Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 02-Jan

Died on This Day (02-Jan)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Paulien van Deutekom	Paulien van Deutekom was a Dutch champion speed skater who specialised in the middle to long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres.	Dutch speed skater	37	1
	John Berger	John Peter Berger was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet.	English art critic, novelist, painter and poet	90	3
	Little Jimmy Dickens	James Cecil Dickens , better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size , and his rhinestone-studded outfits, in which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances).	American country music singer	94	5
	Géza Koroknay	Géza Koroknay was a Hungarian actor, most notable for his work on the Hungarian television show Szomszédok .	Hungarian actor	64	7
	Pete Postlethwaite	Peter William Postlethwaite, OBE was an English character actor, who appeared in In the Name of the Father , Sharpe , The Usual Suspects , Dragonheart , Romeo + Juliet , Brassed Off , Amistad , The Lost World: Jurassic Park , Animal Farm , The Constant Gardener , Clash of the Titans , and Inception .	English actor	64	9
	Kelly Freas	Frank Kelly Freas was an American science fiction and fantasy artist with a career spanning more than 50 years.	American science fiction and fantasy artist	82	15
	Gary Adams	Gary Adams was a notable salesman, founder of TaylorMade Golf, Founders Club, McHenry Metals, and nominal inventor of the modern "metal wood.	Golfer	56	20
	Alan Hale Jr.	Alan Hale Jr. was an American actor and restaurateur.	American film, stage, character and tv actor	68	30
	J. Mayo Williams	Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams was a pioneering African-American producer of recorded blues music.	American football player and coach	85	40
	Bertram Ramsay	Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO was a Royal Navy officer.	Royal Navy admiral	61	75

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Thomas S. Monson	Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .	American religious leader	90	2
	Matt Hobden	Matthew Edward Hobden was an English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed.	English cricketer	22	4
	Harald Nugiseks	Harald Nugiseks was an SS-Oberscharführer in World War II, who served in the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS of the Waffen-SS.	Estonian military commander	92	6
	Gordon Hirabayashi	Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was an American sociologist, best known for his principled resistance to the Japanese American internment during World War II, and the court case which bears his name, Hirabayashi v.	American sociologist	93	8
	David R. Ross	David Robertson Ross was a Scottish author and historian.	British historian and writer	51	10
	Etta Moten Barnett	Etta Moten Barnett was an American actress and contralto vocalist, who was identified with her signature role of "Bess" in Porgy and Bess.	American actress and contralto vocalist	102	16
	Nancy Kelly	Nancy Kelly was an American actress in film, theater and television.	American actress	73	25
	Jacques de Lacretelle	Jacques de Lacretelle was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 12 November 1936.	French novelist	96	35
	Jules Levey	Jules Levey was the producer of the Frank Buck movie Jacaré.	American film producer	78	45
	Paul Adam	Paul Adam was a French novelist who became an early proponent of Symbolism in France, and one of the founders of the Symbolist review .	Novelist	57	100