Prominent, strange or interesting deaths since Jan 1 (except 2 - late Dec)
RobΒ SchneiderΒ AnnouncesΒ HisΒ MotherΒ andΒ FilmΒ Costar,Β Pilar,Β HasΒ Died:Β 'Proud'Β toΒ BeΒ HerΒ Son
NoΒ causeΒ listed
https://people.com/movies/rob-schneider-mom-pilar-has-died/
JoanneΒ Rogers,Β WidowΒ ofΒ FredΒ Rogers,Β HasΒ DiedΒ atΒ theΒ AgeΒ ofΒ 92
NoΒ causeΒ listed
>SheΒ hadΒ alsoΒ spokenΒ outΒ inΒ supportΒ ofΒ theΒ 2019Β filmΒ "AΒ BeautifulΒ DayΒ inΒ theΒ Neighborhood"Β andΒ ofΒ TomΒ Hanks,Β whoΒ playedΒ herΒ husband,Β CBSΒ PittsburghΒ said.
"IΒ lovedΒ it.Β IΒ thinkΒ TomΒ isΒ aΒ genius,Β almost.Β IΒ wantΒ toΒ giveΒ creditΒ βΒ TomΒ HanksΒ hasΒ gottenΒ lotsΒ andΒ lotsΒ ofΒ goodΒ pressΒ andΒ heΒ deservesΒ everyΒ bitΒ ofΒ it,"Β sheΒ saidΒ atΒ theΒ time.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/joanne-rogers-fred-rogerss-widow-dies-at-the-age-of-92.html
DakarΒ RallyΒ legendΒ HubertΒ Auriol,Β whoΒ becameΒ theΒ firstΒ personΒ toΒ winΒ theΒ famousΒ raceΒ onΒ aΒ bikeΒ andΒ inΒ aΒ car,Β hasΒ diedΒ atΒ theΒ ageΒ ofΒ 68.
aΒ long-termΒ illness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/hubert-auriol-dakar-rally-legend-who-won-the-race-three-times-has-died/
==DavidΒ Barclay,Β billionaireΒ twinΒ TelegraphΒ owner,Β diesΒ atΒ 86
HoustonΒ Chronicle,Β 2021-01-16
LONDONΒ (AP)Β βΒ DavidΒ Barclay,Β oneΒ ofΒ theΒ billionaireΒ identicalΒ twinsΒ whoseΒ businessΒ empireΒ includesΒ BritainβsΒ DailyΒ TelegraphΒ newspaper,Β hasΒ died,Β theΒ newspaperΒ saidΒ Wednesday.Β HeΒ wasΒ 86.==
TheΒ TelegraphΒ saidΒ heΒ diedΒ SundayΒ afterΒ aΒ shortΒ illness.
https://www.chron.com/news/article/David-Barclay-billionaire-twin-Telegraph-owner-15866909.php
MarshaΒ Zazula,Β whoΒ co-discoveredΒ MetallicaΒ andΒ Anthrax,Β hasΒ diedΒ atΒ ageΒ 68
diedΒ Sunday,Β Jan.Β 10,Β atΒ herΒ FloridaΒ homeΒ afterΒ battlingΒ cancer,Β herΒ familyΒ hasΒ announced.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/marsha-zazula-metal-pioneer-who-co-discovered-metallica-and-anthrax-has-died/
FormerΒ MiamiΒ HurricanesΒ offensiveΒ linemanΒ andΒ footballΒ assistantΒ JoelΒ Rodriguez,Β ageΒ 40.Β BrainΒ hemorrhage.
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article248453395.html
ThisΒ oneΒ OctΒ 2020,Β butΒ odd,Β alsoΒ brainΒ hemorrhage.
TheΒ CBBCΒ actorΒ ArchieΒ Lyndhurst,Β theΒ sonΒ ofΒ theΒ OnlyΒ FoolsΒ andΒ HorsesΒ actorΒ NicholasΒ Lyndhurst,Β diedΒ fromΒ aΒ brainΒ haemorrhageΒ atΒ ageΒ 19
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/cbbc-star-archie-lyndhurst-died-from-brain-haemorrhage-mother-confirms/
ChrisΒ "CM"Β Murphy,Β theΒ longtimeΒ managerΒ ofΒ AustralianΒ bandΒ INXSΒ (fromΒ 1979Β untilΒ 1995Β andΒ againΒ inΒ theΒ 2000s),Β hasΒ died
InΒ SydneyΒ followingΒ aΒ battleΒ withΒ MantleΒ CellΒ Lymphoma.Β HeΒ wasΒ 66.
https://variety.com/2021/music/obituaries-people-news/inxs-manager-chris-murphy-dead-dies-1234886863/
OneΒ ofΒ theΒ firstΒ IowansΒ toΒ buildΒ aΒ hogΒ confinement,Β farmerΒ JerryΒ GringsΒ diesΒ ofΒ COVID-19
InΒ theΒ mid-1970s,Β JerryΒ becameΒ oneΒ ofΒ theΒ firstΒ farmersΒ inΒ theΒ stateΒ toΒ haveΒ aΒ hogΒ confinement.Β DignitariesΒ fromΒ aroundΒ theΒ worldΒ cameΒ toΒ visitΒ theΒ barnsΒ andΒ studyΒ hisΒ animals,Β JeffΒ said.
'https://''www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/iowa-mourns/2021/01/16/iowa-covid-19-deaths-jerry-grings-built-one-iowas-first-hog-confinements/3988131001/
BillionaireΒ businessΒ magnateΒ SirΒ RichardΒ BransonΒ revealedΒ thatΒ hisΒ motherΒ hasΒ diedΒ ofΒ coronavirus,Β atΒ ageΒ 89
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/richard-branson-reveals-his-89-year-old-mother-has-died-of-covid/
FamedΒ PensacolaΒ AttorneyΒ FredΒ LevinΒ hasΒ diedΒ atΒ theΒ ageΒ ofΒ 83Β fromΒ COVID-19
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/2021/01/12/pensacola-attorney-fred-levin-has-died-age-83-covid-19/6646195002/
Peter Mark Richman, 'Three's Company' and 'Dynasty' actor, dead at 93
natural causes
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/peter-mark-richman-threes-company-dynasty-actor-dead
βSaturday Night Liveβ musician, Alabama native Howard Johnson has died
Long illness
https://www.al.com/life/2021/01/saturday-night-live-musician-alabama-native-howard-johnson-has-died.html
Election star Jessica Campbell has died aged 38.
The actor β who starred as Tammy Metzler in the 1999 comedy β died in Portland unexpectedly on 29 December. A cause of death is yet to be determined.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jessica-campbell-dead-age-cause-b1786720.html