64 Famous Deaths in January 1992

Grace Hopper

Jan 1 Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and US Navy admiral who invented the first compiler for a universal computer programming language and is credited with coining the phrase 'debugging’, dies at 85

Jan 1 Called Abma [Hetter Gerrit Abma], Dutch politician (SGP), dies at 74
Jan 1 Mike Frankovich, US producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies
Jan 2 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
Jan 3 Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
Jan 3 Judith Anderson, actress (Star Trek 3), dies of pneumonia at 93
Jan 3 Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW & Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies at 66
Jan 3 Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
Jan 3 Radomiro Tomic, Chilean president (1970), dies
Jan 4 Earl Colbert, entertainer, dies
Jan 4 William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74
Jan 6 Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
Jan 6 Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies

Jan 7 Jhean Burton, entertainer, dies
Jan 7 Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40
Jan 8 Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
Jan 8 Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
Jan 9 Steve Brodie [John Stevenson], American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies from illness at 72
Jan 9 Bill Naughton [William John Francis Naughton], English playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
Jan 10 Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
Jan 10 Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
Jan 12 Harry van Doorn, Dutch politician (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76
Jan 12 Walt Morey, US children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at 84
Jan 12 Sadao Bekku, Japanese classical and film composer (Matango), dies at 89
Jan 13 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1964, 68), dies at 79
Jan 13 Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
Jan 15 Hari Rhodes, American actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
Jan 15 Dee Murray [David Murray Oates], English bassist (Elton John backing band), dies after a stroke at 45
Jan 16 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
Jan 16 Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist meditation master, dies at 73
Jan 17 Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
Jan 17 Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer
Jan 17 Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies
Jan 17 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 76
Jan 18 John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
Jan 18 Tom Elios, entertainer, dies
Jan 19 Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Bengali singer and composer (Ei Ganga ei Padda), dies at 60
Jan 20 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies

Jan 21 Champion Jack [William Thomas] Dupree, American boxer and pianist, dies at 81
Jan 22 A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
Jan 22 Ali Amini, Prime Minister of Iran (1961-62), dies
Jan 23 Frederick "Freddie" Bartholomew, British child actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield, Captains Courageous), dies of emphysema at 67
Jan 23 Ian Wolfe, American actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards & Warriors, Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95
Jan 23 Simon Brand, South African banker and adviser to President F. W. de Klerk, dies
Jan 24 Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
Jan 24 John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
Jan 24 Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
Jan 24 Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
Jan 25 John Touchstone, American actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59
Jan 25 Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies
Jan 25 Nico Schuyt, Dutch composer, dies at 70
Jan 25 Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73