Died January 2016

Eugene “Gene” Cernan, the former NASA astronaut who remains the last human being to date to set foot on the surface of the moon, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.

Chef Benoît Violier, whose acclaimed Le Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville in Lausanne, Switzerland, was ranked recently atop a list of the world’s best high-end dining establishments, was found dead …

Signe Toly Anderson, a singer who was one of the original members of the Jefferson Airplane, has died. She was 74. Anderson died Jan. 28 at her home in Beaverton, …

Greg Hudgens, a former firefighter who was the father of actress Vanessa Hudgens, died Jan. 30 of cancer. He was 65. The actress, who became known for her starring role …

Veteran British character actor Frank Finlay died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, of heart failure after a short illness, the BBC and Los Angeles Times report. He was 89.

Paul Kantner, a founding member of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, has died at 74, according to the San Francisco Gate.

Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, died Sunday at the age of 88.

Character actor Abe Vigoda died Tuesday. He was 94. Vigoda died in his sleep, according to his daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs. She told The Associated Press that he died of …

He had a 1984 solo hit with “Smuggler’s Blues.”

Former Butler University star center Andrew Smith, one of the main players on two teams that went to the national championship game, died Tuesday of cancer at 25.