• January 1 •
Stuart Altman, 88, economist •
Allyn Bromley, 97, visual artist and art educator •
Diane Crump, 77, jockey and horse trainer •
James Grauerholz, 72, writer •
Harvey C. Krautschun, 76, politician, member of the
South Dakota House of Representatives (1985-1996) •
John Langdon, 79, typographer and graphic designer •
Margaret Anne Staggers, 79, politician, member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates (2007-2014) •
Linda S. Wilson, 89, academic administrator, president of
Radcliffe College (1989-1999) • January 2 •
Stephen E. Haggerty, 87, geophysicist •
Sidney Kibrick, 97, actor (
Our Gang) •
Kristi Kiick, 58, academic •
Elbert Kimbrough, 87, football player (
San Francisco 49ers,
Los Angeles Rams,
New Orleans Saints) •
Paul C. Lambert, 97, diplomat, ambassador to
Ecuador (1990-1992) •
Barbara Lawrence, 82, talent manager •
Johnny Legend, 77, rockabilly musician, film producer and wrestling manager •
David E. Mitchell, 75, medical activist, founder of
Patients for Affordable Drugs Now •
Con Pederson, 91, visual effects artist (
2001: A Space Odyssey,
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,
Garfield: The Movie) •
Edith Renfrow Smith, 111, supercentenarian •
Jim Willis, 98, baseball player (
Chicago Cubs) •
Nellie Wong, 91, poet • January 3 •
Hushang Ansary, 98, Iranian-born diplomat and politician, minister of
finance (1974-1977) and
information (1971-1974),
ambassador to the United States (1967-1969), cardiac arrest •
Stephen E. Braude, 80, philosopher •
Marvalene Hughes, 88, educator and academic administrator, president of
California State University, Stanislaus (1994-2005) and
Dillard University (2005-2011) •
Nālani Kanakaʻole, 79,
kumu hula •
David M. Maddox, 87, army general •
Randy Riley, 63, librarian •
Robert K. Tanenbaum, 83, trial attorney and novelist,
mayor of Beverly Hills, California (1988-1989, 1992-1993) •
Samuel O. Thier, 88, doctor and academic, president of
Brandeis University (1991-1994) •
William H. Yohn Jr., 90, jurist and politician, judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (since 1991), member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1968-1980) • January 4 •
Forest Able, 93, basketball player (
Syracuse Nationals) •
Tom Britt, 89, interior designer •
Larry M. Cherry, 69, hairstylist (''
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing'') •
Jim Dennison, 87, football coach (
Akron Zips,
Walsh Cavaliers) •
Andy Friendly, 74, television producer (
Entertainment Tonight) •
Vicki L. Gregory, 75, academic and librarian •
Denise Harlow, 55, politician, member of the
Maine House of Representatives (2010-2018) •
George C. Lodge, 98, politician •
Oscar Lofton, 87, football player (
Boston Patriots) and coach (
Southeastern Louisiana Lions) •
Michael Reagan, 80, political commentator •
Donald C. Rogers, 94, sound engineer (
Rocky,
The Shawshank Redemption,
Star Trek: The Motion Picture) •
Steve Sheetz, 77, convenience store operator, CEO and president of
Sheetz, Inc. (1984-1995) • January 5 •
Aldrich Ames, 84, counterintelligence officer (
CIA) and convicted Soviet-era spy •
Tom Cherones, 86, television director (
Seinfeld,
NewsRadio,
Ellen) •
Bruce Hammock, 78, entomologist •
James E. O'Grady, 96, law enforcement officer,
Cook County sheriff (1986-1990) •
Jawann Oldham, 68, basketball player (
Chicago Bulls,
Houston Rockets,
New York Knicks) •
Elle Simone, 49, chef (''
America's Test Kitchen'') and food stylist • January 6 •
John Cunningham, 93, actor (
Titanic,
Company,
Mystic Pizza) •
Dick Dull, 80, athletic director (
Maryland Terrapins) •
Angella D. Ferguson, 100, pediatrician •
Edith M. Flanigen, 96, chemist •
Doug LaMalfa, 65, politician, member of the
U.S. House of Representatives (since 2013) •
Rhoda Levine, 93, opera director and choreographer •
Jim McBride, 78, country music songwriter ("
Chasing That Neon Rainbow", "
(Who Says) You Can't Have It All", "
Chattahoochee") •
Jack McGregor, 91, politician and sports team owner, member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate (1963-1970) and founder of the
Pittsburgh Penguins •
John F. O'Donohue, 79, actor (
NYPD Blue,
As Good as It Gets,
The Family Man) •
Stuart Tave, 102, literary scholar •
Jerry Thomas, 90, baseball player (
Minnesota Golden Gophers) • January 7 •
Frank S. Cerveny, 92, Episcopalian clergyman,
bishop of Florida (1974-1992) •
John W. Derr, 84, politician, member of the
Maryland Senate (1983-1999) •
Renée Good, 37, poet and writer,
shot •
Rebecca Kilgore, 76, jazz vocalist •
John Levra, 88, college football player (
Pittsburg State Gorillas) and coach (
New Mexico Highlands Cowboys,
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks) •
Jon Lindsay, 90, politician, member of the
Texas Senate (1997-2007) •
Randy McMillan, 67, football player (
Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts) •
Roberto Mondragón, 85, politician,
lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1971-1975, 1979-1983) •
Nancy Skinner Nordhoff, 93, philanthropist and environmentalist •
Raj Kumar Pathria, 92, Indian-born physicist •
Howard Sanderford, 90, politician, member of the
Alabama House of Representatives (1989-2022) •
Billy Truax, 82, football player (
Los Angeles Rams,
Dallas Cowboys) • January 8 •
Michael McElroy, 86, scientist •
Guy Moon, 63, composer (
The Fairly OddParents,
Big Time Rush,
Danny Phantom) •
Matthew Taylor, 57-58, musician (
Bellini) and artist •
Paul Calvin Visser, 89, politician,
mayor of Flint, Michigan (1973-1975) • January 9 •
T. K. Carter, 69, actor (
The Thing,
Punky Brewster,
Runaway Train) •
Robert Croft, 91, freediver •
Frank J. Frost, 96, scholar and politician •
Sandra Hester, 68, socio-political activist •
Nessa Hyams, 84, casting director (
The Exorcist,
Blazing Saddles) and television director (
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) •
Philip Long, 77, Olympic swimmer (
1968) •
Daniel Moerman, 84, medical anthropologist and ethnobotanist •
Ted Nichols, 97, composer, conductor and arranger (
The Flintstones,
Jonny Quest) •
Larry Snook, 84, politician •
Jaro Zawislan, 55, college soccer coach (
Cornell Big Red) • January 10 •
Fredrick Brennan, 31, software developer, founder of
8chan •
Dan Coleman, 63, football player (
Minnesota Vikings) •
Distorted Humor, 32, Thoroughbred racehorse and sire •
Jim Hartung, 65, gymnast, Olympic champion (
1984), and coach •
Kathy Javner, 52, politician, member of the
Maine House of Representatives (since 2018) •
Robert W. Kostelka, 92, judge and politician, member of the
Louisiana State Senate (2003-2016) •
Manolo Villaverde, 91, Cuban-born actor (
¿Qué Pasa, USA?,
Taina,
Wiseguy) •
Bob Weir, 78,
Hall of Fame musician (
Grateful Dead) and songwriter ("
Sugar Magnolia", "
One More Saturday Night") •
Robert Wolgemuth, 77, author, chairman of the
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association • January 11 •
Louis E. Brus, 82, chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (2023) •
Thomas Causey, 76, sound engineer (
Dick Tracy,
Star Trek Generations,
Escape from New York) •
Richard Codey, 79, politician,
governor of New Jersey (2004-2006), member of the
New Jersey Senate (1982-2024) •
Patrick Corrigan, 69, psychologist and writer •
René V. Dawis, 97, psychologist •
William Gazecki, 69, film director (
Waco: The Rules of Engagement) •
Dave Giusti, 86, baseball player (
Houston Astros,
Pittsburgh Pirates),
World Series champion (
1971) •
Bennie Carlton Keel, 91, archaeologist •
Takashi Ono, 97, Japanese-born mathematician •
William E. Peterson, 89, politician, member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1983-1993) and
Senate (1993-2009) •
Clarence Pierce, 97, politician, member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives (1952-1984) •
Robert G. Shulman, 101, biophysicist • January 12 •
Mark Brnovich, 59, politician and attorney,
Arizona attorney general (2015-2023) •
Bill Courtney, 55, college basketball coach (
Cornell Big Red,
Miami Hurricanes,
Temple Owls) •
John Forté, 50, rapper (
Refugee Camp All-Stars) and producer (
The Score) •
Rick Garcia, 69, LGBTQ activist •
Robert V. Kohn, 72, mathematician •
Robert H. Liebeck, 87, aerodynamicist, academic and aerospace engineer •
Pedro A. Sanchez, 85, soil scientist •
Karen Vold, 86,
Hall of Fame trick rider • January 13 •
Scott Adams, 68, cartoonist (
Dilbert) •
Alfred Blumstein, 95, scientist •
Claudette Colvin, 86, civil rights activist (
Browder v. Gayle) •
Peter Duesberg, 89, German-born molecular biologist and academic •
Brandon Holiday, 53, canoeist •
Doug McConnell, 80, television journalist •
Stu Tate, 63, baseball player (
San Francisco Giants) •
Jerry Wilburn, 85, politician, member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives (1964-1980) • January 14 •
Rick Link, 66, professional wrestler, trainer and promoter • January 15 •
J. Lawrence Cogan, 81, medical examiner,
Los Angeles County chief medical examiner-coroner (1990-1992) •
Ray Crone, 94, baseball player (
Milwaukee Braves,
New York/
San Francisco Giants), and scout (
Montreal Expos) •
Bill Hembree, 59, politician, member of the
Georgia House of Representatives (1993-1997, 1999-2013) •
Jim Wearne, 75, musician •
James F. White, 90, politician • January 16 •
Bruce Bilson, 97, television director (
Get Smart, ''
Hogan's Heroes, Dinosaurs''),
Emmy winner (
1968) •
Chet Brooks, 60, football player (
San Francisco 49ers),
Super Bowl champion (
1989,
1990) •
Rocco B. Commisso, 76, Italian-born businessman and football team owner (
Fiorentina) •
Bob Duffy, 85, basketball player (
St. Louis Hawks,
Detroit Pistons,
New York Knicks) •
Joel T. Johnson, 89, politician, member of the
Nebraska Legislature (2002-2009) •
Mark Jones, 72, screenwriter and film director (
Leprechaun,
Rumpelstiltskin,
Triloquist) •
Tom Kim, 81, North Korean-born physician •
Chris Krug, 86, baseball player (
Chicago Cubs,
San Diego Padres) •
Jefery Levy, 67, filmmaker (
S.F.W.,
The Key) (death announced on this date) •
Frank Pitts, 82, football player (
Kansas City Chiefs,
Cleveland Browns,
Oakland Raiders) •
Carl Sommer, 95, author, educator and businessman •
Arthur Tobin, 95, politician • January 17 •
Roger Allers, 76, film director (
The Lion King,
Open Season), animator and story artist (
Aladdin) •
Craig Anderson, 83, Episcopalian clergyman and theologian, bishop of
South Dakota (1984-1992) •
Ann Ashmead, 96, archaeologist •
Travis Curtis, 60, football player (
Washington Redskins,
New York Jets,
Phoenix Cardinals), Super Bowl champion (
XXVI) •
Hoot Gibson, 86, football player (
San Diego Chargers,
Oakland Raiders) and coach •
Nicholas Krall, 93, physicist •
Barbara McNamara, 83, linguist •
James Petras, 89, sociologist and academic •
Gladys West, 95, mathematician •
Wilbur Wood, 84, baseball player (
Boston Red Sox,
Pittsburgh Pirates,
Chicago White Sox) •
Tucker Zimmerman, 84, singer-songwriter • January 18 •
Arthur Bankhurst, 88, rheumatologist •
Georges Borchardt, 97, literary agent •
H. K. Edgerton, 77,
neo-Confederate activist •
Diana Green, 71, cartoonist •
Stephen H. Hess, 92, political scientist •
Clare Cooper Marcus, 91, educator •
Zach Monroe, 94, baseball player (
New York Yankees),
World Series champion (
1958) •
Ford C. Quillen, 87, politician, member of the
Virginia House of Delegates (1970-1994) •
Ralph Towner, 85, jazz multi-instrumentalist • January 19 •
John Cenci, 92, football player (
Pittsburgh Steelers) •
Paul F. Gorman, 98, Army general •
Billy Parker, 88, country music singer and DJ •
Dave Schmidt, 69, baseball player (
Boston Red Sox) •
Kim Vo, 55, hairstylist • January 20 •
John H. Beyer, 92, architect •
Barbara Aronstein Black, 92, legal scholar •
Tommie Brown, 91, politician, member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives (1992-2012), plaintiff in
Brown v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga •
Louva Dahozy, 99,
Navajo rights activist •
Vicki L. Hanson, computer scientist •
Robert E. Hunter, 85, foreign policy advisor,
ambassador to NATO (1993-1998) •
Ronald Joseph, 81, figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist (
1964) •
Susan Leeman, 95, endocrinologist •
Gordon L. Rottman, 78, author and military historian •
Bernice Shedrick, 85, politician, member of the
Oklahoma Senate (1980-1996) • January 21 •
Mark Batzer, 64, geneticist and academic •
José Cuéllar, 85, anthropologist and musician •
Richard Dugdale, 97, oceanographer •
Bobby Duncum, 81, professional wrestler (
WWWF,
NWA,
AWA) and football player •
Stanley Gerzofsky, 81, politician, member of the
Maine Senate (2009-2017) •
Kevin Johnson, 55, football player (
Philadelphia Eagles,
Oakland Raiders) •
Rob Maurer, 59, baseball player (
Texas Rangers) •
Virginia Oliver, 105, lobster fisher •
Anthony P. Vainieri, 97, politician, member of the
New Jersey General Assembly (1984-1986) • January 22 •
Laura Adler, 65, casting director (
American Dreams,
Dream On,
My Boys) •
John L. Allen Jr., 61, journalist (
Crux) •
Linden Bateman, 85, politician, member of the
Idaho House of Representatives (1976-1986, 2010-2016) •
Eldaafer, 20, Thoroughbred racehorse •
Marian Goodman, 97, art dealer •
Guy Hovis, 84, singer (
The Lawrence Welk Show) •
William Safran, 95, academic and Holocaust survivor •
Hudson Talbott, 76, children's author and illustrator (
''We're Back! A Dinosaur Story'') •
Sammy Turner, 93, singer •
Floyd Vivino, 74, actor (
Good Morning, Vietnam,
Crazy People,
Mr. Wonderful), comedian, and television host •
Hilton Woods, 57,-Dutch Olympic swimmer (
1984,
1988) • January 23 •
Robert A. Baines, 79, politician,
mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire (2000-2006) •
Ed Bernard, 86, actor (
Police Woman,
The White Shadow,
Hardcastle and McCormick) •
John Brodie, 90, football player (
San Francisco 49ers) •
Otto Duecker, 77, painter •
Phil Griego, 77, politician, member of the
New Mexico Senate (1997-2015) •
Yvonne Lime, 90, actress (
I Was a Teenage Werewolf,
The Rainmaker,
Father Knows Best) •
Donald John Roberts, 80, Canadian-born economist • January 24 •
Sal Buscema, 89, comic book artist (
Hulk,
Spider-Man,
Rom the Space Knight) •
Noel W. Campbell, 84, politician, member of the
Arizona House of Representatives (2015-2021) •
Paul William Coteus, 72, electrical engineer •
Lee Fobbs, 75, football player (
Ottawa Rough Riders) and coach (
North Carolina A&T Aggies,
Grambling State Tigers) •
William Foege, 89, physician and epidemiologist, director of the
CDC (1977-1983) •
William M. Keys, 88, Marine general •
Michael Parenti, 92, political scientist and academic historian •
Alex Pretti, 37, nurse • January 25 •
Michael F. Adams, 77, political staffer and educator,
president of the University of Georgia (1997-2013) •
Robert Joseph Banks, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of
Boston (1985-1990) and bishop of
Green Bay (1990-2003) •
Philip G. Killey, 84, air force general •
Gabe Lopez, 31, songwriter and producer •
Geoffrey Mason, 85, television producer (
ABC Sports,
ESPN) •
Rafael Pineda, 88, Cuban-born journalist and television news reporter •
Chet Raymo, 89, writer •
Harilyn Rousso, 79, disability rights activist •
Frederick Vreeland, 98, politician and diplomat,
ambassador to Morocco (1992-1993) • January 26 •
Richie Beirach, 78, jazz pianist and composer •
Barney Cable, 90, basketball player (
Detroit Pistons,
Syracuse Nationals,
St. Louis Hawks) •
Frederick King Keller, 75, television director (
The Pretender,
New York Undercover,
Hey Dude) •
Produce Pete, 80, chef and television personality •
Clendon Thomas, 90, football player (
Los Angeles Rams,
Pittsburgh Steelers) •
Maggie Van Ostrand, 92, writer, humorist and columnist • January 27 •
Robert G. Bottoms, 81, education executive, president of
DePauw University (1986-2008) •
Brad Branson, 67, basketball player (
Cleveland Cavaliers,
Indiana Pacers) •
Louis J. Ceci, 98, judge, justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court (1982-1993) •
Wiley Drake, 82, minister and radio host •
Akira Iriye, 91, Japanese-born historian •
Mingo Lewis, 72, percussionist and drummer (
Santana,
Al Di Meola,
The Tubes) •
Gerald M. McCue, 97, architect, dean of the
Harvard Graduate School of Design (1980-1992) •
Dennis Milton, 64, boxer •
John Overington, 79, politician, member of the
West Virginia House of Delegates (2003-2019) •
Neil Pappalardo, 83, technology businessman, cofounder of
Meditech •
Shirley Raines, 58, non-profit founder •
James Sallis, 81, writer (
Drive,
Driven), poet and biographer •
Gloria Wade-Gayles, 88, educator and author • January 28 •
Fobazi Ettarh, 36-37, academic and librarian •
Peter Hargitai, 79, Hungarian-born poet, novelist and translator •
Bryan Loren, 59, songwriter ("
Do the Bartman") •
Dan McQuade, 43, journalist and writer •
Robert W. Pratt, 78, jurist, judge (since 1997) and chief judge (2006-2011) of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa •
Dominick Salvatore, 85, economist •
Charles Victor Thompson, 55, convicted murderer • January 29 •
Ted Berger, 85, arts activist •
Graham E. Fuller, 89, political analyst •
Kenneth Hyman, 97, film executive (
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) and producer (
The Dirty Dozen,
The Hill) •
Woodie King Jr., 88, theatre director, founder of the
New Federal Theatre •
Scott Laidlaw, 72, football player (
Dallas Cowboys), Super Bowl champion (
XII) •
Suzannah Lessard, 81, writer •
Noel Mayo, 88, industrial designer •
Michael H. Prosser, 89, academic •
Raimonds Staprans, 99, Latvian-born visual artist and playwright •
Willie Taylor, 79, basketball player • January 30 •
Chip Berlet, 76, journalist and author (
Clouds Blur the Rainbow) •
Arthur P. Dempster, 96, mathematician •
Parthenon Huxley, 70, musician (
ELO Part II) •
X. J. Kennedy, 96, poet •
Mark Marquess, 78, college baseball coach (
Stanford Cardinal) •
Catherine O'Hara, 71, Canadian-born actress (''
Schitt's Creek, Beetlejuice, Home Alone''),
Emmy winner (
1982,
2019) •
Larry Reed, 81, shadow puppeteer •
H. Robert Reynolds, 91, musician and conductor •
Demond Wilson, 79, actor (
Sanford and Son,
The New Odd Couple,
Me and the Kid) and author • January 31 •
Ismael Ahmed, 79, health official, director of the
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (2007-2011) •
Billy Bass Nelson, 75,
Hall of Fame bass guitarist (
Parliament-Funkadelic) •
Rick Renick, 81, baseball player (
Minnesota Twins) •
Burt Wolf, 87, journalist and writer ==February==