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deaths occurred in 2022. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent

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(if applicable), what subject was noted for,

cause of death In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of conditions resulting in a human's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. The cause of death is ...

(if known), and reference.

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Chalapathi Rao Chalapathi Rao (8 May 1944 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian actor and producer known for comedy and villainous roles in Telugu cinema. He acted in different roles in more than 600 films. Personal life and death Rao hailed from Baliparru, K ...

, 78, Indian actor and producer, heart attack. (death announced on this date)

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Vittorio Adorni Vittorio Adorni (14 November 1937 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Early life and amateur career Adorni was born in San Lazzaro di Parma on 14 November 1937.

, 85, Italian road racing cyclist. *

Cotton Davidson Francis Marion "Cotton" Davidson (November 30, 1931 – December 23, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback and punter in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). Davidson attende ...

, 91, American football player (

Baltimore Colts The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team that played in Baltimore from its founding in 1953 to 1984. The team now plays in Indianapolis, as the Indianapolis Colts. The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breed ...

Dallas Texans Dallas Texans may refer to: American football *Dallas Texans (NFL), 1952 team in the National Football League *Dallas Texans (AFL), 1960–1962 team that is now the Kansas City Chiefs * Dallas Texans (arena), 1990–1993 Arena Football League team ...

Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raide ...

). (death announced on this date) *

Franco Frattini Franco Frattini (14 March 1957 – 24 December 2022) was an Italian politician and magistrate. From January to December 2022, Frattini served as president of the Council of State. Frattini previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from ...

, 65, Italian politician and magistrate, twice minister of

foreign affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...

, twice of

public administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit establ ...

European commissioner for justice The Commissioner for Justice and Commissioner for Equality are posts in the European Commission. The portfolios of Justice and Equality were previously combined as ''Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality'' under commissioner i ...

(2004–2008), cancer. *

Madosini Latozi "Madosini" Mpahleni (25 December 1943 – 23 December 2022) was a South African musician, known for playing Xhosa traditional instruments such as the '' uhadi'' and ''mhrubhe'' musical bows, and the '' isitolotolo''. Madosini performed u ...

, 78, South African musician. *

Barry Round Barry James Round (26 January 1950 – 24 December 2022) was an Australian rules footballer. He played for and South Melbourne/Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1969 and 1985. He played 328 games (135 for Footscray and 19 ...

, 72, Australian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

er (

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Footscray, Williamstown), organ failure. *

Royal Applause Royal Applause (24 February 1993 – 24 December 2022) was a British Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was undefeated in four races as a two-year-old in 1995, including the Group One Middle Park Stakes, the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes ...

, 29, British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. (death announced on this date) *

Tunisha Sharma Tunisha Sharma (4 January 2002 – 24 December 2022) was an Indian television and film actress. She made her acting debut with ''Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'' as Chand Kawar in 2015. Sharma is best known for having played Rajkumar ...

, 20, Indian actress (''

Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap ''Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'' () is an Indian historical fiction series produced by Contiloe Entertainment. It is based on the life of Maharana Pratap, a sixteenth century ruler of Mewar kingdom. It starred Sharad Malhotra, Rac ...

'', ''

Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat ''Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat'' (English: ''The Great Emperor Ashoka'') is a 2015 Indian historical drama TV series that aired on Colors TV from 2 February 2015 to 7 October 2016. The show was created and written by author and screenwriter Faiza ...

'', ''

Ishq Subhan Allah ''Ishq Subhan Allah'' (English: ''Love, Oh My God'') is an Indian television series that premiered on 14 March 2018 on Zee TV. Produced by Dheeraj Kumar, it starred Eisha Singh and Adnan Khan. Set against a Muslim backdrop, it addressed contemp ...

''), suicide by hanging. *, 102, Chinese paediatric surgeon, member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

23

Su'ad al-Fatih al-Badawi Su'ad al-Fatih Mohammed al-Badawi (1 January 1932 – 23 December 2022) was a Sudanese academic, politician, and journalist. She was known both for her advocacy of women's rights and for her support of Islamism. Al-Badawi held degrees from the Un ...

, 90, Sudanese politician, MP (1996–2005). *

Karnendu Bhattacharjee Karnendu Bhattacharjee (2 May 1938 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian politician who served as a Member of the Parliament. A member of the Indian National Congress party, he represented Assam in the Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitut ...

, 84, Indian politician, MP (1996–2008) and Assam MLA (1985–1991). *

George Cohen George Reginald Cohen (22 October 1939 – 23 December 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back. He spent his entire professional career with Fulham, and won the 1966 World Cup with England. He was inducted int ...

, 83, English footballer (

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...

), world champion (

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

). *

Cue Card Cue cards, also known as note cards, are cards with words written on them that help actors and speakers remember what they have to say. They are typically used in television productions where they can be held off-camera and are unseen by the au ...

, 16, British Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack. *

Jean-Robert de Cavel Jean-Robert de Cavel (September 12, 1961 – December 23, 2022) was a French-American chef active primarily in Cincinnati. He was chef de cuisine at The Maisonette from 1993 to 2002, executive chef at Jean-Robert at Pigall's from 2002 to 2009, ...

, 61, French-American chef,

leiomyosarcoma Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant (cancerous) smooth muscle tumor. A benign tumor originating from the same tissue is termed leiomyoma. While leiomyosarcomas are not thought to arise from leiomyomas, some leiomyoma variants' classification is evolvi ...

. * József Fitos, 63, Hungarian football player (

Szombathelyi Haladás Szombathelyi Haladás (), is a Hungarian football club based in Szombathely. ''Haladás'' is the Hungarian word for ''progress''. The club, which was founded in 1919, plays its home games at Rohonci úti Stadion which has a capacity of 9,500 ( ...

) and manager (

Budapest Honvéd Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of ...

). * Odette Roy Fombrun, 105, Haitian writer and intellectual. *

Spyridon Galinos Spyros Galinos (March 1952 – 23 December 2022) was a Greek politician who served as Mayor of Lesbos from May 2014 to September 2019. Galinos was born in Athens in March 1952 and raised in Mytilene, the capital of the Island of Lesbos. In 1990, ...

, 70, Greek politician, mayor of

Lesbos Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Anatolia, Asia Minor ...

(2014–2018) and MP (2009–2012), cancer. *

Maxi Jazz Maxwell Fraser (14 June 1957 – 23 December 2022), better known by his stage name Maxi Jazz, was a British musician, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. He was the lead vocalist of British electronic band Faithless from 1995 to 2011 and 2015 t ...

, 65, English musician (

Faithless Faithless are an English band that formed in 1995, with its core members being Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. Their first album, '' Reverence'', was released in 1996 and their most recent, ''All Blessed'', in 2020. They have sold millions ...

) and songwriter ("

Insomnia Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping. They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep as long as desired. Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, ...

", " God Is a DJ"). *

Jiang Hualiang Jiang Hualiang (; 10 January 1965 – 23 December 2022) was a Chinese pharmacist who served as director of the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Jiang was a member of the China Democra ...

, 57, Chinese pharmaceutical scientist, member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...

. *

Colin Jillings Colin Maurice Jillings (11 March 1931 – 23 December 2022) was a New Zealand Thoroughbred horse racing trainer from the early 1950s until his retirement in September 2005. He was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame in 2008. Early ...

, 91, New Zealand

Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

horse trainer. *

Li Wenhua Li Wenhua (; 15 January 1932 – 23 December 2022) was a Chinese ecologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Li was born in Guangrao County, Shandong, on 15 January 1932. After high school in 1949, he studied, ...

, 90, Chinese engineer, member of the

. * Lu Qiang, 86, Chinese engineer, member of the

. * Ma Jianzhang, 85, Chinese zoologist, member of the

. *, 93, Moldovan psychiatrist, honorary member of the

Academy of Sciences of Moldova The Academy of Sciences of Moldova ( ro, Academia de Științe a Moldovei), established in 1961, is the main scientific organization of Moldova and coordinates research in all areas of science and technology. Ion Tighineanu has been the head of t ...

. *

Christopher Needler Christopher Needler (4 September 1944 – 23 December 2022) was a British businessman who was the Chairman of Hull City. Needler was born on 4 September 1944, near Kingston upon Hull, and attended Repton School in Derbyshire. He spent five yea ...

, 78, British businessman, chairman of

Hull City F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's ...

(1975–1997). *

Txetxu Rojo José Francisco 'Txetxu' Rojo Arroitia (28 January 1947 – 23 December 2022), also known as Rojo I, was a Spanish football player and coach. During his career the forward played solely for Athletic Bilbao, in a professional spell which spanne ...

, 75, Spanish football player (

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

) and manager (

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritag ...

). *

Kaikala Satyanarayana Kaikala Satyanarayana (25 July 1935 – 23 December 2022) was an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. He appeared in over 750 films and served as the Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok S ...

, 87, Indian actor (''

Kodama Simham ''Kodama Simham'' () is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language revisionist western action film directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao, starring Chiranjeevi, Mohan Babu, Sonam, Radha, and Pran in pivotal roles. The film was simultaneously dubbed into Englis ...

'', ''

Bangaru Kutumbam ''Bangaru Kutumbam'' ( ''Golden Family'') is a 1994 Telugu-language drama film, produced by Kaikala Nageswara Rao under the Ramaa Films banner, presented by Satyanarayana and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and ...

'') and politician, MP (1996–1998). *

Massimo Savić Massimo Moreno Savić (6 June 1962 – 23 December 2022), also known simply as Massimo, was a Croatian pop singer. His father was a native of Tulež near Aranđelovac. His mother was Italian from Istria, a native of Raša near Labin. He fir ...

, 60, Croatian singer (

Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...

), lung cancer. * Willie Sims, 64, American-Israeli basketball player (

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

, Elitzur Netanya,

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

), complications from a heart attack. *

Philippe Streiff Philippe Streiff (26 June 1955 – 23 December 2022) was a French racing driver. He participated in 55 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 21 October 1984. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 11 championship points. A pre-season tes ...

, 67, French racing driver. *

Anthony Whetstone Rear Admiral Anthony John Whetstone CB (12 June 1927 – 19 December 2022) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training. Early life Anthony John Whetstone was born on 12 June 1927 in Coventry. He was educated at ...

, 95, British naval admiral. *

Zhang Youshang Zhang Youshang (; 2 November 192523 December 2022) was a Chinese biochemist, professor and vice-president of the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and served as chief editor ...

, 97, Chinese biochemist, member of the

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Thom Bell Thomas Randolph Bell (January 27th, 1943 – December 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, pianist, and composer known as one of the creators of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s. He found success as a producer ...

, 79, Jamaican-born American songwriter ("

The Rubberband Man "The Rubberband Man" is a song recorded by the American vocal group the Spinners. The song, written by producer Thom Bell and singer-songwriter Linda Creed, was about Bell's son, who was being teased by his classmates for being overweight. In ...

", "

La-La (Means I Love You) "La-La (Means I Love You)" is an R&B/Soul music, soul song by American vocal group The Delfonics. Released on January 26, 1968, by Philly Groove Records, the song was written by Thom Bell and William Hart, and produced by Bell and Stan Watson. Ba ...

", "

Mama Can't Buy You Love "Mama Can't Buy You Love" is a hit single for English musician Elton John from the EP '' The Thom Bell Sessions''. The song was written by LeRoy Bell and Casey James (of Bell and James fame). Bowing at number 69 on the Hot 100 on 9 June 1979, ...

"), arranger and record producer. *

Big Scarr Alexander Woods (April 7, 2000 – December 22, 2022), better known by his stage name Big Scarr, was an American rapper known for his track "SoIcyBoyz", which features Pooh Shiesty, Foogiano, and Tay Keith. He released his debut mixtape, ''Bi ...

, 22, American rapper, drug overdose. *

Stephan Bonnar Stephan Patrick Bonnar (April 4, 1977 – December 22, 2022) was an American mixed martial artist. Bonnar competed as a Light Heavyweight in the UFC for most of his career. Bonnar was the runner-up on The Ultimate Fighter 1, his TUF Ultimate Fi ...

, 45, American professional wrestler (

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

). *

John Moffat Fugui John Moffat Fugui (9 September 1961 – 22 December 2022) was a Solomon Islands politician. Life and career Fugui was born on 9 September 1961. He obtained his first Master's degree at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, then two more ...

, 61, Solomon Islands politician, MP (since 2010), cardiac arrest. *

Odd-Bjørn Fure Odd-Bjørn Fure (5 March 1942 – 22 December 2022) was a Norwegian historian and political scientist. He was born at Stadlandet, and was a brother of politician Julius Fure (1931–2006). His main studies were in comparative politics, but he sw ...

, 80, Norwegian historian and political scientist. *

Gu Zhen'an Gu Zhen'an (; 16 November 1936 – 22 December 2022) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Gu was born in Wuxi County (now Wuxi), Jiangsu, on 16 November 1936. He attended Wuxi No. 1 High Sc ...

, 86, Chinese engineer, member of the

. *

Gui Yufang Gui Yufang (; 21 September 1930 – 22 December 2022) was a Chinese translator. She was one of the foremost translators into Chinese of the works of the French novelist Guy de Maupassant. Biography Gui was born in Wuhan, Hubei in 1930. She ent ...

, 92, Chinese translator. *

Alikram Hummatov Alikram Hummatov or Ali Akram Hummatzade (also spelled as Alakram Hummatov, 28 October 1948 – 22 December 2022) was an Azerbaijani Talysh people, Talysh military commander and political activist. He was the president of the self-proclaimed Tal ...

, 74, Azerbaijani political activist, president of the

Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic Talysh-Mughan, officially known as the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic (Talysh: Толъш-Мъғонә Мохтарә Республикә, ''Tolış-Mığonə Muxtara Respublika''), was a short-lived autonomous republic in Azerbaijan that la ...

(1993). * Concha Ibáñez, 93, Spanish painter and writer. *

Ze'ev Iviansky Ze'ev Iviansky (1 December 1923 – 22 December 2022) was an Israeli political scientist, and a former lecturer at the department of General History and Russian Studies of the Hebrew University.David C. Rapoport, "Inside Terrorist Organizations" ...

, 99, Israeli political scientist. *

Ronnie Lamont Ronald Arthur Lamont, MBE (18 November 1941 – 22 December 2022) was an international rugby union player. Lamont was born on 18 November 1941. Lamont was capped thirteen times for Ireland between 1965 and 1970, winning seven caps as a number ...

, 81, Northern Irish rugby union player (

British & Irish Lions The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ...

, Ireland national team). * Long Yuqiu, 96, Chinese engineer and academic, member of the

. *

Frank I. Marcus Frank I. Marcus (March 23, 1928 – December 21, 2022) was an American cardiologist and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona University Medical Center (Tucson, Arizona), Health Sciences Center, the author of more than 290 ...

, 94, American cardiologist. (death announced on this date) * Gibson Mbugua, 56, Kenyan actor (''

The Air Up There ''The Air Up There'' is a 1994 American sports comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Kevin Bacon and Charles Gitonga Maina with Yolanda Vazquez as Sister Susan. Plot Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball assistant coach who wa ...

'', '' Vioja Mahakamani''). *

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, 24, British Thoroughbred racehorse. * Maria Nowak, 87, Polish economist. *

Julieta Pinto Julieta Pinto (31 July 1921 – 22 December 2022) was a Costa Rican educator and writer. She was a recipient of the . Early life and schooling Pinto was born in San José, Costa Rica, on 31 July 1921, but spent most of her youth on a farm in Sa ...

, 101, Costa Rican educator and writer. *

Abbas Sheibani Abbas Sheibani ( fa, عباس شیبانی; 12 November 1931 – 22 December 2022) was an Iranian physician, university professor and conservative and principlist politician. He was a founding member of Freedom Movement of Iran and member of Cit ...

, 91, Iranian politician, member of the

City Council of Tehran The Islamic City Council of Tehran ( fa, شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the Mu ...

(2003–2017) and MP (1981–2000). *

Mukta Tilak Mukta Tilak (17 August 1965 – 22 December 2022) was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kasba Peth (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Kasba Peth in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2 ...

, 57, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (since 2019), cancer. *

Anton Tkáč Anton Tkáč (30 March 1951 – 22 December 2022) was a Slovak track cyclist who claimed the gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the men's Match Sprint event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada when in the final he defeated eig ...

, 71, Slovak racing cyclist, Olympic champion (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

). *

Christopher Tucker Christopher Tucker (1946 – December 2022) was a British make-up artist for theatre and film. He specialized in the creation of prosthetic make-up for horror films. Among his notable works were the make-up effects for ''The Elephant Man (film) ...

, 76, British make-up artist (''

The Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then wen ...

'', ''

Quest for Fire ''Quest for Fire'' may refer to: * '' The Quest for Fire'', a 1911 novel by J. H. Rosny * ''Quest for Fire'' (film), a 1981 film adaptation of the 1911 novel * "Quest for Fire", a song by Iron Maiden from 1983's ''Piece of Mind ''Piece of Min ...

'', ''

The Phantom of the Opera ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierr ...

''). (death announced on this date) *, 75, Azerbaijani tarist. *

Ronan Vibert Ronan David Jackson Vibert (23 February 1964 – 22 December 2022) was an English actor who was known for his appearances in films and on British and American television. Early life He was born in Cambridge, on 23 February 1964, the son of Dil ...

, 58, British actor (''

Saving Mr. Banks ''Saving Mr. Banks'' is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock from a screenplay written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith. Centered on the development of the 1964 film ''Mary Poppins'', the film stars Emma Thompson as author ...

'', ''

The Scarlet Pimpernel ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having ...

'', ''

The Snowman ''The Snowman'' is a 1982 British animated television film based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book ''The Snowman.'' It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an immediate success. It wa ...

''). * Piet Visagie, 79, South African rugby union player (

). *

Walter "Wolfman" Washington Walter "Wolfman" Washington (December 20, 1943 – December 22, 2022) was an American singer and guitarist, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. While his roots were in blues music, he blended in the essence of funk and R&B to cre ...

, 79, American blues singer and guitarist, cancer. * Ken Wilson, 70, Australian rugby league player ( Newtown, Penrith), cancer.

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Alberto Asor Rosa Alberto Asor Rosa (23 September 1933 – 21 December 2022) was an Italian literary critic, historian, and politician. He was an Italian Communist Party (PCI) member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies from 1979 to 1980. He died ...

, 89, Italian literary critic, historian, and politician,

deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spai ...

(1979–1980), cardiac arrest. *

Amangeldy Aytaly Amangeldy Abdyrahmanuly Aytaly ( kk, Амангелді Әбдірахманұлы Айталы; 10 September 1939 – 21 December 2022) was a Kazakh academic and politician. A member of the Agrarian and Civic Union of Workers Bloc, he served in ...

, 83, Kazakh academic and politician, MP (1999–2007). *

Tony Barry Tony Barry (28 August 1941 – 21 December 2022) was an Australian actor and activist best known for his television and film roles. Personal life Barry was born in Ipswich, Queensland, on 28 August 1941. He had one son. Barry was an environmen ...

, 81, Australian actor (''

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

'', ''

Goodbye Pork Pie ''Goodbye Pork Pie'' is a 1981 New Zealand comedy film directed by Geoff Murphy, co-produced by Murphy and Nigel Hutchinson, and written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune. The film was New Zealand's first large-scale local hit. One book described it ...

'', '' The Time of Our Lives''), melanoma. *

John Berchmans Conway John Berchmans Conway, R.J.M. (born Bernadette Conway 1929 – 21 December 2022), usually known as Sister Berchmans, was an Irish Roman Catholic religious sister and teacher who worked in Pakistan for 60 years. In 2012 she was decorated by th ...

, 93, Irish Roman Catholic religious sister. *

Aminah Cendrakasih Aminah Tjendrakasih (Enhanced Indonesian Spelling System, Perfected Spelling: Aminah Cendrakasih ; born Siti Aminah; 29 January 1938 – 21 December 2022) was an Indonesian actress best known for her appearance as Lela in the television series ...

, 84, Indonesian actress (''

Si Doel Anak Sekolahan ''Si Doel Anak Sekolahan'' (literally translated as ''Doel the Schoolchild'') is an Indonesians, Indonesian television series produced, written and directed by Rano Karno who also stars as Doel/Kasdullah. This series has a storyline about the life ...

'', ''

Tjambuk Api ''Tjambuk Api'' (literally ''Whips of Fire'') is a 1958 Indonesian martial arts film directed by D. Djajakusuma and produced by Usmar Ismail. Starring Bambang Irawan, Aminah Cendrakasih, Soekarno M. Noer, and Rendra Karno, it tells of a young ...

'', ''

Mustika Ibu ''Mustika Ibu'' is a 1976 Indonesian film based on Gono Tirtowidjojo's autobiography. Mustika Ibu was directed by Wisjnu Mouradhy and produced by Jeffry Sani. Mustika Ibu was played by several major artists such as Deddy Sutomo, A. Hamid Arief, Am ...

''). *

Christopher Dowling Christopher Dowling (15 June 1944 – 21 December 2022) was a Maltese Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in the Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Whil ...

, 78, Maltese Olympic swimmer (

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

). *, 94, Argentine human rights activist (

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to the National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla, with the goal of finding the ''desaparecidos'', initially, an ...

). *

Franz Gertsch Franz Gertsch (8 March 1930 – 21 December 2022) was a Swiss painter who was known for his large format Hyperrealism (painting), hyperrealistic portraits. Biography Gertsch was born 1930 in Mörigen, Switzerland. Between 1947 and 1952 he studi ...

, 92, Swiss painter. * Ron Hein, 73, American politician, member of the

Kansas Senate The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members ...

(1977–1985) and

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

(1975–1977). *

Ronnie Hillman Ronald Keith Ryan Hillman Jr. (September 14, 1991 – December 21, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs, earni ...

, 31, American football player (

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...

Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion ...

San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...

Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the annual final playoff game of the National Football League (NFL) to determine the league champion. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966, replacing the NFL Championship Game. Since 2022, the game ...

champion (

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

), complications from

renal medullary carcinoma Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare type of cancer that affects the kidney. It tends to be aggressive, difficult to treat, and is often metastatic at the time of diagnosis. Most individuals with this type of cancer have sickle cell trait or rare ...

. *

Harvey Jett Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970charting ten albums according to Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Their style is punctuated ...

, 73, American guitarist (

Black Oak Arkansas Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970charting ten albums according to Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Their style is punctuated ...

). *

H. R. Keshava Murthy H. R. Keshava Murthy (22 February 1934 – 21 December 2022) was an Indian gamaka exponent and guru. He was honoured with Shantala Natya Sri Award by the Government of Karnataka in 1998 and Padma Shri in 2022 by the Government of India in the ...

, 88, Indian gamaka artist. * Bilqees Khanum, 82–83, Pakistani classical singer. * Noreen Kokoruda, 75, American politician, member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

(2011–2021). * Lajos Koutny, 83, Hungarian Olympic ice hockey player (

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

). *

Diane McBain Diane J. McBain (May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022) was an American actress who, as a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity during the early 1960s. She was best known for playing an adventurous socialite in the 1960 ...

, 81, American actress (''

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'', ''

Surfside 6 ''Surfside 6'' is an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled ...

'', ''

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

''), liver cancer. *

Éric Molinié Éric Molinié (30 November 1960 – 21 December 2022) was a French businessman. He served as secretary-general of Dalkia, an energy company and subsidiary of Électricité de France (EDF). Biography Disabled from birth, Molinié studied at the ...

, 62, French businessman. *

Laura Podestà Laura Podestà (21 April 1954 – 20 December 2022) was an Italian Swimming (sport), swimmer. She competed in Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics, three events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1954 births 2022 ...

, 68, Italian Olympic swimmer (

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

). (death announced on this date) *, 74, Brazilian actor ('' Saramandaia'', ''

Vale Tudo Vale Tudo (; en, Everything Goes/Everything Allowed), also known No Holds Barred (NHB) in the United States, is an unarmed, full-contact combat sport with relatively few rules. It became popular in Brazil during the 20th century and would event ...

'', ''

Gabriela Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela' ...

''). *

Gary Ridley Gary Milo Ridley, professional engineer, PE (September 29, 1945 – December 21, 2022) was an American engineer and civil servant from the state of Oklahoma most notable for concurrently serving as the state's Oklahoma State Cabinet, Secretary of ...

, 77, American engineer and politician,

Oklahoma secretary of transportation The Oklahoma secretary of transportation is a member of the Oklahoma Governor's Cabinet. The secretary is appointed by the governor, with the consent of the Oklahoma Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary serves as the ch ...

(2009–2017). *, 65, Italian composer and keyboardist (

Matia Bazar Matia Bazar () is an Italian pop band formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group were Piero Cassano (keyboards), Aldo Stellita (bass), Carlo Marrale (guitar, vocals), Giancarlo Golzi (drums) and Antonella Ruggiero (vocals). T ...

). *, 70, Turkish actress. *, 76, Spanish judge. * György Tumpek, 93, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist (

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

). *

Shigeru Uchida Shigeru Uchida (born 29 August 1937) is a Japanese professional golfer. Uchida played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. He also won many other tournaments in Japan and enjoyed a successful senior career, during which he won the Japan P ...

, 83, Japanese politician, chairman of the

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly The is the Prefectures of Japan, prefectural parliament of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis. Its 127 members are elected every four years in 42 districts by single non-transferable vote. 23 electoral districts equal the Special wards of Tokyo, special wa ...

(2003–2005). * Zhang Guocheng, 91, Chinese engineer, member of the

. *

Zhao Yijun Zhao Yijun (; 26 November 1930 – 21 December 2022) was a Chinese engineer, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Biography Zhao was born in Beijing, Peiping (now Beijing), on 26 November 1930, to , a physicist. He had a yo ...

, 92, Chinese engineer, member of the

20

* Nasser Abu Hamid, 50, Palestinian

prisoner A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison. ...

(

al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades () is a coalition of Palestinian armed groups in the West Bank. The organization has been designated as a terrorist organization by Israel, the European Union, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States. L ...

), lung cancer. *

Chia Boon Leong Chia Boon Leong (, 1 January 1925 – 20 December 2022) was a Singaporean footballer who competed for China in the 1948 Summer Olympics and for Singapore at the 1954 Asian Games. He was known as "twinkletoes" in the football scene. Chia was bo ...

, 97, Singaporean-Chinese Olympic footballer (

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

). *

Denny Doyle Robert Dennis Doyle (January 17, 1944 – December 20, 2022) was an American professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, and Boston Red Sox. Listed at and , h ...

, 78, American baseball player (

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

California Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...

). *

Franco Harris Franco Harris (March 7, 1950 – December 20, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A nine-time Pro Bowl selection ...

, 72, American

football player (

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...

), four-time

champion. * Anton Khabibulin, 44, Russian guitarist (

Tantsy Minus Tantsy Minus (russian: Танцы Минус, lit=Dances Minus) is a Russian rock band founded in 1995 by . The group has won the Golden Gramophone Award The Golden Gramophone Award () is a yearly national Russian music award, established by R ...

). *

Lech Kuropatwiński Lech Stefan Kuropatwiński (4 July 1947 – 20 December 2022)
w ...

, 75, Polish politician and entepreneur,

(2001–2007). * Vladimír Krčméry, 62, Slovak physician, pneumonia. * Zoran Lakić, 89, Montenegrin historian, member of the

Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Црногорска академија наука и умјетности, ''Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti''; ЦАНУ, ''CANU'') is the most important scientific inst ...

. *

Barbara Noack Barbara Noack (28 September 1924 – 20 December 2022) was a German writer. https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-12/21/bestseller-autorin-barbara-noack-gestorben Publications * ''Valentine heißt man nicht!'', Darmstadt 1954 * ''Die Zürcher Verlobung ...

, 98, German writer. * Luigi Stucchi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of

(2004–2020). * Subroto, 99, Indonesian administrator and economist,

secretary general of OPEC Below is a list with each Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), based on the organization's official publications. The Secretary General is OPEC's chief executive officer. References

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(1984–1985, 1988–1994). *

Brenda Swinbank Brenda Swinbank (later Heywood; 2 February 1929 – 20 December 2022) was an English archaeologist. She was one of the first women in Britain to become a professional archaeologist, specialising in the study of Hadrian's Wall, and was instrumen ...

, 93, British archaeologist. * Toru Takahashi, 81, Japanese computer scientist. * Iain Templeton, British drummer (

The La's The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from 1983 until 1992. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group are best known for their hit single " There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike Badge ...

Shack A shack (or, in some areas, shanty) is a type of small shelter or dwelling, often primitive or rudimentary in design and construction. Unlike huts, shacks are constructed by hand using available materials; however, whereas huts are usually ru ...

). *

Dejan Tiago-Stanković Dejan Tiago-Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Тиаго-Станковић; 2 November 1965 – 20 December 2022) was a Serbian-born Portugal, Portuguese-based writer, literary translator and columnist for the magazine NIN (magazine), NIN. As a l ...

, 57, Serbian-Portuguese writer and translator. *

Tadeusz Werno Tadeusz Werno (4 August 1931 – 20 December 2022) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. Werno was born in Poland and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as the titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who ...

, 91, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (1974–2007). *

Maya Widmaier-Picasso María de la Concepción "Maya" Widmaier-Picasso (5 September 1935 20 December 2022), later known as Maya Ruiz-Picasso, was the eldest daughter of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter. She devoted part of her life to the study ...

, 87, French art curator. * Zhu Zhihong, 89, Chinese politician, CPPCC chairman of Jiangxi (1994–2003).

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* H. Norman Abramson, 96, American engineer and scientist. *

Ali Ahmed Aslam Ali Ahmed Aslam (1 April 1945 – 19 December 2022) was a Pakistani–Scottish chef who is credited with inventing the dish chicken tikka masala. Early and personal life Aslam was born on 1 April 1945 in a small village near Lahore, Punjab, Br ...

, 77, Pakistani-born Scottish chef and restaurateur, credited with inventing

chicken tikka masala Chicken tikka masala is a South Asian dish consisting of roasted marinated chicken chunks ( chicken tikka) in a spiced sauce. The sauce is usually creamy and orange-coloured. The dish was popularised by cooks from South Asia living in Great B ...

, septic shock and organ failure. * Jonas Algimantas Boruta, 78, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

(1997–2002) and bishop of

Telšiai Telšiai (; Samogitian: ''Telšē'') is a city in Lithuania with about 21,499 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on the shores of Lake Mastis. Telšiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithua ...

(2002–2017). *

Max Brito Max Brito (8 April 1968 – 19 December 2022) was an Ivorian rugby union player on the Ivory Coast national rugby union team, Ivory Coast rugby team. As a result of injuries sustained at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, he was paralysi ...

, 51, Ivorian rugby union player (

). *

Tom Browning Thomas Leo Browning (April 28, 1960 – December 19, 2022) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 to 1995, spending almost his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds. In his rookie season in 1985, Br ...

, 62, American baseball player (

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...

champion (

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

). *

Claudisabel Cláudia Isabel Leiria Madeira (4 October 1976 – 19 December 2022), known professionally as Claudisabel, was a Portuguese singer. In 2010, she competed in the Festival da Canção where she reached the semifinals with the song ''Contra Tudo ...

, 40, Portuguese singer, traffic collision. *

Luc De Schepper Luc De Schepper (22 April 1957 – 19 December 2022) was a Belgian physicist and professor. De Schepper was rector of the Hasselt University from 2004 to 2020. He was chairman of the Flemish Interuniversity Council from 2015 to 2017. De Schepper ...

, 65, Belgian physicist and academic administrator, rector of

Hasselt University Hasselt University (Dutch: ''Universiteit Hasselt or UHasselt'') is a public research university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. It has more than 6,700 students and 1,660 academic, administrative and technical staff (2022). The ...

(2014–2020). *

Stanley Drucker Stanley Drucker (February 4, 1929 – December 19, 2022) was an American clarinetist. For nearly five decades, he was principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic. According to Guinness World Records, he achieved the longest career as a c ...

, 93, American clarinetist. *

Mircea Dușa Mircea Dușa (1 April 1955 – 19 December 2022) was a Romanian economist and politician, who was the minister of the Interior from 6 August to 21 December 2012, and then Minister of National Defense from 21 December 2012 to 17 November 2015, ...

, 67, Romanian politician, minister of national defence (2012–2015), cancer. *

Sonya Eddy Sonya Eddy (June 17, 1967 – December 19, 2022) was an American actress. Early life and education Eddy was born in Concord, California, on June 17, 1967. She majored in theatre and dance at University of California, Davis and received her B.A. ...

, 55, American actress (''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...

'', ''

Those Who Can't ''Those Who Can't'' is an American sitcom that premiered February 11, 2016 on truTV. On December 1, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season before the first season aired. The pre-launch renewal is a first for the cable net, which ordered 12 ...

'', '' Barbershop''). *

Sandy Edmonds Sandy Edmonds (born Rosalie L. Edmondson, 8 November 1948 – 19 December 2022) was a British-born pop singer and model, who achieved widespread popularity in New Zealand in the 1960s. At the height of her popularity she was New Zealand's mo ...

, 74, British-born New Zealand pop singer. *

Erwin Josef Ender Erwin Josef Ender (7 September 1937 – 19 December 2022) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was an archbishop and had the rank of nuncio since 1990. Biography Erwin ...

, 85, German Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

(1997–2001) and

the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Cz ...

(2001–2003), apostolic delegate to Somalia (1990–1997). *

Khalaf Al-Enezi Khalaf Al-Enezi (14 October 1946 – 19 December 2022) was a Kuwaiti politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Kuwait, Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the Kuwait's Second District, second district. Al-Enezi worked at the Nati ...

, 76, Kuwaiti politician, MP (1981–2016). *

Iraj Etesam Iraj Etesam ( fa, ایرج اعتصام; 21 January 1931 – 19 December 2022) was an Iranian contemporary architect, educator, and author. He was the designer and architect of the Mellat Park of Tehran and the Cyrus Park, as well as a professo ...

, 91, Iranian architect. *

Joseph Gao Hongxiao Joseph Gao Hongxiao (; 1945 – 19 December 2022) was a Chinese Catholic prelate who was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaifeng from 2007. Biography Gao Hongxiao became a Catholic priest within the Franciscans, and served in the Ro ...

, 77, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2005–2007) and bishop (since 2007) of

Kaifeng Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China. It is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is best known for having been the Chinese capital during the Nort ...

. *

Encarna Hernández Encarnación Hernández Ruiz (23 January 1917 – 19 December 2022) was a Spanish pioneer of women's basketball as a professional player and coach. Early life Encarna Hernández was born in the Region of Murcia town of Lorca in 1917. At the ...

, 105, Spanish basketball player and coach. *

Gary Knafelc Gary Knafelc ( ; January 2, 1932 – December 19, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver and a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played ...

, 90, American football player (

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...

Chicago Cardinals The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons. Roots ca ...

NFL champion Throughout its history, the National Football League (NFL) and other rival American football leagues have used several different formats to determine their league champions, including a period of inter-league matchups to determine a true national c ...

(

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

). *

Jamila Ksiksi Jamila Debbech Ksiksi (14 August 1968 – 19 December 2022) was a Tunisian politician from Ennahda. In 2014 Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014, she was elected to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People (Tunisia), Assembly of the Rep ...

, 54, Tunisian politician, MP (2014–2021), traffic collision. * Per-Ola Lindberg, 82, Swedish Olympic swimmer (

). * Jamie Lopez, 37, American reality television personality, heart disease. (death announced on this date) *

Aonghas MacNeacail Aonghas MacNeacail (born 7 June 1942), nickname ''Aonghas dubh'' or ''Black Angus'', is a contemporary writer in the Scottish Gaelic language. Early life MacNeacail was born in Uig on the Isle of Skye on 7 June 1942. He was raised in Idrigil, ...

, 80, Scottish

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

writer. * Iván Mesías, 87, Chilean businessman and politician,

(1998–2002). *

Manfred Messerschmidt Manfred Messerschmidt (1 October 1926 – 19 December 2022) was a German historian who specialised in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. He was the longtime research director at the Military History Research Office (MGFA) who concei ...

, 96, German historian (''

Germany and the Second World War ''Germany and the Second World War'' (german: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg) is a 12,000-page, 13-volume work published by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (DVA), that has taken academics from the military history centre of the German ...

''). *

Graham Oakley Graham Oakley (born Graham Thomas Oakley on 27 August 1929 – 19 December 2022) was an English writer and illustrator best known for children's books. Early life Oakley was born on 27 August 1929 to Thomas and Flora (née Madelay) Oakley in ...

, 93, English children's author ('' The Church Mice''). *

Alexandr Rodin Alexander Rodin, sometimes spelled as Alexandr or Alex Rodin ( be, Аляксандр або Алесь Родзін, links=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80; Be ...

, 75, Belarusian contemporary painter. *

Steve Smoger Steve Smoger (August 15, 1950 – December 19, 2022) was an American boxing referee from Atlantic City, New Jersey. He refereed more than 200 title bouts, and was one of the more well-traveled of his profession, holding the distinction of offici ...

, 72, American

boxing referee. *

Andrei Svislotski Andrei Svislotski (Russian: ''Андрей Свислоцкий''; 3 June 1960 – 19 December 2022) was a Russian animator. He worked on numerous shows including ''Curious George'', ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', and ''Rugrats''. In 1995, he was nomi ...

, 62, Russian animator (''

Curious George Curious George is a fictional monkey who is the title character of a series of popular children's picture books written by Margret and H. A. Rey. Various media, including films and TV shows, have been based upon the original book series. Geor ...

'', ''

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' is an American animated television series developed by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on three young monsters—Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm—who attend a school for monsters under a city dump and learn to ...

'', ''

Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently— Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil, ...

''). *, 91, Slovak basketball player and coach (

BK Iskra Svit BK Iskra Svit is a Slovak professional basketball club that is based in Svit, Slovakia. The club competes in the Slovak Extraliga. The club's full name is Basketbalový Klub Iskra Svit. The club was previously known as BK Chemosvit. Current squad ...

). * Salam al-Zaubai, 63, Iraqi politician, MP (2005–2010).

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* Lyudmila Agranovskaya, 90, Russian mountain climber. * Hilda Augustovičová, 88, Slovak actress. *

Pradeep Bhol Pradeep is a Diya lamp, used in Puja (religious ceremonies) in Hinduism, Jainism, & Buddhism. It is related to the name Pradip. Notable people with the name include: Pradeep Dahal* Pradeep (actor) * Kavi Pradeep * Vidya Pradeep * Pradeep Kumar * ...

, 59, Indian film director and writer (''

Chini Chini ( fa, چینی, also Romanized as Chīnī; also known as Chaman Galleh) is a village in Sadat Rural District, in the Central District of Lali County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

''), heart attack. *

Stephanie Bissonnette Stephanie Bissonnette (October 26, 1990 – December 17, 2022) was an American stage choreographer who was best known for her work in the musical ''Mean Girls (musical), Mean Girls'', where she originated the role of Dawn Schweitzer. She was also ...

, 32, American dancer and choreographer (''

Mean Girls ''Mean Girls'' is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey. The film stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried (in her film debut), Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler and Fe ...

''),

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Maurice Briand Maurice Briand (9 June 1949 – 18 December 2022) was a French lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS). Biography Prior to his political career, Briand worked as a lawyer for . From 1983 to 1989, he was Mayor ...

, 73, French lawyer and politician,

(1981–1986, 1988–1993), mayor of

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

(1983–1989). *

Lando Buzzanca Gerlando "Lando" Buzzanca (24 August 1935 – 18 December 2022) was an Italian stage, film, and television actor whose career spanned 65 years. Life and career Early years Born in Palermo the son of a cinema projectionist, at 16 years old Buz ...

, 87, Italian actor (''

Divorce Italian Style ''Divorce Italian Style'' ( it, Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian dark comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel ''Un delitt ...

'', ''

The Girl from Parma ''La parmigiana'' (internationally released as ''The Girl from Parma'') is a 1963 Italian comedy drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. The film describes the disappointing sentimental experiences of an orphan girl (Catherine Spaak). Cast * ...

'', ''

Il merlo maschio ''Il merlo maschio'' (''The Male Blackbird''), known in the United Kingdom as ''The Naked Cello'' or ''Secret Fantasy'' in the United States, is an Italian film in the ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' style, and presents a theme of candaulism, th ...

''), complications from a fall. *

Peter Darby Peter J. Darby (1938 – 18 December 2022) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played at club level with Trim and at inter-county level with the Meath senior teams. He usually lined out as a defender. Playing career Darby enjoyed ...

, 84, Irish Gaelic footballer (

Trim Trim or TRIM may refer to: Cutting * Cutting or trimming small pieces off something to remove them ** Book trimming, a stage of the publishing process ** Pruning, trimming as a form of pruning often used on trees Decoration * Trim (sewing), or ...

, Meath) and hurler. *

Martin Duffy Martin Bernard Duffy (18 May 1967 – 18 December 2022) was an English musician who originally played keyboards with Felt and most famously with Primal Scream. Career Duffy was born in Birmingham and grew up in Rednal in the south of the city ...

, 55, English keyboardist (

Felt Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood ...

Primal Scream Primal Scream are a Scottish rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie. The band's current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Simone Butler (bass), and Darrin Mooney (drums) ...

), complications from a fall. *

Janine Ghobert Janine Ghobert (24 April 1931 – 18 December 2022) was a Belgian jurist and politician of the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL). Biography Ghobert earned a doctorate in law and specialized in political science and international relations. She was ...

, 91, Belgian judge and politician,

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(1981–1991), MP (1991–1992). *

Juan Giaconi Gandolfo Juan Jorge Giaconi Gandolfo (14 April 1945 – 18 December 2022) was a Chilean doctor and politician. An Independent politician, independent, he served as Ministry of Health (Chile), Minister of Public Health from 1986 to 1990. Giaconi died on 1 ...

, 77, Chilean doctor and politician,

minister of public health The Minister for Public Health and Women's Health is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. The minister is not a member of the Scottish Cabinet, however, they report to the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care. ...

(1986–1990). *

Daniela Giordano Daniela Giordano (7 November 1947– 16 December 2022) was an Italian actress, who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian exploitation cinema in the late 1960s and in the 1970s. She is not to be confused with the stage actress and ...

, 76, Italian actress (''

I See Naked ''Vedo nudo'' (internationally released as ''I See Naked'') is a List of Italian films of 1969, 1969 Cinema of Italy, Italian anthology film, anthology comedy film directed by Dino Risi. All the episodes have sex as main theme and all star Nino Ma ...

'', '' Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay'', ''

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key ''Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'' ( it, Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Sergio Martino. The picture stars Edwige Fenech, Luigi Pistilli, and Anita Strindberg. ...

''). *

Hans Grosheide Johan Hendrik "Hans" Grosheide (6 August 1930 – 18 December 2022) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. Biography Grosheide attended a Gymnasi ...

, 92, Dutch politician, MP (1971), state secretary for

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

(1963–1971) and

justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

(1971–1973). * Terry Hall, 63, English singer (

The Specials The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English Two-tone (music genre), 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall (singer), Terr ...

Fun Boy Three Fun Boy Three were an English new wave pop Fun Boy Three Allmusic bio/ref> band, active from 1981 to 1983 and formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left the Specials. They released two albums and had seve ...

) and songwriter ("

Our Lips Are Sealed "Our Lips Are Sealed" is a song co-written by Jane Wiedlin, guitarist of the Go-Go's, and Terry Hall, singer of the Specials and Fun Boy Three. It was first recorded by the Go-Go's as the opening track on their album '' Beauty and the Beat'' (1 ...

"), pancreatic cancer. *

Ivan Hamaliy Ivan Hamaliy ( uk, Іван Павлович Гамалій; 20 October 1956 – 18 December 2022) was a Ukrainian professional association football, football player and coach who played as a midfielder. Hamaliy died in Portugal on 18 December ...

, 66, Ukrainian football player ( SKA Lviv/SKA Karpaty Lviv,

FC Krystal Chortkiv FC Krystal Chortkiv is a Ukrainian football team. The team is located in Chortkiv, Ukraine. It participates in the regional championships in Ternopil Oblast. In 2016 it merged with a student team FC Ternopil-Peduniversytet into FC Chortkiv-Pedun ...

) and manager. *

Wim Henderickx Wim Henderickx (; 17 March 196218 December 2022) was a Belgian composer of contemporary classical music. He was composer in residence at Muziektheater Transparant and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, writing operas and other stage works. His mu ...

, 60, Belgian composer (

Muziektheater Transparant Muziektheater Transparant is a Flemish theatre company founded in 1994. They produce music theatre and their own versions of opera, operas. The artistic directors are Guy Coolen and Wouter Van Looy. Among the past and current composers in residence ...

) and teacher (

Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp The Royal Conservatoire Antwerp ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen) is a Belgian conservatory of music, dance and drama in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded in 1898 as the Royal Flemish Conservatoire by Peter Benoit. The legislation on uni ...

Conservatorium van Amsterdam The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...

). *

Don McKenney Donald Hamilton McKenney (April 30, 1934 – December 19, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey forward and coach. He played in the National Hockey League between 1954 and 1968 with five teams, mostly with the Boston Bruins. After retiring he worked a ...

, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...

) and coach (

Northeastern Huskies The Northeastern Huskies are the athletic teams representing Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in thirteen varsity team sports: men's and women's hockey (in Hockey East); men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, ...

). *

Mikhail Moiseev Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev (russian: Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев; 22 January 1939 – 18 December 2022) was a Soviet-Russian military officer and politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Communist ...

, 83, Russian military officer and politician,

chief of the general staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afg ...

(1988–1991). * Greetje den Ouden-Dekkers, 82, Dutch politician, MP (1982–1986). *

Emilio Pegoraro Emilio Pegoraro (19 October 1921 – 18 December 2022) was an Italian partisan and politician. A member of the Communist Party, he served in the Senate of the Republic from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1976 to 1979 and in the Chamber of Deputies ...

, 101, Italian

partisan Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...

and politician,

(1968–1972, 1976–1979) and

(1972–1976). *

Petro Pylypchuk Petro Pylypovich Pylypchuk ( uk, Петро Пилипович Пилипчук; 13 October 1947 – 18 December 2022) was a Ukrainian lawyer and judge. He served as chairman of the Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within th ...

, 75, Ukrainian judge, chairman of the

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

(2011–2013). *

Galust Sahakyan Galust Grigorii Sahakyan (Armenian:Գալուստ Գրիգորիի Սահակյան; 8 April 1949 – 18 December 2022) was an Armenian politician and statesman, who served as MP, and the President of the National Assembly of Armenia. ...

, 73, Armenian politician, member (1995–2018) and

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

(2014–2017) of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

. *

Laith Shubeilat Laith Shubeilat ( ar, ليث شبيلات; 28 November 1942 – 18 December 2022) was a Jordanian Islamist politician. He was born in Amman, Jordan in 1942, a son of another Jordanian public figure, Farhan Shubeilat, from Tafila, a city within t ...

, 80, Jordanian politician, MP (1984–1993), heart attack. *

Hitomi Suzuki Hitomi may refer to:. People * Hitomi (given name), a feminine Japanese given name * Hitomi (voice actress) (born 1967), Japanese voice actress * Hitomi (singer) (born 1976, as Hitomi Furuya), Japanese singer and songwriter * Hitomi Nabatame (b ...

, 26, Japanese voice actress, cancer. *

Carol Teichrob Carol Teichrob (née Sproxton; August 27, 1939 – December 18, 2022) was a Saskatchewan politician, member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for eight years. She was an agricultural producer for 35 years, and also served as councillor and reeve ...

, 83, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1991–1999). *

Maggie Thrett Maggie Thrett (born Diane Pine; November 18, 1946 – December 18, 2022) was an American actress and singer. Biography At age 15, she made her off-Broadway debut in 1962 in ''Out Brief Candle''. By the age of 18, she was regularly performing as ...

, 76, American actress ('' The Devil's Brigade'', ''

Three in the Attic ''Three in the Attic'' is a 1968 comedy film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Christopher Jones and Yvette Mimieux, with Judy Pace and Maggie Thrett. Nan Martin, John Beck, and Eve McVeagh appear in supporting roles. Jones plays Paxton ...

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, Chilean economist. *, 90, Czech actor ('' Silvery Wind'', ''

High Blue Wall ''High Blue Wall'' ( cs, Vysoká modrá zeď) is a 1974 Czechoslovak action drama film directed by Vladimír Čech. It is inspired by Air battle over Merklín. It is first Czech film that used 70 mm technology. The film is sometimes called 1970s C ...

'', ''

Forbidden Dreams ''Forbidden Dreams'' ( cs, Smrt krásných srnců) is a 1986 Czech drama film directed by Karel Kachyňa. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Czechoslovak entry for the Best Foreign ...

''). *, 79, Italian poet. *

Gavin Weightman Gavin Weightman (4 March 1945 – 18 December 2022) was a British journalist and documentary filmmaker who specialised in the social history of London and Britain from the 18th century. His books included ''The Making of Modern London'', co-auth ...

, 77, British journalist (''

New Society ''New Society'' was a weekly magazine of social inquiry and social and cultural comment, published in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1988. It drew on the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, psychology, human geography, social history and so ...

'') and documentary filmmaker. *

Xi Xi Hsi Hsi/Sai Sai/Xi Xi (; 7 October 1937 – 18 December 2022) was the pseudonym of the Hongkongers, Hong Kong author and poet Cheung Yin, "Ellen"/ (). She was born in Shanghai, and moved to Hong Kong 1949, at the age of twelve. She was formerly ...

, 85, Chinese novelist and poet, heart failure.

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Lawrence Costa Lawrence Costa (1969/1970 – 17 December 2022) was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2016 until his death in 2022, representing the electorate of Arafura. He was of Tiwi des ...

, 52, Australian politician, Northern Territory MLA (since 2016). *

Eloy Fernández Clemente Eloy Fernández Clemente (13 December 1942 – 17 December 2022) was a Spanish economist and historian. Biography Born in the town of Andorra, in Aragón, Fernández Clemente was the founder and director of the Andalán magazine (1972–1977 ...

, 80, Spanish economist and historian. *

Drew Griffin Andrew Charles Griffin (October 21, 1962 – December 17, 2022) was an American journalist. He won several Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards for his work at CNN, notably for the coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and an investigation that led t ...

, 60, American newscaster (

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...

), cancer. * Dale Harrop, 33, New Zealand ice hockey player (

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), drowned. *

Dieter Henrich Dieter Henrich (5 January 1927 – 17 December 2022) was a German philosopher. A contemporary thinker in the tradition of German idealism, Henrich is considered "one of the most respected and frequently cited philosophers in Germany today", who ...

, 95, German philosopher. * Blanca Heredia, 88, Venezuelan beauty queen,

Miss Venezuela Miss Venezuela (Spanish: ''Organización Miss Venezuela'') is the national beauty pageant of Venezuela, traditionally held in September. It is preceded by two or three months of preliminary events, with the awarding of corporate prizes. The fi ...

winner (

). *

Mike Hodges Michael Tommy Hodges (29 July 1932 – 17 December 2022) was a British screenwriter, film and television director, playwright and novelist. His films as writer/director include ''Get Carter'' (1971), ''Pulp'' (1972), ''The Terminal Man'' (1974 ...

, 90, British screenwriter and director (''

Get Carter ''Get Carter'' is a 1971 British crime film written and directed by Mike Hodges in his directorial debut and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Britt Ekland and Bryan Mosley. Based on Ted Lewis's 1970 novel ''Jack's Return Hom ...

'', ''

Pulp Pulp may refer to: * Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit Engineering * Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture * Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper * Molded pulp, a packaging material * ...

'', ''

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' adve ...

''). * Jacky Jakoba, 61, Dutch Olympic baseball player (

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

). *

Werner Leich Werner Leich (31 January 1927 – 17 December 2022) was a German Protestant theologian and pastor. From 1978 to 1992, he was the longest-serving Landesbischof of the Lutheran Church in Thuringia during the era of the German Democratic Republic, ...

, 95, German Protestant clergyman, bishop of the Evangelical Church in Thuringia (1978–1992). *

Liu Dalin Liu Dalin, also sometimes Dalin Liu or Ta-lin Liu, (, 2 June 1932 – 17 December 2022) was a Chinese professor of sociology at Shanghai University who pioneered the field of sexology. Liu was born on 2 June 1932. From 1989 to 1990, he helped c ...

, 90, Chinese

sexologist Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists app ...

. * Maria Helena de Moura Neves, 91, Brazilian linguist, stroke. * Manuel Muñoz, 94, Chilean footballer (

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). *

Anders Nyström Anders Nyström (born 22 April 1975), also known as Blakkheim (or formerly Blackheim), is a Swedish musician. Biography Nyström founded the Swedish metal band Katatonia with singer Jonas Renkse in 1991. Nyström is involved in the songwriti ...

, 89, Swedish actor (''

Gentleman with a Briefcase ''Gentleman with a Briefcase'' (Swedish: ''Herre med portfölj'') is a 1943 Swedish drama film directed by Ragnar Arvedson and starring Georg Rydeberg, Irma Christenson and Anne-Margrethe Björlin.Qvist & Von Bagh p.96 It was shot at the Centrumat ...

'', ''

Maria of Kvarngarden ''Maria of Kvarngarden'' (Swedish: ''Maria på Kvarngården'') is a 1945 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Edvin Adolphson, Viveca Lindfors and Irma Christenson.Qvist & Von Bagh p.105 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna ...

'', '' Barnen från Frostmofjället''). * Soumanou Oke, 67, Beninese military officer. *

P-22 P-22 ( – December 17, 2022) was a wild mountain lion who resided in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, on the eastern side of the Santa Monica Mountains. P-22 was first identified in 2012 and was the subject of significant media attenti ...

, 12, American

mountain lion The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large cat native to the Americas. Its range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. I ...

, euthanized. *

Philip Pearlstein Philip Martin Pearlstein (May 24, 1924 – December 17, 2022) was an American painter best known for Modernist Realist nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. Biography ...

, 98, American painter. *

Nélida Piñon Nélida Piñon Nélida Piñon (3 May 1937 – 17 December 2022) was a Brazilian author and professor. At the time of her death, Piñon was "considered among the foremost writers in Brazil today". Life Piñon was born in 1937 in Rio de Janeiro. He ...

, 85, Brazilian-Spanish writer, president of the

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(1996–1997). *

Severino Poletto Severino Poletto (18 March 1933 – 17 December 2022) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1999 to 2010. A bishop since 1980, he was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Biography Polett ...

, 89, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of

Fossano Fossano ( pms, Fossan) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra. It lies on the main railway line from Turin to Cuneo and to Savona, and has a branch li ...

(1980–1989) and

Asti Asti ( , , ; pms, Ast ) is a ''comune'' of 74,348 inhabitants (1-1-2021) located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed t ...

(1989–1999), archbishop of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

(1999–2010). * Clyde L. Reese, 64, American jurist, judge of the

Georgia Court of Appeals The Georgia Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Georgia. History Founding of the court The genesis of the Court of Appeals began with a report by the State Bar of Georgia in 1895, suggesting that the G ...

(since 2016). *

Albert Reichmann Albert Reichmann ( he, אלברט רייכמן; January 18, 1929 – December 17, 2022) was a Canadian businessman. He was one of five brothers who controlled the Reichmann business empire. Together with his wife Egosah they had four children, P ...

, 93, Austrian-born Canadian real estate executive. *

Christian Saulsberry Christian Saulsberry (December 12, 1997 – December 17, 2022) was an American gridiron football return specialist and wide receiver who played one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Edmonton Elks. He played college football ...

, 25, American football player (

Edmonton Elks The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

), shot. * Marie-Luise Scherer, 84, German writer and journalist (''

Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...

'', '' Sinn und Form''). *

Mario Sconcerti Mario Sconcerti (24 October 1948 – 17 December 2022) was an Italian sports journalist and writer. Biography Sconcerti was the son of Adriano Sconcerti, a well-known boxing promoter and began his journalistic career at Corriere dello Sport in ...

, 74, Italian sports journalist (''

Corriere dello Sport ''Corriere dello Sport'' is an Italian national sports newspaper based in Rome, Italy. It is one of three major Italian sports daily newspapers and has the largest readership in central and southern Italy, the fourth most read throughout the co ...

'') and writer. *

Urmas Sisask Urmas Sisask (9 September 1960 – 17 December 2022) was an Estonian composer. Biography Sisask was born in Rapla on 9 September 1960. One of the major inspirations for his music was astronomy. Based on the trajectories of the planets in the So ...

, 62, Estonian composer. *, 65, Japanese drummer (

Anzen Chitai is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1973 by five musicians in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan. It debuted in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan. They became one of Japan's most successful rock bands in the 1980s. Members * - Vocals, Guitars & Percussion (1973� ...

). *

Eero Tapio Eero Johannes "Erkka" Tapio (3 March 1941 – 17 December 2022) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland who won four medals at the world championships of 1965–69, including a gold medal in 1967. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer O ...

, 81, Finnish Olympic wrestler (

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

). * Philippe Tillous-Borde, 76, French entrepreneur and engineer. *

Sunday Tuoyo Sunday E. Tuoyo (1935 – 17 December 2022) was a Nigerian Brigadier General who served as the Military Governor of Ondo State (July 1978 – October 1979) during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. Education Tuoyo attended Hussey ...

, 84, Nigerian military officer and politician, governor of

Ondo State Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to t ...

(1978–1979).

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* Robert Adamson, 79, Australian poet and publisher. * Rick Anderson, 75, American rock bassist (

The Tubes The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band. Their eponymous 1975 debut album included the single "White Punks on Dope," while their 1983 single "She's a Beauty" was a top-10 U.S. hit and its music video was frequently played in the early day ...

). *

Elia Alessandrini Elia Alessandrini (3 March 199716 December 2022) was a Swiss professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Alessandrini began playing football at his local club Schoenbuehl in Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 6, before joi ...

, 25, Swiss footballer (

Chiasso Chiasso (; lmo, Ciass ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. As the southernmost of Switzerland's municipalities, Chiasso is on the border with Italy, in front of Ponte Chiasso (a frazione of C ...

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, Stade Lausanne Ouchy), drowned. * Antonín Bajaja, 80, Czech writer, laureate of the

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(2010). *

Doreen Brownstone Doreen Brownstone OM ( Stein; 28 September 1922 – 16 December 2022) was a British-born Canadian actress, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Biography Brownstone was born on 28 September 1922, and was a mainstay of the Winnipeg theatre and televisio ...

, 100, British-born Canadian actress ('' High Life'', ''

Foodland "FoodLand" is a regional American supermarket chain based in New Stanton, Pennsylvania. The unique "F" logo of the supermarket chain is a registered trademark of Minnesota-based SuperValu, which serves as the chain's main wholesale distributor ...

'', ''

Silent Night "Silent Night" (german: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht", links=no, italic=no) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an ...

''). * Petre Constantin Buchwald, 85, Romanian politician,

(1992–1996). *

Masud Choudhary Masud Choudhary (10 April 1944 – 16 December 2022) was an Indian educator, social reformer, thinker and an administrator of Jammu and Kashmir union territory. He was the founding Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Raj ...

, 78, Indian police officer and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of

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(2002–2007). *

Jean-Paul Corbineau Jean-Paul Corbineau (26 August 1948 – 16 December 2022) was a French singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of the band Tri Yann. Biography Corbineau was dedicated to preserving the Breton identity and supported the . In 1966, he perfor ...

, 74, French singer-songwriter (

Tri Yann Tri Yann () is a French band from Nantes who play folk rock music drawing on traditional Breton folk ballads. The band was founded in 1969 by Jean Chocun, Jean-Paul Corbineau and Jean-Louis Jossic – all of whom remained members – hence th ...

), leukemia. *

Barry Cullen Charles Francis "Barry" Cullen (June 16, 1935 – December 16, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played five seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings from 1955 to 1960. Cullen played a ...

, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (

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). * Peter Daly, 82, Irish Gaelic footballer ( Ballinamere,

Tullamore Tullamore (; ) is the county town of County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal (Ireland), Grand Canal, in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, midlands reg ...

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). *

Paul De Keersmaeker Paul, Baron De Keersmaeker (14 July 1929 – 16 December 2022) was a Belgian businessman, politician and chairman of PA Europe. Early life and education De Keersmaeker was born on 14 July 1929. He obtained a PhD degree in law and a bachelor's d ...

, 93, Belgian politician,

minister of agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

(1981–1992), MP (1968–1995) and MEP (1979–1981). *, 46, German trance DJ and producer. *

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). *

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, 86, American rock and roll singer ("

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", " Fabulous"), complications from COVID-19. *

Sue Hardesty Sue Aileen Hardesty (July 11, 1933 – December 16, 2022) was an American author from Buckeye, Arizona, whose writing focused on plots and characters from the Southwestern United States, and social themes of lesbianism and feminism, as well as c ...

, 89, American novelist, cancer. * Aleh Hulak, 55, Belarusian human rights defender, clot. *

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, 91, American politician, member of the

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(1975–1985) and the

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(1965–1975). * Bogdan Łysak, 86, Polish politician and economist,

(1976–1985), deputy president of the Supreme Audit Office (1989–1991). *

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, 99, German Roman Catholic priest. * Denise Meunier, 104, French schoolteacher and resistant. *

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional Footballer, football player and Football coach (association football), manager. During his career as a football ...

, 53, Serbian football player (

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), leukaemia. *

Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Sadiq Husayni Rohani ( fa, ; 16 July 1926 – 16 December 2022) was an Iranian Shia marja'. Rohani resided in Qom. He claimed to have gained ijtihad from the grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, at the age of ...

, 96, Iranian Shia marja. * Jane Sherwin, 88, British actress (''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

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Jose Maria Sison Jose Maria Canlas Sison (February 8, 1939 – December 16, 2022), also known by his nickname Joma, was a Filipino writer and activist who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy – which w ...

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. * Song Young-jin, 75, South Korean politician, MNA (1992–1996, 2000–2004). * Tang Hongxiao, 91, Chinese engineer, member of the

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* Luis Aguilar, 53, Mexican writer and poet. *

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). * Idrio Bui, 90, Italian racing cyclist. * Calpurnio, 63, Spanish comics artist and illustrator, cancer. * Bernard Chabbert, 78, French writer and journalist. *

Dino Danelli Dino Danelli (July 23, 1944 – December 15, 2022) was an American drummer. Danelli was best known as an original member and the drummer in the rock group The Young Rascals. He has been called "one of the great unappreciated rock drummers in hi ...

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drummer (

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). *

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, 67, Canadian singer-songwriter (" Something to Talk About", " It Takes Time", "

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"). * Sylvie Genty, 67, French writer and actress (''

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'', '' Navarro''). * Håkan Lindquist, 64, Swedish writer. *

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(1997–2016), complications from Alzheimer's disease. * Liu Mingjiu, 88, Chinese translator. * Shepherd Makunura, 46, Zimbabwean cricket player ( Mashonaland A, Northerns) and coach. *

Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu Elizabeth Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu ( Crossley; 11 January 1932 – 15 December 2022) was a British embroiderer and the wife of The 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, from 1958 until their divorce in 1974. Early ...

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), complications from a fall. * Eliyahu Offer, 78, Israeli football player (

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) and manager (

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, Maccabi Sha'arayim). *

Louis Orr Louis McLaughlin Orr (May 7, 1958 – December 15, 2022) was an American basketball player and coach. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and became a college basketball coach. Orr was the head coach at Bowling G ...

, 64, American basketball player (

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) and coach (

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), pancreatic cancer. * Oqtay Radjabov, 81, Azerbaijani academic and composer. * Michael Reed, 93, British cinematographer (''

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''). * Thai Selvam, Indian film director (''

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''). *

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, 63, Nigerian politician, MP (1998–1999). * Swami Shilananda, 97, Spanish Jesuit missionary. *, 75, Japanese actress ('' The Ballad of Narayama''), colon cancer. * Vikramjeet, 63, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (2017–2022), heart attack. *

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, 64, English snooker player. *

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, 90, Chinese engineer and politician, member of the

(1983–1998).

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* Bert Beverly Beach, 94, Swiss-born American Adventist theologian. * Constantin Dinu, 77, Romanian rugby union player ( Știința Petroșani,

). * Djene Djento, 58–59, Cameroonian singer-songwriter. * Alex Duchart, 89, Scottish footballer ( East Fife,

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

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). * Karel van Eerd, 84, Dutch businessman (

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). *

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, 98, British-born American academic and literary critic. *

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, 76, Italian-born American astronomer. * John Hughes, 92, British-born American journalist (''

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'', ''

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winner (1967). * Roch Kereszty, 89, Hungarian-American monk and scholar. *

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, 88, German poet, novelist, and publisher. * Franz Kurzreiter, 78, Austrian politician, member of the

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(1986–2003). * Jacob Luitjens, 103, Dutch Nazi collaborator. *

Charlene Mitchell Charlene Alexander Mitchell (June 8, 1930 – December 14, 2022) was an American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist. In 1968, she became the first Black woman candidate for President of the United States. In the ...

, 92, American labor and civil rights activist and politician. *

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, 79, American

basketball coach (

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, Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Olympic women's team), multiple myeloma. *Haydée Padilla, 86, Argentine actress (''Time for Revenge'', ''The Deal (1983 film), The Deal'', ''The Supporter''). *, 60, Japanese musician (C-C-B), stroke. *Sinnayah Sabapathy, 75, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 1972). *Sydney Samuelson, Sir Sydney Samuelson, 97, British cinematographer. *Cecil T. Sandifer, 99, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1972–1980). *Frank J. Shakespeare, 97, American diplomat and media executive, ambassador to List of ambassadors of the United States to Portugal, Portugal (1985–1986) and List of ambassadors of the United States to the Holy See, the Holy See (1987–1989). *Georgi Stoilov, 93, Bulgarian architect and politician, National Assembly (Bulgaria), MP (1966–1990), List of mayors of Sofia, mayor of Sofia (1967–1971). *Salim Zanoun, 88, Palestinian politician, chairman of the Palestinian National Council, PNC (since 1993).

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*Alauddin Ahammad, 74, Bangladeshi academic administrator and politician, Jatiya Sangsad, MP (1999–2006), vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (1998–1999). *Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian-British drummer (Osibisa). *Miguel Barbosa Huerta, 63, Mexican politician, governor of Puebla (since 2019), Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), deputy (2000–2003) and Senate of the Republic (Mexico), senator (2012–2018). *Stephen "tWitch" Boss, 40, American dancer, television personality (''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', ''So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series), So You Think You Can Dance'') and actor (''Step Up (franchise), Step Up''), suicide by gunshot. *Benjamin Bossi, 69, American saxophonist (Romeo Void), complications from Alzheimer’s disease. *Willard L. Boyd, 95, American academic administrator, president of the University of Iowa (1969–1981). *Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, 85, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019) and Punjab Legislative Assembly, Punjab MLA (1977–1980, 1997–2012). *Ronnie R. Campbell, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (since 2019), cancer. *Paul Chollet, 94, French politician, National Assembly (France), deputy (1986–1997), mayor of Agen (1989–2001). *Luis "Checho" González, 89, Chilean musician. *Grand Daddy I.U., 54, American rapper (Juice Crew). *Jean-Jacques de Granville, 79, French botanist and curator. *Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic official, List of grand masters of the Knights Hospitaller, lieutenant ad interim (2017) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. *Jean Landis, 104, American World War II aviator (Women Airforce Service Pilots#Notable WASP aviators, Women Airforce Service Pilots). *Alejandro Luna, 83, Mexican scenographer. *John MacDermott (judge), Sir John MacDermott, 95, Northern Irish jurist, judge of the Courts of Northern Ireland, high court (1973–1998). *Sylvester Mubayi, 80, Zimbabwean sculptor. *Mikhail Musatov, 72, Russian politician, State Duma, deputy (since 1995). *Nihal Nelson, 76, Sri Lankan vocalist and songwriter, heart attack. *Bayan Northcott, 82, English music critic (''The Independent'', ''BBC Music Magazine'') and composer. *Han Peekel, 75, Dutch television presenter, heart failure. *David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham, 88, British military officer and life peer, member of the

(since 2005), fall. *Lalo Rodríguez, 64, Puerto Rican salsa singer ("Ven, Devórame Otra Vez"). *Frank Salemme, 89, American mobster (Patriarca crime family). *Adrian Shooter, 74, British transport executive, founder of Vivarail and member of the Royal Academy of Engineering. *Kim Simmonds, 75, British rock guitarist (Savoy Brown), colon cancer. *Curt Simmons, 93, American baseball player (

, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs),

champion (1964 World Series, 1964). *, 85, Polish media mogul, journalist and film director, co-founder of ITI Group, co-owner of TVN (Poland), TVN. *Richard Wurtman, 86, American neuroscientist.

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*Jonas Abib, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, founder of Canção Nova, multiple myeloma. *Alberto Alessi, 83, Italian politician,

(1981–1983, 1987–1994). *Ekambi Brillant, 74, Cameroonian makossa singer. *Jim Carr, 71, Canadian politician, House of Commons of Canada, MP (since 2015), minister of Minister of Natural Resources, natural resources (2015–2018) and Minister of International Trade Diversification, international trade diversification (2018–2019), multiple myeloma. *Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie, 60, British politician, leader of Westminster City Council (2012–2017) and member of the

(since 2016), cancer. *Ciro Cruz Zepeda, 77, Salvadoran politician, List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, president of the Legislative Assembly (2000–2001, 2002–2006, 2009–2011). *Maurice Desnoyers, 95, Canadian architect (Autostade). *Assunção dos Anjos, 76, Angolan diplomat, Minister of External Relations (Angola), minister of external relations (2008–2010), heart attack. *Iván Faragó, 76, Hungarian chess grandmaster. *, 75, Italian singer, songwriter, and lyricist. *John Gregory (American football coach), John Gregory, 84, American football coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Iowa Barnstormers). *Mirosław Hermaszewski, 81, Polish cosmonaut (Soyuz 30). *Chaudhry Saeed Iqbal, 56, Pakistani politician, National Assembly (Pakistan), MNA (2008–2013), cardiac arrest. *Mohan Jena, 65, Indian politician, MP (2004–2014). *, 97, Czech economist, academic and author. *Lado Kralj, 84, Slovenian theatre critic and literary historian. *Mike Leach (American football coach), Mike Leach, 61, American college football coach (Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Washington State Cougars football, Washington State Cougars, Mississippi State Bulldogs football, Mississippi State Bulldogs), heart disease. *Kurt Linder, 89, German football player (Urania Genève Sport, Rot-Weiss Essen) and manager (BSC Young Boys, Young Boys). *Stuart Margolin, 82, American actor (''The Rockford Files'', ''Death Wish (1974 film), Death Wish'', ''Bret Maverick''), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Emmy winner (31st Primetime Emmy Awards, 1979, 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 1980), pancreatic cancer. *Kim Mohan, 73, American tabletop game designer. *Claude Mossé, 97, French historian. *Hermann Nuber, 87, German footballer (Kickers Offenbach). *Latinka Perović, 89, Serbian historian and politician. *Sheila Russell, 87, American politician, mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1996–1997). *Josef Schagerl, 99, Austrian sculptor. *Anton Šoltýs, 85, Slovak Olympic alpine skier (Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics, 1964). *Jacqueline Stanley, 94, British-Irish painter. *Remy Sylado, 77, Indonesian author. *Teh Hong Piow, 92, Malaysian banker, founder of Public Bank Berhad. *Zbigniew Wawer, 66, Polish academic and historian. *Wolfgang Ziffer, 81, German actor and radio personality.

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*Angelo Badalamenti, 85, American film and television composer (''Soundtrack from Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks'', ''Blue Velvet (soundtrack), Blue Velvet'', ''Mulholland Drive (film)#Soundtrack, Mulholland Drive''), Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Grammy winner (33rd Annual Grammy Awards, 1991). *Walter Bénéteau, 50, French racing cyclist. (body discovered on this date) *Pravrajika Bhaktiprana, 102, Indian Hindu nun, president of Sri Sarada Math (since 2009). *Chris Boucher (writer), Chris Boucher, 79, British television screenwriter (''

'', ''

'', ''Shoestring (TV series), Shoestring'') and novelist. *Munzur Çem, 77, Turkish writer and journalist. *Geoff Doidge, 68, South African politician, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, minister of public works (2008–2010). *Wolf Erlbruch, 74, German illustrator and writer (''Duck, Death and the Tulip'', '''s Nachts'', ''The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business''). *Peter Ester, 69, Dutch sociologist and politician, Senate (Netherlands), senator (since 2011). *Ed Goorjian, 96, American college basketball coach (Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball, Loyola Marymount). *Frances Hesselbein, 107, American management consultant, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA (1976–1990). *Mel James, 74, Welsh rugby union (Swansea RFC, Swansea) and league (St Helens R.F.C., St Helens, Wales national rugby league team, national team) player. *Effie Kapsalis, 51, American open access advocate, suicide. *Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, 96, American Hawaiian royal princess. *Gabriel Kinney, 101, American World War II veteran (Merrill's Marauders). *Joseph Kromelis, 75, American street vendor, complications from burn injuries. *Klemens Ludwig, 66, German astrologist and writer, amytrophic lateral sclerosis. *Adrienne Mancia, 95, American film curator. *, 86, Australian economist. *, 42–43, Qatari photojournalist (''Alkass Sports Channels''). (death announced on this date) *Moshe Mizrahi, 72, Israeli politician, Knesset, MK (2013–2015, 2018–2019). *John Molyneux (academic), John Molyneux, 74, British Marxist activist, academic and author. *Kenneth Powell (sprinter), Kenneth Powell, 82, Indian Olympic sprinter (Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964). *T. Radhakrishnan, 67, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019), heart attack. *Pieter ter Veer, 77, Dutch politician, MP (1981–1982, 1989–2002). *, 84, Chilean footballer (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica).

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*John Aler, 73, American lyric tenor. *John Allen (rugby union), John Allen, 80, British rugby union player and administrator (Leicester Tigers). *J. J. Barnes, 79, American R&B singer. *Sulochana Chavan, 89, Indian Marathi language, Marathi singer (''Sawaal Majha Aika!''). *Salah Fadl, 84, Egyptian writer and translator. *John Fogarty (judge), John Fogarty, 75, New Zealand jurist, King's Counsel (New Zealand), king's counsel (since 1990), judge of the High Court of New Zealand, High Court (2003–2017). *Beryl Grey, Dame Beryl Grey, 95, English ballerina. *Tracy Hitchings, 60, English singer (Landmarq), cancer. (death announced on this date) *Georgia Holt, 96, American singer and actress (''Watch the Birdie (1950 film), Watch the Birdie'', ''Grounds for Marriage''), subject of ''Dear Mom, Love Cher''. *Gabor Kalman, 92, Hungarian-American physicist. *Tony Lancaster, 84, British-American Bayesian econometrician. *Victor Lewis-Smith, 65, British writer and producer (''In Confidence''). *Antonio Mazzone, 87, Italian lawyer and politician,

(1983–1989, 1994–1996), MEP (1989–1994). *Tshala Muana, 64, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese singer (''La Vie est Belle (1987 film), La Vie est Belle'', ''Aya of Yop City (film), Aya of Yop City''). *Aziouz Raïs, 68, Algerian Chaabi (Algeria), chaabi singer. *, 78, Japanese actor (''Otoko wa Tsurai yo''). *Otto Seidl, 80, German judge, vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court (1995–1998). *Paul Silas, 79, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics) and coach (Charlotte Hornets), cardiac arrest. *José Ángel Trelles, 78, Argentine singer, musician and composer. *Soňa Valentová, 76, Slovak actress (''Witchhammer'', ''The Feather Fairy'', ''Requiem pro panenku''). *Kihnu Virve, 94, Estonian folk singer. *Grant Wahl, 49, American sports journalist (''Sports Illustrated'') and author (''The Beckham Experiment''), aortic aneurysm. *Ryuji Yamane, 74, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (2001–2013), lung cancer.

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*Pedro Miguel Arce, 46, Nicaraguan-born Canadian actor (''True Blue (2001 film), True Blue'', ''Land of the Dead'', ''Are We Done Yet?''), cancer. *Jovit Baldivino, 29, Filipino singer (''Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1), Pilipinas Got Talent'') and actor, intracranial aneurysm. *Scott M. Bennett, 45, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (since 2015), complications from a brain tumor. *Bob Cooper (rugby league), Bob Cooper, 67, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs Magpies, Western Suburbs), cancer. *Herbert Deutsch, 90, American composer, co-inventor of the Moog synthesizer. *Franco Gaudenzi, 81, Italian film producer (''Robowar (film), Robowar'', ''Zombi 3'', ''Shocking Dark''). *Ademar José Gevaerd, 60, Brazilian ufologist, complications from a fall. *Jonathan Goldberg, 79, American literary theorist. *Qamar Gula, 70, Afghan singer, cancer. *Mihály Huszka, 89, Hungarian Olympic weightlifter (Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg, 1960, Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg, 1964). *Joseph Kittinger, 94, American air force officer and command pilot (Project Manhigh, Project Excelsior), lung cancer. *Judith Lauand, 100, Brazilian painter and printmaker. *Emilia Lupan, 73, Moldovan actress. *Ruth Madoc, 79, British actress (''Hi-de-Hi!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof (film), Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Little Britain (TV series), Little Britain''), and singer. *Daniel Micallef, 94, Maltese diplomat and politician, speaker of the Parliament of Malta, House of Representatives (1982–1986). *Lucien Mongrain, 90, Canadian politician, mayor of Trois-Rives (since 1981). *Abraham Nehmé, 95, Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic prelate, archbishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs, Homs (1986–2005). *Txomin Peillen, 90, French writer, linguist, and biologist. *, 76, Czech Roma activist. *Soko Shimabuku, 96, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1992–2004). *Fredrick Terna, 99, Austrian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor. *Jean-Nickolaus Tretter, 76, American LGBTQ activist and archivist. *Milton Viorst, 92, American journalist (''The New Yorker''). *Wes Wise, 94, American politician, mayor of Dallas (1971–1976). *David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, 90, British politician, secretary of state for Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, trade and industry (1987–1989) and Secretary of State for Employment, employment (1985–1987), member of the

(1984–2022).

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*Jean-Louis Bourgeois, 82, American author. *Albert Brenner, 96, American production designer (''Bullitt'', ''Beaches (1988 film), Beaches'', ''Backdraft (film), Backdraft''). *, 80, Brazilian musician and composer. *Patrick Delsemme, 48, Belgian snooker player. *Tom Flanigan (baseball), Tom Flanigan, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals). *Sylvia Flores, 71, Belizean politician, List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Belize, speaker of the House of Representatives (1998–2001) and List of presidents of the Senate of Belize, president of the Senate (2001–2003). *Gary Fox (politician), Gary Fox, 78, Canadian politician, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Ontario MPP (1995–1999), cancer. *Rostam Ghasemi, 58, Iranian military officer and politician, minister of Ministry of Petroleum (Iran), petroleum (2011–2013) and Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, roads (2021–2022), cancer. *Aldona Gustas, 90, Lithuanian-German poet and illustrator. *Martha Hildebrandt, 97, Peruvian linguist and politician, member (1995–2001, 2006–2011) and President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, president (1999–2000) of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, congress. *Ian Hunter (admiral), Ian Hunter, 83, New Zealand naval officer, Chief of Navy (New Zealand), chief of naval staff (1991–1994). *Miodrag Ješić, 64, Serbian football player (Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (FK Partizan, Partizan, Altay S.K., Altay), traffic collision. *Carl Kleinschmitt, 85, American television writer (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'', ''1st & Ten (1984 TV series), 1st and Ten''), complications from myelodysplastic syndrome. *Yitzhak Klepter, 72, Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist (The Churchills (Israeli band), The Churchills, Kaveret). *, 73, Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer. *Lee Lorenz, 90, American cartoonist and editor (''The New Yorker''). *Jackie McLeod, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (

) and coach (Canada men's national ice hockey team, national team, Saskatoon Blades). *Richard Miller (visual effects), Richard Miller, 80, American visual effects artist (''Star Trek'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''The Rocketeer (film), The Rocketeer''). *Rizong Rinpoche, 94, Tibetan Buddhist monk, Ganden Tripa (2009–2016). *Maurice Robert (ethnologist), Maurice Robert, 92, French academic and ethnologist. *Max van Rooy, 80, Dutch writer and journalist (''NRC (newspaper), NRC Handelsblad''). *Lidia Elsa Satragno, 87, Argentine actress (''La caída'') and politician, Argentine Chamber of Deputies, deputy (2007–2011). *Kevin Schamehorn, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (

, Los Angeles Kings). *René Snelders, 85, Belgian footballer (Beerschot A.C., Beerschot AC, Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp) and businessman. *Kayf Tara, 28, British Thoroughbred racehorse. *Erasmus Desiderius Wandera, 92, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti, Soroti (1981–2007). *Yoshishige Yoshida, 89, Japanese film director (''Coup d'Etat (1973 film), Coup d'Etat'', ''A Promise (1986 film), A Promise'', ''Women in the Mirror'') and screenwriter, pneumonia.

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*Karim Bavi, 57, Iranian footballer (Shahin Tehran F.C., Shahin, Persepolis F.C., Persepolis, Iran national football team, national team), bladder cancer. *Jaroslav Bogdálek, 93, Czech Olympic alpine skier (Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956). *Bernhard Brinkmann, 70, German politician, Bundestag, MP (1998–2013). *Jacques Ciron, 94, French actor (''And God Created Woman (1956 film), And God Created Woman'', ''The Brain (1969 film), The Brain'', ''Frantic (film), Frantic''). *Manohar Devadoss, 86, Indian visual artist and writer. *John Dodge (paediatrician), John Dodge, 89, British paediatrician. *Darel Glaser, 66, American actor (''Bless the Beasts and Children (film), Bless the Beasts and Children'', ''An Enemy of the People (1978 film), An Enemy of the People''). *Armando González (rowing), Armando González, 91, Spanish Olympic rower (Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four, 1960). *Clive Inman, 86, Sri Lankan cricketer (Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire, Sri Lanka national cricket team, national team). *Roddy Jackson, 80, American rockabilly singer, songwriter and pianist. *Jann-Peter Janssen, 77, German politician, Bundestag, MP (1994–2005). *Johnny Johnson (RAF officer), Johnny Johnson, 101, British Royal Air Force officer (Operation Chastise). *Jan Nowicki, 83, Polish actor (''Colonel Wolodyjowski (film), Colonel Wolodyjowski'', ''Spiral (1978 film), Spiral'', ''Magnat (film), Magnat''), COVID-19. *Rubby Opio Aweri, 69, Ugandan jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, Supreme Court (since 2015). *, 55, Indonesian internet personality, founder of the Sunda Empire. *Ronald Sherr, 70, American painter. *Helen Slayton-Hughes, 92, American actress (''Parks and Recreation'', ''Crazy on the Outside'', ''Moxie (film), Moxie''). *Mack Allen Smith, 84, American rockabilly musician. *Herbert Volney, 69, Trinidadian jurist and politician, judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Trinidad and Tobago), Supreme Court (1994–2010), Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, MP (2010–2015). *Stevan Vrbaški, 81–82, Serbian politician, List of mayors of Novi Sad, mayor of Novi Sad (1997–2000). *Harry Yee, 104, American bartender, inventor of the Blue Hawaii (drink), Blue Hawaii.

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*Yoginder K Alagh, 83, Indian economist, chairman of Institute of Rural Management Anand, IRMA (2006–2012). *Risto Alapuro, 78, Finnish sociologist. *James Alty, 83, British computer scientist. *Miha Baloh, 94, Slovenian actor (''And Love Has Vanished'', ''Among Vultures'', ''Winnetou and the Crossbreed''). *Jet Black, 84, English drummer (The Stranglers). *Antonio D'Amico, 63, Italian fashion designer. *Andrée Damant, 93, French actress (''Plus belle la vie'', ''Amélie'', ''Belle and Sebastian (film), Belle and Sebastian''). *Jan-Åke Edvinsson, 81, Swedish IIHF Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame ice hockey administrator, general secretary of International Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF (1986–2006). *Alain Fousseret, 66, French politician, member of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté (since 1998). *Beto Fuscão, 72, Brazilian footballer (América Futebol Clube (SC), América, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio, Brazil national football team, national team), stomach cancer. *Pavel Gajdoš, 86, Czech Olympic gymnast (Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960, Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964). *Huang Kezhi, 95, Chinese physicist, member of the

. *, 85, Spanish Copla (music), copla singer. *Hamish Kilgour, 65, New Zealand musician (The Clean, Bailter Space). (body discovered on this date) *Hy Kloc, 75, German-born American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2012–2018), heart attack. *Edino Krieger, 94, Brazilian composer and conductor. *Mills Lane, 85, American boxing referee and television personality (''Judge Mills Lane'', ''Celebrity Deathmatch''). *David Lifton, 83, American author. *S. A. Malek, 86, Bangladeshi politician, Jatiya Sangsad, MP (1973–1979). *Ichirou Mizuki, 74, Japanese composer (JAM Project) and voice actor, lung cancer. *Jacques Pousaz, 75, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972), heart attack. *Salinero, 28, Dutch dressage horse, Olympic champion (Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage, 2004, Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage, 2008). (death announced on this date) *Adolfas Šleževičius, 74, Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania, prime minister (1993–1996). *François Tanguy, 64, French theatre director. *Omar Varela, 65, Uruguayan playwright and stage actor, complications from Parkinson's disease. *Bart de Vries, 57, Dutch actor (''Punk Lawyer'', ''Left Luggage (film), Left Luggage'', ''Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld (film), Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld''), COVID-19.

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*Kirstie Alley, 71, American actress (''Cheers'', ''Veronica's Closet'', ''Look Who's Talking''), Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy winner (43rd Primetime Emmy Awards, 1991, 46th Primetime Emmy Awards, 1994), colon cancer. *Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi, 67, Indian poet. *Jess Barr, 46, American guitarist (Slobberbone). *John Beckwith (composer), John Beckwith, 95, Canadian composer, writer and pianist. *Georges Caudron, 70, French actor and artistic director (''Médecins de nuit''). *Jeremy Davies (exorcist), Jeremy Davies, 87, English Roman Catholic priest and exorcist, co-founder of the International Association of Exorcists. *František Dostál, 84, Czech photographer. *Jaison Elamgulam, 44, Indian film producer (''Ormayundo Ee Mukham'', ''Lavakusha''). *L. Patrick Engel, 90, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1993–2009). *Hamsou Garba, 63, Nigerien singer. *Jay Goldberg, 89, American lawyer and author. *Mária Kráľovičová, 95, Slovak actress. *John McGeever, 83, American football player (

, Miami Dolphins). *Jost Meier, 83, Swiss composer and orchestral conductor. *Marie-Édouard Mununu, 86, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1985–1986) and bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kikwit, Kikwit (1986–2016). *Terrence O'Hara, 76, American television director (''NCIS (franchise), NCIS'', ''Smallville'', ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm''), cancer. *Eduard Ovčáček, 89, Czech graphic artist. *Éric Pfrunder, 74, French artistic director. *Bernd Rohr, 85, German racing cyclist. *Hélène Roussel, 90, French actress (''The Apprentices'', ''A Christmas Tale''). *Jim Stewart (record producer), Jim Stewart, 92, American

record producer, co-founder of Stax Records. *Sahibzada Nazir Sultan, 78, Pakistani politician, National Assembly (Pakistan), MNA (1970–1985, 1988–1997, 2013–2018). *Ronaldo Veitía, 75, Cuban judo coach, complications from diabetes. *Sam Wakim, 85, Canadian lawyer and politician, House of Commons of Canada, MP (1979–1980).

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*Amable Aristy, 73, Dominican Republic, Dominican politician, member (1990–1999, since 2010) and president (1994–1998) of the Senate of the Dominican Republic, senate, cardiac arrest. *David Bishop (British politician), David Bishop, 78, British politician. *June Blair, 90, American model and actress (''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', ''Hell Bound (1957 film), Hell Bound'', ''The Rabbit Trap''). *Nick Bollettieri, 91, American International Tennis Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame tennis coach. *Hamadi Bousbiaâ, 88, Tunisian businessman and sporting director. *Saïd Chibane, 97, Algerian doctor and politician, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments (Algeria), minister of religious affairs and endowments (1989–1991). *Yuriy Dubrovin (actor), Yuriy Dubrovin, 83, Russian-Ukrainian actor (''D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers'', ''Trial on the Road'', ''The Prisoner of Château d'If''). *Mofeed Fawzy, 89, Egyptian journalist (''Rose al-Yūsuf'') and television presenter (''Al Qahera Al Youm''). *Barry Fraser, 82, Canadian ice hockey executive (Edmonton Oilers). *Manuel Göttsching, 70, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel, Ashra (band), Ashra) and composer (''E2-E4''). *Peter Hedger, 82, British racehorse trainer. *Saeed Mohammad Khan, 87, Pakistani naval officer, Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan), chief of naval staff (1991–1994) and chairman of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, PNSC (1988–1990). *Kevin Kilmurray, 72, Irish Gaelic footballer (

). *Magomedali Magomedov, 92, Russian politician, Head of the Republic of Dagestan, chairman of the State Council of Dagestan (1994–2006). *Bob McGrath, 90, American actor and singer (''Sesame Street'', ''Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, Follow That Bird'', ''Sing Along with Mitch''), complications from a stroke. *Karl Merkatz, 92, Austrian actor (''Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter'', ''Der Bockerer'', ''Lethal Obsession''). *Norman Pattiz, 79, American broadcaster and business executive (Westwood One (1976–2011), Westwood One, Podcast One). *Patrick Peacock, 79, Canadian lawyer, president of the Canadian Bar Association (1988–1989). *Pablo Puente (prelate), Pablo Puente, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Apostolic Nunciature to Indonesia, Indonesia (1980–1986), Apostolic Nunciature to Lebanon, Lebanon (1989–1997) and Apostolic Nunciature to Kuwait, Kuwait (1993–1997). *Antonio Recalcati, 84, Italian painter and sculptor. *Jacqueline Rigaud, 97, French resistance fighter, Righteous Among the Nations (2017). *Gino Scarpa, 98, Italian-born Norwegian painter, printmaker and sculptor. *Alex Sherzer, 51, American chess grandmaster and physician. *Patrick Tambay, 73, French racing driver (Formula One), complications from Parkinson's disease. *Robert E. Tranquada, 92, American physician and academic administrator. *Jeffrey James West, 72, British Anglican priest.

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*, 68, Kazakh poet, composer and journalist. *Willi Blodt, 93, German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse (1966–1970). *Gordon Bradt, 98, American art designer. *Paul Broughton, 91, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, St. George) and coach (Balmain Tigers, Balmain, Newtown). *Kenneth O. Chilstrom, 101, American air force colonel and test pilot. *Michael Collins (Limerick politician), Michael Collins, 82, Irish politician, Teachta Dála, TD (1997–2007). *John Edward Critien, 73, Maltese Roman Catholic official, grand chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2016–2017). *Jamie Freeman, 57, British singer and songwriter, brain cancer. *Milton Gómez, 74, Bolivian mining union leader and politician, Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security, minister of labor, employment, and social security (2019). *Ursula Hayden, 56, American professional wrestler (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) and actress, cancer. *Svenne Hedlund, 77, Swedish singer (Hep Stars, Idolerna, Svenne and Lotta). *Sonny Holland, 84, American football player and coach (Montana State Bobcats football, Montana State Bobcats). *Leslie Houlden, 93, British Anglican priest and academic. *Janis Hunter, 66, American music manager. *Antigone Kefala, 87, Romanian-born Australian poet. *Jim Kolbe, 80, American politician, member of the

(1985–2007) and Arizona Senate (1977–1982), stroke. *Volodymyr Kozhukhar, 81, Ukrainian classical conductor. *ABM Ghulam Mostafa, 88, Bangladeshi businessman and politician, Jatiya Sangsad, MP (2008–2014). *Bobby Naughton, 78, American jazz vibraphonist and pianist. *Annie Yellowe Palma, 60, British poet, author and child protection advocate. *Kochu Preman, 67, Indian actor (''Dilliwala Rajakumaran'', ''Udayon'', ''My Big Father'') and comedian. *Tyler Roberts (actor), Tyler Roberts, American adult film actor, heart failure. *Gina Romand, 84, Cuban-Mexican actress (''I Am Very Macho'', ''Immediate Delivery'', ''Los astronautas''). *Ilya Shtemler, 89, Russian writer, COVID-19. *Svyatoslav Sokol, 76, Russian politician, State Duma, deputy (1995–2003, 2007–2016), heart attack. *Hari Vairavan, Indian actor (''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'', ''Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film), Naan Mahaan Alla'', ''Kullanari Koottam''), kidney failure. *Eduardo Vio Grossi, 78, Chilean lawyer and academic, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2010–2021). *Alfons Vogtel, 70, German businessman and politician, member of the Landtag of Saarland (1985–2007). *Tony Waldrop, 70, American middle-distance runner and academic administrator, president of the University of South Alabama (2014–2021). *Alexandre Zelkine, 84, French folk music singer and rail transport modelist. *Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, 78, Kazakh basketball player (PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union men's national basketball team, Soviet Union national team) and coach, Olympic champion (Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972).

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*Afzaal Ahmad, Pakistani actor (''Permit (film), Permit'', ''Malanga (film), Malanga'', ''Mukhra (1988 film), Mukhra''), brain haemorrhage. *Assem Allam, 83, Egyptian-British football executive, chairman of Hull City A.F.C., Hull City (2010–2022), cancer. *Tony Allen (footballer), Tony Allen, 83, English footballer (Stoke City F.C., Stoke City, Bury F.C., Bury,

). *Imran Aslam (journalist), Imran Aslam, 70, Pakistani journalist, screenwriter (''Parey Hut Love'') and media personality. *Vittorio Barino, 87, Italian stage and television director and producer (''Journey of Hope''). *Mahmoud Bayati, 94, Iranian football player (Esteghlal F.C., Taj, Iran national football team, national team) and manager. *Walter Broadnax, 78, American academic administrator and professor of politics. *Jaume Camps i Rovira, 78, Spanish lawyer and politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia, Catalan parliament (1980–2005). *Choi Byung-ryeol, 84, South Korean politician, mayor of Seoul (1994–1995). *Sam A. Crow, 96, American jurist, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (since 1981). *Jharana Das, 82, Indian actress (''Malajahna'', ''Adina Megha'', ''Hisab Nikas'') and radio announcer. *, 54, South Korean actor (''Happy Ero Christmas'', ''Mother (2009 film), Mother'', ''Tidal Wave (2009 film), Tidal Wave''). *Phil Edmonston, 78, American-born Canadian consumer advocate and politician, House of Commons of Canada, MP (1990–1993). *Dick Enthoven, 85, South African insurance executive, owner of Nando's (since 2014), cancer. *Gary Friedkin, 70, American actor (''Under the Rainbow'', ''Young Doctors in Love'', ''Snow White (1987 film), Snow White''). *Jeffrey Friedman (political scientist), Jeffrey Friedman, 63, American political scientist (''Critical Review (journal), Critical Review''). *Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh, 69, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009), heart failure. *Carolyn Grace, 70, Australian-British pilot, traffic collision. *Raúl Guerra Garrido, 87, Spanish writer, Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas, National Prize for Spanish Literature (2006). *Najma Hameed, 78, Pakistani politician, Senate of Pakistan, senator (2009–2021). *Doreen Hamilton, 71, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1991–2007) and List of mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan, mayor of Regina (1988), cancer. *Jill Jolliffe, 77, Australian journalist and author. *Yoshio Kikugawa, 78, Japanese football player (Urawa Red Diamonds, Mitsubishi Motors, Japan national football team, national team) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka, Chuo Bohan), pneumonia. *Dominique Lapierre, 91, French writer (''City of Joy'', ''Is Paris Burning? (book), Is Paris Burning?'', ''O Jerusalem!''). *Quentin Oliver Lee, 34, American baritone and actor (''

''), colon cancer. *Floris Maljers, 89, Dutch business executive, CEO of Unilever (1984–1994). *K. Muralidharan, Indian film producer (''Bagavathi'', ''Anbe Sivam'', ''Pudhupettai''), heart attack. *Louis Negin, 93, British-born Canadian actor (''Get Charlie Tully'', ''Rabid (1977 film), Rabid'', ''Physical Evidence''). *Jo Carol Pierce, 78, American singer-songwriter and playwright, cancer. *Qerlos, 94, Eritrean prelate, patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (since 2021). *Duncan Robinson (art historian), Duncan Robinson, 79, British art historian and academic. *Gaddis Smith, 90, American historian and foreign policy expert. *Laila Storch, 101, American oboist. *Al Strobel, 83, American actor (''Twin Peaks'', ''Child of Darkness, Child of Light'', ''Megaville''). *Tiit-Rein Viitso, 84, Estonian linguist.

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*Tumso Abdurakhmanov, 36, Russian blogger and Chechen dissident, shot. *, 75, Spanish diplomat. *Ferry Mursyidan Baldan, 61, Indonesian politician, Working Cabinet (2014–2019), minister of land and spatial planning (2014–2016) and People's Representative Council, MP (1997–2009). *Ercole Baldini, 89, Italian cyclist, Olympic champion (Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, 1956). *Gerardo Bianco, 91, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Public Education, minister of education (1990–1991) and

(1968–1994, 2001–2008). *Norm Brown, 79, Australian Australian rules football, footballer (Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy). *Kypros Chrysostomides, 80, Cypriot politician, House of Representatives (Cyprus), MP (2006–2008). *Skip Cleaver, 78, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2016–2022). *Thomas C. Corrigan, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1987–2006). *Mylène Demongeot, 87, French actress (''The Crucible (1957 film), The Crucible'', ''French California'', ''36 Quai des Orfèvres (film), 36 Quai des Orfèvres''), primary peritoneal carcinoma. *Hannes Keller, 88, Swiss mathematician and deep diver. *Igor Krichever, 72, Russian academic and mathematician. *Gary LaPaille, 68, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1993–1995), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. *Sylvia La Torre, 89, Filipino actress (''One Two Bato, Three Four Bapor'') and singer. *Lu Zhuguo, 94, Chinese screenwriter (''The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest'', ''On the Mountain of Tai Hang'') and writer. *Yadollah Maftun Amini, 96, Iranian poet, cardiac arrest. *Robert Morris (historian), Robert Morris, 79, British historian. (death announced on this date) *Abdul Hamid Pawanteh, 78, Malaysian politician, twice Parliament of Malaysia, MP, Menteri Besar of Perlis (1986–1995) and president of the Dewan Negara (2003–2009). *Roni Peiponen, 25, Finnish footballer (Klubi 04, Åsane Fotball, Åsane, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK Helsinki). (death announced on this date) *Ludwik Peretz, 99, French architect. *Gaylord Perry, 84, American National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres). *Vasu Pisharody, 79, Indian Kathakali actor, heart disease. *Dorothy Pitman Hughes, 84, American feminist. *Julia Reichert, 76, American documentarian (''American Factory'', ''Seeing Red (1983 film), Seeing Red'', ''Union Maids''), Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Oscar winner (92nd Academy Awards, 2019), bladder cancer. *, 83, Russian poet and songwriter. *Alain Sailhac, 87, French chef. *Haralds Sīmanis, 71, Latvian singer. *Samresh Singh, 81, Indian politician, Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, Jharkhand (2009–2014) and four-time Bihar Legislative Assembly, Bihar MLA. *Tord Sjöman, 82, Swedish organist (Vikingarna (band), Vikingarna). *Andrew Speight, 58, Australian-born American saxophonist, struck by train. *Omar Trujillo, 45, Mexican footballer (Atlético Morelia, Morelia, Celaya F.C., Celaya, Mexico national football team, national team), cardiac arrest. *Yoo Jae-geon, 85, South Korean politician, MNA (1996–2008). *Mort Zarcoff, 95, American television producer and screenwriter (''It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series), It Takes a Thief'').Morton Zarcoff, ‘It Takes a Thief’ Producer and Former USC Film Department Co-Chairman, Dies at 95
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