Deaths Died in January 2017
Frank Pellegrino
American actor (Goodfellas · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Fred Parslow
Australian stage and television actor · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Don Coleman
American football player (Michigan State) · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Sonny Watkins
American college athletic director (McNeese State) · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Other
Marta Becket
American dancer · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Other
Cesar C. Raval
Filippino Roman Catholic prelate · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · César · Other · Raval
James Laurence
American musician and record producer (Friendzone) · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
John Wetton
English prog-rock musician (Asia · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Joseph Mélèze-Modrzejewski
Polish historician · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Other
Una Kroll
British nun and Anglican priest · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Other
Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden
British politician and aristocrat · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Katharine, · Ovenden
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki
Mongolian sumo wrestler · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Ronald Wade
American journalist (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Jim Mateja
American automotive journalist (Chicago Tribune) · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Cass Turnbull
American environmentalist · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Other
Robert Ellis Miller
American film director (Reuben · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Miller
Willy Fossli
Norwegian footballer (Asker) · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31
Sir Harold Atcherley
British businessman and arts administrator · 31 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 31 · Atcherley · Other
Leonard H. Perroots
American military officer · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Perroots · Other
Dan Spiegle
American comic book artist · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30
Thomas Joseph Simpson
Canadian World War II veteran · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Simpson · Other
Ruslan Barburoș
Moldovan international football player · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30
David Burhani
Tanzanian goalkeeper · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Other
Hannah Lyson
British blogger · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Other
Alice Whitty
Canadian Olympic high jumper · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Other
Masaya Nakamura
Japanese businessman · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Other
Don Grilley
American actor and singer. (South Pacific · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30
Ion Ungureanu
Moldovan actor (That Sweet Word: Liberty!) and politician · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30
Richard Portman
American sound engineer · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Other
Stan Boreson
American comedian and television host · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Howard Frank Mosher
American author (Where the Rivers Flow North) · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Mosher
Ján Kobezda
Slovak ice hockey player and coach (HK Dukla Trenčín) · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Jan
Tatiana Repeikina
Russian footballer (Ryazan VDV · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Bernard d’Abrera
Australian entomologist · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · d'Abrera · Other
Elkin Ramírez
Colombian singer-songwriter (Kraken) · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Stanisław Padewski
Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Other
Paul Lanneau
Belgian Roman Catholic prelate · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Other
Brunhilde Pomsel
German broadcaster and secretary to Joseph Goebbels · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Anne-Marie Colchen
French track and field athlete and basketball player · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Jamshid Giunashvili
Georgian linguist and Iranologist · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Alastair Pirrie
English television presenter (Razzamatazz) · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Ko Ni
Burmese lawyer · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Alistair Pirrie
English television presenter (Razzamatazz) · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Walt Streuli
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
U Ko Ni
Myanma lawyer · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Yuji Ijiri
Japanese-born American accounting academic · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Yūji
Dame Laurie Salas
New Zealand women's rights and peace activist · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Other · Salas
Stuart Timmons
American gay historian and activist · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Bernie Brown
New Zealand fighter pilot · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Other
Charles LeMaistre
American academic administrator · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29
Bruce Hathaway
American radio host · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28 · Other
Ernst M. Binder
Austrian poet and theater director · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28 · Binder
John Peakes
American actor (Evil Dead II) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Benny Collins
American production and tour manager (Journey · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28 · Other
Sir Christopher Bland
British businessman and Chairman of the BBC (1996–2001) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28 · Bland · Other
Many Clouds
British racehorse · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28 · Other
Dale Smith
American rodeo performer · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Geoff Nicholls
English keyboardist (Black Sabbath) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
David Sayer
English cricketer (Kent) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Emmanuelle Riva
French actress (Hiroshima mon amour · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · Emmanuëlle · January 28
Alexander Tikhanovich
Belarusian pop singer (Verasy) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Steve Fryar
American rodeo performer · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Bill Fischer
American football player (Chicago Cardinals) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Gisella Sofio
Italian actress (Accidents to the Taxes!! · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Mario Quintero
Cuban Olympic basketball player · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Kevin Iwaki
American animation editor (Sanjay and Craig · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Bob Holiday
American actor (It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman) · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28
Ivan Pritargov
Bulgarian association football player · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28 · Iván
Bakhti Belaïb
Algerian politician · 28 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 28