessandro Liberati, 57, Italian medical researcher, cancer. Nay Win Maung, 49, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, heart attack. Fred Milano, 72, American doo-wop singer (The Belmonts, Dion and the Belmonts), lung cancer. Tommy Mont, 89, American college football coach and NFL player, heart failure. Marcelle Narbonne, 113, French supercentenarian, oldest European living person.Madame Marcelle NARBONNE 1898 - 2012 Carlos Soria, 63, Argentine politician, Secretary of Intelligence (2002), Governor of Río Negro (since 2011), shot. Yafa Yarkoni, 86, Israeli singer, Alzheimer's disease.
2 Beatriz Bandeira, 102, Brazilian communist, human rights activist, poet and writer. Ian Bargh, 76, British-born Canadian jazz pianist, lung cancer. Alicia Baro, 93, American human rights activist.Alicia Baró: An ASPIRA Icon Passes Away at 93 David W. Barron, 76, British computer scientist. Peg Belson, 90, British health activist. Ivan Calin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009). William P. Carey, 81, American businessman (W. P. Carey & Co.) and philanthropist. Joseph Henry Condon, 76, American computer scientist, engineer and physicist. Ioan Drăgan, 46, Romanian footballer (FC Brașov), colorectal cancer. Vivi Friedman, 44, Finnish film director, cancer.Finnish film director Vivi Friedman dead at 44 from cancer, Finntimes.com Silvana Gallardo, 58, American actress (MacGyver, Starsky and Hutch, Babylon 5), cancer. Liv Godin, 93, Norwegian missionary. Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese golfer. Gordon Hirabayashi, 93, American civil rights activist (Hirabayashi v. United States). Jim Huber, 67, American sports commentator (CNN, TNT). Anatoly Kolesov, 73, Russian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964). Howie Koplitz, 73, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators). Helmut Müller-Brühl, 78, German conductor. Larry Reinhardt, 63, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), liver cirrhosis. Alan Rowlands, 82, English pianist. Ambjørg Sælthun, 89, Norwegian politician. Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician. Hans Schepers, 81, German Olympic water polo player.Hans Schepers Paulo Rodrigues, 25, Brazilian footballer, car crash. H. Edwin Young, 94, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977).
3 Charles W. Bailey II, 81, American journalist and novelist (Seven Days in May), Parkinson's disease.Charles W. Bailey, Journalist and Political Novelist, Dies at 82 The New York Times Gene Bartow, 81, American college basketball coach (UAB, UCLA), stomach cancer. Gordon Buttrey, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks). Jack R. Carl, 92, American football, basketball, and track coach.U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 Robert L. Carter, 94, American civil rights activist (Sweatt v. Painter) and judge, complications from a stroke. Minnie Sue Coleman, 85, American artist. Ray Costict, 56, American football player (New England Patriots). Miguel Couturier, 61, Mexican actor (Miss Bala, Once Upon a Time in Mexico), cancer. Ellen Currie, 81, American writer and advertising executive. Willi Entenmann, 68, German football player and coach, heart attack. Juan Escudero, 91, Spanish footballer. Margaret Feeny, 94, British councillor. Fong Fei-fei, 60, Taiwanese singer and actress, lung cancer. Lars Lennart Forsberg, 78, Swedish film director. Mounir Fourar, 39, Algerian man, one of the tallest men in the world. Bryan Hickman, 30, American football player (Cleveland Browns), suicide.Bryan Hickman Obituary (2012) John David Lewis, 56, American political scientist. Winifred Milius Lubell, 97, American illustrator and writer, heart failure. Joaquín Martínez, 81, Mexican-born American actor (Jeremiah Johnson, Die Another Day), pancreatic cancer. Osamu Matsubara, 94, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, heart failure. Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, Russian canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964). Mikhail Romadin, 71, Russian artist. Josef Škvorecký, 87, Czech writer and publisher, cancer. Miguel Terekhov, 83, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, complications of lung fibrosis. Jenny Tomasin, 73, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs), hypertensive heart disease. Wylie Vale, 70, American endocrinologist. Vicar, 77, Chilean cartoonist. Bob Weston, 64, British guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), gastrointestinal hemorrhage. (body found on this date) Harold Zirin, 82, American astronomer.
4 Eve Arnold, 99, American photographer.American photographer Eve Arnold dies aged 99 Ruben Ayala, 89, American politician, California State Senator (1974–1998), first elected Mayor of Chino, California (1964–1966). Jiří Bárta, 76, Czech pianist and composer. Totti Bergh, 76, Norwegian jazz saxophonist.Totti Bergh er død C.O.D., American musician, stroke. James F. Crow, 95, American geneticist.Renowned evolutionary biologist and popular professor James Crow dies at 95 Angela von den Driesch, 77, German archaeologist and veterinarian. Stephen M. DuBrul Jr., 82, American businessman. Harry Fowler, 85, British character actor.Harry Fowler obituary Gatewood Galbraith, 64, American lawyer and author, complications from chronic emphysema. Sinake Giregire, 74, Papua New Guinean businessman and politician. Sir Archibald Glenn, 100, Australian industrialist, Chancellor of La Trobe University. Patricia Mather, 88, Australian zoologist.Australian zoologist Patricia Mather dead Kerry McGregor, 37, British singer and reality contestant (The X Factor), bladder cancer.Former X Factor star Kerry McGregor dies of cancer Bob McKenzie, 83, Australian football player.Bobby McKenzie, Aussie footballer, dead at 83 Kalpana Mohan, 65, Indian actress.Shammi Kapoor's 'Gulbadan', Kalpana Mohan, dies at 65 Carmen Naranjo, 83, Costa Rican novelist, poet and essayist, cancer. Hisako Ōishi, 75, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, respiratory failure. Rod Robbie, 83, Canadian architect.Rod Robbie dead at 83: Architect who designed SkyDome, Expo '67 pavilion Xaver Unsinn, 82, German Olympic ice hockey player and coach.Xaver Unsinn has died Hans Wahli, 84, Swiss Olympic athlete.Hans Wahli, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports David Wheeler, 86, American theatrical director.David Wheeler, Force In Boston Theater, Dies
5 Richard Alf, 59, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of San Diego Comic-Con, pancreatic cancer. François-Marie Algoud, 91, French royalist and author. Selwyn Baptiste, 75, Trinidadian-born British musician and festival organiser. Sigurður Bjarnason, 96, Icelandic politician and diplomat. Don Carter, 85, American professional bowler, complication from pneumonia and emphysema. Samson H. Chowdhury, 86, Bangladeshi businessman. George Dargo, 76, American legal scholar, skin cancer. Mirtha Dermisache, 71, Argentine artist.Mirtha Dermisache biografia Hilmar Duerbeck, 63, German astronomer. Idwal Fisher, 76, Welsh rugby player. Thelma Forbes, 101, Canadian politician. Hikaru Hayashi, 80, Japanese composer. Frank Ackerman Hill, 92, American U.S. Air Force officer, commander of the 33rd Air Division. Frederica Sagor Maas, 111, American silent film screenwriter (The Plastic Age), playwright, memoirist and author. Isaac Díaz Pardo, 91, Spanish artist. Amit Saigal, 46, Indian rock magazine publisher, concert promoter and musician, drowned. Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991).
6 Kenneth Andrews, 90, British historian. Louise Gibson Annand, 96, Scottish artist. James R. Arnold, 88, American space scientist. Tom Ardolino, 56, American drummer (NRBQ). Roger Boisjoly, 73, American aerospace engineer, anticipated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, cancer. Azer Bülbül, 44, Turkish singer and actor, heart attack. Harlin Butterley, 84, Australian Anglican priest and Dean of Hobart from 1972 to 1980. Gabriel Cadis, 60, Israeli attorney, chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, stabbed. John Celardo, 93, American comic strip artist (Tarzan, Buz Sawyer). Harry Fearnley, 88, English footballer. Bob Holness, 83, South African-born British quiz show host and actor (Blockbusters). Eleutherios Katsaitis, 82, Greek-born British Orthodox hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Great Britain (1987–1994), smothered. W. Francis McBeth, 78, American composer. Frank James McGarr, 90, American former senior (and chief) judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Basil Payne, 88, Irish poet. Ellen Pence, 63, American sociologist and social activist, creator of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, breast cancer. Thomas Virgil Pittman, 95, American senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama and judge for the Middle District of Alabama. Sybil Plumlee, 100, American teacher and police officer. Spike Pola, 97, Australian football player. John Pollock, 87, English author. Louis Rech, 85, Italian-born Luxembourgish politician, Mayor of Dudelange (1985–1993). Clive Shell, 64, Welsh international rugby player.
7 Ibrahim Aslan, 77, Egyptian novelist and short story writer, heart failure. Tony Blankley, 63, British-born American commentator, newspaper editor and child actor, stomach cancer. Karen Ramey Burns, 64, American forensic anthropologist. Glenn Cox, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). Bert Daikeler, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.Bert C. Daikeler George Gabin, 80, American artist and art educator. Francella Mary Griggs, 91, American nun, advocated for federal recognition of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. George Livingston, 78, American politician, first elected black mayor of Richmond, California (1985–1993), diabetes. Hideaki Nitani, 81, Japanese actor (Tokyo Drifter), pneumonia. Charlie Pawsey, 88, English rugby league player. Henri Puppo, 98, French cyclist. Herbert Wilf, 80, American mathematician.
8 Jan Håkan Åberg, 95, Swedish organist and composer. Dave Alexander, 73, American blues singer and pianist, suicide by gunshot. Artax, 17, American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1999 Breeders' Cup Sprint, Carter Handicap and Vosburgh Stakes.Champion Sprinter Artax Dies BloodHorse.com