Died on This Day: Jan-20

Died on This Day (Jan-20)

Person		Description	Age	Anniv
Norman Jewison	Norman Frederick Jewison CC OOnt is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.	Canadian filmmaker	97	1
Ted Bell	Ted Bell is an American author of suspense novels such as Hawke and Assassin, Pirate, Spy, Warlord, Phantom, and Overkill, released in May 2018.	American author	76	2
Meat Loaf	Michael Lee Aday , known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor.	American singer and actor	74	3
Ted Thompson	Ted Thompson was an American professional football player and executive in the National Football League .	American football player and executive	68	4
Steph Bowe	Steph Bowe was an Australian novelist and blogger.	Australian author and blogger	25	5
Paul Bocuse	Paul Bocuse was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine.	French chef	91	7
Emma Tennant	Emma Christina Tennant FRSL was an English novelist and editor of Scottish extraction, known for a post-modern approach to her fiction, often imbued with fantasy or magic.	British novelist and editor	79	8
Lord Weidenfeld	George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, GBE was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist.	British publisher, philanthropist, and columnist	96	9
Ricardo dos Santos	Ricardo dos Santos was a Brazilian surfer. Dos Santos reached the quarterfinals at the 2012 Billabong Pro event in Tahiti in defeating among others Kelly Slater.	Brazilian surfer	24	10
Abraham Sutzkever	Abraham Sutzkever was an acclaimed Yiddish poet. The New York Times wrote that Sutzkever was "the greatest poet of the Holocaust.	Israeli poet	96	15
Per Borten	was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and the 25th prime minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971.	Norwegian politician	91	20
Ron Herbel	Ronald Samuel Herbel was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in 331 games, all but 79 in relief, for the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves.	American baseball player	62	25
Franklin E. Sigler	Private First Class Franklin Earl Sigler was an American Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Iwo Jima campaign – a one-man assault on a Japanese gun position which had been holding up the advance of his company for several days, and for annihilating the enemy gun crew with hand grenades.	US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient	70	30
Barbara Stanwyck	Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress, model and dancer.	American actress, model, and dancer	82	35
Gillis William Long	Gillis William Long was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal	61	40
Howard Burdick	Lieutenant Howard Burdick DSC DFC was an American World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories.	American flying ace	83	50
Haughton Forrest	Haughton Forrest , sometimes incorrectly referred to as James Haughton Forrest, was an Australian artist who specialized in landscapes and maritime scenes.	Australian artist	98	100
R. D. Blackmore	Richard Doddridge Blackmore , known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century.	Novelist	74	125
Jean-François Millet	Jean-François Millet was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.	French painter	60	150
Sir George Oxenden	Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754.	English politician	80	250

Anniversary Date: Jan-20

Died on This Day (Jan-20)