Prominent, strange or interesting deaths since Jan 1 (except 2 - late Dec)
Rob Schneider Announces His Mother and Film Costar, Pilar, Has Died: 'Proud' to Be Her Son
No cause listed
https://people.com/movies/rob-schneider-mom-pilar-has-died/
Joanne Rogers, Widow of Fred Rogers, Has Died at the Age of 92
No cause listed
>She had also spoken out in support of the 2019 film "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" and of Tom Hanks, who played her husband, CBS Pittsburgh said.
"I loved it. I think Tom is a genius, almost. I want to give credit — Tom Hanks has gotten lots and lots of good press and he deserves every bit of it," she said at the time.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/joanne-rogers-fred-rogerss-widow-dies-at-the-age-of-92.html
Dakar Rally legend Hubert Auriol, who became the first person to win the famous race on a bike and in a car, has died at the age of 68.
a long-term illness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/hubert-auriol-dakar-rally-legend-who-won-the-race-three-times-has-died/
==David Barclay, billionaire twin Telegraph owner, dies at 86
Houston Chronicle, 2021-01-16
LONDON (AP) — David Barclay, one of the billionaire identical twins whose business empire includes Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, has died, the newspaper said Wednesday. He was 86.==
The Telegraph said he died Sunday after a short illness.
https://www.chron.com/news/article/David-Barclay-billionaire-twin-Telegraph-owner-15866909.php
Marsha Zazula, who co-discovered Metallica and Anthrax, has died at age 68
died Sunday, Jan. 10, at her Florida home after battling cancer, her family has announced.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/marsha-zazula-metal-pioneer-who-co-discovered-metallica-and-anthrax-has-died/
Former Miami Hurricanes offensive lineman and football assistant Joel Rodriguez, age 40. Brain hemorrhage.
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article248453395.html
This one Oct 2020, but odd, also brain hemorrhage.
The CBBC actor Archie Lyndhurst, the son of the Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died from a brain haemorrhage at age 19
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/cbbc-star-archie-lyndhurst-died-from-brain-haemorrhage-mother-confirms/
Chris "CM" Murphy, the longtime manager of Australian band INXS (from 1979 until 1995 and again in the 2000s), has died
In Sydney following a battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. He was 66.
https://variety.com/2021/music/obituaries-people-news/inxs-manager-chris-murphy-dead-dies-1234886863/
One of the first Iowans to build a hog confinement, farmer Jerry Grings dies of COVID-19
In the mid-1970s, Jerry became one of the first farmers in the state to have a hog confinement. Dignitaries from around the world came to visit the barns and study his animals, Jeff 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/
Billionaire business magnate Sir Richard Branson revealed that his mother has died of coronavirus, at age 89
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/richard-branson-reveals-his-89-year-old-mother-has-died-of-covid/
Famed Pensacola Attorney Fred Levin has died at the age of 83 from 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
‘Saturday Night Live’ 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 – who starred as Tammy Metzler in the 1999 comedy – 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