Deaths in December 2014

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2014.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

December 2014

1 Ray Abeyta, 58, American painter, motorcycle accident. Mario Abramovich, 88, Argentine violinist and composer.Falleció el violinista Mario Abramovich Mihailo Čanak, 82, Serbian architect and researcher. Jimmy Duncan, 83, Scottish footballer (Celtic).Death of former Celt, Jimmy Duncan Alberto Breccia Guzzo, 68, Uruguayan politician.Gobierno despide a Alberto Breccia David Cooke, 59, British rear admiral, Commander Operations (2006–2009).Rear Admiral David Cooke CB MBE Claudio Fiorentini, 93, Italian Olympic sport shooter.Claudio Fiorentini Allen Phillips Griffiths, 87, Welsh professor. Kim Song-ae, 89, North Korean politician, second wife of Kim Il Sung.김일성 부인 김성애 사망설 제기 (death announced on this date) Jean Klein, 70, French Olympic rower.Jean Klein Sita Murt, 68, Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, cancer.Fallece la diseñadora Sita Murt a los 68 años Jordi Oliva, 55, Spanish Olympic field hockey player.Jordi Oliva Aleksandar Petrović, 55, Serbian basketball coach, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Basketball coach Aleksandar ‘Aco’ Petrovic dies Roberto Sagastume Pinto, 70, Guatemalan politician, Mayor of Esquipulas (1996–2000), Governor of Chiquimula (2001–2003), traffic collision.Descanse en paz el Profesor Roberto Sagastume Dimitrios Trichopoulos, 76, Greek-born American epidemiologist and oncologist, advanced the Mediterranean diet, heart attack.Διαβάστε περισσότερα Rocky Wood, 55, New Zealand-born Australian author, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Rocky Wood (1959–2014)

2 Don L. Anderson, 81, American geophysicist, cancer.Don L. Anderson dies at 81; former director of Caltech's seismology lab A. R. Antulay, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1980–1982).President Mukherjee condoles passing away of former Maharashtra CM Antulay Dominique Aubier, 92, French author.Dominique Aubier nous a quittés Jean Béliveau, 83, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).Canadiens legend Beliveau passes away at age 83 Josie Cichockyj, 50, British wheelchair basketball player, cancer. Gerry DeLeeuw, 88, Canadian football player. Theill Drengsgaard, 87, Danish footballer. Ian Fairbairn, 83, English actor (Doctor Who, Timeslip, Emergency Ward 10).Ian Fairbairn Gerry Fisher, 88, British cinematographer (Highlander, Running on Empty, Wise Blood). Juan Flores, 71, American educator, professor of social and cultural analysis, Guillain–Barré syndrome.Juan Flores, a Scholar of Puerto Rican Culture in New York, Dies at 71 Peter Furneaux, 79, English football club chairman and investor (Grimsby Town).Former Grimsby Town chairman Peter Furneaux has died Andre Gill, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).GILL, André Peter Gübeli, 89, Swiss Olympic rower.Peter Gubeli André Le Guillerm, 90, French Olympic weightlifter. Albert Jackson, 71, English footballer (Bangor City, Oldham Athletic, Wigan Athletic).Albert Jackson Bobby Keys, 70, American saxophonist (The Rolling Stones), cirrhosis.Rolling Stones Saxophonist Bobby Keys Dead at 70 John Laurence Lambert, 78, Australian author, lung cancer.John Lambert Don Laws, 85, American figure skater and coach, heart failure.Longtime coach, former skater Laws dies at age 85 Carlos Mamery, 54, Puerto Rican music producer and television personality (Idol Puerto Rico), heart attack.Topy Mamery Dead: Noelia, Supposedly Molested By Stepdad, Says ‘The Divine Law Is Just And Unique’ Marion D. McGowan, 86, American politician.The Honorable Marion Duffie McGowan A. J. McNamara, 78, American legislator and federal judge, progressive supranuclear palsy.Retired U.S. District Court Judge A.J. "Buddy" McNamara, 78, died Tuesday Lyudmila Perepyolkina, 84, Russian actress.Перепёлкина Людмила Алексеевна Hans-Dieter Riechel, 79, German Olympic biathlete.Hans-Dieter Riechel Giampaolo Rugarli, 81, Italian novelist.Addio a Giampaolo Rugarli, narratore schivo e surreale Herbert L. Strauss, 78, German-born American chemist.Emeritus chemistry professor Herb Strauss has died at 78 Jeff Truman, 57, Australian actor (Neighbours, Superman Returns, Home and Away) and screenwriter.Vale Jeff Truman Deven Verma, 77, Indian film actor.Veteran comedian Deven Verma dies at 77 in Pune Dennis Walaker, 73, American politician, Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota (since 2006), kidney cancer.Fargo, ND, mayor known for flood fights dies at 73

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, heart failure.Herman Badillo, Congressman and Fixture of New York Politics, Dies at 85 Jacques Barrot, 77, French politician, European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security (2008–2010).La classe politique rend hommage à « l'humaniste» Jacques Barrot Poppy Bermúdez, 86, Argentine-born Dominican chief executive (Bermúdez).Causa pesar muerte de Poppy Bermúdez Nathaniel Branden, 84, Canadian-born American psychologist.Nathaniel Branden 1930–2014 L. Stephen Coles, 73, American scientist, co-founder and the Executive Director of the Gerontology Research Group, pancreatic cancer.L. Stephen Coles dies at 73; studied extreme aging in humans Lulu Dikana, 35, South African recording artist and vocalist, oesophageal perforation. Hubert Egger, 87, German cross country skier. Martha Farkas Glaser, 93, Civil Rights Activist and Manager of Jazz musician Erroll Garner. Graeme Goodall, 82, Australian recording engineer and record label owner, co-founder of Island Records.Music world mourns Australian ska pioneer and Island Records co-founder Graeme Goodall Sjefke Janssen, 95, Dutch racing cyclist.Oud-wielrenner 'Sjefke' Janssen (95) overleden Vicente Leñero, 81, Mexican writer and journalist, pulmonary emphysema. Kostas Linoxilakis, 81, Greek footballer.Konstantinos Linoxilakis Irving Malin, 80, American literary critic.Irving Malin Ann Marcus, 93, American television writer (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Peyton Place).Ann Marcus Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Mary Hartman’ Writer Was 93 Vincent L. McKusick, 93, American attorney, Chief Justice of Maine (1977–1992). Ian McLagan, 69, English keyboardist (Small Faces), stroke.Ian McLagan Dies at Age 69 Alfred E. Novak, 84, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (1989–2006).Bishop Alfredo Ernest Novak Patrick Edward O'Connor, 82, New Zealand-born Tokelauan Roman Catholic prelate, Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (1992–2011).Father Patrick Edward O’Connor Luc Oursel, 55, French businessman, CEO of Areva (2011–2014).Luc Oursel, CEO of French Nuclear Firm Areva, Dies at 55 Giulio Questi, 90, Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill, La morte ha fatto l'uovo).Si è spento il regista Giulio Questi Walter Reyno, 79, Uruguayan actor, respiratory failure.Falleció el actor Walter Reyno Jack Scott, 85, American college football coach.Former ENMU football coach Jack Scott dies James Stewart, 73, Canadian mathematician and violinist, multiple myeloma.James Drewry Stewart (January 1, 1941 – December 3, 2014) Jim Swink, 78, American football player (Dallas Texans), lymphoma.Jim Swink, TCU's two-time All-American ‘Rusk Rambler,’ dies at age 78 William Taupier, 78, American politician.William S. Taupier Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, 69, Russian military officer, Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of Russia (2000–2004).Памяти боевого генерала и человека Sergio Armando Valls, 73, Mexican judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2004).Mexican Supreme Court judge dies Ray Williams, 87, Welsh rugby union coach.Ray Williams: Rugby union coach who transformed the way the game was approached in Wales and Australia

4 Sitamadji Allarassem, 25, Chadian footballer.Allarassem, Sitamadji Mariam Behnam, 93, Iranian-born Emirati writer, diplomat and women's rights activist. Richard Bootzin, 74, American psychologist, heart disease.Obituary for Richard Ronald Bootzin Nikolay Brusentsov, 89, Russian computer scientist.НИКОЛАЙ ПЕТРОВИЧ БРУСЕНЦОВ (7 февраля 1925 – 4 декабря 2014) Bryan Burwell, 59, American sportswriter, cancer.Columnist Bryan Burwell dies Charles De Sorgher, 84, Belgian Olympic bobsledder.Charles De Sorgher Brian Dunsworth, 89, Canadian football player. Hroar Elvenes, 82, Norwegian Olympic speed skater (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964).Hroar Elvenes er død Claudia Emerson, 57, American poet, complications of colon cancer.Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer-winning poet, dies at 57 Frank and Louie, 15, American-born Ragdoll cat, world's oldest diprosopus cat, euthanized.2-Faced Cat, Frank And Louie, Dies At 15 Jack Gregory, 87, American football coach (Rhode Island Rams). Talât Sait Halman, 83, Turkish poet and academic, Minister of Culture and Tourism (1971). V. R. Krishna Iyer, 99, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court.Former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer dead Takeo Kamachi, 78, Japanese Olympic sport shooter, stroke.ロス五輪金の蒲池猛夫氏が死去　78歳 Lynne Kosky, 56, Australian politician, MLA for Altona (1996–2010), breast cancer.Former Labor minister Lynne Kosky dies at 56 Bob Montgomery, 77, American songwriter ("Heartbeat", "Misty Blue"), Parkinson's disease.Bob Montgomery, songwriter, producer and childhood friend of Buddy Holly, dies at 77 Gavril Nagy, 82, Romanian Olympic water polo player. Aleksey Nasedkin, 72, Russian pianist and composer. Hugo Niskanen, 94, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1952).Hugo Niskanen Margaret Scott, 86, New Zealand author.Margaret Allan Scott 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.Obituary: Jeremy Thorpe Rudolf Vanmoerkerke, 90, Belgian businessman.Zakenman Rudolf Vanmoerkerke overleden op 90-jarige leeftijd Silvio Zavala, 105, Mexican historian.

5 Yashar Adem, 74, Turkish actor.Equity annual report 2014 Ernest C. Brace, 83, American pilot, longest civilian POW in Vietnam War.Vietnam POW, war hero, Ernie Brace, dies John C. Burton, 91, American cross country skier. Manuel De Sica, 65, Italian composer, heart attack.Morto d'infarto il musicista Manuel De Sica, fratello di Christian Queen Fabiola of Belgium, 86, Spanish-born queen consort of King Baudouin.Queen Fabiola of the Belgians has died Ralph Adam Fine, 73, American judge, member of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Rod Graber, 84, American baseball player.Rod Graber Baseball Stats Jackie Healy-Rae, 83, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1997–2011).Former TD Jackie Healy-Rae dies aged 83 Luis Herrera de la Fuente, 98, Mexican conductor and composer.Muere a los 98 años el músico Luis Herrera de la Fuente Edna Hibel, 97, American artist.Artist Edna Hibel Plotkin dies at 97 Kōichi Kawakita, 72, Japanese special effects director (Godzilla vs. Biollante).Heisei Godzilla Special Effects Director Koichi Kawakita Passes Away Arthur Leipzig, 96, American photographer.Arthur Leipzig, a Photographer Inspired by Everyday Life in New York, Dies at 96 Gil Marks, 62, American food writer and historian, lung cancer.Jewish food chronicler Gil Marks dead at 62 Dennis Marriott, 75, English cricketer.Dennis Marriott Gennadi Poloka, 84, Russian Soviet-era film director.Cкончался режиссер "Республики ШКИД" Геннадий Полока Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, 77, Spanish nobleman.Fallece Marco Torlonia, primo hermano del rey Juan Carlos y tío de Alessandro Lequio Silvio Zavala, 105, Mexican historian and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1966–1975).Fallece el historiador Silvio Zavala

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