Notable deaths on January 7

Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2026)

French politician (1928–2025)

American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)

German footballer (1945–2024)

Swiss Catholic Cardinal (1932–2021)

English filmmaker (1941–2021)

American baseball player and manager (1927–2021)

American writer and journalist (1967–2020)

Canadian drummer and lyricist (1952–2020)

American television producer and writer (1974-2020)

French singer (1947–2018)

New Zealand politician (1938–2018)

Portuguese statesman (1924–2017)

American college basketball coach

American basketball player (1947–2016)

American judge (1938–2016)

American singer (1921–2016)

6th chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1932–2016)

French cartoonist (1934–2015)

6th vice-president of Botswana from 2008 to 2012

Australian actor (1930–2015)

Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist (1907–2014)

American political analyst (1948–2012)

South African politician