Deaths in December 1994

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 1994.

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 1994

1 Hugh Chilvers, 92, Australian cricketer. Jack Ellis, 65, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1972-1988). Samia Gamal, 70, Egyptian belly dancer and actress. Reg Garvin, 82, Australian rules football player. William S. Hanna, 71, American politician. Max von Hohenlohe, 63, Liechtensteiner Olympic alpine skier (1956). Helen McCloy, 90, American writer. Ronald Edward Meredith, 48, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky). Calvin Mooers, 75, American computer scientist.

2 Bogumił Andrzejewski, 72, Polish writer and linguist. Jaime Bagúña, 86, Spanish Olympic field hockey player (1928). Scotty Cain, 74, American racing driver. Julien Davies Cornell, 84, American lawyer who defended pacifist Ezra Pound. Miguel M. Delgado, 88, Mexican film director and screenwriter, cancer. Orhan Şaik Gökyay, 92, Turkish author. John Helwig, 66, American football player (Chicago Bears). Alan Splet, 54, American sound designer and sound editor (Eraserhead, Dune, Blue Velvet). Reginald Claude Sprigg, 75, Australian geologist and conservationist.

3 Giorgi Chanturia, 35, Georgian politician and the National Democratic Party leader, homicide. Craig Coleman, 33, American artist. John E. Henderson, 77, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1955-1961). Earl Johnson, 75, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers), scout, and World War II veteran. Mihail Lozanov, 83, Bulgarian football player. John Wessels, 56, American college basketball player (Illinois Fighting Illini).

4 Reaves H. Baysinger, 92, American gridiron football player and coach. Geoffrey Elton, 73, German-British political and constitutional historian, heart attack. Jock Gibson, 73, Australian Olympic fencer (1952). Ichiro Ogimura, 62, Japanese table tennis player and coach, lung cancer. Julio Ramón Ribeyro, 65, Peruvian writer. Rudolf Riedl, 87, Austrian Olympic speed skater (1928). Russ Scarritt, 91, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies). Gertrud Schiller, 89, German writer. István Timár, 54, Hungarian canoeist and Olympian (1968).

5 Woody Abernathy, 79, American baseball player (New York Giants). Asım Orhan Barut, 68, Turkish-American theoretical physicist. Harry Horner, 84, American art director (The Hustler, The Heiress, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?), Oscar winner (1950, 1962), pneumonia. Huiberdina Krul, 72, Dutch Olympic gymnast (1952). Günter Meisner, 68, German actor (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Boys from Brazil, The Winds of War). Saïd Mohammedi, 81, Algerian politician. Rudy Pilous, 80, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Chicago Black Hawks). Dick Rifenburg, 68, American gridiron football player (Detroit Lions), and sports broadcaster. E.W. Swackhamer, 67, American television and film director.

6 Heinz Baas, 72, German football player and manager. John Bosak, 72, American basketball player. Máire de Paor, 69, Irish historian and archaeologist. Otar Gordeli, 66, Georgian musician. Marjorie Linton, 77, Canadian swimmer and Olympian (1932). Richard Markowitz, 68, American film and television composer (Murder, She Wrote, The Wild Wild West, Police Story). Alun Owen, 69, British screenwriter. Gian Maria Volonté, 61, Italian actor, heart attack.

7 Elga Andersen, 59, German actress and singer, cancer. William Chalmers, 60, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers). Pierre Cloarec, 85, French road bicycle racer. Peter Foster, 78, English cricketer. Franz Lucas, 83, German SS officer and Auschwitz concentration camp doctor during World War II. Edward Rell Madigan, 58, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1973-1991), United States Secretary of Agriculture (1991-1993), lung cancer. Poul Byrge Poulsen, 79, Danish Olympic rower (1936). Frank Sacka, 70, American baseball player (Washington Senators). Freddie Summers, 47, American football player (Cleveland Browns). J. C. Tremblay, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Quebec Nordiques), kidney cancer.

8 Antônio Carlos Jobim, 67, Brazilian musician, heart failure. Semni Karusou, 96, Greek archaeologist and art historian. Enrique Líster, 87, Spanish communist politician and military officer. Crawford Nalder, 84, Australian politician.

9 Antal Apró, 81, Hungarian politician. John Joe Barry, 69, Irish middle-distance runner and Olympian (1948). Max Bill, 85, Swiss architect, painter and sculptor, heart attack. O. C. Fisher, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1943-1974). Pat Haggerty, 67, American football official in the National Football League, cancer. Garnett Silk, 28, Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian, domestic accident. Alex Wilson, 87, Canadian sprinter and Olympian (1928, 1932).

10 Henry Bernard, 82, French architect and urban planner. Friedel Dzubas, 79, German-American abstract painter. Keith Joseph, 76, British barrister and politician. Jiří Marek, 80, Czech publicist, scriptwriter, and writer. Veronica DiCarlo Wicker, 64, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana).

11 Magnus Andersen, 78, Norwegian politician. Dionísio Azevedo, 72, Brazilian actor and director, lung cancer. Edward A. Craig, 98, United States Marine Corps officer. Marian Gobius, 84, Danish sculptor. Vera Kuznetsova, 87, Soviet/Russian actress. Stanisław Maczek, 102, Polish military officer of World War I and World War II. Carl Marzani, 82, American spy. Lou Mihajlovich, 69, American football player (Green Bay Packers). George Phillips, 73, American gridiron football player (Cleveland Rams). Philip Phillips, 94, American archaeologist. Yuli Raizman, 90, Soviet/Russian film director, screenwriter. Kenneth Rush, 84, American diplomat and ambassador. Avet Terterian, 65, Soviet/Armenian composer. Yao Yilin, 77, Chinese politician and Vice Premier.

12 Jerry Green, 58, American football player (Boston Patriots). John Hearne, 68, Jamaican writer. Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, 75, Palestinian translator. Charles Kouyos, 66, French Olympic wrestler (1948, 1952). Nicolaas Kuiper, 74, Dutch mathematician. Fritz Nikolai, 69, Austrian Olympic footballer (1952). Annelise Reenberg, 75, Danish film director. Stuart Roosa, 61, American astronaut (Apollo 14), pancreatic cancer. Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, 85, British diplomat. Karl Stoiber, 87, Austrian footballer. Donna J. Stone, 61, American poet and philanthropist. Palle Tillisch, 74, Danish rower and Olympian (1952). Frederick Turnovsky, 77, New Zealand businessman and arts advocate.

13 Glenn M. Anderson, 81, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1969-1993). Norman Beaton, 60, British actor, heart attack. Claude Curtin, 74, Australian rules footballer. Philip S. Foner, 83, American historian. Philip Hauser, 85, American academic. Robert Weld Mitchell, 79, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1953-1957). Antoine Pinay, 102, French politician and Prime Minister of France. Charlie Richard, 53, American football coach. Olga Rubtsova, 85, Soviet/Russian chess player.

14 Orval Faubus, 84, American politician and governor of Arkansas, prostate cancer. Edmund Hudleston, 85, British Royal Air Force air marshal. Mary Ann McCall, 75, American pop and jazz singer. Robert Mersey, 77, American musician, arranger and record producer. Lilly Scholz, 91, Austrian figure skater and Olympian (1928). Catherine Filene Shouse, 98, American researcher and philanthropist. Franco Venturi, 80, Italian historian, essayist and journalist.

15 Oscar Bidegain, 89, Argentine politician and Olympic sports shooter (1948). Boris Chichibabin, 71, Soviet/Russian writer. Arthur de la Mare, 80, British diplomat and High Commissioner of Singapore. Piero Gardoni, 60, Italian professional footballer. Mollie Phillips, 87, British skater and Olympian (1932, 1936). Hazel Brannon Smith, 80, American journalist, publisher and Pulitzer Prize winner. Harry Tobias, 99, American lyricist. Lolesio Tuita, 51, French athlete and Olympian (1972).

16 Patrick Cobbold, 60, British football executive. André Crépin, 87, French Olympic pole vaulter (1936). David Dunlap, 84, American Olympic rower (1932). Mary Durack, 81, Australian novelist and historian. Les Gandar, 75, New Zealand politician.

17 Pierre Baruzy, 97, French boxing champion and manager. Grady W. Courtney, 76, American politician. Deon Dreyer, 20, South African recreational scuba diver, drowned. Hambardzum Galstyan, 39, Armenian politician and historian, homicide. Ella Hval, 90, Norwegian actress. Stefano Sertorelli, 82, Italian soldier, skier and Olympian (1936). Anton Ström, 84, Swedish Olympic sailor (1936). Olavi Talja, 69, Finnish Olympic sprinter (1948, 1952). Ajahn Thate, 92, Thai meditation master and buddhist monk.

18 Roger Apéry, 78, Greek-French mathematician, Parkinson's disease. Henry Banks, 81, American racecar driver. Phil Bengtson, 81, American gridiron football player and coach (Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots). Heinz Bernard, 70, British actor, director and theatre manager. Lawrence Russell Dewey, 93, American general. Don Fedderson, 81, American television executive. David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead, 81, British politician. Peter Hebblethwaite, 64, British priest, journalist, and biographer. F. Bradford Morse, 73, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1961-1972). Bruno Parovel, 81, Italian Olympic rower (1932). Lilia Skala, 98, Austrian-American actress (Lilies of the Field, Flashdance, Charly). Suryakantam, 70, Indian actress.

19 Vera Chaplina, 86, Soviet/Russian children's writer and naturalist. Edward J. DeBartolo Sr., 85, American businessman, real estate developer, and hockey team owner (Pittsburgh Penguins), pneumonia. Bill Douglass, 71, American jazz drummer. Vadim Kozin, 91, Russian tenor and songwriter. Noel Pointer, 39, American musician, stroke. Gastone Puccioni, 68, Italian Olympic field hockey player (1952). K. A. P. Viswanatham, 95, Indian politician. Wilson D. Watson, 72, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.

20 Eva Alexanderson, 83, Swedish translator and writer. Daniel I. Arnon, 84, Polish-American plant physiologist, heart failure. Dirk van den Bosch, 88, Dutch Olympic sports shooter (1936). Ted Clayton, 83, South African Olympic cyclist (1936). Stephen Coughlan, 83, Irish politician. Larry Crawford, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies). Alexander Felszeghy, 61, Czechoslovak association football player and coach. Valeriy Kryvov, 43, Soviet/Ukrainian volleyball player and Olympian (1980). Robert Osborn, 90, American satiric cartoonist, illustrator and author (Dilbert Groundloop), bone cancer.Robert Osborn Is Dead at 90; Caricaturist and Satirist Cyril Ponnamperuma, 71, Sri Lankan scientist. Phelim O'Neill, 2nd Baron Rathcavan, 85, British politician. Dean Rusk, 85, American politician and Secretary of State, heart failure. Bob Wellman, 69, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics), manager and scout.

21 Göte Almqvist, 73, Swedish ice hockey player and Olympian (1952). Butch Hartman, 54, American stock car racing driver, heart attack. Mabel Poulton, 93, English actress. Audrey Sale-Barker, 91, British aviator and alpine skier. Koreya Senda, 90, Japanese stage director and translator, and actor.

22 Gérard Loiselle, 73, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1957-1979). Nobuko Otowa, 70, Japanese actress, liver cancer. Atte Pakkanen, 82, Finnish politician. J. A. Todd, 86, English mathematician.