- Jan 4 Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91
- Jan 5 Mistinguett [Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois], French actress and singer (Moulin Rouge star), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 80
- Jan 9 Paul Malengreau, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1813-53), dies at 71
- Jan 12 Norman Kerry, American actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of the Opera), dies at 61
- Jan 27 Erich Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Teatro Colón, 1937-49; NBC Symphony, 1947-48), dies at 65
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