Deaths in December 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2012.

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 2012

1

• Ahmed Taib El Alj, 84, Moroccan writer.
• Raymond Ausloos, 82, Belgian football player.
• Jovan Belcher, 25, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), suicide by gunshot.
• José Bénazéraf, 90, French film director and producer.
• Arthur Chaskalson, 81, South African judge, Chief Justice (2001–2005), leukaemia.
• Mitchell Cole, 27, English footballer (Southend United, Stevenage Borough), complications of a heart defect.
• John Crigler, 76, American basketball player (University of Kentucky).
• Steve Fox, 54, English footballer, cancer.
• Chuck Gavin, 78, American football player.
• Dee Harvey, 47, American R&B singer.
• Rick Majerus, 64, American college basketball coach (University of Utah, Saint Louis University), heart failure.
• Ezroy Millwood, 70, Jamaican transport businessman.
• Gerard Parker, 76, American Cherokee tribal leader, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1995).
• Rubén Pellanda, 65, Argentine politician.
• Ed Price, 94, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1958–1966).
• Ray Rosso, 96, Italian-born American football coach, natural causes.
• Marcia Russell, 72, New Zealand journalist and news presenter.
• Edouard Saouma, 86, Lebanese civil servant, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1976–1993).
• Bhim Bahadur Tamang, 78, Nepali politician, stroke.
• Phil Taylor, 95, English footballer and coach (Liverpool).
• Vidal Vega, 48, Paraguayan peasant leader, shooting.
• Yoshinori Watanabe, 71, Japanese yakuza, fifth godfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi.
• Reinhold Weege, 62, American television writer and producer (Barney Miller, Night Court), natural causes.
• James R. Whelan, 79, American publisher (The Washington Times), multiple organ failure.
• Karl-Heinz Wiebe, 96, German U-boat chief engineer during World War II and Iron Cross recipient.

2

• Ron Auchettl, 66, Australian footballer.
• Michael Crawford, 92, English cricketer.
• Gitte Dæhlin, 56, Norwegian sculptor.
• Preeti Ganguly, 59, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
• Michael A. Gorman, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2003–2005), POEMS syndrome.
• Tom Hendry, 83, Canadian playwright, founder of Manitoba Theatre Centre.
• Hiroshi Kato, 77, Japanese aikido master.
• Israel Keyes, 34, American alleged serial killer, suicide by hanging and lacerations.
• Ehsan Naraghi, 86, Iranian sociologist and writer, Director of UNESCO's Youth Division (1980–1996), long illness.
• Sylvester Odhiambo, Kenyan football coach (Muhoroni Youth F.C.).
• Décio Pignatari, 85, Brazilian poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.
• Azumir Veríssimo, 77, Brazilian footballer.
• Szymon, 23, Australian musician, suicide.

3

• Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, 74, Iraqi-born Lebanese Syrian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop-Procurator in Rome (since 1986).
• Leo Rajendram Antony, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa (1974–1983).
• Amir Mahmud Anvar, 67, Iranian literary academic and poet.
• Tommy Berggren, 62, Swedish footballer.
• Ivan Boboshko, 83, Soviet football player and coach.
• Georgy Borisenko, 90, Soviet correspondence chess grandmaster and chess theoretician.
• Kuntal Chandra, 28, Bangladeshi cricketer, strangulation.
• Bill Donckers, 61, American football player, lymphoma.
• Christopher Erhardt, 53, American video game producer and academic.
• Peter Johnson, Sr., 91, American trial lawyer and political power broker, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Fyodor Khitruk, 95, Russian animator and animation director (The Story of a Crime).
• Mohamed Mahroof, 62, Sri Lankan politician, MP for Colombo (2000–2010).
• Diego Mendieta, 32, Paraguayan footballer, viral infection.
• Carlomagno Meneses, 85, Peruvian Olympic boxer.
• Eileen Moran, 60, American visual effects producer (The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, King Kong), cancer.
• King G. Porter, 91, American politician, member of the Tennessee State Senate.
• Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 80, British photographer.
• Janet Shaw, 46, Australian Paralympic bronze medal-winning (2004) cyclist and author, cancer.
• Jeroen Willems, 50, Dutch actor and singer, cardiac arrest.

4

• Alfredo Abon Lee, 85, Cuban military officer.
• Narmada Akka, Indian communist, shot.
• Grady Allen, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), cardiac arrest.
• José Alves da Costa, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Corumbá (1991–1999).
• Vasily Belov, 80, Russian writer, poet and dramatist.
• Philippe Bena, 60, French Olympic fencer.
• Jean Bollack, 89, French philosopher, philologist and literary critic.
• Jack Brooks, 89, American politician, member of US House of Representatives (1953–1995) and Texas House of Representatives (1949–1953).
• Miguel Calero, 41, Colombian footballer, cerebral thrombosis.
• Rozina Cambos, 60, Israeli actress (The Human Resources Manager), leukemia.
• James B. Cardwell, 90, American bureaucrat, complications of a broken hip.
• Besse Cooper, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person.
• Anthony Deane-Drummond, 95, British army major general.
• Massimo Giustetti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pinerolo (1974–1975), Mondovi (1975–1986) and Biella (1986–2001).
• Jonathan Harvey, 73, English composer, motor neurone disease.
• Helen Johnson Houghton, 102, British racehorse trainer.
• Eamon Kelly, 65, Irish criminal, shot.
• Peter Kiesewetter, 67, German modern classical composer.
• Miroslav Klůc, 90, Czech Olympic ice hockey (1956) forward and coach, member of Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, stroke.
• Larry Lawrence, 63, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Edmonton Eskimos), edema.
• Paul Marcotte, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2007).
• Branislav Milinković, 52, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to NATO and Austria, suicide by jumping.
• Robert Monclar, 82, French Olympic basketball player.
• Hilmar Moore, 92, American politician, longest-serving mayor in the United States, complications of a fall.
• Tony Sweeney, 81, Irish sports writer and historian, heart attack.
• Michael Till, 77, British Anglican priest, Dean of Winchester (1996–2005).
• Ken Trickey, 79, American basketball coach (Oral Roberts University).
• Gerrit van Dijk, 73, Dutch animator, long illness.
• John Ward, 64, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), cancer.

5

• Allah Bachayo Khoso, 77, Pakistani artist and Alghoza player.
• Sammy Arena, 81, American singer, multiple organ failure.
• Petrine Archer-Straw, 55, British art historian, sickle-cell disease.
• Erwin Bischofberger, 76, Swedish Jesuit and medical practitioner.
• Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer ("Blue Rondo à la Turk"), heart failure.
• MC Buffalo, 41, Croatian rapper, stroke.
• Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, 90, Panamanian painter, musician, journalist, and writer.
• Evgeny Chubarov, 77, Russian painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.
• Chen Wencong, 42, Singaporean actor, writer and producer, pneumonia.
• Eduardo J. Corso, 92, Uruguayan journalist and lawyer.
• Wilhelmus Demarteau, 95, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1954–1983).
• Enebeli Elebuwa, 66, Nigerian actor, stroke.
• Peter Feltus, 70, American philatelist.
• Francesco Fonti, 64, Italian criminal.
• Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, Russian journalist, shooting.
• Frigyes Hollósi, 71, Hungarian actor.
• Ignatius IV of Antioch, 92, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch (since 1979), stroke.
• Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, 57, Japanese kabuki star, acute respiratory distress syndrome.
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 103, Australian philanthropist, widow of Sir Keith Murdoch, mother of Rupert Murdoch.
• Yves Niaré, 35, French Olympic (2008) shot putter, traffic collision.
• Oscar Niemeyer, 104, Brazilian architect, respiratory infection.
• Eileen Pollock, 86, American television writer and producer (Dynasty, The Colbys).
• Kaisa Sere, 58, Finnish computer scientist.
• Doug Smith, 75, Scottish footballer and administrator (Dundee United).
• Felix Weinberg, 84, Czech-born British physicist.

6

• Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, 51, Equatorial Guinean politician, Prime Minister (2004–2006), heart attack.
• Mike Boyette, 71, American professional wrestler, heart disease.
• Jan Carew, 92, Guyanese writer and academic.
• Ed Cassidy, 89, American musician (Spirit), cancer.
• Eta Cohen, 96, English violin teacher and author.
• Arnold C. Cooper, 79, American academic.
• Bim Diederich, 90, Luxembourgian road bicycle racer.
• David Favrholdt, 81, Danish philosopher.
• Keitani Graham, 32, Micronesian Olympic (2012) Greco-Roman wrestler, heart attack.
• Alice Harden, 64, American politician, Mississippi State Senator (since 1988).
• Karine Kazinian, 57, Armenian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (since 2011), complications during surgery.
• Jeffrey Koo Sr., 79, Taiwanese businessman and billionaire, chairman for Chinatrust Financial Holding Company.
• Huw Lloyd-Langton, 61, British guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker), throat cancer.
• Reginald Norby, 78, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to France (1994–1998).
• O-Six, 6, Yellowstone National Park gray wolf, shot.
• Pulpit, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Fountain of Youth Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes.
• Giovanni Sostero, 48, Italian astronomer, heart attack.
• Pedro Vaz, 49, Uruguayan diplomat and lawyer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009–2010), Ambassador to Chile (since 2010), heart attack.

7

• Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, 46, Kuwaiti al-Qaeda leader, drone strike.
• Duggan Anderson, 88, Australian football player (Swan Districts Football Club).
• Olga Beaver, 70, Czech-American mathematician.
• Marie Bennigsen-Broxup, 68, British orientalist.
• Mikelis Brizga, 101, Australian businessman.
• P. J. Carey, 59, American baseball coach (Colorado Rockies).
• Chen Wen-yu, 88, Taiwanese horticulturist.
• Thomas Cornell, 75, American artist and professor, cancer.
• Armando Costa, 63, Canadian soccer coach and player.
• Gilbert Durand, 91, French academic.
• Ernest England, 85, Australian cricketer.
• Ammar El Sherei, 64, Egyptian musical composer and performer, heart ailment.
• Denis Houf, 80, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège).
• William F. House, 89, American physician, developer of the cochlear implant, cancer.
• Irene Hughes, 92, American psychic.
• Nikola Ilić, 27, Serbian basketball player, cancer.
• Armand Van De Kerkhove, 97, Belgian footballer [1]
• Roelof Kruisinga, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1978).
• Art Larsen, 87, American tennis player.
• Jeni Le Gon, 96, American dancer and actress (Amos 'n' Andy).
• Rusty Mills, 49, American animator (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The Replacements), colon cancer.
• Ralph Parr, 88, American fighter pilot, Korean War flying ace.
• Marty Reisman, 82, American table tennis player, complications of heart and lung ailments.
• Saul Steinberg, 73, American businessman and corporate raider.
• Govindasamy Suppiah, 83, Singaporean football referee, diabetes.
• Joseph R. Weisberger, 92, American judge, Chief Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court (1993–2001).

8

• Hermelindo Alberti, 87, Argentine sprinter.
• Barry Altman, 63, American businessman, cancer.
• Jerry Brown, 25, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), traffic collision.
• Mary Griggs Burke, 96, American art collector, largest private collector of Japanese art outside Japan.
• Arnold Dean, 82, American radio sports host and personality.
• Vernice Ferguson, 84, American nurse and healthcare executive.
• John Gowans, 78, British religious leader and musician, General of The Salvation Army (1999–2002).
• Jagannathan, 74, Indian actor.
• Yvonne Kennedy, 67, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1979).
• Johnny Lira, 61, American lightweight boxer, liver disease.
• Ambrose Madtha, 57, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Naissus, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire (since 2008), traffic collision.
• Charles Martin, 81, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate.
• Khan Sarwar Murshid, 88, Bangladeshi educationist and intellectual, complications from stroke.
• Walter Newman, 91, American civic leader and army veteran.
• Bill Prest, 86, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Port Curtis (1976–1992).
• Hal Schaefer, 87, American jazz musician and vocal coach (Marilyn Monroe) involved in the Wrong-Door Raid.
• Isaiah Shavitt, 87, Polish–born American theoretical chemist.
• Mark Strizic, 84, Australian photographer.

9

• Jenni Rivera, 43, American-born Mexican banda and norteño singer, plane crash.
• Barbara Alby, 66, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1998).
• Håkon E. Andersen, 87, Norwegian bishop.
• Mathews Mar Barnabas, 88, Indian Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
• Michael Bürsch, 70, German politician.
• Anna Czóbel, 94, Hungarian cinematographer.
• Biswajit Das, 24, Bangladeshi tailor, murdered.
• Jeanne Gervais, 90, Ivorian politician.
• Anat Gov, 58, Israeli playwright and screenwriter, colorectal cancer.
• Hiromori Kawashima, 90, Japanese sports administrator.
• Ivan Ljavinec, 89, Ukrainian-born Czech Byzantine Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch in the Czech Republic (1996–2003).
• Sir Patrick Moore, 89, British astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night), sepsis.
• Alex Moulton, 92, British engineer and inventor (Moulton Bicycle).
• Béla Nagy Abodi, 94, Hungarian painter.
• André Nelis, 77, Belgian Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning sailor, cancer.
• Ataa Oko, abt. 93, Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist.
• Charles Rosen, 85, American pianist and author, cancer.
• Riccardo Schicchi, 59, Italian pornographer, chronic kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes.
• Norman Joseph Woodland, 91, American inventor, co-creator of the bar code.

10

• Iajuddin Ahmed, 81, Bangladeshi politician, President (2002–2009), heart and kidney disease.
• Vladimir Bakulin, 73, Kazakhstani Olympic silver medal-winning (1968) wrestler.
• Ashwini Bhatt, 76, Indian novelist.
• Cliff Brown, 60, American football player (Notre Dame).
• Antonio Cubillo, 82, Spanish politician, founder of Canary Islands Independence Movement.
• Lisa Della Casa, 93, Swiss soprano.
• Marla English, 77, American actress.
• Ralph Frese, 86, American canoe maker and conservationist.
• Ed Grady, 89, American actor (The Notebook, Dawson's Creek).
• Albert O. Hirschman, 97, German-born American economist.
• Hungargunn Bear It'n Mind, 9, Hungarian Vizsla, the Best in Show at Crufts in 2010.
• Harry Iauko, Vanuatuan politician, MP for Tanna (2008–2012), complications of pneumonia.
• Ibn Bey, 28, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
• Jacques Jullien, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1978–1984), and Archbishop of Rennes (1985–1998).
• Patricia Kennedy, 96, Australian stage, film, and television actress (My Brilliant Career, Return to Eden).
• Ciarán Maher, 50, Irish Gaelic football player.
• Roy Miles, 77, British art dealer.
• Bob Munden, 70, American entertainer, heart failure.
• Shoichi Ozawa, 83, Japanese actor and folk art researcher.
• Paul Rauch, 82, American television producer (Another World, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara), complications of blood clots.
• Tommy Roberts, 70, British fashion designer.
• John Small, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions).
• Felix Stehling, 87, American restaurateur, co-founder of Taco Cabana, dementia.
• Erwin Tomash, 91, American businessman (Dataproducts), Alzheimer's disease.
• Birdsall S. Viault, 80, American academic.
• Reginald James Wallace, 93, British civil servant, last Governor of the Gilbert Islands (1978–1979).

11

• Angélica M. Arambarri, 67, Argentine botanist and mycologist.
• Emilia Pisani Belserene, 89, American astronomer.
• Toni Blankenheim, 90, German opera singer.
• Lou Castagnola, 76, American athlete.
• Genadiy Dulnev, 85, Russian academic.
• Semiha Es, 100, Turkish photographer.
• Antonie Hegerlíková, 89, Czech actress, Thalia Award winner (2004).
• William B. Hopkins, 90, American politician, member of Virginia Senate (1960–1980), majority leader (1976–1980).
• Pedro Reginaldo Lira, 97, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Francisco in Argentina (1961–1965), and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (1967–1978).
• B. B. Nimbalkar, 92, Indian cricketer.
• Dindi Gowa Nyasulu, 68, Malawian politician, leader of AFORD, brain tumor.
• Manuel Pardo, 56, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
• Gérard Rasquin, 85, Luxembourgian Olympic sprinter.
• Alois Schnaubelt, 91, German Nazi soldier, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1944).
• Ravi Shankar, 92, Indian musician, complications from heart surgery.
• Walter Francis Sullivan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Richmond (1974–2003), liver cancer.
• Galina Vishnevskaya, 86, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist.
• Colleen Walker, 56, American golfer, won du Maurier Classic (1997), breast cancer.
• Mendel Weinbach, 79, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.

12

• Joe Allbritton, 87, American businessman, broadcaster and publisher.
• Fazlul Haque Amini, 67, Bangladeshi Muslim scholar.
• W. Rex Black, 92, American politician, member of the Utah Senate (1973–1997).
• Cynthia Bolbach, 64, American lawyer, cancer.
• Ray Briem, 82, American radio host (KABC), cancer.
• Eddie "Guitar" Burns, 84, American Detroit blues musician, heart failure.
• Manas Chakraborty, 70, Indian singer.
• Ron Cooper, 80, British bicycle frame maker.
• Alfred Delcourt, 83, Belgian football referee.
• Richard Eyre, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Exeter (1981–1996).
• Chris Fokma, 85, Dutch sculptor and ceramist.
• Laurie Gallagher, 88, Australian footballer.
• Else Marie Jakobsen, 85, Norwegian textile artist.
• Walt Kirk, 88, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks).
• Don Medford, 95, American television director (Baretta, Dynasty, The F.B.I., The Fugitive).
• N.M. Mohan, 63, Indian comic book writer and editor, heart attack.
• Thomas Naylor, 76, American economist.
• Uri Possen, 70, American economist.
• Manju Bharat Ram, 66, Indian educationalist, cancer.
• Augustin Sagna, 92, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ziguinchor (1966–1995).
• Nityanand Swami, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2000–2001).
• David Tait, 25, English rugby player, fall from building.

13

• Willie Ackerman, 73, American drummer (Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Louis Armstrong).
• Andreu Alfaro, 83, Spanish sculptor.
• Donnie Andrews, 58, American criminal, inspiration for Omar Little on The Wire, complications of heart surgery.
• Jaco de Bakker, 73, Dutch theoretical computer scientist.
• Balthazar Bigirimana, 54-55, Burundian politician and diplomat.
• Ian Black, 88, Scottish footballer.
• Jan Blaha, 74, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop (1967–2012).
• John Bradley, 87, American racer.
• Alan Colquhoun, 91, English architect, historian, critic and teacher.
• Gil Friesen, 75, American music and film executive, President of A&M Records (1965–1990), leukemia.
• Jack Hanlon, 96, American child actor (Our Gang, The Shakedown, The General).
• Maurice Herzog, 93, French climber and politician, Minister of Youth and Sport (1958–1963).
• Natalya Kustinskaya, 74, Russian actress (Three Plus Two, Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession), complications from pneumonia.
• Moshe Lazar, 84, American academic.
• Newton Edward Miller, 93, American politician, member of the New Jersey House of Representatives (1981–1989).
• Midori Miura, 64, Japanese translator of Russian, cancer.
• T. Shanmugham, 92, Indian footballer and coach, respiratory ailment.
• Rob Talbot, 89, New Zealand politician, MP for Ashburton (1966–1969, 1978–1987) and South Canterbury (1969–1978).
• Abdesslam Yassine, 84, Moroccan political figure, complications of influenza.

14

• Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, 82, Nigerian Anglican prelate, Primate of the Church of Nigeria (1986–1999).
• Leon Abrams, 89, British surgeon.
• Claude Abravanel, 88, Swiss pianist and composer.
• Richard Baum, 72, American China watcher.
• Avrelija Cencič, 48, Slovenian university professor.
• Alida Chelli, 69, Italian actress, cancer.
• Ertuğ Ergin, 42, Turkish singer.
• John Graham, 89, British army major general.
• Edward Jones, 62, American politician, North Carolina State Senator (since 2007), pancreatic cancer.
• Kenneth Kendall, 88, British television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), complications of a stroke.
• Klaus Köste, 69, German Olympic champion (1972) gymnast, heart failure.
• Hazel McIsaac, 79, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly member for St. George's (1975–1982), Alzheimer's disease.
• Jitka Senecká, 72, Czech Olympic volleyball player.
• Marion Stokes, 83, American television producer and civil rights activist.
• Shōmei Tōmatsu, 82, Japanese photographer.
• Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, American elementary school teacher, shot.

15

• Mohammad Amin, 84, Indian historian.
• Yury Anisimov, 74, Soviet Olympic sailor.
• Owoye Andrew Azazi, 60, Nigerian general, National Security Adviser (2010–2012), helicopter crash.
• Jamala al-Baidhani, 35, Yemeni activist, respiratory disease.
• Dick Hafer, 85, American jazz saxophonist.
• Bob Johnston, 83, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne).
• C. Louis Kincannon, 72, American bureaucrat, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau (2002–2008), cancer.
• Vincent Lafko, 67, Slovak Olympic silver medallist handball player (1972).
• Bob Odell, 90, American football player, kidney disease.
• Páidí Ó Sé, 57, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, suspected heart attack.
• Bobby Jack Oliver, 76, American football player.
• Ralph Pampena, 78, American police officer, Pittsburgh Police Chief (1987–1990), cancer.
• Jeffrey Potter, 94, American author.
• John Anderson Strong, 97, Scottish physician and academic.
• Takeshi Urata, 65, Japanese astronomer.
• Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, 64, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (since 2010), helicopter crash.
• Olga Zubarry, 83, Argentine film actress.

16

• Charlesia Alexis, 78, Chagossian singer and activist.
• Axel Anderson, 83, German-born Puerto Rican actor.
• Robert W. Bazley, 87, American four-star general.
• James Walker Benét, 98, American journalist, veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, son of William Rose Benét.
• Petar Bozhilov, 49, Bulgarian canoer.
• Sheila Casey (née McKinley), 71, Scottish singer, cancer.
• John Chen Shi-zhong, 94, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Suifu (since 1985).
• Peter Clarke, 77, British cartoonist.
• Doyle Conner, 83, American politician, member of Florida House (1950–1960), Speaker (1958–1960), Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (1961–1991).
• Febo Conti, 85, Italian television and radio presenter.
• Duaine Counsell, 92, American football and baseball coach.
• Robert Derleth, 90, American football player, complications of a stroke.
• Andrzej Dłużniewski, 73, Polish sculptor.
• George Duggan, 100, New Zealand Marist priest and writer.
• Elwood V. Jensen, 92, American medical researcher, pneumonia.
• Laurier LaPierre, 83, Canadian broadcaster and politician, Senator from Ontario (2001–2004).
• Iñaki Lejarreta, 29, Spanish Olympic (2008) mountain biker, traffic collision.
• Avraham Mor, 77, Israeli actor and voice actor, cancer.
• Adam Ndlovu, 42, Zimbabwean footballer, traffic collision.
• Enrique Oltuski, 82, Cuban politician and revolutionary, respiratory failure.
• Nikolai Parshin, 83, Russian football player and manager.
• Jim Patterson, 84, Scottish footballer.
• Brian Sampson, 71, Australian rules football player.
• Fan Vavřincová, 95, Czech author and screenwriter (Eva tropí hlouposti, Taková normální rodinka).
• Josh Weston, 39, American gay porn actor, AIDS-related causes.
• Jake Adam York, 40, American poet, stroke.

17

• Charlie Adam, 50, Scottish footballer, suicide.
• Richard Adams, 65, Filipino-born American gay rights activist, cancer.
• Tony Charlton, 83, Australian sports broadcaster, bowel cancer.
• Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, 60, Nigerian-born British artist, cancer.
• Wayne Ducheneaux, 76, American Native leader.
• Manfred Feist, 82, German politician and party functionary.
• Jack Frazer, 80, Canadian politician.
• James Gower, 90, American Catholic priest and peace activist, co-founder of the College of the Atlantic.
• Jesse Hill, 86, American civil rights leader and businessman.
• Daniel Inouye, 88, American politician, Senator from Hawaii (since 1963), President pro tempore (since 2010), Medal of Honor recipient, respiratory failure.
• Peter Kenen, 80, American academic, emphysema.
• Arnaldo Mesa, 45, Cuban Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) boxer, stroke.
• Frank Pastore, 55, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), injuries from a traffic collision.
• Midge Richardson, 82, American magazine editor (Seventeen), natural causes.
• Sir Colin Spedding, 87, British biologist and agricultural scientist.
• Carroll S. Walsh, Jr., 91, American judge, New York Supreme Court (1978–1990), heart failure.

18

• Skippy Baxter, 93, American figure skater.
• Leman Çıdamlı, 80, Turkish actress, lung cancer.
• Gabrielle Clerk, 89, Canadian psychologist.
• Spencer Cox, 44, American HIV/AIDS activist, AIDS-related causes.
• Joseph T. Doyle, 81, American judge and politician, cancer.
• Sigmund Eisner, 92, American academic.
• Albert Elias, 41, American sports agent.
• Georgi Kaloyanchev, 87, Bulgarian actor (The Tied Up Balloon, Where Are You Going?).
• Koko, 7, Australian canine actor (Red Dog), heart disease.
• Ben Luján, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 1975), Speaker (since 2001), lung cancer.
• Frank Macchiarola, 71, American educator, New York City Schools Chancellor (1978–1983), liver cancer.
• Bessie Moody-Lawrence, 71, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1993–2007), brain cancer.
• Mustafa Ould Salek, 76, Mauritanian army officer and politician, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery (1978–1979).
• Keith Reilly, 77, Canadian curler.
• Camil Samson, 77, Canadian politician, MNA for Rouyn-Noranda (1970–1981).
• George Showell, 78, English footballer, ruptured stomach aortic artery.
• Danny Steinmann, 70, American film director (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning).
• Jim Whalen, 69, American football player (New England Patriots).
• Kevin Williams, 42, American football player.
• Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet, 87, English politician, MP for Keighley (1959–1964) and Chelsea (1966–1974).
• Muriel T. Yacavone, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1970–1982).

19

• Bud Alper, 82, American sound engineer (Blade Runner, Rocky, The Crow).
• Inez Andrews, 83, American gospel singer (The Caravans), cancer.
• Mauricio García Araujo, 81, Venezuelan economist.
• Bob Armstrong, 64, Australian policeman, cancer.
• Sir Lawrie Barratt, 85, English businessman (Barratt Developments).
• Robert Bork, 85, American legal scholar, jurist, and 1987 Supreme Court nominee, heart disease.
• Alan Cowey, 77, British biochemist.
• Paul Crauchet, 92, French actor.
• Ian Crewes, 74, Australian footballer.
• Garniss Curtis, 93, American geophysicist.
• Colin Davis, 79, British racing driver, winner of 1964 Targa Florio.
• Les Devonshire, 86, English footballer.
• Pecker Dunne, 79, Irish musician.
• Krzysztof Etmanowicz, 53, Polish football manager.
• Daniel Gasman, 79, American historian.
• Konrad Hischier, 77, Swiss Olympic skier.
• Georges Jobé, 51, Belgian motocross rider, five-time FIM World Motocross Champion, leukemia.
• Douglas Leiterman, 85, Canadian producer and journalist (This Hour Has Seven Days).
• Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 68, Israeli lieutenant general, Chief of Staff (1995–1998) and politician, Minister of Transportation and Tourism, cancer.
• Larry Morris, 79, American football player (Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams), after long illness.
• Keiji Nakazawa, 73, Japanese manga artist and writer (Barefoot Gen), lung cancer.
• George O'Donnell, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Virginia Starcher, 82, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1986–1990).
• Peter Struck, 69, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1980–2009), Minister of Defence (2002–2005), heart attack.
• Piet de Visser, 81, Dutch politician.

20

• George Almones, 50, American basketball player, heart failure.
• Mohammad Awad, 73, Jordanian footballer.
• Bill Bell, 100, British army officer and lawyer.
• Don Campbell, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Daniel Cazés, 73, Mexican anthropologist.
• Stan Charlton, 83, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Arsenal).
• Leslie Claudius, 85, Indian Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) field hockey player, cirrhosis of the liver.
• Richard Crandall, 64, American scientist, leukemia.
• Niall FitzGerald, 81, Irish football player.
• Robert Juniper, 83, Australian artist.
• Eagle Keys, 89, American-born Canadian CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos) and coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
• Larry L. King, 83, American writer and playwright (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), emphysema.
• Chick Maggioli, 90, American football player.
• Jimmy McCracklin, 91, American blues musician, diabetes and hypertension.
• Victor Merzhanov, 93, Russian classical pianist.
• Erich Peters, 92, Swedish Olympic gymnast.
• Albert Renaud, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Thelma Reston, 75, Brazilian actress (Entranced Earth), breast cancer.
• Kamil Sönmez, 65, Turkish singer and actor, State Artist, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Dennis Stevens, 79, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Everton).
• Jerome Whitehead, 56, American basketball player, gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

21

• Sultan Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi Navy admiral.
• Vivian Anderson, 91, American baseball player (Milwaukee Chicks).
• Boyd Bartley, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Jarl Borssén, 75, Swedish actor and comedian.
• Thomas Bryant, 79, South African cricketer.
• Margarita Costa Tenorio, 61, Spanish biologist.
• Curtis Crider, 82, American racing driver.
• Jishu Dasgupta, 53, Indian film and television producer, cardiac arrest.
• Lee Dorman, 70, American bass guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), natural causes.
• David Lomon, 94, British military veteran, member of the International Brigade.
• Shane McEntee, 56, Irish politician, TD for Meath (2005–2007) & Meath East (since 2007); Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (since 2011), suicide.
• Thomas W. McGee, 88, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1991) and Speaker (1975–1984).
• Lotoala Metia, Tuvaluan politician, Minister for Finance, after long illness.
• Seiso Moyo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Nketa, heart attack.
• Daphne Oxenford, 93, English television and radio actress (Listen with Mother, Coronation Street).
• Basil Robinson, 93, English-born Canadian cricketer.

22

• Peter Anker, 85, Norwegian art historian and critic.
• Bashir Ahmad Bilour, 69, Pakistani politician, bombing.
• Paul Borowski, 75, German Olympic silver medallist sailor (1972).
• Chuck Cherundolo, 96, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart failure.
• Charles Cleveland, 61, American basketball player.
• Wattie Dick, 85, Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley).
• Neil Doolan, 79, Australian football player.
• Ryan Freel, 36, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), suicide by gunshot.
• Emidio Greco, 74, Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Willy Blok Hanson, 98, Javanese-born Canadian dancer.
• Rip Hawk, 82, American professional wrestler.
• George Hazlett, 89, Scottish footballer.
• Gary Johnson, 74, American baseball player and manager.
• Květa Legátová, 93, Czech writer, novel filmed as Želary.
• Barbara Lett-Simmons, 85, American politician.
• Lim Keng Yaik, 73, Malaysian politician.
• Bill McBride, 67, American politician, Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Florida (2002), heart attack.
• Gerald Melling, 69, British-born New Zealand architect and writer.
• Cliff Osmond, 75, American actor (Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Kiss Me, Stupid), pancreatic cancer.
• Robert Pew, 89, American businessman and philanthropist, CEO and Chairman of Steelcase.
• Bolesław Proch, 60, Polish speedway rider, heart attack.
• Arthur Quinlan, 92, Irish journalist (The Irish Times).
• Robert Stevenson, 96, American musicologist.
• Arkady Vorobyov, 88, Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion under-90 kg (1956, 1960).
• Marva Whitney, 68, American singer, complications of pneumonia.

23

• Jerry Araos, 68, Filipino sculptor, landscape artist, and activist.
• Eduardo Arnosi, 88, Argentine music critic and writer.
• Emilio Ciolli, 79, Italian cyclist.
• Abe Deutschendorf, 77, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1994–2006).
• Dennis Greenland, 75, British soil scientist.
• Jean Harris, 89, American convicted murderer, killer of Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower.
• Sylvia Hyman, 95, American ceramic artist.
• Eduardo Maiorino, 33, Brazilian MMA fighter, heart attack.
• Judy Nerat, 64, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2009–2011), cancer.
• John Quimby, 77, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1962–1974), complications of pneumonia.
• Mike Scaccia, 47, American heavy metal guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Revolting Cocks), heart attack.
• Pedro Toledo, 69, Puerto Rican public official, Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department (1993–2001, 2005–2009), cardiac arrest.
• Cristian Tudor, 30, Romanian footballer, cirrhosis.
• Klemens von Klemperer, 96, German-born American historian.
• Evelyn Ward, 89, American television actress, mother of David Cassidy, Alzheimer's disease.

24

• Anand Abhyankar, 48, Indian actor, traffic collision.
• Hugh Aitken, 88, American composer.
• Vilen Barskyi, 92, Ukrainian Soviet and German artist.
• Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, English composer (Nicholas and Alexandra, Murder on the Orient Express).
• Capital Steez, 19, American rapper, suicide by jumping.
• Frank Christian, 60, American singer-songwriter.
• Ray Collins, 76, American singer (The Mothers of Invention), cardiac arrest.
• Brad Corbett, 75, American baseball owner (Texas Rangers, 1974–1980).
• Guy Dodson, 75, New Zealand biochemist.
• Charles Durning, 89, American actor (Evening Shade, Rescue Me, Dog Day Afternoon), natural causes.
• Kimio Eto, 88, Japanese musician.
• Earl Evans, 57, American basketball player.
• Carolina Griño-Aquino, 89, Filipino judge, Supreme Court (1988–1993) and Court of Appeals.
• Douglas Hamilton, 65, British journalist, drowned.
• Lee Hartman, 82, American animator (The Mickey Mouse Club, Sleeping Beauty), dementia.
• Jack Klugman, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple, 12 Angry Men), Emmy winner (1964, 1971, 1973), prostate cancer.
• Alexander Leaf, 92, American physician and research scientist.
• Xavier Mabille, 79, Belgian historian and political scientist.
• Dennis O'Driscoll, 58, Irish poet.
• Elwyn Richardson, 87, New Zealand educator.

25

• Sita bint Fahd Al Damir, 90, Saudi royal.
• Erico Aumentado, 72, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives for Bohol (since 2010), pneumonia.
• Jerzy Bereś, 82, Polish artist.
• Sir Neville Bosworth, 94, British politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1969–1970).
• Augusto Bracca, 94, Venezuelan songwriter, respiratory arrest.
• Frank Calabrese, Sr., 75, American mafia hitman (Family Secrets), suspected heart disease.
• Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, 83, British aristocrat.
• Jane Dixon, 75, American Episcopal prelate, Suffragan Bishop of Washington (1992–2002).
• Peter Ebert, 94, German opera director.
• Şerafettin Elçi, 74, Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman, cancer.
• Halfdan Hegtun, 94, Norwegian radio personality and politician.
• Edward Hughes, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Metuchen (1987–1997), cancer.
• John Josephs, 88, English cricketer (Leicestershire).
• Henry Ford Kamel, 51, Ghanaian politician, MP for Buem (since 2004).
• Joe Krivak, 77, American football coach (University of Maryland), leukemia.
• Mahmoud Larnaout, 67, Tunisian actor.
• Rudolf Müller, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Görlitz (1994–2006).
• Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.
• Turki bin Sultan, 53, Saudi royal, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (since 2011), heart attack.
• Lynn Watters, 96, Canadian Olympic sailor.
• Jože Zidar, 85, Slovenian Olympic ski jumper.

26

• Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed, 85, Pakistani politician and educator.
• Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), Alzheimer's disease.
• Fontella Bass, 72, American singer ("Rescue Me"), complications from a heart attack.
• Paul T. Bateman, 93, American number theorist.
• Elizabeth Brewster, 90, Canadian poet and academic.
• Chu Ting-shun, 84, Taiwanese folk musician and yueqin player.
• Les Garnider, 89, Australian footballer.
• Anton Geiser, 88, Yugoslav-born Nazi concentration camp guard.
• Fred Gerard, 88, French jazz trumpeter and composer
• E. Porter Hatcher Jr., 76, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1987–1999).
• Hugh Lambie, 95, Australian Olympic rower.
• Gerald McDermott, 71, American filmmaker and author.
• Jean Perrot, 92, French archaeologist.
• Irving Saraf, 80, Polish producer, editor and director (In the Shadow of the Stars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Henri Strzelecki, 87, Polish-born British fashion designer, co-founder of Henri Lloyd.
• Ibrahim Tannous, 83, Lebanese military commander.
• Rebecca Tarbotton, 39, Canadian-born American environmental activist, director of Rainforest Action Network, drowning.

27

• Zuleika Alambert, 90, Brazilian writer, feminist, and politician.
• Peter Anderson, 62, New Zealand cricketer.
• Bernie Baxter, 83, Australian rules football player.
• Valentin Boreyko, 79, Russian Olympic champion (1960) rower.
• Harry Carey Jr., 91, American actor (Gremlins, Tombstone, The Searchers), natural causes.
• Lloyd Charmers, 74, Jamaican singer and record producer, heart attack.
• Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician.
• Beatriz da Costa, 38, German artist, cancer.
• Maurice Paul Delorme, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (1975–1994).
• Beth Finch, 91, American politician, first female Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina (1975–1981).
• Hamid Ghodse, 74, Iranian-born British academic, expert in substance abuse and dependence, lung cancer.
• Sohrab Hossain, 90, Bangladeshi singer, exponent of Nazrul Sangeet.
• Ken Jones, 68, English footballer (Bradford Park Avenue, Southampton).
• Paul Khoarai, 79, Mosotho Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leribe (1970–2009).
• Jorma Kortelainen, 80, Finnish Olympic silver medalist (1956) cross-country skier and rower, sepsis.
• Tingye Li, 81, Chinese-born American physicist.
• Edgar May, 83, Swiss-born American politician and Pulitzer prize-winning (1961) journalist, member of Vermont House of Representatives (1973–1983) and Senate (1983–1991), stroke.
• Benny McLaughlin, 84, American footballer.
• Jesco von Puttkamer, 79, German-born American aerospace engineer and NASA manager.
• Albert Riederer, 67, American judge and civic leader, Missouri Court of Appeals (1997–1999), cancer.
• Archie Roy, 88, Scottish astronomer and paranormal expert, pneumonia.
• Jim Sandoval, 54, American baseball historian.
• Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., 78, American general, Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command (1988–1991), complications from pneumonia.
• Noriko Sengoku, 90, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai).
• Takashi Taniguchi, 65, Japanese voice actor.
• Mlađa Veselinović, 97, Serbian actor.
• Salt Walther, 65, American racecar driver.
• Ivar Ytreland, 86, Norwegian politician.

28

• Nicholas Ambraseys, 83, Greek engineering seismologist.
• Fyodor Arkhipenko, 91, Soviet-Belarusian pilot.
• Bogdan Baltazar, 73, Romanian banker, press secretary for Prime Minister Petre Roman, cancer.
• Martin G. Barnes, 64, American politician, first African American mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1997–2002).
• Richard Lee Beasley, 82, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1960–1966), father of David M. Beasley.
• Steve Bryles, 55, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (2001–2011), cancer.
• John Carol Case, 89, British baritone.
• Emilio Charles, Jr., 56, Mexican professional wrestler, kidney failure.
• Jayne Cortez, 76, American poet and performance artist.
• Mark Crispin, 56, American computer programmer.
• John Diehl, 76, American football player.
• Václav Drobný, 32, Czech footballer (Aston Villa, national team), bobsleigh collision.
• Barrie Edgar, 93, English producer (Come Dancing, Gardeners' World), pneumonia.
• Jon Finch, 70, English actor (Frenzy, Kingdom of Heaven).
• Arnór Hannibalsson, 78, Icelandic philosopher and professor.
• Frank Henderson, 84, American politician and judge, member of the South Dakota Senate (1965–1966, 1969–1970) and Supreme Court of South Dakota (1979–1994).
• Tommy Keane, 44, Irish association football player.
• Leif Krantz, 80, Swedish television producer and film director.
• Dan Kraus, 89, American basketball player and FBI special agent, cancer.
• Claude-Anne Lopez, 92, American author and scholar, Alzheimer's disease.
• Lord Avie, 34, American thoroughbred racehorse, oldest living Eclipse Award winner (1980).
• Arman Manukyan, 81, Turkish economist and writer, heart disease.
• George Patterson, 92, Scottish missionary.
• Fred Rehm, 91, American basketball player.
• Emmanuel Scheffer, 88, German-born Israeli football coach, coached national team to only World Cup (1970).
• Burdette Solum, 85, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1991–1992, 1998–2004).
• Frankie Walsh, 76, Irish hurler (Waterford GAA).

29

• Hugh Adam, 87, Scottish businessperson.
• Aleksandra Akimova, 90, Russian pilot.
• Bob Astles, 88, British-born Ugandan government adviser of Milton Obote and Idi Amin.
• Mike Auldridge, 73, American bluegrass musician (The Seldom Scene), cancer.
• Kevin Betson, 83, Australian footballer.
• Henri Bortoft, 74, British philosopher.
• Chu Chang-kyun, 91, South Korean businessperson.
• Keith Crombie, 73, British music venue owner and promoter.
• Tony Greig, 66, South African cricketer, England captain (1975–1977) and Australian Nine Network television commentator, heart attack.
• Roland Griffiths-Marsh, 89, Australian soldier.
• Patience Latting, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of Oklahoma City (1971–1983).
• Edward Meneeley, 85, American artist.
• Ian Norton, 75, English cricketer.
• Ben Overton, 86, American judge, Supreme Court of Florida (1974–1999), complications following heart surgery.
• William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, 84, British journalist and life peer, Editor of The Times (1967–1981), oesophageal cancer.
• Salvador Reyes Monteón, 76, Mexican footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).
• Paulo Rocha, 77, Portuguese film director.
• Bruce Stark, 79, American cartoonist (New York Daily News), emphysema.
• Ruth Ann Steinhagen, 83, American stalker, shot Eddie Waitkus, inspiration for The Natural, fall.
• Ignacy Tokarczuk, 94, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Przemyśl (1965–1993).
• Jean Topart, 90, French actor (Fantastic Planet).
• Jeanne Vertefeuille, 80, American CIA official.

30

• Maulana Bijligar, 85, Pakistani religious leader.
• Gerry Brady, 87, Irish sports shooter.
• Catarina Castor, 32, Guatemalan politician, first Ixil woman elected to Congress, plane crash.
• Philip Coppens, 41, American author, cancer.
• Dennis Ferguson, 64, Australian convicted child sex offender.
• Beate Sirota Gordon, 89, Austrian-born American performing arts producer and women's rights advocate, drafted the Constitution of Japan.
• Mike Hopkins, 53, New Zealand sound editor (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Transformers), drowning.
• Arend Langenberg, 63, Dutch voice-over and radio presenter, rectal cancer.
• Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, Italian neurologist and senator for life, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1986), natural causes.
• Göran Nilsson, 66, Swedish cinematographer.
• Gloria Pall, 85, American actress, heart failure.
• Sir Irvine Patnick, 83, British politician, MP for Sheffield Hallam (1987–1997), heart disease.
• Sonam Topgyal, 71, Tibetan politician, Kalön Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (1997–2001), stomach cancer.
• Andreu Vivo, 34, Spanish artistic gymnast, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, heart attack while mountain climbing.
• Carl Woese, 84, American biologist, winner of Leeuwenhoek Medal (1992), National Medal of Science (2000), complications from pancreatic cancer.

31

• Elfriede Abbe, 93, American sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator.
• Larry Bowie, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
• Moisès Broggi, 104, Spanish physician and pacifist.
• Carmen Calleja, 63, Spanish politician.
• Sergio de Castro, 90, French-Argentinian artist.
• Béla Csécsei, 60, Hungarian politician, Mayor of Józsefváros (1993–2009).
• Susana Dalmás, 64, Uruguayan politician, Senator (2010–2012), heart attack.
• Jim Davenport, 54, American journalist (Associated Press), cancer.
• Walter Hekster, 75, Dutch composer, clarinetist and conductor.
• Konstantin Kobets, 73, Russian Soviet-era military commander.
• Alasdair Liddell, 63, British health executive.
• Velta Līne, 89, Latvian actress, Stalin Prize (1948, 1951), People's Artist (1973).
• Annapurna Maharana, 95, Indian revolutionary figure and women's rights activist.
• Jovette Marchessault, 74, Canadian writer and artist.
• Tarak Mekki, 54, Tunisian politician, heart attack.
• Alan Reece, 85, British engineer and businessman.
• James B. Reuter, 96, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic priest and mass media advocate, complications from a stroke.
• Jean-Henri Roger, 63, French film director.
• Günter Rössler, 86, German photographer.
• Yang Teng-kuei, 74, Taiwanese film producer (Fong Sai-yuk, A City of Sadness), stroke.

External links

• List of December 2012 deaths at IMDb