HomeJanuary 2017BritainSir Christopher January 28, 2017 Sir Christopher Bland British businessman and Chairman of the BBC (1996–2001) Died on Saturday January 28th 2017 More from BritainMatthew Biggs, British radio personality, cancer, dies at age 65 of cancerArthur Lewis, public figure, dies at age 84Patrick Sookhdeo, British activist, founder and director of Barnabas Aid, dies at age 79Peter Checkland, British management scientist and academic, dies at age 95Frank Land, German-born British information systems researcher, dies at age 97Cris Derksen, Canadian Cree cellist and composer, traffic collision, dies at age 45 of traffic collisionAlbert Beckles, Barbadian bodybuilder, dies at age 95Altaf Hassan Qureshi, Pakistani journalist, dies at age 94John Bryan Taylor, British physicist, dies at age 97Mike Salisbury, British filmmaker, dies at age 84More from January 28, 2017John Hurt, British actor (Midnight Express, dies at age 77Mary Webster, American actress, dies at age 81Lualemaga Faoa, American Samoan judge and politician, diesBakhti Belaïb, Algerian politician, dies at age 64Ivan Pritargov, Bulgarian association football player, dies at age 64Ann Dandrow, American politician, dies at age 80Bob Holiday, American actor, dies at age 84Kevin Iwaki, American animation editor (Sanjay and Craig, dies at age 30Mario Quintero, Cuban Olympic basketball player, dies at age 93William Albert Norris, American judge, dies at age 89 Tags 2017-01-28 28 January 2017 Bland Britain January 2017 January 28 Other Sir ←Wim Anderiesen jr. Benny Collins→