Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Jan-31

Died on This Day (Jan-31)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Joe Madison Joe Madison Joseph Madison , alternatively known as "The Black Eagle" or "Madison", is an American radio talk-show host and activist heard daily on SiriusXM Urban View. American radio talk-show host 74 1
Dave Durenberger Dave Durenberger David Ferdinand Durenberger is a retired American politician and attorney. United States Senator 88 2
Abraham J. Twerski Abraham J. Twerski Abraham Joshua Heshel Twerski ; October 6, 1930 – January 31, 2021) was an Israeli-American Hasidic rabbi, a scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, and a psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse. Israeli-American Hasidic rabbi 90 4
Mary Higgins Clark Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark was an American author of suspense novels. American author of suspense novels 92 5
Pierre Nanterme Pierre Nanterme Pierre Nanterme was a French business executive. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Accenture, a global management consulting and professional services firm. French business executive 59 6
Oscar Gamble Oscar Gamble Oscar Charles Gamble was an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1969 to 1985, for seven teams: the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees ; as well as the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, and Texas Rangers. American baseballer 68 7
Grethe Bartram Grethe Bartram Maren Margrethe Thomsen, known as Maren Margrethe "Grethe" Bartram and "Thora" , was a Danish woman who informed on at least 53 people from the Danish resistance movement during the Second World War, resulting in the early communist resistance groups being dismantled and many of their members being sent to Nazi concentration camps. Nazi informer 92 8
Terry Wogan Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan KBE DL was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Radio and television broadcaster 77 9
Richard von Weizsacker Richard von Weizsacker Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German politician , who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. President of West Germany 94 10
Kage Baker Kage Baker Kage Baker was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. American writer 57 15
Dewey Martin Dewey Martin Dewey Martin was a Canadian rock drummer, best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Canadian musician 68 16
Veronika Bayer Veronika Bayer Veronika Bayer was a German actress. German actor 67 17
Franz-Joseph Schulze Franz-Joseph Schulze Franz-Joseph Schulze was a German general who was the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe . German general and Knight's Cross recipients 86 20
Gil Kane Gil Kane Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Comic book artist 73 25
George Abbott George Abbott George Francis Abbott was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. American film director 107 30
Joseph Burke Joseph Burke Joseph Burke was the longest-tenured judge in the history of the Illinois Appellate Court. American judge 101 35
Józef Mackiewicz Józef Mackiewicz Józef Mackiewicz was a Polish writer, novelist and political commentator; best known for his documentary novels Nie trzeba glosno mówic , and Droga donikad . Polish writer 82 40
Emanuel Sperner Emanuel Sperner Emanuel Sperner was a German mathematician, best known for two theorems. German mathematician 74 45
George Washington Cable George Washington Cable George Washington Cable was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. American novelist 80 100
John Douglas John Douglas John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry , was a British nobleman, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the "Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of modern boxing, and for his role in the downfall of the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde. Scottish noble 55 125