Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Jan-21

Died on This Day (Jan-21)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
  Maricet Espinosa Maricet Espinosa is a Cuban judoka. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 63 kg event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Yarden Gerbi. Cuban Olympic judoka 34 1
Simon Dunn Simon Dunn Simon Dunn is a former Australian bobsledder and rugby player. Australian bobsledder 35 2
  Clark Gillies Clark Gillies was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Canadian ice hockey player 67 3
De De'Runnya Wilson De’Runnya S. Wilson was an American football wide receiver for the Albany Empire of the Arena Football League . American football player 25 5
Emiliano Sala Emiliano Sala Emiliano Raúl Sala Taffarel was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker. Argentine footballer 28 6
Connie Sawyer Connie Sawyer Connie Sawyer was an American stage, film, and television actress, affectionately nicknamed "The Clown Princess of Comedy". American actress 105 7
Maggie Roche Maggie Roche The Roches were an American vocal trio of sisters Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche, from Park Ridge, New Jersey. American singer 65 8
  Gerald Williams Gerald Williams was a British tennis commentator and journalist. British tennis commentator and journalist 86 9
Leon Brittan Leon Brittan Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, PC, QC, DL was a British Conservative politician and barrister who served as a European Commissioner from 1989 to 1999. British politician 75 10
Paul Quarrington Paul Quarrington Paul Lewis Quarrington was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator. Canadian writer 56 15
Astrid Folstad Astrid Folstad Astrid Borgny Folstad was a Norwegian actress. She was educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre from 1953 to 1956. Norwegian actor 76 16
Wesley Ngetich Kimutai Wesley Ngetich Kimutai Wesley Ngetich Kimutai was a Kenyan marathon runner. Kenyan marathon runner 30 17
Sebastian Shaumyan Sebastian Shaumyan Sebastian Konstantinovich Shaumyan was an Armenian American theoretician of linguistics and an outspoken adherent of structuralist analysis. American linguist 90 18
Eugene Leake Eugene Leake Eugene "Bud" Leake pronounced "Leaky" was a landscape painter and president of the Maryland Institute College of Art. American painter 93 20
Alex Groza Alex Groza Alex John Groza was an American professional basketball player from Martins Ferry, Ohio. Basketball player 68 30
James Beard James Beard James Andrews Beard was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. Chef and food writer 81 40
Clyde Barnhart Clyde Barnhart Clyde Lee Barnhart was a right-handed outfielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. American baseball player 84 45
Marie Lohr Marie Lohr Marie Lohr was an Australian-born actress, active on stage and in film in Britain. Australian born film and stage actress, active on 84 50
Eric Arthur Blair Eric Arthur Blair Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. George Orwell 46 75
Francis, Duke of Teck Francis, Duke of Teck Francis, Duke of Teck, GCB, GCVO known as Count Francis von Hohenstein until 1863, was an Austrian-born nobleman who married into the British royal family. British Army general 62 125