Famous Deaths In January - 15

1992  Death of Dee Murray, English bassist (b. 1946) on this day in history.   

1993  Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88 on January - 15.   

1994  Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1995  Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61 on January - 15.   

1996  On January - 15 les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73   

1997  On January - 15 jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82   

1998  On this day in history amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63   

1999  On this day in history death of betty Box, British film producer (b. 1915)   

2000  On this day in history death of georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)   

2001  Death of Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916) on January - 15.   

2002  Death of Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920) on January - 15.   

2003  On January - 15 death of doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)   

2005  Death of Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913) on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history death of jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926)   

2007  Death of Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908) on January - 15.   

2008  On January - 15 death of mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Game Designer (b. 1964)   

2017  Death of Jimmy Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler on January - 15.   

2018  On this day in history death of edwin Hawkins, American musician   

2018  Death of Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician on this day in history.   

2018  On January - 15 death of peter Wyngarde, British actor   

2019  On January - 15 death of carol Channing, American actress   

2020  Death of Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler on January - 15.   

2020  Death of Christopher Tolkien, British academic and editor on this day in history.   

2023  On January - 15 death of alexis Arette , 95, French farmer, writer, and politician, member of the Regional Council of Aquitaine (1986–1998).   

2023  Death of Leonid Barbier , 85, Ukrainian Olympic swimmer ( 1960 ) on January - 15.   

2023  Death of Ed Beard , 83, American football player ( San Francisco 49ers ), complications from Alzheimer's disease on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history death of jane Cederqvist , 77, Swedish swimmer, Olympic silver medallist ( 1960 ), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.   

2023  Death of Chen Qizhi , 97, Chinese military officer and academic administrator, deputy (1975–1983) and president of NUDT (1990–1994) on January - 15.   

2023  On January - 15 death of victoria Chick , 86, American economist.   

2023  On this day in history death of noël Coulet , 90, French academic and historian.   

2023  On this day in history death of doris , 75, Swedish pop singer.   

2023  On this day in history death of bruce Gowers , 82, British television and music video director (" Bohemian Rhapsody ", " Stayin' Alive ", " 1999 "), Emmy winner ( 2009 ).   

2023  Death of C. J. Harris , 31, American singer ( American Idol ), heart attack on January - 15.   

2023  Death of Piet van Heusden , 93, Dutch track cyclist on this day in history.   

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1432  On this day in history birth of afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)   

1481  Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1507  On this day in history birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)   

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.   

1567  On this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)   

1622  Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1671  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On January - 15 birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)