Famous Deaths for 11th January 2026

1856 – Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]
1891 – Georges-Eugene, Baron Haussmann, French administrator and architect, dies at 81
1901 – Vasily Kalinnikov, composer influenced by folksong, dies of tuberculosis at 34
1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian politician and Prime Minister of India (1964-66), dies under suspicious circumstances at 61
1983 – Erik Løchen, Norwegian jazz musician and film director (The Chasers, Remonstrance), dies at 58
1994 – Roger “Ram” Ramirez, American jazz piano player and composer, dies at 80
1999 – Brian Moore, Irish novelist (Catholics, Doctor’s Wife), dies at 77
2013 – Robert Kee, British journalist, historian and broadcaster (Panorama; Ireland: A Television History), dies at 93
2016 – Kenneth Corfield, English industrialist (CEO Standard Telephones and Cables), dies at 91
2022 – Rosa Lee Hawkins, American pop singer (The Dixie Cups – “Chapel Of Love”; “Iko Iko”), dies from surgery complications at 76

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