Deaths in December 2005
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The following is a list of notable deaths in [[December 2005]].
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;[[December 31|31]]
*[[Enrico Di Giuseppe]], 73, [[United States|American]] [[operatic]] [[tenor]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/arts/06giuseppe.html]
*[[Maurice Dodd]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cartoonist]] (''[[The Perishers]]''), [[stroke|brain haemorrhage]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4574092.stm]
*[[Maclovia Ruiz]], 95, [[United States|American]] [[dancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/arts/dance/29ruiz.html]
*[[Phillip Whitehead]], 68, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[MEP]] for [[Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby North]], former [[television producer]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4573796.stm]
;[[December 30|30]]
*[[Eddie Barlow]], 65, [[South African cricket team|South African]] [[cricket]]er [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/231166.html]
*[[Candy Barr]], 70, exotic dancer, [[pneumonia]] [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-barr3jan03,1,1716921.story], [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010301612.html],[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/arts/04barr.html]
*[[Tory Dent]], 47, [[United States|American]] poet, essayist and art critic [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/arts/03DENT.html]
*[[Rona Jaffe]], 74, [[United States|American]] novelist (''[[The Best of Everything]]'', ''[[Mazes and Monsters (novel)|Mazes and Monsters]]''), [[cancer]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/31/arts/31jaffe.html]
*[[Jean Ollivier]], 81, French comics writer [http://www.actuabd.com/article.php3?id_article=3157]
*[[Pasquale Carpino]], 69, Italian-Canadian ''Singing Chef'', [http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/01/02/Carpino-Obit.html]
;[[December 29|29]]
*[[Armand Phillip Bartos]], 95, American architect [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E1D81030F932A35752C0A9609C8B63]
*[[Abuna Yesehaq Mandefro]], 72, Ethiopian-Orthodox Archbishop [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/nyregion/08yesehaq.html]
*[[Elizabeth Parcells]], 54, American operatic [[coloratura]] soprano [http://www.elizabethparcells.com/memories.htm]
*[[James G. Pulliam]], 80, [[architect]], [[Parkinson's disease]] [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13528952.htm]
;[[December 28|28]]
*[[Patrick Cranshaw]], 86, [[United States|American]] film and television actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302886]
*[[Richard De Angelis]], 73, comedian and actor (''[[The Wire (television)|The Wire]]''), [[congestive heart failure]] [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/1402AP_Obit_De_Angelis.html]
*[[Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi]], 114, oldest living person ever recognized in the history of [[Italy]]
*[[George Dabelich O'Brien]], 78, design director of [[Tiffany & Company]], home furnishings editor of the ''[[New York Times]]'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/31/nyregion/31obrien.html]
*[[Stevo Žigon]], 79, [[Serbs|Serbian]] actor and theatre director
;[[December 27|27]]
*[[Xavier Connor]], 88, [[Australia]]n jurist, foundation judge of the [[Federal Court of Australia]], President of the [[Australian Law Reform Commission]] [[1985]] - [[1987]]
*[[Ted Ditchburn]], 84, [[goalkeeper]] for [[Tottenham Hotspur]] & [[England national football team|England]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/4563670.stm]
*[[John Druze]], 91, last surviving member of the 1930s [[Fordham University]] football team's "Seven Blocks of Granite" [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/31/sports/ncaafootball/31druze.html]
*[[Lewis Hanson]], 81, former [[Air Force One]] pilot [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/30/ap/politics/mainD8EQQV882.shtml]
*[[Giancarlo Primo]], 81, [[Italy|Italian]] [[basketball]] coach, the first to defeat National Teams USA and USSR in [[1970s]] [http://www.halloffame.fiba.com/pages/eng/hof/indu/p/lid_9046_newsid/18042/coacBio.html]
*[[Erich Topp]], 91, [[Germany|German]] [[U-boat]] commander in [[World War II]] [http://uboat.net/men/topp.htm]
*[[Tokuji Wakasa]], 91, [[Japan]]ese businessman, former president of [[All Nippon Airways]]
;[[December 26|26]]
*[[Bud Blake|Julian "Bud" Blake]], 87, [[United States|American]] cartoonist (''[[Tiger (comic strip)|Tiger]]'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/30/arts/30blake.html]
*[[Muriel Costa-Greenspon]], 68, mezzo-soprano at the New York City Opera for 30 years [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/arts/music/08greenspon.html]
*[[John Diebold]], 79, pioneering [[United States|American]] computer engineer [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/nyregion/27diebold.html]
*[[Ernesto Leal]], 60, presidential chief of staff and former foreign minister of [[Nicaragua]], [[pneumonia]]
*[[Kerry Packer]], 68, publishing, media and gaming tycoon, [[Australia|Australia's]] richest individual amassing a fortune of over $6 billion[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/obit.packer.ap/index.html]
*[[Vincent Schiavelli]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[character actor]], [[lung cancer]] [http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20051226/113562684000.html]
;[[December 25|25]]
*[[Derek Bailey]], 75, [[free improvisation|free improvising]] [[avant-garde]] guitarist, [[motor neuron disease]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/30/arts/30bailey.html]
*[[Robert Barbers]], 61, former [[Philippines]] [[Senate of the Philippines|senator]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=25625]
*[[Bhanumathi]], 80, [[India]]n film actress, director, singer/songwriter [http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/25/stories/2005122517100100.htm], [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707951]
*[[Donald Dawson]], 97, executive assistant to [[Harry S. Truman]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/politics/29DAWSON.html]
*[[Charles Engell France]], 59, assistant to [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] at the [[American Ballet Theater]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/arts/29france.html]
*[[Henry Kock]], 53, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[horticulturist]] and eco-activist, [[brain cancer]] [http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/2006/01/flags_to_be_at.html]
*[[Birgit Nilsson]], 87, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[soprano]][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/12nilsson.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102269.html]
*[[Joseph Pararajasingham]], 71, [[Sri Lanka]]n politician and supporter of the [[Tamil Tiger]] rebels, shot and killed at a midnight [[Christmas]] [[mass (liturgy)|Mass]] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/sri.lanka.ap/index.html]
*[[Roy Stuart (actor)|Roy Stuart]], 70, [[United States|American]] actor [http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2005_12_27.html#010750]
;[[December 24|24]]
*[[Douglas Bigelow]], 49, chief of web security at [[AOL]], [[pancreatic cancer]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010402061.html]
*[[Georg Johannesen]], 74, [[Norway|Norwegian]] author and professor of [[rhetoric]]. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/66932077@N00/72680298]
*[[Constance Keene]], 84, [[United States|American]] classical pianist known for playing the romantic repertoire
*[[Harold Lawton]], 106, [[United Kingdom|British]] academic and veteran of the [[First World War]][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1958828,00.html]
*[[Michael Vale]], 83, [[United States|American]] actor who appeared in over 1,300 commercials as the sleepy doughnut maker for [[Dunkin' Donuts]] from [[1982]] - [[1997]], [[diabetes]]
*[[Wang Daohan]], 90, negotiator for [[People's Republic of China]] in [[Cross-Strait relations|cross-straits talks]], who contributed to the formation of the [[1992 Consensus]] with [[Koo Chen-fu]] from the [[Republic of China]] on [[Taiwan]] [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/25/content_506357.htm][http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=33843]
;[[December 23|23]]
*[[Lajos Baróti]], 91, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] football coach [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=381772.html]
*[[Selma Jeanne Cohen]], 85, dance historian, editor of ''The International Encyclopedia of Dance'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/arts/26cohen.html]
*[[G. Blakemore Evans]], 93, [[Shakespeare]] scholar, author of ''The Riverside Shakespeare'', stroke [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/11/arts/10EVANS.html]
*[[Truman Gibson]], 93, anti-[[Racial segregation|segregation]] lawyer and boxing promoter [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/national/02gibson.html]
*[[Camille Gravel]], 90, [[Louisiana]] [[lawyer]] and [[civil rights]] activist, advisor to three [[governor]]s [http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1135372746189130.xml&storylist=louisiana]
*[[Norman D. Vaughan]], 100, American explorer and sportsman, part of [[Richard Byrd]]'s [[1928]] [[South Pole]] expedition [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/23/vaughan.obit.ap.ap/index.html][http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/24/AR2005122400898.html]
*[[Yao Wenyuan]], 74, [[Communist Party of China|Chinese Communist]] political leader, member of the [[Gang of Four (China)|Gang of Four]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/obituaries/07yao.html]
;[[December 22|22]]
*[[Tony Dungy#Marriage and children|James Dungy]], 18, son of NFL coach [[Tony Dungy]], apparent [[suicide]]
*[[David Engelhard]], 64, former general secretary of the [[Christian Reformed Church in North America|Christian Reformed Church]], [[brain tumor|brain cancer]] [http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=4281853&nav=0RbQ]
*[[Cooper Evans]], 81, former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|US Representative]] from [[Iowa]] from [[1981]] - [[1987]]
*[[Aurora Miranda]], 90, [[Brazil]]ian entertainer, sister of [[Carmen Miranda]]; she appeared in ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' (1945) in which she danced with [[Donald Duck]]
;[[December 21|21]]
*[[O.B. Copeland]], 89, first editor of ''[[Southern Living]]'' magazine [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10493]
*[[Horace Crouch]], 87, Retired Lt. Col. [[US Air Force]] and a participant in the [[Doolittle Raid]] during [[WWII]]
*[[Charles F. Cummings]], 68, [[Newark, New Jersey]] historian [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/nyregion/23cummings.html]
*[[Myron Healey]], 82, American film actor who normally played Western villains [http://www.surfnetinc.com/chuck/villain9.htm]
*[[Elrod Hendricks]], 64, [[Baltimore Orioles]] coach, former MLB catcher, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/mlbnews.asp?articleID=149725]
*[[Hallam Tennyson (radio producer)|Hallam Tennyson]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] radio producer and great-grandson of [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], suspected victim of [[murder]] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/23/ntenny23.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/23/ixnewstop.html]
*[[Albert L. Weimorts]], 67, civilian engineer for the [[US Air Force]], designer of the [[GBU-28]] and [[MOAB]] bombs [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/national/25weimorts.html]
*[[Paul M. Williams]], 80, [[mountaineering|mountain climber]] and founder of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] [[mountain rescue|Mountain Rescue]], [[congestive heart failure]] [http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8ENDHD01.html]
;[[December 20|20]]
*[[Raoul Bott]], 82, [[Harvard]] [[mathematician]], [[cancer]][http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/national/08bott.html]
*[[Argentina Brunetti]], 98, Argentine-Italian actress (''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', ''The Caddy''), writer, journalist
*[[Bradford Cannon]], 98, [[Boston]] [[plastic surgeon]], [[pneumonia]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/national/15cannon.html]
*[[William W. Howells]], 97, [[United States|American]] [[anthropology|anthropologist]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/28/AR2005122801470.html]
*[[Billy Hughes (actor)]], 57, [[United States|American]] former child/film actor during the 1960s [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400475]
*[[Lyndon Olson Sr.]], 80, [[United States|American]] lawyer [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10488]
;[[December 19|19]]
*[[Sergio Danguillecourt]], 42, great-great-grandson of [[Bacardi]] founder, and Bacardi Ltd. board member, killed in [[Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101]] [[seaplane]] crash near [[Miami Beach, Florida]] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179662,00.html]
*[[Hyman Engelberg]], 92, physician to [[Marilyn Monroe]], natural causes [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13455725.htm]
*[[Vincent Gigante]], 77, [[Genovese family]] crime boss, [[heart disease]]
*[[Walter Gretzky|Phyllis Gretzky]], 64, mother of [[National Hockey League|NHL]] legend [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[lung cancer]]
*[[Julio Iglesias, Sr.]], 90, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Gynaecology|gynaecologist]] who is among the oldest men to have fathered a child (also [[Julio Iglesias]]'s father and [[Enrique Iglesias]]'s grandfather), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]
*[[Marjorie Kellogg]], 83, [[United States|American]] author and playwright (''[[Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon]]'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/31/arts/31KELLOGG.html]
*[[John D. Laupheimer]], 75, [[golf]]er and second commissioner of the [[LPGA]] tour, [[cancer]] [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2005/12/19/ap2403284.html]
*[[Alan Shields]], 61, [[United States|American]] artist [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/arts/21shields.html]
*[[Ted Tulchin]], 79, [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] producer (''[[Sweeney Todd]]'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/arts/23tulchin.html]
*[[Miller Upton]], 88, president of [[Beloit College]] for 21 years [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/obituaries/20upton.html]
*[[Reynaldo Wycoco]], 59, head of the [[National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)|National Bureau of Investigation]], the [[Philippines]]' lead intelligence agency, complications after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke last [[November 23]] [[2005]]
;[[December 18|18]]
*[[Keith Duckworth]], 72, co-founder of [[Cosworth]] engines
*[[Doug Dye]], 84, [[New Zealand]] [[microbiology|microbiologist]]
*[[Howie Ferguson]], 75, former NFL player
*[[Rafael Fornés Collado]], 88, [[Cuba]]n cartoonist [http://www.lfb.it/fff/fumetto/aut/f/fornes.htm]
*[[Barry Halper]], 66, baseball memorabilia collector and limited partner for the [[New York Yankees]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/sports/baseball/20halper.html]
*[[Belita|Belita Jepson-Turner]], 82, [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] skater and film actress [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067927/bio]
*[[Siphiwe Khumalo]], 50, [[South Africa]]n actor and director and ex-husband of [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]
*[[John McIntyre]], 89, [[List of Moderators of the General Assembly|Moderator of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly]] (1982), former acting principal and professor of [[divinity (academic discipline)|divinity]] of the [[University of Edinburgh]] [http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=2439862005][http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20051220071849427C595490&set_id=]
*[[Philip Oakes]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] writer, poet and television producer, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1670921,00.html]
*[[P.M. Sayeed]], 64, [[India]]'s Minister of Power, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=auCuAjtIJn8s&refer=asia]
*[[Alan M. Voorhees]], 83, transportation engineer and city planner [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/national/01voorhees.html]
;[[December 17|17]]
*[[Jack Anderson]], 83, [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist, complications of [[Parkinson's disease]] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/17/anderson.obit.ap/index.html]
*[[Marc Favreau]], 76, [[French Canadian]] television and film actor, best known for his creation of the clown [[Sol (comedian)|Sol]]
*[[Jacques Fouroux]], 58, [[France|French]] [[rugby union]] captain and coach, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,377-1939418,00.html]
*[[T. Edward Hambleton]], 94, theatrical producer [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/arts/19hambleton.html]
*[[Haljand Udam]], 69, [[Estonia]]n translator and encyclopedist
;[[December 16|16]]
*[[Anthony Barber]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] politician and former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], complications of [[Parkinson's disease]]
*[[Kenneth Bulmer]], 84, [[England|English]] writer (pseudonyms included Alan Burt Akers and Dray Prescot)
*[[Joseph L. Owades]], 86, [[United States|American]] biochemist, inventor of [[light beer]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/obituaries/22owades.html] [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10489]
*[[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]], 58, [[United States|American]] actor (''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]''), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]
*[[Sverre Stenersen]], 79, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Gold medal]] winner in the [[1956 Winter Olympics]]
*[[Enzo Stuarti]], 86, [[Italy|Italian]] tenor, was in many [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musicals, [[congestive heart failure|heart failure]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/nyregion/01stuarti.html]
;[[December 15|15]]
*[[Sidney B. Factor]], 89, [[Max Factor]] heir, natural causes [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13436690.htm]
*[[James Ingo Freed]], 75, [[United States|American]] architect
*[[Giuseppe Patroni Griffi]], 84, [[Italy|Italian]] writer and director of movies and theatre
*[[Heinrich Gross]], 90, [[Austria]]n alleged [[Nazism|Nazi]] doctor and war criminal [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/obituaries/23gross.html] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051222/ap_on_re_eu/obit_nazi_doctor]
*[[Walter Haut]], 83, retired [[U.S. Army]] [[lieutenant]], central figure in the [[Roswell UFO incident]] in [[1947]] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/obit.haut.ap/index.html]
*[[Swami Jagdishwaranand]], 71, [[Hindu]] spiritual leader in [[New York City]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/nyregion/21swami.html]
*[[D.A. "Swanny" Kirby]], 88, [[rodeo]] pioneer [http://www.moabtimes.com/artman/community/article_2405.shtml]
*[[Stan Leonard]], 90, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[golf]]er, [[congestive heart failure|heart failure]] [http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/Golf/2005/12/20/1360744-sun.html]
*[[Julian Marías]], 91, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[philosopher]] and father of author [[Javier Marías]]
*[[Jim Ostendarp]], 82, football coach at [[Amherst College]] for 33 years [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/sports/ncaafootball/22ostendarp.html]
*[[William Proxmire]], 90, former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senator|Senator]] from [[Wisconsin]] ([[1957]] - [[1989]]), giver of the [[Golden Fleece Award]]s for wasteful government spending, complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]]
*[[Darrell Russell (football player)|Darrell Russell]], 29, former [[National Football League|NFL]] player for the [[Oakland Raiders]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], car accident
;[[December 14|14]]
*[[Gordon Duncan]], 41, [[Scotland|Scottish]] musician and [[bagpipe]]r, [[suicide]][http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/national/26freidson.html]
*[[Sudhir Joshi]], 57, [[India]]n actor, heart attack
*[[John B. Nixon]], 77, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murder]]er, executed in [[Mississippi]]
*[[Stevenson J. Palfi]], 53, [[United States|American]] documentary filmmaker (''Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/arts/29palfi.html]
*[[William "Duke" Procter]], 106, [[Canadian]] [[World War I|WWI]] veteran [http://www.cindyprocter-king.com/williamdukeprocter.html]
*[[Herman Roiphe]], 81, psychoanalyst, co-author of ''[[Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity]]'' and ''[[Your Child's Mind]]'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/obituaries/26roiphe.html]
*[[M. Gladys Swetland]], 113, believed to be the oldest resident of [[Pennsylvania]] [http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/13424928.htm]
*[[Trevanian|Rodney William Whitaker]], 74, [[United Kingdom|British]] author, wrote under pseudonyms such as "Trevanian"
;[[December 13|13]]
*[[Nathalie Babel Brown]], 76, [[France|French]]-[[United States|American]] scholar and editor, daughter of [[Isaac Babel]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/arts/13babel.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1134572748-RSE5HIxeweXwnATLoTcYvQ]
*[[Stanley Williams|Stanley Tookie Williams]], 51, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer and co-founder of the [[Crips]] turned anti-gang activist, executed by [[lethal injection]] for killing 4 people in [[California]]
;[[December 12|12]]
*[[Eric D'Arcy]], 81, [[Australia]]n [[Roman Catholic]] Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
*[[Jon de Cortina]], 71, Jesuit priest who survived the [[1989]] massacre in [[El Salvador]], stroke [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051215/ai_n15920364]
*[[Annie Dodds]], 62, [[documentary film]]maker, [[leukemia]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1670260,00.html]
*[[Robert Newmyer]], 49, [[United States|American]] film producer, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and complications of [[asthma]]
*[[Ramanand Sagar]], 87, [[Bollywood]] [[film producer]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4523574.stm]
*[[Annette Stroyberg]], 69, [[Denmark|Danish]] actress and former wife of [[Roger Vadim]] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1936407,00.html]
*[[Gebran Tueni]], 48, [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] journalist and legislator, injuries sustained in a car bombing attack [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12-12T105253Z_01_FOR227469_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEBANON-BLAST.xml&archived=False]
*[[Julius Wile]], 91, US wine importer and educator [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/nyregion/01wile.html]
;[[December 11|11]]
*[[Walt Cudzik|Walter Cudzik]], 73, [[United States|American]] [[National Football League|NFL]] and [[American Football League|AFL]] center for the [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]]
*[[Richard Sandbrook]], 59, founding member of [[Friends of the Earth]] [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings16.2dec16,1,6769975.story?coll=la-news-obituaries&ctrack=1&cset=true]
*Professor [[Hayim Tadmor]], 82, [[Israel]]i [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]] [http://aajr.org/obituaries.html]
*[[Del Philpott]], 82, [[United States|American]] soldier and scientist
;[[December 10|10]]
*[[Mary Jackson]], 95, [[United States|American]] American film and television actress
*[[Sydney Leff]], 104, [[sheet-music]] illustrator for [[Irving Berlin]] [http://www.perfessorbill.com/covers/yessir.htm]
*[[Donald Martino]], 74, [[United States|American]] composer
*[[Eugene McCarthy]], 89, former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Minnesota]] ([[1959]]-[[1971]]), and [[United States Representative]] ([[1949]]-[[1959]]) and [[presidential primary]] candidate
*[[David Patterson (Jewish scholar)|David Patterson]], 83, founder of the [[Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]] at [[Oxford University]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/obituaries/24patterson.html]
*[[Richard Pryor]], 65, [[United States|American]] comedian and actor, [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and complications of [[multiple sclerosis]]
*[[Gardner Read]], 92, [[United States|American]] classical composer.
*[[Bob Richardson]], 73, fashion photographer
;[[December 9|9]]
*[[Mike Botts]], 61, [[United States|American]] drummer, toured and recorded with [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Dan Fogelberg]], [[Tina Turner]] and others, [[cancer]]
*[[Homer Mensch]], 91, internationally known [[Bass (instrument)|bass]] player, [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] teacher
*[[Eunice Norton]], 97, American classical pianist and music promoter
*[[György Sándor]], 93, internationally famous pianist, [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] teacher, heart failure
*[[Robert Sheckley]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[science fiction]] author, [[brain aneurysm]]
*[[Brian Whittle]], 59, [[United Kingdom|British]] journalist and news agency head [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/121205/cavendish_press_boss_brian_whitttle_has_died]
;[[December 8|8]]
*[[R. W. Bradford]], 58, publisher of ''[[Liberty (1987)|Liberty]]'' magazine, [[cancer]]
*[[Rose Heilbron|Dame Rose Heilbron]], 91, British judge [http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,,1665885,00.html]
*[[William J. Oswald]], 86, [[algae]] scientist [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/science/21oswald.html]
*[[Leo Scheffczyk]], 85, [[Germany|German]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Roman Cardinal]] Deacon of [[San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella]], [[Germany]] [http://www.leo-cardinal-scheffczyk.org/home.html]
*[[J.N. Williamson]], 73, [[United States|American]] horror writer, author and publisher
;[[December 7|7]]
*[[Lucy d'Abreu]], 113, oldest person in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] at the time of her death [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4512526.stm]
*[[Rigoberto Alpizar]], 44, airplane passenger fatally shot by U.S. [[Federal Air Marshal Service|Air Marshals]] after allegedly claiming he had placed a bomb aboard
*[[James Bastien]], 71, author of instructional books for the piano [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/arts/music/29BASTIEN.html]
*[[Adrian Biddle]], 53, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cinematographer]], [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]]
*[[Albert Henry Bosch]], 97, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Representative]] from [[New York]] ([[1953]] - [[1960]])
*[[Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.]], 65, former [[South Carolina]] governor ([[1987]]-[[1995]]), and member of [[U.S. House of Representatives]] ([[1979]]-[[1987]]), [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]]
*[[Bud Carson]], 75, former [[National Football League|NFL]] head coach, [[emphysema]]
*[[Loomis Dean]], 88, photographer, notably for [[LIFE]] magazine
*[[Devan Nair]], 82, former president of [[Singapore]] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/182396/1/.html]
;[[December 6|6]]
*[[Charly Gaul]], 72, [[Luxembourg]]ian cyclist, winner of the [[1958]] [[Tour de France]]
*[[Richard Grimsdale]], 76, built the world's first transistorised computer and was at the forefront of work on [[Read-Only Memory|Read Only Memory]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/business/29grimsdale.html?ex=1293512400&en=c56db8cc8f824e84&ei=5090]
*[[Hanns Dieter Hüsch]], 80, [[Germany|German]] political satirist
*[[Stephen L. Mosko]], 58, [[United States|American]] composer.
*[[Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski]], 111, oldest man in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] at the time of his death [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm]
*[[Danny Williams (musician)|Danny Williams]], 63, [[South Africa]]n popular singer
;[[December 5|5]]
*[[John Alvheim]], 75, [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician
*[[Wesley Baker]], 47, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murder]]er, executed in [[Maryland]]
*[[Liu Binyan]], 80, [[China|Chinese]] author and dissident, [[cancer]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4501318.stm]
*[[Milo Dor]], 82, [[Serbia]]n-[[Austria]]n author ([[:de:Milo Dor|Milo Dor]])
*[[Edward L. Masry]], 73, [[attorney]] and [[mentoring|mentor]] to [[Erin Brockovich]], complications of [[diabetes]]
*[[Charles McElmurry]], 84, [[United States|American]] animation designer
*[[Big Kev|Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay]], 56, [[Australia]]n businessman and media personality, [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] [http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Big-Kev-dies-after-heart-attack/2005/12/06/1133829572778.html]
*[[Frits Philips]], 100, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businessman; grandson of the founder of [[Philips]], complications from a fall
;[[December 4|4]]
*[[Gregg Hoffman]], 42, [[film producer]], natural causes (autopsy result pending) [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=268687]
*[[Gloria Lasso]], 83, [[Spain|Spanish]] singer
*[[Doug Murphy]], 53, former [[CBS]] ([[KPIX]]) news anchorman, house fire
;[[December 3|3]]
*[[Maggie Bailey]], 101, nicknamed "Queen of the Mountain [[Rum-running|Bootlegger]]s" [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051206-110018-9785r]
*[[Peter Cook (Australian politician)|Peter Cook]], 62, [[Australia]]n politician, [[melanoma]]
*[[Lance Dossor]], 90, [[Australia]]n pianist
*[[Peter E. Haas, Sr.]], 86, great-grandnephew of [[Levi Strauss]], who with his brother built the Levi company into a major brand [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120500229.html]
*[[Maurice Harris]], 84, trumpet player, Hollywood, studio, TV and sessions player (''[[Tonight Show]]'')
*[[Kikka Sirén]], 41, [[Finland|Finnish]] pop/schlager singer
*[[Kåre Kristiansen]], 85, [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician; minister of Oil and Energy ([[1983]] - [[1986]])
*[[Sophie Thoko Mcgina]], 67, [[South Africa]]n actress and musician
*[[Abu Hamsa Rabia]], [[Egypt]]ian-born operational commander for [[Al-Qaeda]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4494428.stm]
* [[Allan Waters]], 84, [[Canada|Canadian]] broadcasting icon
;[[December 2|2]]
*[[John Barber (critic)|John Barber]], 93, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[newspaper]] drama [[critic]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1663980,00.html]
*[[Kenneth Boyd]], 57, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murder]]er, executed in [[North Carolina]], the 1,000th U.S. execution since the [[death penalty]] was reinstated in [[1976]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4490842.stm]
*[[Lillian Browse]], 99, [[United Kingdom|British]] art dealer and historian
*[[Shawn Paul Humphries]], 34, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[South Carolina]]
*[[John Iannaccone]], 94, sky sailor, [[Hindenburg disaster]] witness
*[[Malik Joyeux]], 25, professional [[surfer]], killed at [[Hawaii]]'s [[Banzai Pipeline]] [http://www.latimes.com/sports/other/la-sp-surf4dec04,1,4279433.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-other]
*[[Maury Kraines]], 84, co-owner of 1992 [[Indy 500]] winner, [[heart failure]]
*[[William P. Lawrence]], 75, retired [[U.S. Navy]] [[Vice Admiral]], first to fly at twice the [[speed of sound]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120401221.html]
*[[Peter Menegazzo]], early 60s, [[Australia]]n cattle baron, killed (along with his wife Angela) in a plane crash [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17443524%255E2702,00.html], [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/beef-baron-dies-as-plane-crashes-in-storm/2005/12/02/1133422114688.html]
*[[Van Tuong Nguyen]], 25, [[Australia]]n executed at [[Changi Prison]] in [[Singapore]] for trafficking 396 grams of [[heroin]] in [[2002]], [[hanging]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4487366.stm]
*[[Mohammed Amza Zubeidi]], 67, former [[Iraq]]i [[prime minister]] under [[Saddam Hussein]]
;[[December 1|1]]
*[[Gust L. Avrakotos]], 67, CIA agent who armed the [[mujaheddin]] of [[Afghanistan]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/24/AR2005122400871.html?sub=AR]
*[[Mary Hayley Bell]], 94, [[United Kingdom|British]] actress, memoirist and writer, [[Alzheimer's disease]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1657611,00.html], [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068393], [http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/a/johnmills.htm]
*[[Jack Colvin]], 73, [[United States|American]] actor, ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV Series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', coronary thrombosis
*[[Werner Enders]], 81, [[Germany|German]] tenor
*[[Michael Evans (photographer)|Michael Evans]], 61, [[White House]] photographer, noted for capturing the trademark image of [[Ronald Reagan]] wearing a cowboy hat, cancer [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120201967.html]
*[[William Henry Ottley]], 76, sports innovator, credited with promoting [[skydiving]] as a sport, [[pneumonia]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/03/AR2005120301211.html]
*[[Ray Hanna]], 77, [[New Zealand]]-born warbird pilot and founder of The Old Flying Machine Company [http://www.ofmc.co.uk/news.htm]
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