Mithra Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer, Died at 67

Mithra de Silva Wettimuny was born on June 11, 1951, and died on January 20, 2019.

He was a Sri Lankan cricketer.

He played in two Tests and one One Day International (ODI) in 1983.

He was one of three siblings to represent the country (all opening batsmen), elder brother Sunil played in the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups while youngest brother Sidath scored Sri Lanka's first Test match hundred.

He became well know as captain due to the successful Ceylon Schools team which toured India in 1969/70, a team which included future Test captains Bandula Warnapura and Duleep Mendis.

In the early 80's Sri Lanka gained Test status, and by then in his early thirties, Wettimuny's entire first-class cricket career incorporated nine matches in four countries in 127 days (his highest score being 55 on debut against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in November 1982).

Mithra Wettimuny passed away at 67 years old.

Jimmy Rayl, American basketball player, Died at 77

James R. Rayl was born on June 21, 1941, in Kokomo, Indiana and died on January 20, 2019.

He was an American professional basketball player in the ABA.

Rayl stood at 6'2" and 175 lb guard. He was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round and 23rd pick of the 1963 NBA draft.

Later, Rayl signed and played two seasons for the Indiana Pacers.

In his career, his average of 11.1 ppg.

Jimmy Rayl passed away 77 years.

Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer, Died at 74

Andrew G. Vajna was born András György Vajna on August 1, 1944, in Budapest and died on January 20, 2019.

He was a Hungarian-American film producer.

He died at his home in Budapest following a long illness.

Andrew G. Vajna passed away at 74 years old.

Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino judge, Died at 79

Leonardo A. Quisumbing was born on November 6, 1939 and died on January 21, 2019.

He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Quisumbing served as the President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009.

He was a from Masbate, Masbate, Quisumbing graduated valedictorian from the Masbate High School in 1959.

 Quisumbing was a noticeable grounds figure as an undergrad understudy at the Manuel L. Quezon University, where he altered The Quezonian.

Leonardo A. Quisumbing graduated magna cum laude with a level of A.B. News coverage.

Subsequent to graduating, he enlisted at the U.P. School of Law. Quisumbing known as a dissident, he had a long record of association benefit since the 1970s.

Quisumbing was the previous Chairman of the Confederation of Industry Unions of the Philippines, (CINUP), previous leader of the National Alliance of Teachers and Allied Workers (NATAW), and previous secretary-general of the Lakas Manggagawa Labor Center (LMLC).

Leonardo A. Quisumbing passed away at 79 years old.

Pedro Manfredini, Argentine footballer, Died at 83

Pedro Waldemar Manfredini was born on September 7, 1935 and died on January 21, 2019. He was an Argentine professional footballer, who played as a forward.

Pedro began his career in Argentine club Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1957, winning the 1958 Argentine Primera División, and finishing the season as the joint-fourth highest goalscorer, and as his club's top scorer, with 19 goals.

After two seasons in Argentina, Pedro subsequently moved to Italian Serie A side A.S. Roma in 1959, where he played for seven seasons.

Pedro won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with the club in 1961 (the predecessor to the UEFA Cup), finishing as the top scorer of the tournament, with 12 goals.

During the 1962 to 1963 season, he was the Serie A top scorer (tied with Harald Nielsen with 19 goals), and he once again finished as the top scorer of the 1962 to 1963, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, scoring 6 goals throughout the tournament, as Roma reached the semi-finals, losing out to the eventual champions Valencia.

Pedro also won the Coppa Italia with Roma during the 1963 to 1964 season, finishing the tournament as top scorer yet again, with 4 goals. In total, he played 130 games for A.S. Roma and scored 76 times.

He later spent a season with Brescia and then Venezia before retiring from his International career.

Pedro was capped three times for Argentina, scoring two goals.

He took part in the first ever edition of the Copa América in 1959, on home soil, making his debut in the competition, and appearing three times.

Pedro scored two goals in a 6–1 win against Chile in the opening match of the tournament, which was also his international debut, helping his country to lift the South American Championship title.

Pedro Waldemar Manfredini passed away at the age of 83 years old.

François Perrot, French actor, Died at 94

François Perrot was born on February 26, 1924, and died on January 20, 2019.

He was a French film actor.

Perrot has been appearing in more than one hundred films since 1954, include the Women Couldn't Care Less.

François Perrot passed away at 94 years old.

Masazo Nonaka, Japanese supercentenarian, Died at 113

Masazō Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905, and died on January 20, 2019.

He was recorded as the oldest person ever born in Hokkaido Prefecture.

He was, at the time of his death at age 113 years, 179 days, Japan's oldest living man since Masamitsu Yoshida's death on October 29, 2016 and the world's oldest living man since Spaniard Francisco Núñez Olivera's death on 30 January 2018.

He was married to Hatsuno Nonaka in 1931 and had five children (of whom two were living as of April 2018).

He ran the family onsen, which opened in 1905, and spent most of his time in a wheelchair, credits his longevity to eating sweets and relaxing in the hot springs.

He died of natural causes at 1:30am on January 20, 2019, and was succeeded as the oldest living man in Germany.

Masazo Nonaka passed away at 113 years old.