Famous Deaths
- Jan 27 Tommy Mitchell, English cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC), dies at 93
- Jan 28 Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84
- Jan 28 Dan Duva, American boxing promoter and producer (Howard Stern New Years Party), dies at 44
- Jan 28 Jerry Siegel, American comic book writer (co-creator, with Joe Shuster, of "Superman"), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jan 28 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81
- Jan 28 Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and writer (Less than One, Nobel 1987), dies at 55
- Jan 28 San Yu, Burmese General and the 5th President of Burma (1981-88), dies at 77
- Jan 28 Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71
- Jan 29 Jack Sutherland, Scottish journalist, dies at 79
- Jan 29 John Terence Reese, British bridge master, dies at 82
- Jan 30 Bob Thiele, American radio broadcaster, and record producer (John Coltrane; B.B. King), dies of kidney failure at 73
