Notable deaths on January 9

American professional wrestler (1948–2025)

Indian classical musician (1968–2024)

Irish musical artist (1949–2023)

American comedian and actor (1956–2022)

American opera singer (1950–2022)

American actor (1934–2021)

German-Canadian actor (1944–2019)

American actress (1938–2019)

PNG international rugby league footballer (1994–2018)

Polish sociologist and philosopher (1925–2017)

American actor, author, and journalist

Canadian politician (1938–2016)

Malaysian politician (1928–2015), Governor of Sarawak

46th Prime Minister of Poland from 1995 to 1996

French writer (1934–2015)

American basketball player (1964–2015)

African-American writer (1934–2014)

American economist

Spanish writer and poet (1926–2014)

South African painter and sculptor (born 1965)

British immunologist (1923–2013)

American economist and Nobel Laureate (1919–2013)

Canadian politician (1935–2013)

American politician (1927–2013)