Deaths in December 2014
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2014. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
December 2014
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- December 1 - Sita Murt, 68, Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, cancer.
- December 1 - Mario Abramovich, 88, Argentine violinist and composer.
- December 1 - Alberto Breccia Guzzo, 68, Uruguayan politician and lawyer.
- December 1 - Roberto Sagastume Pinto, 70, Guatemalan politician, Mayor of Esquipulas (1996–2000), Governor of Chiquimula (2001–2003), traffic collision.
- December 2 - Don L. Anderson, 81, American geophysicist, cancer.
- December 2 - Bobby Keys, 70, American saxophonist (The Rolling Stones), cirrhosis.
- December 2 - Jean Béliveau, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
- December 2 - Don Laws, 85, American figure skater and coach, heart failure.
- December 3 - James Stewart, 73, Canadian mathematician and violinist, multiple myeloma.
- December 3 - Giulio Questi, 90, Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill, La morte ha fatto l'uovo).
- December 3 - Walter Reyno, 79, Uruguayan actor and director, respiratory failure.
- December 3 - Herman Badillo, 85, Puerto Rican-born American politician, member of the U.S. House from New York's 22nd (1971–1973) and 21st (1973–1977) districts, congestive heart failure.
- December 3 - Jacques Barrot, 77, French politician, European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security (2008–2010).
- December 3 - Ian McLagan, 69, English keyboardist (Small Faces), stroke.
- December 3 - Luc Oursel, 55, French businessman, CEO of Areva (2011–2014).
- December 3 - Sjefke Janssen, 95, Dutch racing cyclist.
- December 4 - Lynne Kosky, 56, Australian politician, MLA for Altona (1996–2010), breast cancer.
- December 4 - Claudia Emerson, 57, American poet, cancer.
- December 4 - V. R. Krishna Iyer, 100, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court, renal and heart failure.
- December 4 - Jeremy Thorpe, 85, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976), MP for North Devon (1959–1979), central figure in the Thorpe affair, Parkinson's disease.
- December 5 - Queen Fabiola of Belgium, 86, Spanish-born Belgian royal, queen consort (1960–1993).
- December 5 - Manuel De Sica, 65, Italian composer, heart attack.
- December 5 - Jackie Healy-Rae, 83, Irish politician, Teachta Dála (TD) for Kerry South (1997–2011).
- December 5 - Silvio Zavala, 105, Mexican historian and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1966–1975).
- December 6 - Luke Somers, 33, British-born American photojournalist and al-Qaeda hostage, shot. (death announced on this date)
- December 6 - Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, 39, Saudi Arabian soldier (member of al-Qaeda), shot.
- December 6 - Fred Hawkins, 91, American golf player.
- December 6 - Ralph H. Baer, 92, American video game pioneer, inventor and engineer, developed the Magnavox Odyssey, recipient of the National Medal of Technology (2006).
- December 7 - Khalil Ullah Khan, 80, Bangladeshi movie actor, heart disease.
- December 7 - Mango, 60, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack.
- December 7 - Ken Weatherwax, 59, American actor (The Addams Family), heart attack.
- December 7 - Mark Lewis, 60, American storyteller, actor and teacher, surgical complications.
- December 8 - Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, 87, Indian carnatic vocalist, lung cancer.
- December 8 - Russ Kemmerer, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox).
- December 8 - Knut Nystedt, 99, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.
- December 9 - Jorge María Mejía, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1998–2003), Librarian of the Vatican Library (1998–2003).
- December 9 - Jože Toporišič, 88, Slovenian linguist.
- December 9 - Mary Ann Mobley, 75, American actress (Diff'rent Strokes) and television personality, 1959 Miss America, breast cancer.
- December 9 - Jane Freilicher, 90, American representational painter.
- December 9 - Karl Otto Pöhl, 85, German economist, President of the Bundesbank (1980–1991).
- December 10 - Ralph Giordano, 91, German writer and publicist, complications from a fall.
- December 10 - Judy Baar Topinka, 70, American politician, Illinois Treasurer (1995–2007) and Comptroller (since 2011), complications from a stroke.
- December 10 - Robert B. Oakley, 83, American diplomat, Ambasssador to Zaire (1979–1982), Somalia (1982–1984) and Pakistan (1988–1991), Parkinson's disease.
- December 10 - Robert Wolfe, 93, American historian, archivist and World War II veteran, natural causes.
- December 10 - Bob Solinger, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
- December 11 - Tom Adams, 76, English actor (The Great Escape, Doctor Who), cancer.
- December 11 - Giorgio Ardisson, 83, Italian actor (The Long Hair of Death, Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell).
- December 12 - Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 73, English historian of mathematics and logic.
- December 12 - John Persen, 73, Norwegian composer.
- December 12 - Norman Bridwell, 86, American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog).
- December 12 - John Baxter, 78, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
- December 13 - Ernst Albrecht, 84, German politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (1976–1990), Alzheimer's disease. (death announced on this date)
- December 13 - Bill Bonds, 80s, American television news anchor (WXYZ Detroit), heart attack.
- December 13 - Joan Barril, 62, Spanish writer and journalist, pneumonia.
- December 13 - Andreas Schockenhoff, 57, German politician, MP (since 1990). (death announced on this date)
- December 14 - Louis Alphonse Koyagialo, 67, Congolese politician, Acting Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2012).
- December 14 - Angalifu, 44, Sudanese-born American rhinoceros, one of two remaining male northern white rhinoceros.
- December 14 - Theo Colborn, 87, American environmentalist and academic.
- December 15 - Chakri, 40, Indian movie composer and singer, heart attack.
- December 15 - Mustapha Maarof, 79, Malaysian actor (Hang Tuah, 1957: Hati Malaya, Chermin), respiratory failure.
- December 16 - Man Haron Monis, 50, Iranian self-styled Muslim cleric and hostage taker, shot.
- December 16 - Tim Cochran, 59, American mathematician.
- December 16 - Martin Brasier, 67, English palaeobiologist and astrobiologist, traffic collision.
- December 16 - Phillip Archuleta, 65, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 2013), pneumonia.
- December 17 - Dieter Grau, 101, German-American rocket scientist.
- December 17 - Ivan Vekić, 76, Croatian politician.
- December 17 - Richard C. Hottelet, 97, American broadcast journalist (Murrow's Boys).
- December 17 - Oleh Lysheha, 65, Ukrainian poet, playwright and translator.
- December 18 - Virna Lisi, 78, Italian actress (How to Murder Your Wife, La Reine Margot).
- December 18 - Donald J. Albosta, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House from Michigan's 10th district (1979–1985).
- December 18 - Ingvar Kjellson, 91, Swedish actor (Heja Roland!), pneumonia.
- December 18 - Mandy Rice-Davies, 70, British model, figure in the Profumo affair, cancer.
- December 18 - Gideon Ben-Yisrael, 92, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Mapai and Rafi.
- December 18 - Larry Smith, 63, American record producer (Run–D.M.C., King of Rock).
- December 18 - Robert Simpson, 102, American meteorologist, co-developer of the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.
- December 19 - Philip Bradbourn, 63, British politician, MEP for West Midlands (since 1999), bowel cancer.
- December 19 - Arthur Gardner, 104, American movie and television producer (The Rifleman) and actor (All Quiet on the Western Front).
- December 19 - Igor Rodionov, 78, Russian general and politician.
- December 20 - John Freeman, 99, British politician, MP for Watford (1945–1955), journalist, broadcaster (Face to Face), diplomat (British Ambassador to the United States 1969–1971).
- December 20 - Per-Ingvar Brånemark, 85, Swedish orthopedic surgeon, heart attack.
- December 20 - Bob Lanier, 89, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Houston, Texas (1992–1998), natural causes.
- December 21 - Udo Jürgens, 80, Austrian composer and singer ("Reach for the Stars").
- December 21 - Alan Williams, 84, British politician, MP for Swansea West (1964–2010), Father of the House (2005–2010), stroke.
- December 21 - Åke Johansson, 86, Swedish football player.
- December 21 - Morteza Ahmadi, 90, Iranian actor.
- December 21 - Jane Bown, 89, British photographer (The Observer).
- December 21 - Frank Truitt, 89, American basketball coach (LSU, Kent State).
- December 21 - Sitor Situmorang, 91, Indonesian poet and writer.
- December 21 - Billie Whitelaw, 82, English actress (The Omen, The Krays, Hot Fuzz).
- December 21 - Horacio Ferrer, 81, Uruguayan poet, broadcaster and tango lyricist, heart failure.
- December 22 - Joe Cocker, 70, British singer ("With a Little Help from My Friends", "You Are So Beautiful", "Up Where We Belong"), lung cancer.
- December 22 - Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi, 91, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister (1974–1975).
- December 22 - Bernard Stone, 87, American politician, Chicago Alderman (1973–2011), complications from a fall.
- December 22 - Joseph Sargent, 89, American movie director (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, MacArthur, Nightmares), heart disease.
- December 22 - Fritz Sdunek, 67, German professional boxing trainer (trained world champions Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Felix Sturm)
- December 22 - Christine Cavanaugh, 51, American voice actress (Rugrats, Dexter's Laboratory, Darkwing Duck, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters), leukemia.
- December 23 - João Nílson Zunino, 68, Brazilian executive, President of Avaí FC (2002–2013).
- December 23 - K. Balachander, 84, Indian director and producer, complications from urinary tract infection.
- December 23 - Jeremy Lloyd, 84, British screenwriter (Are You Being Served?, 'Allo 'Allo!), pneumonia.
- December 23 - Jacques Chancel, 86, French journalist and writer.
- December 23 - Edward Greenspan, 70, Canadian lawyer, heart failure.
- December 24 - Buddy DeFranco, 91, American jazz clarinet player.
- December 24 - Herbert Harris, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House from Virginia's 8th district (1975–1981).
- December 24 - Krzysztof Krauze, 61, Polish movie director (The Debt, Plac Zbawiciela), prostate cancer.
- December 25 - Gleb Yakunin, 80, Russian priest and Soviet dissident, long-illness.
- December 25 - Alberta Adams, 97, American blues singer, long-illness.
- December 25 - David Ryall, 79, English actor (The Village, Harry Potter, The Elephant Man).
- December 25 - N. L. Balakrishnan, 72, Indian actor and photographer.
- December 26 - Stanisław Barańczak, 68, Polish poet and academic.
- December 26 - James B. Edwards, 87, American politician, Governor of South Carolina (1975–1979), United States Secretary of Energy (1981–1982), complications from a stroke.
- December 26 - Leo Tindemans, 92, Belgian politician, Prime Minister of Belgium (1974-1978), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981-1989).
- December 26 - Roberto Delmastro, 69, Chilean politician, MP for Valdivia (1998–2010), lung cancer.
- December 27 - Tomaž Šalamun, 73, Slovenian poet.
- December 27 - Karel Poma, 94, Belgian politician and minister of state, MP (1965–1985), Mayor of Wilrijk (1953–1958).
- December 28 - Leopoldo Federico, 87, Argentine tango musician.
- December 28 - Frankie Randall, 76, American singer and actor, lung cancer.
- December 28 - Merrill Womach, 87, American gospel singer.
- December 28 - Vahan Hovhannisyan, 58, Armenian politician.
- December 29 - Odd Iversen, 69, Norwegian footballer (Rosenborg, national team).
- December 29 - Hardo Aasmäe, 63, Estonian geographer, entrepreneur, and politician.
- December 30 - Antonio Brack Egg, 74, Peruvian ecologist and politician, Minister of Environment (2008–2011).
- December 30 - Luise Rainer, 104, German-born American actress (The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth), pneumonia.
- December 30 - Marian Jurczyk, 79, Polish politician and Solidarity trade union activist, Mayor of Szczecin (1998–2000; 2002–2006).
- December 30 - Walter Roque, 77, Uruguayan-born Venezuelan football player (Uruguay national team) and coach (Venezuela national team).
- December 31 - Edward Herrmann, 71, American actor (Gilmore Girls, Annie, Reds), brain cancer.
- December 31 - Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, 99, British aristocrat and Army officer.
Previous months
References
- ↑ Fallece la diseñadora Sita Murt a los 68 años (in Spanish)
- ↑ Falleció el violinista Mario Abramovich Archived 2020-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Falleció Alberto Breccia, hombre clave en el gobierno de Mujica. (in Spanish)
- ↑ Descanse en paz el Profesor Roberto Sagastume Archived 2016-03-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Don L. Anderson dies at 81; former director of Caltech's seismology lab
- ↑ Rolling Stones Saxophonist Bobby Keys Dead at 70
- ↑ Canadiens legend Beliveau passes away at age 83
- ↑ "Longtime coach, former skater Laws dies at age 85". Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ James Drewry Stewart (January 1, 1941 - December 3, 2014)
- ↑ Si è spento il regista Giulio Questi (in Italian)
- ↑ Falleció el actor Walter Reyno (in Spanish)
- ↑ Herman Badillo, Congressman and Fixture of New York Politics, Dies at 85
- ↑ La classe politique rend hommage à « l'humaniste » Jacques Barrot (in French)
- ↑ Ian McLagan Dies at Age 69
- ↑ Luc Oursel, CEO of French Nuclear Firm Areva, Dies at 55
- ↑ Oud-wielrenner 'Sjefke' Janssen (95) overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Former Labor minister Lynne Kosky dies at 56
- ↑ "Claudia Emerson dies at 57". Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer dead
- ↑ Obituary: Jeremy Thorpe
- ↑ Koningin Fabiola overladen (in Dutch)
- ↑ Morto d’infarto il musicista Manuel De Sica, fratello di Christian (in Italian)
- ↑ Former TD Jackie Healy-Rae dies aged 83
- ↑ Fallece el historiador Silvio Zavala Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ US hostage Luke Somers dies after rescue bid
- ↑ Top Al Qaeda Commander Adnan el Shukrijumah Killed: Pakistan Army
- ↑ "Hawkins, second in '58 Masters, dies at 91". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ "Father Of Video Games Ralph H. Baer Has Passed Away". Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Noted actor Khalilullah passes away
- ↑ Infarto durante il concerto, morto il cantante Mango (in Italian)
- ↑ 'Addams Family' Star Pugsley Dies From Heart Attack
- ↑ UO SOJC loses instructor Mark Lewis
- ↑ Carnatic vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy dies
- ↑ Russell Kemmerer Obituary
- ↑ Knut Nystedt er død (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Jorge María Cardinal Mejía
- ↑ "Leading Slovenian Linguist Jože Toporišič Dies". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Mary Ann Mobley, Mississippi's first Miss America, dies
- ↑ Memorial for Jane Freilicher
- ↑ Karl Otto Poehl, Bundesbank Chief for Reunification, Dies
- ↑ Mit 91 Jahren: Schriftsteller Ralph Giordano ist tot
- ↑ "Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka dies at age 70". Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Robert Oakley, diplomatic troubleshooter, dies at 83
- ↑ Robert Wolfe -- History's Gain and Loss
- ↑ Robert Edward SOLINGER
- ↑ "Great Escape actor Tom Adams dies". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ RIP Giorgio Ardisson
- ↑ Recent News
- ↑ John Persen er død (in Norwegian)
- ↑ 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' creator Bridwell dies
- ↑ "John Baxter". Archived from the original on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Former German politician, Ernst Albrecht, dies
- ↑ "Bill Bonds, iconic former Channel 7 action News anchorman, has died". Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Hasta luego, maestro Joan Barril (in Spanish)
- ↑ German parliamentarian and Russia expert Schockenhoff dies
- ↑ Décédé en Afrique du Sud depuis dimanche qui était l’illustre disparu Koyagialo Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ↑ "Sixth-Remaining Northern White Rhino Dies". Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ "Remembering Dr. Theo Colborn". Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Telugu Music Composer Chakri Dies of Heart Attack: Celebrities Condole his Death
- ↑ Veteran actor Mustapha Maarof dies
- ↑ Sydney siege: Police confirm gunman dead, two hostages killed
- ↑ "Rice University Department of Mathematics Death Announcement for Tim Cochran". Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ Professor Martin Brasier, RIP
- ↑ "N.M. State Rep. Phillip Archuleta dies, wife says". Archived from the original on 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ "Dieter Grau, member of Von Braun rocket team, dies in Alabama". Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Preminuo ratni ministar Ivan Vekić (in Croatian)
- ↑ Richard C. Hottelet, Last of Original 'Murrow's Boys,' Dies
- ↑ Помер український поет Олег Лишега Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- ↑ Italian Actress Virna Lisi Dies At 78
- ↑ Donald J. Albosta Obituary
- ↑ Skådespelaren Ingvar Kjellson är död (in Swedish)
- ↑ Profumo affair's Mandy Rice-Davies dies aged 70
- ↑ Former Mapai and Rafi MK, Gideon Ben-Yisrael, dies at 92
- ↑ "Run-D.M.C. Producer Larry Smith Dead at 63". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ↑ Robert Simpson, co-developer of hurricane scale, dies at 102
- ↑ Tory MEP Philip Bradbourn dies aged 63
- ↑ Hollywood producer Arthur Gardner dies at 104
- ↑ В Москве скончался бывший министр обороны России Родионов (in Russian)
- ↑ Journalist John Freeman dies at 99
- ↑ Per-Ingvar Branemark, Dental Innovator, Dies at 85
- ↑ "Former Houston mayor Bob Lanier dies at 89". Retrieved 2014-12-31.
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- ↑ Ex-Swansea MP Alan Williams dies
- ↑ "Bajdoff" Johansson död efter tids sjukdom
- ↑ مرتضی احمدی درگذشت (in Persian)
- ↑ Observer newspaper photographer Jane Bown dies aged 89
- ↑ "RIP Frank Truitt". Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Sitor Situmorang, senior Indonesian writer, dies aged 91
- ↑ Actress Billie Whitelaw dies aged 82
- ↑ Murió Horacio Ferrer a los 81 años (in Spanish)
- ↑ Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70
- ↑ "Former PM Abdel Aziz Hegazy dies at 91". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ "Bernard Stone, former Chicago alderman, dies at age 87". Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Director Joseph Sargent dead at 89
- ↑ Fritz Sdunek, German Klitschko trainer dies
- ↑ Christine Josephine Cavanaugh obituary
- ↑ Ex-presidente do Avaí, João Nilson Zunino morre aos 68 anos Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ↑ K Balachander, veteran Tamil film director, dies at 84
- ↑ Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies aged 84
- ↑ Jacques Chancel est mort (in French)
- ↑ "Famed criminal attorney Edward Greenspan dies at age 70". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Jazz clarinetist great Buddy DeFranco dead at 91
- ↑ Herbert E. Harris II, former congressman from Northern Virginia, dies at 88
- ↑ "Celebrated film director Krzysztof Krauze dies". Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ В Москве скончался правозащитник, член Московской Хельсинкской группы Глеб Якунин (in Russian)
- ↑ "Singer Alberta Adams, Detroit's Queen of the Blues, dies at age 97". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Harry Potter, The Village and Outnumbered star David Ryall has died
- ↑ "Malayalam actor N L Balakrishnan dies". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ "Poet, dissident, Harvard professor Stanislaw Baranczak dies". Archived from the original on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ James B. Edwards, a Long-Shot as Governor of South Carolina, Dies at 87
- ↑ The "man of a million votes" Leo Tindemans has passed away
- ↑ Fallece ex diputado Roberto Delmastro producto de cáncer (in Spanish)
- ↑ Umrl je Tomaž Šalamun Archived 2020-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Oud-minister Karel Poma (94) overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ "Tango legend Leopoldo Federico dies at 87". Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ "Singer, actor, valley resident Frankie Randall passes away". Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ Gospel star Merrill Womach dies
- ↑ ARF Leader Vahan Hovannesian Passes Away
- ↑ Odd Iversen er død (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Suri poliitik ja ühiskonnategelane Hardo Aasmäe (in Estonian)
- ↑ Falleció Antonio Brack, el primer Ministro del Ambiente Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Luise Rainer, Hollywood golden era Oscar winner, dies aged 104
- ↑ Marian Jurczyk nie żyje Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
- ↑ Muere exseleccionador de Venezuela Walter 'Cata' Roque (in Spanish)
- ↑ 'Gilmore Girls' Star Edward Herrmann Dies at 71
- ↑ Duke of Wellington dies, aged 99