Rugaard, Danish actress and singer December 14 – DK Metcalf, American football wide receiver December 15 – Maude Apatow, American actress December 16 Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter Bassam Al-Rawi, Iraqi-born Qatari footballer December 17 – Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater December 18 – Ronald Acuña Jr., Venezuelan baseball outfielder December 20 De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer December 21 Madelyn Cline, American actress Charlie McAvoy, American ice hockey player December 22 – Taylor Rapp, American football player December 23 Luka Jović, Serbian footballer Park Yoo-na, South Korean actress December 24 — Stefan Airapetjan, Estonian Singer December 27 – Vachirawit Chivaaree, Thai actor and singer Deaths January January 1 – Townes Van Zandt, American folk singer (b. 1944) January 5 Bertil, Swedish prince, Duke of Halland (b. 1912) Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (b. 1912) January 6 Teiichi Matsumaru, Japanese footballer (b. 1909) Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912) January 8 – Melvin Calvin, American chemist (b. 1911) January 9 Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician (b. 1909) Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917) January 10 Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907) Alexander R. Todd, Scottish chemist (b. 1907) January 12 – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher (b. 1901) January 14 – King Hu, Chinese film director and actor (b. 1932) January 17 Amha Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1916) Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906) January 18 Adriana Caselotti, American actress, voice actress and singer (b. 1916) Paul Tsongas, American politician (b. 1941) January 19 – James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923) January 21 Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-born celebrity manager (b. 1909) Polly Ann Young, American actress (b. 1908) January 25 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904) January 28 – Mikel Koliqi, Albanian cardinal (b. 1900) February February 1 – Marjorie Reynolds, American actress (b. 1917) February 5 – Pamela Harriman, American diplomat (b. 1920) February 9 Brian Connolly, Scottish musician (b. 1945) Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943) February 10 – Milton Cato, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (b. 1915) February 19 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese revolutionary, communist leader, and statesman (b. 1904) February 23 – Tony Williams, American musician (b. 1945) February 26 – David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929) March March 4 – Robert H. Dicke, American experimental physicist (b. 1916) March 6 Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (b. 1918) Michael Manley, 2-Time