Deaths in December 2011 facts for kids

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2011.

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 2011

1

• Solomon Abera, 43, Eritrean journalist.
• Shingo Araki, 72, Japanese animation artist and character designer (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Galaxy Express 999).
• Eric Arnott, 82, British eye surgeon.
• Arthur Beetson, 66, Australian rugby league footballer, first Indigenous Australian to captain a national team in any sport, heart attack.
• Andrei Blaier, 78, Romanian film director and screenwriter, after long illness.
• Martina Davis-Correia, 44, American civil rights activist, breast cancer.
• Ragnhild Hveger, 90, Danish swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1936).
• Ted Lapka, 91, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• François Lesage, 82, French embroidery designer.
• Bill McKinney, 80, American actor (Deliverance, The Outlaw Josey Wales, First Blood), esophageal cancer.
• Mr. Ebbo, 37, Tanzanian rapper, leukemia.
• Purificacion Quisumbing, 77, Filipino human rights advocate, Chairperson of Commission on Human Rights (2002–2008), multiple myeloma.
• Louis Silverstein, 92, American artist and graphic designer.
• Alan Sues, 85, American comic (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), heart attack.
• Hippolyte Van den Bosch, 85, Belgian football player.
• Christa Wolf, 82, German writer.
• Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, 65, American psychoanalyst, biographer of Hannah Arendt, pulmonary embolism.

2

• Robert Lawrence Balzer, 99, American wine journalist.
• Bruno Bianchi, 56, French cartoonist and animator (Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats), co-creator of Inspector Gadget.
• Laurent Fuahea, 84, Tongan-born Wallisian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (1974–2005).
• Chiyono Hasegawa, 115, Japanese supercentenarian, nation's oldest person and world's second oldest living person.
• Pavle Jurina, 57, Croatian handball player and coach.
• Christopher Logue, 85, British poet.
• David Montgomery, 84, American historian, brain hemorrhage.
• Artur Quaresma, 94, Portuguese footballer.
• Patrick Sheridan, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1990–2001).
• Bill Tapia, 103, American ukulelist.
• Howard Tate, 72, American soul singer.

3

• Jalal Alamgir, 40, Bangladeshi academic, drowning.
• Dev Anand, 88, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.
• James A. Barclay, 88, Scottish Canadian engineer and executive, golfer, and golf historian, natural causes.
• Louky Bersianik, 81, Canadian novelist.
• Philip "Fatis" Burrell, 57, Jamaican record producer, stroke.
• Ernst-Jürgen Dreyer, 77, German writer.
• Sabri Godo, 82, Albanian politician, writer and scriptwriter, founder and president of the Republican Party of Albania, lung cancer.
• Karl-Axel Karlsson, 72, Swedish Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976).
• Sam Loxton, 90, Australian cricketer (The Invincibles), Australian rules footballer and politician, Victorian MLA for Prahran (1955–1979).
• Larry Rickles, 41, American Emmy Award-winning producer (Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project), pneumonia.
• Rafael Rodríguez Barrera, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Campeche (1973–1979), President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1992–1993).
• Rob Schroeder, 85, American racing driver.
• Heinrich Sonne, 94, German Waffen-SS member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

4

• Mary Ellen Avery, 84, American pediatrician.
• Antonio Barone, 72, Italian physicist.
• Allan Cameron, 94, Scottish soldier and curler.
• Ambika Charan Choudhury, 81, Indian writer.
• Marion Dougherty, 88, American casting director (Full Metal Jacket, Batman, Midnight Cowboy).
• Patricia C. Dunn, 58, American businesswoman, Chairman of Hewlett-Packard (2005–2006), ovarian cancer.
• Adam Hanuszkiewicz, 87, Polish actor and theatre director.
• Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, 63, Finnish crime fiction writer.
• Besim Kabashi, 35, Albanian kickboxer, heart attack.
• Dimitris Kaligeris, 62, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos F.C., Kalamata F.C.), traffic collision.
• Alamein Kopu, 68, New Zealand politician, List MP (1996–1999).
• Jim Malosky, 82, American football coach (Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs), respiratory failure.
• Solange Pierre, 48, Dominican Republic human rights advocate, winner of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (2006), heart attack.
• RJ Rosales, 37, Filipino-born Australian singer and actor.
• Sócrates, 57, Brazilian footballer, septic shock.
• Hubert Sumlin, 80, American blues guitarist, heart failure.
• Andrei Tverdokhlebov, 70, Soviet dissident.

5

• Dan Biggers, 80, American actor (In the Heat of the Night, Glory, Elizabethtown).
• Michel Descombey, 81, French choreographer.
• Paul M. Doty, 91, American scientist.
• Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, 75, Japanese politician, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2006–2008), acute pneumonia.
• Peter Gethin, 71, British Formula One driver (1970–1974).
• Jorge Hourton, 85, French-born Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Temuco (1992–2001).
• Anatoly Klebanov, 59, Soviet Olympic water polo player.
• Gennady Logofet, 69, Russian footballer.
• Joe Lonnett, 84, American baseball player and coach.
• Dan Mills, 80, American animator (Family Guy, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
• Daisy Myers, 86, African-American educator.
• Pusuke, 26, Japanese dog, world's oldest known living dog at time of death.
• Bill Stits, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Darrell K. Sweet, 77, American artist.
• Georges Talbourdet, 60, French cyclist.
• Violetta Villas, 73, Belgian-born Polish singer.
• Celia, Viscountess Whitelaw of Penrith, 84, British ATS volunteer, philanthropist/charity worker and horticulturist.

6

• Günter Altner, 75, German interdisciplanarily scientist.
• Giancarlo Badessi, 83, Italian actor, heart attack.
• John Banks, 89, American Negro league baseball player.
• Brent Darby, 30, American basketball player (Ohio State University), blood clots.
• Tony Fell, 79, British music publisher.
• Ron Fletcher, 90, American dancer and pilates teacher, heart failure.
• Dobie Gray, 71, American singer, cancer. ("The 'In' Crowd", "Drift Away").
• Barbara Orbison, 61, German-born American record producer and music publisher, widow of Roy Orbison, pancreatic cancer.
• Paul Ramírez, 25, Venezuelan footballer, stroke.
• Lawrie Tierney, 52, Scottish footballer.

7

• Pearse Cahill, 95, Irish aviation pioneer.
• Peter Croker, 89, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).
• Teresa Hsu, 113, Chinese-born Singaporean social worker and supercentenarian.
• Tom Kennedy, 63, American film trailer producer.
• Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio, 89, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1979–1981).
• Harry Morgan, 96, American actor (M*A*S*H, Dragnet, December Bride), pneumonia.
• Elizabeth Ann Ray, 98, American USAF officer.
• Jerry Robinson, 89, American comic book artist (Batman), co-creator of Robin and The Joker.
• T. A. Springer, 85, Dutch mathematician.

8

• Gilbert Adair, 66, Scottish author, film critic and journalist, brain haemorrhage.
• Mihai Botez, 89, Romanian Olympic gymnast.
• Peter Brown, 77, English footballer.
• Lewis Bush, 42, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs), apparent heart attack.
• Sir Zelman Cowen, 92, Australian constitutional lawyer and academic, 19th Governor-General of Australia (1977–1982).
• Vinko Cuzzi, 72, Croatian footballer.
• Ladislas de Hoyos, 72, French journalist and news anchor (TF1).
• Đơn Dương, 54, Vietnamese-born American actor (We Were Soldiers), heart failure and brain hemorrhage.
• Gene Huff, 82, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1967–1971) and State Senator (1971–1994), lung disease.
• Peggy Makins, 95, British agony aunt.
• Giorgio Mariani, 65, Italian footballer.
• Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer.
• Andrew Pataki, 84, American Eastern Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Parma for Ruthenian (1984–1995) and Passaic for Ruthenian (1995–2007).
• Joe Restic, 85, American NCAA and CFL football coach (Harvard Crimson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
• Charles Ritcheson, 86, American historian and diplomat.
• Nakdimon Rogel, 86, Israeli journalist and broadcaster, author of the Nakdi Report.
• Anthony Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield, 89, British soldier and aristocrat.

9

• Alf R. Bjercke, 90, Norwegian business magnate.
• Jacques Debary, 97, French actor.
• Pushpa Hans, 94, Indian playback singer and actress.
• Davida Karol, 94, Israeli actress.
• João Pereira dos Santos, 93, Brazilian martial artist (Capoeira).
• Len Phillips, 89, English footballer (Portsmouth, England).
• Richard J. Rabbitt, 76, American politician, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (1973–1977), heart failure.
• Roy Tattersall, 89, British Test cricketer.
• Myra Taylor, 94, American jazz singer.

10

• Cary D. Allred, 64, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1980–1984) and North Carolina House of Representatives (1994–2009).
• Jean Baucus, 94, American author, historian and arts patron, mother of Max Baucus.
• Hamilton Bobby, 44, Indian footballer, heart attack.
• Alan D.B. Clarke, 89, British psychologist.
• John Gower, 70, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1973–1979).
• Vida Jerman, 72, Croatian actress, lung cancer.
• Albert Overhauser, 86, American physicist.
• Stephen Schlossberg, 90, American union leader.
• Ernst Specker, 91, Swiss mathematician (Kochen–Specker theorem).
• Frank Stephens, 98, Australian surgeon.

11

• Rodolfo Bottino, 52, Brazilian actor (Bambolê, Bebê a Bordo, O Homem do Futuro) and chef, pulmonary embolism.
• Phillip Cottrell, 43, British born New Zealand journalist (BBC Scotland, Radio New Zealand), assaulted.
• Mimi Darwish, 69, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1964).
• John Patrick Foley, 76, American Roman Catholic Cardinal and Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, leukemia.
• Susan Gordon, 62, American child actress (The Five Pennies, My Three Sons, The Twilight Zone), thyroid cancer.
• J. Lynn Helms, 86, American Marine Corps officer, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (1981–1984), cardiopulmonary failure and pneumonia.
• Mabel Holle, 91, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
• Hans Heinz Holz, 84, German Marxist philosopher.
• Harold Hopkins, 67, Australian actor (Don's Party, Gallipoli, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities), mesothelioma.
• Eric Howlett, 84, American inventor.
• Ke Yan, 82, Chinese poet and writer.
• Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı, 91, Turkish doctor, politician, poet and philanthropist.
• Leonida Lari, 62, Moldovan-born Romanian writer and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1991) and Romanian Parliament (1992–2008), breast cancer.
• Mario Miranda, 85, Indian cartoonist.
• Bonnie Prudden, 97, American rock climber and physical fitness advocate.
• M. S. Reddy, 87, Indian film producer, long illness.

12

• Sunday Bada, 42, Nigerian Olympic sprinter, gold medalist (2000).
• Clyde Conner, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• John Gardner, 94, British classical music composer.
• Heini Lohrer, 93, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1948).
• Alberto de Mendoza, 88, Argentine actor (Horror Express).
• Sir Robert Peliza, 91, Gibraltarian politician, Chief Minister (1969–1972).
• Bert Schneider, 78, American film and television producer (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Monkees), natural causes.
• Merih Sezen, 93, Turkish Olympic fencer (1948).
• Randy Stein, 58, American baseball player.
• Gene Summers, 83, American architect (McCormick Place), liver disease.

13

• David Allen, 74, Northern Irish politician, stroke.
• T. J. Bass, 79, American writer.
• Graham Brown, 87, American actor (Malcolm X, The Muppets Take Manhattan), pulmonary failure.
• Kabir Chowdhury, 88, Bangladeshi writer.
• Russell Hoban, 86, American writer.
• Park Tae-joon, 84, South Korean businessman, Prime Minister (2000), breathing difficulties.
• Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, 69, German footballer.
• Erica Wilson, 83, British-born American embroidery designer.

14

• Roy Ash, 93, American businessman and public official, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1972–1975).
• Graham Booth, 71, British politician, Member of the European Parliament for South West England (2002–2008).
• Luigi Carpaneda, 86, Italian Olympic fencer, gold medalist (1956).
• Boris Chertok, 99, Soviet and Russian rocket designer.
• Pedro Febles, 53, Venezuelan footballer and manager. (Spanish)
• Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, 75, German Olympic rower, gold medalist (1960).
• Thomas C. Kelly, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Louisville (1981–2007).
• Arthur King, 84, Canadian boxer.
• Carol Murphy, 79, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1993–2002).
• Mark Francis Schmitt, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marquette (1978–1992).
• Don Sharp, 90, Australian-born British film director (Hammer horror).
• Joe Simon, 98, American comic book writer (Captain America, Fighting American, Prez).
• Billie Jo Spears, 74, American country music singer ("Blanket on the Ground"), cancer.
• George Whitman, 98, American bookstore proprietor (Shakespeare and Company), complications of a stroke.
• James A. Zimble, 78, American Navy officer, Surgeon General of the United States Navy (1987–1991).

15

• Eduardo Barreto, 57, Uruguayan comic book artist (Batman, Superman, Martian Manhunter).
• Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., 93, American classicist whose cataloging of Linear B led to its decipherment.
• Bob Brookmeyer, 81, American jazz valve trombonist, cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Adriano Capuzzo, 84, Italian Olympic equestrian Adriano Capuzzo Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
• Andy Carey, 80, American baseball player (New York Yankees).
• Walter Giller, 84, German actor.
• Christopher Hitchens, 62, British writer (God Is Not Great) and commentator (Vanity Fair), esophageal cancer.
• Paula Hyman, 65, American professor of modern Jewish history (Yale University).
• Ricardo Ibarra, 61, Argentine Olympic rower (1972, 1976, 1984).
• Guy Ignolin, 75, French professional cyclist.
• Gadzhimurat Kamalov, 46, Russian journalist, shot.
• Herbert Kesel, 80, German Olympic rower.
• Malik Nur Khan, 88, Pakistani air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1965–1969) and Governor of West Pakistan (1969–1970).
• Frank X. McDermott, 87, American politician, President of the New Jersey Senate (1967–1973).
• James M. Quigley, 93, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania (1955–1957; 1959–1961).
• Jason Richards, 35, New Zealand race car driver (V8 Supercars), adrenocortical carcinoma.
• Carmen Rupe, 75, New Zealand transsexual entertainer, kidney failure.
• Fevzi Şeker, 49, Turkish wrestler, heart attack.
• Mario Tovar González, 78, Mexican Olympic wrestler (1952–1968), respiratory complications.

16

• Ulf Aas, 92, Norwegian illustrator.
• Franghiz Ahmadova, 83, Azerbaijani operatic soprano and music teacher.
• Robert Easton, 81, American dialect coach and actor (Working Girl, Pete's Dragon, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).
• Dan Frazer, 90, American actor (Kojak, As the World Turns), cardiac arrest.
• Alice Glenn, 89, Irish politician, TD for Dublin Central (1981–1982; 1982–1987).
• Chubee Kagita, 54, Japanese politician, heart failure.
• Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener, 92, British soldier and aristocrat.
• Mark Kopytman, 82, Ukrainian-born Israeli composer.
• Bert Muhly, 88, American politician and academic, Mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1974–1975), heart failure.
• Patrick V. Murphy, 91, American police chief, New York City Police Commissioner (1970–1973), heart attack.
• Michele O'Callaghan, 48, American makeup artist, cancer.
• Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha, 80, New Zealand Māori leader.
• Keith W. Wilcox, 90, American architect and politician, member of LDS priesthood.
• Nicol Williamson, 75, Scottish actor (Inadmissible Evidence, Spawn, Excalibur), esophageal cancer.

17

• Charles Chester, 92, English rugby player.
• Michael Gower Coleman, 72, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Port Elizabeth (1986–2011).
• Eva Ekvall, 28, Venezuelan TV news anchor and model, Miss Venezuela 2000, breast cancer.
• Cesária Évora, 70, Cape Verdean singer, heart failure.
• Maurice Huggett, 66, English nightclub proprietor.
• Kim Jong-il, 69, North Korean Supreme Leader (since 1994), heart attack.
• Harley Sewell, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams).
• Marian Wohlwender, 89, American AAGPBL baseball player.

18

• Doe Avedon, 86, American actress (The High and the Mighty) and model, pneumonia.
• Cor Bakker, 93, Dutch cyclist.
• Jean Boucher, 85, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie (1953–1958).
• Henry E. Catto, Jr., 81, American public servant and diplomat, complications of leukemia.
• Jeremy Doyle, 28, Australian wheelchair basketball player, Paralympic gold medalist (2009), bladder cancer.
• Václav Havel, 75, Czech playwright and politician, President of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) and the Czech Republic (1993–2003).
• Warren Hellman, 77, American investor, founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festivals, complications from leukemia treatment.
• Evans Knowles, 97, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Norfolk (1957–1962).
• Ralph MacDonald, 67, American percussionist and songwriter, lung cancer.
• Ted Markland, 78, American actor.
• John Rex, 86, South African-born British sociologist.
• Johnny Silvo, 75, British folk and blues singer.
• Brian Sparkes, 70, Canadian biochemist.
• Ronald Wolfe, 89, British sitcom writer (The Rag Trade, On the Buses), complications from a fall.
• Marijan Žužej, 77, Croatian Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) water polo player.
• Lorenzo de Rodas, 81, Spanish-Mexican actor.

19

• George Athor, 49, South Sudanese rebel leader, shot.
• Gerard Louis Goettel, 83, American senior judge of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Luciano Magistrelli, 73, Italian Olympic footballer (1960), heart attack.
• Kathleen Malach, 85, American AAGPBL baseball player.
• Héctor Núñez, 75, Uruguayan footballer, after long illness.
• William G. Robinson, 85, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Ron Smith, 70, American radio host (WBAL), pancreatic cancer.

20

• Robert Ader, 79, American psychologist, co-founder of psychoneuroimmunology.
• Hana Andronikova, 44, Czech writer and playwright, cancer.
• Sean Bonniwell, 71, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Music Machine), lung cancer.
• Howard P. Boyd, 97, American naturalist.
• Hugh Carless, 86, British diplomat and explorer.
• Jack Goldman, 90, American physicist, chief scientist at Xerox Corporation.
• Khalifa Kambi, 56, Gambian politician, Deputy Minister of Agriculture (since 2010).
• George Lundy, 64, American priest and academic, President of Wheeling Jesuit University (2000–2003), stroke.
• Yoshimitsu Morita, 61, Japanese film director (The Family Game), liver failure.
• Tushar Ranganath, 37, Indian film director (Gulama), heart attack.
• Barry Reckord, 85, Jamaican playwright.
• Leopold Unger, 89, Polish journalist.
• Kenchappa Varadaraj, 89, Indian Olympic footballer (1948).
• Václav Zítek, 79, Czech opera singer.

21

• Ann-Mari Adamsson, 77, Swedish actor.
• Patrick Bashford, 82, Polish-born British professor of classical guitar.
• Bud Bloomfield, 75, American baseball player.
• Francis Braganza, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baroda (1987–1997).
• John Chamberlain, 84, American sculptor.
• P. K. Iyengar, 80, Indian nuclear scientist.
• Alastair Maitland, 95, British diplomat.
• Werner Otto, 102, German entrepreneur (Otto GmbH).
• Olavi Rokka, 86, Finnish Olympic modern pentathlete, bronze medalist (1952).
• Yevhen Rudakov, 69, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1972) football goalkeeper.
• Robert Simons, 89, English cricketer (Hertfordshire).
• Jonathan Stephenson, 61, English-born Northern Irish politician.
• Roberto Szidon, 70, Brazilian classical pianist, heart attack.
• Umanosuke Ueda, 71, Japanese professional wrestler and actor, respiratory failure.
• Jean-Pierre Urkia, 93, French-born Laotian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Paksé (1967–1975).
• Yuval Zamir, 48, Israeli actor, voice actor, director and singer, diabetes.

22

• Per Berlin, 90, Swedish Olympic silver (1952) and bronze (1956) medal-winning wrestler.
• Richard Bessière, 88, French author.
• Emanuel Bosák, 87, Czech sports official.
• Bettye Danoff, 88, American golfer, founding member of the LPGA.
• William Duell, 88, American singer and actor (1776, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Police Squad!).
• Bennie Ellender, 86, American college football coach (Arkansas State, Tulane), Alzheimer's disease.
• Michael von Grünau, 67, Canadian psychologist and neurophysiologist.
• Vasant Ranjane, 74, Indian cricketer.
• Rogelio Sánchez González, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Colima (1972–1980).
• Marion Segal Freed, 77, American film producer, editor and screenwriter.
• Zithulele Sinqe, 48, South African Olympic long-distance runner, car accident.
• Ernest A. Watkinson, 99, Canadian politician.

23

• Merrill Kenneth Albert, 88, American author and trial lawyer, heart disease.
• Denise Darcel, 87, French actress, aneurysm.
• Neil Davids, 56, English footballer.
• Cees van Dongen, 79, Dutch motorcycle road racer.
• Evelyn Handler, 78, American academic, President of the University of New Hampshire (1980–1983) and Brandeis University (1983–1991), traffic collision.
• Bill Klatt, 64, American ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints), leukemia.
• Francis Nigel Lee, 77, British-born American theologian, motor neurone disease.
• Tripuraneni Maharadhi, 82, Indian screenwriter.
• Aydın Menderes, 65, Turkish politician, son of Adnan Menderes.
• Norayr Musheghyan, 76, Armenian wrestler, coach and public activist, world champion (1958).
• Abdur Razzaq, 69, Bangladeshi politician.
• Bruce Ruxton, 85, Australian veterans' representative and advocate, President of the Victorian RSL (1979–2002).
• Muhammad Afzal Zullah, 83, Pakistani jurist, Chief Justice (1990–1993).

24

• Monte Amundsen, 81, American opera and musical singer.
• M. Salah Baouendi, 74, Tunisian-born American mathematician.
• Armando Brambilla, 69, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (since 1994).
• Sergio Buso, 61, Italian footballer and coach.
• Peggy R. Cook, 73, American politician.
• José Andrés Corral Arredondo, 65, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Parral (since 1992), heart attack.
• Bernard Gert, 77, American philosopher.
• Johannes Heesters, 108, Dutch actor and singer, stroke.
• István Jutasi, 82, Hungarian Olympic sailor Olympedia – István Jutasi
• Marvin Knopp, 78, American mathematician.
• Jody Rainwater, 92, American bluegrass musician and radio personality, heart disease.
• John N. Ross, 91, Irish politician.
• Lynn Samuels, 69, American radio personality (Sirius XM).
• Walter Söhne, 98, German agronomist.
• Henri Sitek, 82, Polish-French cyclist.
• Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 67, Russian chess Grandmaster.

25

• Israel Baker, 92, American violinist and concertmaster, stroke.
• Giorgio Bocca, 91, Italian essayist and journalist.
• Ben Breedlove, 18, American Internet personality, cardiac arrest.
• Sue Carroll, 58, British journalist, pancreatic cancer.
• Adrienne Cooper, 65, American klezmer and Yiddish vocalist, adrenal cancer.
• Satyadev Dubey, 75, Indian actor, playwright and director.
• Thomas Finnegan, 86, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Killala (1987–2002).
• Seán French, 80, Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1976) and TD (1967–1982).
• Jack Fulbeck, 95, American poet and academic.
• Habib Galhia, 70, Tunisian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
• Andrew Geller, 87, American architect, kidney failure.
• Lex Gigeroff, 49, Canadian writer, actor and producer (Lexx), heart attack.
• Khalil Ibrahim, 53–54, Sudanese Darfuri rebel leader, air strike.
• Sir Roger Jowell, 69, British social statistician.
• John Christoffel Kannemeyer, 72, South African writer, authority on Afrikaans literature.
• Christophe Laigneau, 46, French footballer (Stade Lavallois).
• Alexander Melnikov, 81, Soviet and Russian politician.
• Sir Moses Pitakaka, 66, Solomon Islander politician, Governor-General (1994–1999).
• George Robb, 85, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur F.C.), dementia.
• Ferenc Schmidt, 70, Hungarian politician.
• Jim Sherwood, 69, American musician (The Mothers of Invention).
• Simms Taback, 79, American author, graphic artist and illustrator.

26

• Kennan Adeang, 69, Nauruan politician, President (1986).
• Houston Antwine, 72, American football player (Boston/New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles), AFL All-Star (1963–1968), heart failure.
• Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71, Mexican actor (Zorro series), cancer.
• Sarekoppa Bangarappa, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Karnataka (1990–1992).
• Sean Collins, 59, American surfer and surf forecaster (Surfline), heart attack.
• Fred Fono, 49, Solomon Islander politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006) and MP for Central Kwara'ae (1997–2010).
• John Mackintosh Howie, 75, Scottish mathematician.
• Kiyonori Kikutake, Japanese architect.
• Barbara Lea, 82, American jazz singer and actress, Alzheimer's disease.
• Lloyd Madden, 93, American football player.
• Wilhelm Noller, 92, German Luftwaffe member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
• Sam Rivers, 88, American jazz musician and composer, pneumonia.
• James Rizzi, 61, American pop artist.
• Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, 81, American-born Georgian aristocrat, New York City highway commissioner, esophageal cancer.

27

• Frank Bourke, 89, Australian football player.
• Catê, 38, Brazilian footballer, car accident.
• Sir Clifford Darling, 89, Bahamian politician, Governor-General (1992–1995).
• Sir Michael Dummett, 86, British philosopher.
• Helen Frankenthaler, 83, American artist.
• Julia Sampson Hayward, 77, American tennis player, won Australian Open doubles and mixed doubles (1963).
• Rusty Hevelin, 89, American science fiction fanzine publisher.
• Mykola Koltsov, 75, Russian-born Ukrainian footballer and youth trainer.
• Ante Čedo Martinić, 51, Croatian actor (Ruža vjetrova), stomach cancer.
• Meral Menderes, 78, Turkish opera singer.
• Thinley Norbu, 81, Tibetan Buddhist writer and teacher.
• Sir Iwan Raikes, 90, British vice admiral and naval secretary.
• Betty Jane Rhodes, 90, American actress (The Arizona Raiders, Sweater Girl).
• Martino Scarafile, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Castellaneta (1985–2003).
• Thomas Michael Shanahan, 77, American senior judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska.
• Dan Terry, 87, American jazz trumpeter and big band leader.
• Anne Tyng, 91, American architect.
• Dennis Utter, 72, American politician, Nebraska State Senator (since 2009).
• Johnny Wilson, 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Detroit Red Wings).

28

• James Earl Baumgartner, 68, American mathematician.
• Bruce Fine, 74, American sports team part-owner.
• Larry Hamilton, 60, American blues singer and songwriter.
• Charlotte Kerr, 84, German film director and producer.
• Razia Khan, 75, Bangladeshi writer and educationist.
• Don Mueller, 84, American baseball player (New York Giants, Chicago White Sox), MLB All-Star (1954, 1955).
• Hasan Mutlucan, 85, Turkish folk singer.
• Lucia Rikaki, 50, Greek stage, film and television director, cancer.
• Myron Roderick, 77, American Olympic wrestler (1956) and coach.
• Kaye Stevens, 79, American singer and actress, breast cancer and blood clots.
• Teruo Sugihara, 74, Japanese golfer, prostate cancer.

29

• Ivan Andonov, 77, Bulgarian film director and actor.
• Paul Antaki, 84, Egyptian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Archbishop of Antioch (1968–2001).
• Rosman García, 32, Venezuelan baseball player (Texas Rangers), traffic collision.
• Leopold Hawelka, 100, Austrian coffee house owner (Café Hawelka).
• John Robert Holmes, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Lambton—Kent (1972–1980).
• Ron Howells, 84, Welsh footballer.
• Ken Johnson, 80, English footballer.
• Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri, 55, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
• Svein Krøvel, 65, Norwegian cinematographer.
• Tyron Perez, 26, Filipino actor (StarStruck), shot.
• Amichand Rajbansi, 69, South African politician, Minister without portfolio (1984–1988), Leader of the Minority Front (since 1994).
• Bob Wasserman, 77, American police chief and politician, Mayor of Fremont, California (2004–2011), respiratory complications.
• Milton Wong, 72, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, pancreatic cancer.

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• Ted Beard, 90, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox).
• Garnet Campbell, 84, Canadian curler.
• Mike Colalillo, 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Dezső Garas, 77, Hungarian actor.
• Mona Guérin, 77, Haitian writer and playwright.
• Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, 74, Bangladeshi politician.
• Sir Robert Horton, 72, British businessman.
• Kim Geun-tae, 64, South Korean politician, Minister of Health and Welfare (2004–2006), pneumonia and kidney failure.
• Richard Lainhart, 58, American artist and composer, complications after surgery.
• Ricardo Legorreta, 80, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medal recipient, cancer.
• Ronald Searle, 91, British cartoonist (St Trinian's School, Molesworth).
• Doug Sellars, 50, Canadian television executive (Fox Sports Media Group, CBC Sports), heart attack.
• Vasily Starodubtsev, 80, Russian politician, Governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005), member of the Gang of Eight (1991).
• Eleanor Ross Taylor, 91, American poet.
• Mirko Tremaglia, 85, Italian politician, Minister without portfolio (2001–2006).
• Eva Zeisel, 105, Hungarian-born American ceramic artist and designer.

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• Kanati Allen, 64, American Olympic gymnast.
• Murray Barnes, 57, Australian soccer player (Sydney Hakoah), national captain (1980–1981).
• Celia Dale, 99, British crime writer.
• Alfonso Gómez-Lobo, 71, Chilean-born American academic, professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy (Georgetown University).
• Roy Greenwood, 80, English footballer (Crystal Palace F.C.).
• Sir David Hirst, 86, British jurist.
• Rex Jackson, 83, Australian politician and convicted criminal, New South Wales MLA for Bulli (1955–1971) and Heathcote (1971–1986).
• Penny Jordan, 65, British romantic novelist.
• Jerzy Kluger, 90, Polish businessman, bronchitis.
• Stanley Kwan, 86, Hong Kong banker, creator of the Hang Seng Index, heart failure.
• Glenn Lord, 80, American editor.
• Michael Mann, 87, British Anglican prelate, Dean of Windsor (1976–1989).

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Fallecidos en diciembre de 2011 para niños