Famous People Who Died in January 1992

Grace Hopper (1906-1992)

Jan 1 American computer scientist & 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 M. J. Frankovich, American football player & film producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 82
Jan 2 Virginia Field, British-born actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
Jan 3 Anthony Del Casino, bandleader (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, American pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
Jan 3 Radomiro Tomic, Chilean president (1970), dies
Jan 4 Earl Colbert, American character actor, dies at 74
Jan 4 Teddy Grace [Stella Crowson], American jazz and blues singer, dies at 86 [1]
Jan 4 William Walker, American film stuntman and 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, American entertainer, dies at 63
Jan 7 Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40
Jan 8 Abderrahim Bouabid, Moroccan politician (Socialist Union of Popular Forces) and an opponent of French Imperialism and King Hassan II, dies at 69
Jan 8 Johnny Meijer, Dutch accordionist known as the King of Accordions (Body & Soul), dies at 79
Jan 9 Bill Naughton [William John Francis Naughton], English playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
Jan 9 Steve Brodie [John Stevenson], American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies from illness at 72
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 13 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 1964, 68), dies at 79
Jan 13 Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
Jan 15 (David) Dee Murray [Oates], British bassist (Elton John backing band), dies after a stroke at 45
Jan 15 Hari Rhodes, American actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
Jan 16 Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist meditation master, dies at 73
Jan 16 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
Jan 17 Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
Jan 17 Charlie Ventura [Venturo], American jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader (Bop for the People), dies of lung cancer at 75
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, American stage and screen actor and singer, dies of AIDS at 56
Jan 19 Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Bengali singer and composer (Ei Ganga ei Padda), dies at 60
Jan 20 Fitzhugh Lee, American vice-admiral (WW II - Navy Cross x2), dies at 86
Jan 20 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies
Jan 21 (William Thomas) "Champion Jack" Dupree, American boxer, blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer-songwriter (Walkin' The Blues), and WWII P.O.W., dies of cancer at 81
Jan 22 A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
Jan 22 Ali Amini, Iranian politician and government official (Prime Minister, 1961-62; Ambassador to US, 1956-58; Member of Parliament, 1947-49), dies at 87
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 Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
Jan 24 Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
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
Jan 26 Gilroy Roberts, American sculptor (Chief Engraver of the US Mint, 1948-64), dies at 96

José Ferrer (1912-1992)

Jan 26 Puerto Rican actor and director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80

Jan 26 Okke Jager, Dutch theologist, writer and poet, dies at 63
Jan 27 Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45
Jan 27 Gene Harris, entertainer, dies after long illness
Jan 27 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101
Jan 28 Clark Tippet, American dancer and choreographer (American Ballet Theatre), dies at 37
Jan 28 Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86
Jan 29 Willie Dixon, American blues musician ("Backdoor Man"), dies at 76