Deaths in December 2005
List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2005 .
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 2005
1
Gust Avrakotos , 67, American CIA agent who armed the mujaheddin of Afghanistan.[ 1]
Mary Hayley Bell , 94, British actress, Alzheimer's disease.[ 2]
Hermann Buchner , 86, German World War II flying ace .
Jack Colvin , 73, American actor, (The Incredible Hulk ), coronary thrombosis.
Michael Evans , 61, American White House photographer, noted for capturing the trademark image of Ronald Reagan wearing a cowboy hat, cancer.[ 3]
Ray Hanna , 77, New Zealand-born warbird pilot and founder of The Old Flying Machine Company.[ 4]
Victor Premasagar , 78, Indian theologian and Bishop of Medak (1983–1992).
2
Lillian Browse , 99, British art dealer.[ 5]
Shawn Paul Humphries , 34, American convicted murderer, executed in South Carolina.
Malik Joyeux , 25, French professional surfer, killed at Hawaii's Banzai Pipeline .[ 6]
William P. Lawrence , 75, American retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral, first to fly at twice the speed of sound.[ 7]
Leonard Lewis , 78, British television director and producer.[ 8]
Peter Menegazzo , 61, Australian cattle baron, killed (along with his wife Angela) in a plane crash.[ 9]
Van Tuong Nguyen , 25, Australian convicted of drug trafficking, execution by hanging.[ 10]
V. Krishna Rao , 80, Indian politician.
Mohammed Amza Zubeidi , 67, Iraqi politician, former prime minister under Saddam Hussein .
3
Peter Aschwanden , 63, American illustrator, cancer.
Frederick Ashworth , 93, American naval officer, weaponeer who dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki .
Peter Cook , 62, Australian politician, melanoma.
Lance Dossor , 90, Australian pianist.
John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead , 73, British aristocrat and politician.
Kikka Sirรฉn , 41, Finnish pop/schlager singer, heart attack.
Kรฅre Kristiansen , 85, Norwegian politician, minister of Oil and Energy (1983โ1986).
Atsuko Tanaka , 74, Japanese avant-garde artist.[ 11]
Allan Waters , 84, Canadian broadcasting icon
4
Dรฉbora Arango , 98, Colombian artist.[ 12]
Percy Brandt , 83, Swedish actor.
Errol Brathwaite , 81, New Zealand writer.
Gregg Hoffman , 42, American film producer (Saw ).[ 13]
Gloria Lasso , 83, Spanish singer.
5
John Alvheim , 75, Norwegian politician.
Gerald Smedley Andrews , 101, Canadian civil servant.
Wesley Baker , 47, American convicted murderer, executed in Maryland.
Liu Binyan , 80, Chinese author and dissident, cancer.[ 14]
Gerard Bruggink , 88, Dutch World War II pilot.
Ursula Buckel , 79, German soprano.
Netai Bysack , 84, Indian Olympic cyclist.
Milo Dor , 82, Serbian-born Austrian author, heart failure.
Edward L. Masry , 73, American attorney and mentor to Erin Brockovich , complications of diabetes.[ 15]
Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay , 56, Australian businessman and media personality, heart attack.[ 16]
Frits Philips , 100, Dutch businessman, grandson of the founder of Philips , complications from a fall.
Bob Richardson , 77, American fashion photographer.[ 17]
Bill Robinson , 71, British rugby league player.
6
Charly Gaul , 72, Luxembourgian cyclist, winner of the 1958 Tour de France .[ 18]
Richard Grimsdale , 76, British electrical engineer, built the world's first transistorised computer and was at the forefront of work on Read Only Memory .[ 19]
Paul Halla , 74, Austrian footballer.
Hanns Dieter Hรผsch , 80, German political satirist.
Devan Nair , 82, President of Singapore (1981–1985).[ 20]
Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski , 111, Polish-born oldest man in the UK at the time of his death.[ 21]
Danny Williams , 63, South African popular singer, lung cancer.
7
Lucy d'Abreu , 113, Indian-born oldest person in the UK at the time of her death.[ 22]
Rigoberto Alpizar , 44, American airplane passenger fatally shot by U.S. Air Marshals after allegedly claiming he had placed a bomb aboard.
Martine Bercher , 61, American football player.
Adrian Biddle , 53, British cinematographer (Aliens , The Princess Bride , Thelma & Louise ), heart attack.
Marvin Braude , 85, American member of Los Angeles City Council .[ 23]
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. , 65, American politician, former South Carolina governor (1987โ1995), and member of U.S. House of Representatives (1979โ1987).
Bud Carson , 75, American football player, former NFL head coach, emphysema.[ 24]
Loomis Dean , 88, American photographer, notably for Life magazine.
8
R. W. Bradford , 58, American writer, publisher of Liberty magazine, kidney cancer.
Dame Rose Heilbron , 91, British judge.[ 25]
Donald Martino , 74, American composer.[ 26]
George D. Painter , 91, British biographer.[ 27]
Leo Scheffczyk , 85, German Roman Cardinal Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella, Germany.[ 28]
Roger Shattuck , 82, American writer and critic, prostate cancer.[ 29]
J.N. Williamson , 73, American horror writer, author and publisher.
Georgiy Zhzhonov , 90, Russian actor and writer.
9
Alan John Beale , 72, British virologist.
Norman Blundell , 88, Australian cricketer.
Mike Botts , 61, American drummer with 1970s soft rock band Bread, toured and recorded with Linda Ronstadt , Dan Fogelberg , Tina Turner and others, cancer.
Homer Mensch , 91, American internationally known bass player, Juilliard teacher.
Eunice Norton , 97, American classical pianist and music promoter.
Gyรถrgy Sรกndor , 93, Hungarian internationally famous pianist, Juilliard teacher, heart failure.[ 30]
Robert Sheckley , 77, American science fiction author, brain aneurysm.[ 31]
10
Frank Cooke , 92, American entrepreneur.
Mary Jackson , 95, American schoolteacher and actress (The Waltons , Parenthood ).
Eugene McCarthy , 89, American politician, former Democratic United States Senator from Minnesota (1959โ1971), and United States Representative (1949โ1959) and presidential primary candidate.[ 32]
Jim McIntyre , 78, American basketball player.
Richard Pryor , 65, American comedian and actor (Stir Crazy , Harlem Nights ), heart attack and complications of multiple sclerosis.[ 33]
Clark G. Reynolds , 65, American naval historian.[ 34]
11
12
Eric D'Arcy , 81, Australia Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hobart, Tasmania.
Max Mariu , 53, First Maori Catholic bishop.
Robert Newmyer , 49, American film producer (The Santa Clause , Training Day , Sex, Lies, and Videotape ), heart attack triggered by asthma.[ 36]
David Pritchard , 86, British chess player and chess writer.
Gebran Tueni , 48, Lebanese journalist and politician, assassinated by a car bomb.
13
John Barraclough , 79, Australian politician.
Sir Roland Guy , 77, British army general.
John Langstaff , 84, American singer and music educator.[ 37]
Dick Nolan , 66, Canadian musician.
Stanley "Tookie" Williams , 51, American convicted murderer and co-founder of the Crips turned anti-gang activist, execution by lethal injection.
14
Erhard Ahmann , 64, German football manager.
Stew Bowers , 90, American baseball player.
Gordon Duncan , 41, Scottish musician and bagpiper, suicide.[ 38]
Rokuro Ishikawa , 80, Japanese businessman (Kajima Corporation ).
Sudhir Joshi , 57, Indian actor, heart attack.
John B. Nixon , 77, American convicted murderer, executed in Mississippi.
William "Duke" Procter , 106, Canadian World War I veteran.[ 39]
Rodney William Whitaker , 74, British author, wrote under pseudonyms such as "Trevanian."
C. I. Paul , 61, Indian (Malayalam ) actor, heart attack.
15
Maurice Beresford , 85, British economic historian and archaeologist.
James Ingo Freed , 75, American architect.[ 40]
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi , 84, Italian writer and director of movies and theatre.
Heinrich Gross , 90, Austrian alleged Nazi doctor and war criminal.[ 41]
Walter Haut , 83, American retired U.S. Army lieutenant, central figure in the Roswell UFO incident in 1947.[ 42]
Stan Leonard , 90, Canadian golfer, heart failure.[ 43]
Julian Marรญas , 91, Spanish philosopher and father of author Javier Marรญas .
John McIntyre , 89, Scottish theologian.[ 44]
Akira Ohgi , 70, Japanese baseball player and manager.
Jim Ostendarp , 82, American football coach at Amherst College for 33 years.[ 45]
William Proxmire , 90, American politician, Democratic Senator from Wisconsin (1957โ1989), complications of Alzheimer's disease.[ 46]
Darrell Russell , 29, American former NFL player for the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers , car accident.
16
Anthony Barber , 85, British politician and former Conservative Party Chancellor of the Exchequer , complications of Parkinson's disease.
Boyi Bhimanna , 94, Indian Telugu poet.
Kenneth Bulmer , 84, English writer (pseudonyms included Alan Burt Akers and Dray Prescot).[ 47]
Joseph Owades , 86, American biochemist, inventor of light beer .[ 48]
John Spencer , 58, American actor (The West Wing , L.A. Law , The Rock ), Emmy winner (2002 ), heart attack.
Enzo Stuarti , 86, Italian tenor, was in many Broadway musicals, heart failure.[ 49]
17
Jack Anderson , 83, American Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, complications of Parkinson's disease.[ 50]
Mustafa Ertan , 79, Turkish footballer.
Marc Favreau , 76, French Canadian television and film actor, best known for his creation of the clown Sol .
Jacques Fouroux , 58, French rugby union captain and coach, heart attack.[ 51]
Sverre Stenersen , 79, Norwegian Gold medal winner in the 1956 Winter Olympics .
Haljand Udam , 69, Estonian translator and encyclopedist.
18
Keith Duckworth , 72, British automotive designer.[ 52]
Doug Dye , 84, New Zealand microbiologist.
Howie Ferguson , 75, American former NFL player.
Doris Fisher, Baroness Fisher of Rednal , 86, British politician and peer.[ 53]
Barry Halper , 66, American baseball memorabilia collector and limited partner for the New York Yankees .[ 54]
Belita Jepson-Turner , 82, British Olympic skater and film actress.[ 55]
P.M. Sayeed , 64, Indian Minister of Power, heart attack.[ 56]
Alan M. Voorhees , 83, American transportation engineer and city planner [ 57]
19
Billy Amstell , 94, British jazz musician.
Sir Charles Brett , 77, Northern Irish architectural historian.
George Bromilow , 74, British footballer at the 1956 Summer Olympics .
Vincent Gigante , 77, American Genovese family crime boss, heart disease.[ 58]
Phyllis Gretzky , 64, Canadian mother of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky , lung cancer.
Julio Iglesias, Sr. , 90, Spanish gynaecologist who is among the oldest men to have fathered a child (also Julio Iglesias 's father and Enrique Iglesias 's grandfather), heart attack.
Marjorie Kellogg , 83, American author and playwright (Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon ).[ 59]
20
Raoul Bott , 82, Hungarian-born American Harvard mathematician, cancer.[ 60]
Argentina Brunetti , 98, Argentine actress. (It's a Wonderful Life , The Caddy ), writer, journalist.
Theodore Holmes Bullock , 90, American neuroscientist.[ 61]
Bradford Cannon , 98, American plastic surgeon, pneumonia.[ 62]
Genrikh Fedosov , 73, Soviet football player.
William W. Howells , 97, American anthropologist.[ 63]
Billy Hughes , 57, American former child/film actor during the 1960s.[ 64]
Graham Wilson , 66, Australian rugby league player.
Josรฉ Roberto Hill , 60, Mexican actor.
21
Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent , 90, Spanish officer of arms.
Horace Ellis Crouch , 87, American military aviator, member of the Doolittle Raid .
Myron Healey , 82, American film actor who normally played Western villains.[ 65]
Elrod Hendricks , 64, U.S. Virgin Islander Baltimore Orioles coach, former MLB catcher, heart attack.[ 66]
Hallam Tennyson , 85, British radio producer and great-grandson of Alfred, Lord Tennyson , suspected victim of murder.[ 67]
22
Richard Bellucci , 91, American ear surgeon and inventor.[ 68]
Cooper Evans , 81, American politician, former Republican US Representative from Iowa from 1981โ1987.
Aurora Miranda , 90, Brazilian entertainer, sister of Carmen Miranda ; she appeared in The Three Caballeros (1945) in which she danced with Donald Duck .
Bill Scott , 82, Australian author.
23
Lajos Barรณti , 91, Hungarian football coach.[ 69]
Selma Jeanne Cohen , 85, American dance historian, editor of The International Encyclopedia of Dance .[ 70]
G. Blakemore Evans , 93, American Shakespeare scholar, author of The Riverside Shakespeare , stroke.[ 71]
Truman Gibson , 93, American anti-segregation lawyer and boxing promoter.[ 72]
Harold Hallman , 43, Canadian football player.[ 73]
Emmett Leith , 78, American electrical engineer.[ 74]
Kay Stammers , 91, British tennis player.[ 75]
Norman D. Vaughan , 100, American explorer and sportsman, part of Richard Byrd 's 1928 South Pole expedition.[ 76] [ 77]
Yao Wenyuan , 74, Chinese Communist political leader, member of the Gang of Four .[ 78]
24
Bhanumathi , 80, Indian film actress, director, singer/songwriter.[ 79]
Georg Johannesen , 74, Norwegian author and professor of rhetoric.[ 80]
Constance Keene , 84, American classical pianist known for playing the romantic repertoire[ 81]
Harold Lawton , 106, British academic and veteran of the First World War[ 82]
Michael Vale , 83, American actor who appeared in over 1,300 commercials as the sleepy doughnut maker for Dunkin' Donuts from 1982โ1997, diabetes.[ 83]
Wang Daohan , 90, Chinese negotiator for People's Republic of China in cross-straits talks , who contributed to the formation of the 1992 Consensus with Koo Chen-fu from the Republic of China on Taiwan.[ 84]
25
Felice Andreasi , 77, Italian actor.
Derek Bailey , 75, English free improvising avant-garde guitarist, motor neuron disease.[ 85]
Robert Barbers , 61, Filipino politician, former Philippines senator, heart attack.[ 86]
Donald Dawson , 97, American lawyer, executive assistant to Harry S. Truman .[ 87]
Robert Duthie , 80, American-born British orthopaedic surgeon.
John Hayes , 76, British art historian and museum curator.[ 88]
Henry Kock , 53, Canadian horticulturist and eco-activist, brain cancer.[ 89]
Birgit Nilsson , 87, Swedish soprano.[ 90]
Joseph Pararajasingham , 71, Sri Lankan politician and supporter of the Tamil Tiger rebels, shot and killed at a midnight Christmas Mass.[ 91]
Sarat Chandra Sinha , 92, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Assam .[ 92]
Clint Sampson , 44, American football player, car accident.[ 93]
Roy Stuart , 70, American actor.[ 94]
26
Mikulรกลก Athanasov , 75, Czechoslovak wrestler.
Julian "Bud" Blake , 87, American cartoonist (Tiger ).[ 95]
Muriel Costa-Greenspon , 68, American mezzo-soprano at the New York City Opera for 30 years.[ 96]
Guy Delorme , 76, French actor (The Three Musketeers , Moonraker ).
Bill DeArango , 84, American jazz guitarist.
John Diebold , 79, American businessman, pioneering American computer engineer.[ 97]
Ted Ditchburn , 84, English football goalkeeper (Tottenham Hotspur , England national football team ).[ 98]
Ernesto Leal , 60, Nicaraguan politician, presidential chief of staff and former foreign minister of Nicaragua, pneumonia.[ 99]
Kerry Packer , 68, Australian businessman, publishing, media and gaming tycoon, Australia's richest individual amassing a fortune of over $6 billion.[ 100]
Vincent Schiavelli , 57, American actor (Ghost , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ), lung cancer.[ 101]
John Taylor , 80, Canadian football player (St. Hyacinthe-Donnacona Navy and Montreal Alouettes ).[ 102]
Erich Topp , 91, German U-boat commander in World War II.[ 103]
Linda Leighton , 88, American actress (Impact , Brick Bradford ).
27
Stuart Alexander , 44, American businessman and murderer.
Philip N. Carney , 86, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives .
Xavier Connor , 88, Australian jurist, foundation judge of the Federal Court of Australia, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission 1985โ1987.
Dee Pollock , 68, American film and television actor.
Giancarlo Primo , 81, Italian basketball coach, the first to defeat National Teams USA and USSR in 1970s.[ 104]
Tokuji Wakasa , 91, Japanese businessman, former president of All Nippon Airways .
28
Bruce Carver , 57, American video game developer.
Patrick Cranshaw , 86, American actor (Old School , Best in Show , Herbie: Fully Loaded ), pneumonia.[ 105]
Tage Ekfeldt , 79, Swedish Olympic sprinter.
Stevo ลฝigon , 79, Serbian actor and theatre director.
29
Armand Phillip Bartos , 95, American architect.[ 106]
Gerda Boyesen , 83, Norwegian psychologist.
Dan Carnevale , 87, American baseball player.
Abuna Yesehaq Mandefro , 72, Ethiopian Orthodox Archbishop.[ 107]
Ray Mattox , 78, American politician.[ 108]
Eileen Nolan , 85, British Director of the Women's Royal Army Corps .[ 109]
Elizabeth Parcells , 54, American operatic coloratura soprano.[ 110]
Sir Cyril Philips , 93, British historian and academic administrator.[ 111]
Sir Eric Stroud , 81, British paediatrician.[ 112]
30
Eddie Barlow , 65, South African cricketer.[ 113]
Candy Barr , 70, American exotic dancer, pneumonia.[ 114]
Charles J. Bowles , 83, American physical education expert.
Pasquale Carpino , 69, Italian-born Canadian television chef and operatic singer.[ 115]
Tory Dent , 47, American poet, essayist and art critic.[ 116]
Rona Jaffe , 74, American novelist (The Best of Everything , Mazes and Monsters ), cancer .[ 117]
Fred "Jock" Smith , 79, Scottish footballer (Hull City , Sheffield United and Millwall ).
Bobby Stevens , 98, American baseball player.[ 118]
31
Sanora Babb , 98, American writer.[ 119]
Enrico Di Giuseppe , 73, American operatic tenor, cancer.[ 120]
Maurice Dodd , 83, British cartoonist (The Perishers ), brain haemorrhage.[ 121]
Sir John Peel , 101, British gynaecologist.[ 122]
Maclovia Ruiz , 95, American dancer, pneumonia.[ 123]
Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu , 79, South African King of the Gcaleka .
David Trustram Eve, 2nd Baron Silsoe , 75, British lawyer.[ 124]
Phillip Whitehead , 68, British politician and television presenter, MP for Derby North , heart attack.[ 125]
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