Deaths in December 2017

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2017.

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), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

December 2017 1 Adarsh Sein Anand, 81, Indian judge, Chief Justice (1998–2001), Madras High Court (1989–1992), and Jammu and Kashmir High Court (1985–1989). Enrico Castellani, 87, Italian painter.Morto Enrico Castellani. L’arte contemporanea rimpiange un grande artista e maestro Gilbert Chabroux, 83, French politician, Senator (1995–2004).Gilbert Chabroux, ancien maire de Villeurbanne et sénateur, s'est éteint Arif Dirlik, 77, Turkish-born American historian.In Memoriam: Arif Dirlik (1940-2017) Ernie Fazio, 75, American baseball player (Houston Colt .45's), complications from dementia and Parkinson's disease.Ernie Fazio Peter Feldstein, 75, American photographer.The Photographer Behind the Oxford Project Has Died Åshild Hauan, 76, Norwegian politician, County Governor of Nordland (1993–2007), MP (1981–1993).Mangeårig stortingsrepresentant Åshild Hauan er død Ken Inglis, 88, Australian historian.Ken Inglis: scholar focused on war memorials, ABC, Dunera Boys Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka, 79, Polish Olympic cross-country skier.Anna Krzeptowska-Żebracka Philipp Graf Lerchenfeld, 65, German politician, member of the Bundestag (2013–2017) and the Landtag of Bavaria (2003–2013), lung cancer.Trauer um Philipp Graf von Lerchenfeld James Marson, 91, French politician, Senator (1975–1986).La Courneuve : l’ancien maire James Marson est mort Ruben Rozendaal, 61, Surinamese soldier (1980 coup d'état).Ruben Rozendaal is overleden Fredy Schmidtke, 56, German track cyclist, Olympic champion (1984), heart attack.Trauer um Fredy Schmidtke Abba Siddick, 92, Chadian politician and revolutionary.Décès d'Abba Siddick, figure de la vie politique tchadienne Cleopatra Tawo, Nigerian radio host.Cleo, a popular radio presenter in Akwa Ibom, is dead George Twigg III, 85, American politician.George Twigg III Uli Vos, 71, German field hockey player, Olympic champion (1972).GHTC trauert um Olympiasieger Uli Vos Perry Wallace, 69, American basketball player (Vanderbilt University) and jurist.Perry Wallace: Vanderbilt, SEC basketball trailblazer dead

2 Jean Barthe, 85, French rugby league and rugby union (FC Lourdes) player.Légende des rugbys à XV et à XIII, Jean Barthe est décédé William Blankenship, 89, American operatic tenor.Obituary: William Blankenship Dies At 89 Frances Marie Burke, 95, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss America winner (1940).Frances Burke Kenney Obituary Ivan Chermayeff, 85, British-born American graphic designer.Ivan Chermayeff obituary Matt Cunningham, 83, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy).In Loving Memory of Matt Cunningham Hugh Davies, 85, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan). Norihiko Hashida, 72, Japanese folk singer-songwriter (The Folk Crusaders), Parkinson's disease.「ザ・フォーク・クルセダーズ」はしだのりひこさん死去 Leena Kaskela, 77, Finnish journalist (MTV3).MTV:n rakastettu uutisankkuri Leena Kaskela on kuollut Jerzy Kłoczowski, 92, Polish historian, professor (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) and member of the Senate (1990–1991).Nie żyje prof. Jerzy Kłoczowski. Znany historyk miał 93 lata Ulli Lommel, 72, German actor and director (The Boogeyman, The Tenderness of Wolves, Love Is Colder Than Death), heart failure.‘The Boogeyman’ Director Ulli Lommel Has Passed Away Mundell Lowe, 95, American jazz guitarist and composer.R.I.P. Mundell Lowe Marianne Means, 83, American political journalist and columnist, complications from colon cancer.Marianne Means, political columnist and trailblazing White House correspondent, dies at 83 Edwin Mosquera, 32, Colombian Olympic weightlifter (2016), Pan American champion (2008, 2010), shot.Asesinan al levantador de pesas olímpico Edwin Mosquera Maureen Prinsloo, 79, Canadian politician, Chairwoman of the Toronto Police Services Board (1995–1998), brain cancer.Former Scarborough councillor Maureen Prinsloo was a champion of community-based policing Mekkawi Said, 61, Egyptian novelist and short story writer.Obituary: Egyptian novelist Mekkawi Said leaves his seat in Al-Bustan Café Hannes Schiel, 103, Austrian actor.Ältester Burgschauspieler Hannes Schiel tot Ewald Schurer, 63, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1998–2002, since 2005).Ewald Schurer ist tot Nava Semel, 63, Israeli author and playwright, cancer.Multi-talented Nava Semel succumbs to cancer at age 63 Alan Sinfield, 76, English literary critic. Nikola Špear, 73, Yugoslav tennis player and coach.Elhunyt Nikola Špear Bruce M. Stave, 80, American historian.Remembering Bruce M. Stave (1937 – 2017) Les Whitten, 89, American investigative reporter (Radio Free Europe, The Washington Post).Les Whitten, investigative reporter arrested by FBI and spied on by CIA, dies at 89

3 John B. Anderson, 95, American lawyer (Anderson v. Celebrezze) and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois's 16th district (1961–1981). Leo Beukeboom, 74, Dutch signpainter.‘Leo Letter’ overleden Adam Darius, 87, American dancer and choreographer.Dancer and Choreographer Adam Darius Passes at 87 Elmar Faber, 83, German publisher.Elmar Faber ist gestorben Jack Felder, 78, American biochemist.Rest in power—Dr. Jack Felder, activist and scientist, passes at 78 John Ferrant, 83, South African cricketer. Thomas Finlay, 95, Irish judge and politician, TD (1954–1957), Chief Justice (1985–1994).Death announced of former chief justice Thomas Finlay Ernest A. Finney Jr., 86, American judge, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court (1994–2000).South Carolina's first black Chief Justice Ernest Finney dead at 86 Fil Fraser, 85, Canadian broadcaster, heart failure.Canada's first black broadcaster dead at 85 Paul Genève, 92, French Olympic long-distance runner (1960).Paul Genève est décédé Patrick Henry, 64, French murderer, lung cancer.L'ex-détenu Patrick Henry est mort Barbara Hoyt, 65, American nurse (Manson Family), kidney failure.Barbara Hoyt Gene Hubka, 93, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).Eugene Louis Hubka Jack Laraway, 82, American football player (Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills).Jack Duane Laraway Kjell Opseth, 81, Norwegian politician, Minister of Transport and Communications (1990–1996).Samferdselskjempen Kjell Opseth er død Kazimierz Pawełek, 81, Polish politician, journalist and writer.Zmarł lubelski dziennikarz Kazimierz Pawełek Carl Axel Petri, 88, Swedish lawyer and politician, Minister for Energy (1979–1981) and Justice (1981–1982).Hedersdoktor Carl-Axel Petri har avlidit Leandro Rizzuto, 79, American consumer products executive (Conair), pancreatic cancer.Conair Corporation Announces the Passing of Leandro P. Rizzuto, Chairman and Co-Founder Orlando Ruíz, 82, Cuban Olympic fencer.Orlando Ruiz Ian Twitchin, 65, English footballer (Torquay United).Former Torquay United and Teignmouth star Ian Twitchin dies aged 65 Basclay Zapata, 71, Chilean military officer, cancer.Murió el ex agente de la DINA Basclay Zapata

4 Armenak Alachachian, 86, Armenian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1964), European champion (1953, 1961, 1963, 1965).Armenak Alajajian Robert Alt, 90, Swiss bobsledder, Olympic champion (1956).Carnet noir: champion olympique de bob à 4 en 1956 à Cortina d'Ampezzo, le Vaudois Robert Alt est décédé Ron Attwell, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers).Ron Attwell 2017 Alastair Bellingham, 79, British haematologist, President of the Royal College of Pathologists (1993–1996).Prof. Alastair John Bellingham CBE Mary Louise Hancock, 97, American politician, member of the New Hampshire Senate (1977–1979). Alexander Harvey II, 94, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (1966–1991), prostate cancer. Jimmy Hood, 69, British politician, MP for Clydesdale (1987–2005) and Lanark and Hamilton East (2005–2015), heart attack.Former Lanarkshire MP Jimmy Hood dies aged 69 Henning Jensen, 68, Danish footballer (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid, national team), cancer.Henning Jensen er død efter kort tids kræftsygdom Shashi Kapoor, 79, Indian actor and director (Deewaar, Bombay Talkie, Shakespeare Wallah), cirrhosis.Indian veteran actor Shashi Kapoor dies at 79 Christine Keeler, 75, English model and showgirl involved in Profumo affair, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Christine Keeler, former model at heart of Profumo affair, dies at 75 Liu Lunxian, 74, Chinese politician and military officer.Former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Ji'nan military region deputy commander, Shanghai Liu Lunxian died Manuel Marín, 68, Spanish politician, President of the European Commission (1999) and the Congress of Deputies (2004–2008), lung cancer.El expresidente del Congreso Manuel Marín muere a los 68 años Guillermo Mosquera, 53, Colombian boxer, cancer.Lutto nella Boxe del litorale: a Marina di San Nicola i funerali di Guillermo Mosquera Thor Munkager, 66, Danish Olympic handball player (1972, 1976) and coach.Håndboldlegenden Thor Munkager er død Annette Page, 84, English ballerina.Annette Page Gregory Rigters, 32, Surinamese footballer (national team), traffic collision.Video – Siegferd Slagveer en Gregory Rigters overleden na verkeersongeval Ali Abdullah Saleh, 70, Yemeni politician, President of North Yemen (1978–1990) and President (1990–2012), shot.Saleh: Yemen's former leader 'killed' Carles Santos, 77, Spanish pianist and composer.Mor el músic Carles Santos Angel Sotirov, 74, Bulgarian Olympic wrestler.Angel Sotirov James R. Thompson, 79, American statistician. John Baptist Todd, 96, Pakistani Franciscan priest.Father Todd of St Patrick’s High School passes away in Karachi Kevin Walsh, 92, Australian neuropsychologist.Vale Kevin Walsh, 1925–2017 Rudolph G. Wilson, 82, American educator.Educator Rudy Wilson, first black member of Edwardsville school board, dies at 82 Edward Zemprelli, 92, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1969–1988).Obituary: Edward P. Zemprelli / Former state senator was a mainstay for his Mon Valley constituents

5 Adithyan, 63, Indian composer, kidney disease.Noted musician Adithyan passes away August Ames, 23, Canadian pornographic actress, suicide by hanging. Claudine Arnaud, 77, Belgian soprano singer.La soprano Claudine Arnaud est décédée Maureen Baker, 97, British fashion designer.Baker Tharwat Bassily, 77, Egyptian television executive, founder of Coptic TV.وفاة رجل الأعمال الدكتور ثروت باسيلي Michel Dighneef, 80, Belgian footballer (R.F.C. Tilleur) and politician, Senator (1991–1995), MP (1995–1999).L'ex-député de Tilleur, Michel Dighneef, est décédé hier à 81 ans Victor Fontana, 101, Brazilian politician, Vice-Governor of Santa Catarina (1983–1987).Ex-vice-governador de SC Victor Fontana morre aos 101 anos Elenito Galido, 64, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Iligan (since 2006).Bishop Elenito Reyes Galido Maurice Green, 91, American virologist.Maurice Green, pioneering virus researcher at SLU, dies at 91 Johnny Hallyday, 74, French rock singer ("Requiem pour un fou", "Marie", "Tous ensemble") and actor, lung cancer.Johnny Hallyday: France's 'Elvis Presley' dies at 74 John P. Harllee, 75, American politician.John Pope Harllee III Bob Honeysett, 83, Australian rugby footballer.Vale Bob Honeysett Keijo Koivumäki, 91, Finnish Olympic rower. Rosemary Margan, 80, Australian television presenter.Rosemary Margan dies, aged 80 Claude Martin, 87, French rower, Olympic silver medalist (1960).Mort de Claude Martin (87 ans), l'un des plus grands rameurs français Ron Meyer, 76, American football coach (New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts), aortic aneurysm.Former UNLV football coach Ron Meyer dies at 76