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January 2 – Ivande Kaija, Soviet writer and feminist (b. 1876) January 4. Sydney Fairbrother, British actress (b. 1872) Mel Sheppard, American Olympic athlete (b. 1883) Otis Skinner, American actor (b. 1858) January 6. Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858) Henri de Baillet-Latour, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)