Died January 2017

R&B singer-songwriter was known best for his hit song ‘Do You Want To Dance’…

Art Rosenfeld, a California physicist whose extraordinary contributions to sustainable development led him to be known as the Godfather of Energy Efficiency, died Jan. 27, 2017, in Berkeley, California, according …

Actor appeared on “The Sopranos,” co-owned Rao’s restaurant in Manhattan.

English bassist fronted 1980s prog-rock supergroup Asia.

Masaya Nakamura, the founder of the video game company Namco who was also known as the Father of Pac-Man, died Jan. 22, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was …

A shooting Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, has left at least six people dead, according to Quebec Provincial Police.

Emmanuelle Riva, the acclaimed French actress, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2013, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, of cancer. She was 89.

John Hurt, the acclaimed English character actor who starred in “The Elephant Man,” died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 77. In 2015, the actor …

Actress Barbara Hale, who won an Emmy Award for playing legal secretary Della Street on the long-running “Perry Mason” television series, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at her home in …

Charles Shackleford, an NBA player for six seasons who had been a 1980s standout at North Carolina State University, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. He was 50. Shackleford, a 6-foot-10 …