The following is a list of notable deaths in December 1999. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

December 1999

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Gene Baker Eugene Walter Baker (June 15, 1925 – December 1, 1999) was an American Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates during eight seasons between 1953 and 1961, and was selected for the National League t ...

, 74, American baseball player. * Ctirad Benáček, 75, Czech basketball player. * Stephen Brooks, 57, American actor (''

The F.B.I. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...

''), heart attack. *

Fritz Fischer Fritz Fischer (5 March 1908 – 1 December 1999) was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. In the early 1960s Fischer advanced the controversial thesis at the time that responsibility for the outbreak of the ...

, 91, German historian. *

Pop Gates William Penn "Pop" Gates (August 30, 1917 – December 1, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Early life He was born in Decatur, Alabama and attended high school in New York, New York. During high school studies he earned All-Co ...

, 82, American basketball player. *

Santidev Ghosh Santidev Ghose (also Santidev Ghosh, Shantidev Ghosh and Santideb Ghosh) (Santiniketan, 7 May 1910 – 1 December 1999) was an Indian author, singer, actor, dancer and maestro of Rabindra Sangeet. Sagarmoy Ghosh, the renowned editor of Bengal ...

, 89, Indian author, singer, actor and dancer. * Luigi Granelli, 70, Italian politician. * Marilyn Harris, 75, American child actress, cancer. * Jaakko Jalas, 79, Finnish botanist. * Tomás Pablo, 78, Chilean politician and architect. *

Victor Perlo Victor Perlo (May 15, 1912December 1, 1999) was an American Marxist economist, government functionary, and a longtime member of the governing National Committee of the Communist Party USA. Biography Early years Victor Perlo was born May 15, 19 ...

, 87, American

Marxist economist Marxian economics, or the Marxian school of economics, is a heterodox school of political economic thought. Its foundations can be traced back to Karl Marx's critique of political economy. However, unlike critics of political economy, Marxian e ...

. *

Massimo Pupillo Domenico Massimo Pupillo (1922 – 12 December 1999) was an Italian film director. Life and career Puplillo was born in Rodi Garganico, Apulia in 1922. He started his career in film through his acquaintance Fernandel as Marcel Pagnol's assista ...

, 70, Italian film director. *

Alexander Tatarenko Alexander Alexandrovich Tatarenko (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Тата́ренко; October 5, 1925 – December 1, 1999) was a Russian painter, restorer, art teacher, and member of the Saint Petersburg ...

, 74, Soviet Russian painter and art teacher.

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Joey Adams Joey Adams (born Joseph Abramowitz; January 6, 1911 – December 2, 1999) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio host, nightclub performer and author, who was inducted into the New York Friars' Club in 1977 and wrote the book ''Bors ...

, 88, American comedian, vaudevillian, radio host, and author. * Charlie Byrd, 74, American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

guitarist, lung cancer. * Matt Cohen, 56, Canadian writer,

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...

. * Giorgio Cristallini, 78, Italian screenwriter and film director. * Daniel J. Elazar, 65, American professor of political science. *

Vladimir Kravtsov Vladimir Nikolaevich Kravtsov (russian: Владимир Николаевич Кравцов, October 19, 1949 – December 2, 1999) was a Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics ...

, 50, Soviet and Russian handball player and Olympic champion. * Ethelmary Oakland, 90, American child actress. *

Mike Ockrent Michael Robert Ockrent (18 June 1946 – 2 December 1999) was a British stage director, well-known both for his Broadway musicals and smaller niche plays. He was educated at Highgate School. Through directing ''Educating Rita'', '' The Nerd'' an ...

, 53, British stage director.

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* John Archer, 84, American film and television actor, lung cancer. * Enrique Cadícamo, 99, Argentine tango lyricist, poet and novelist, heart failure. * Anne Francine, 82, American actress and cabaret singer, stroke. *

Conrad Hunte Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte, KA (9 May 1932 – 3 December 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer. Hunte played 44 Test matches as an opening batsman for the West Indies. Early life and career Hunte was born in rural St Andrew Parish in the ...

, 67, Barbadian cricketer, heart attack. *

Scatman John John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999), known professionally as Scatman John, was an American musician. A prolific jazz pianist and vocalist for several decades, he rose to prominence during the 1990s through his fusion of scat ...

, 57, American jazz musician ("

Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" is a song by American musician Scatman John. It was released in November 1994 as a single, and was later re-released in July 1995 for his second album, ''Scatman's World'' (1995). The song is described as "a ble ...

", " Scatman's World") and poet, lung cancer. *

Madeline Kahn Madeline Gail Kahn ('' née'' Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), ' ...

, 57, American actress (''

Young Frankenstein ''Young Frankenstein'' is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor ...

'', '' Blazing Saddles'', ''

Clue Clue may refer to: People with the name * DJ Clue (born 1975), mixtape DJ * Arthur Clues (1924–1998), Australian rugby league footballer * Ivan Clues * Tim Cluess Arts, entertainment, and media ''Clue'' entertainment franchise * ''Cluedo ...

''),

Tony Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...

winner (

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

), ovarian cancer. * Boris Kuznetsov, 71, Russian and Soviet football player. *

Edmond Safra Edmond J. Safra ( ar, ادموند يعقوب صفرا; 6 August 1932 – 3 December 1999) was a Lebanese-Brazilian banker who continued the family tradition of banking in Brazil and Switzerland. He was married to Lily Watkins from 1976 until ...

, 67, Lebanese Brazilian banker, smoke inhalation injury. * Walter Schleger, 70, Austrian football player. *

Jarl Wahlström Jarl Holger Wahlström (9 July 1918 – 3 December 1999) was the 12th General of The Salvation Army (1981–86). Biography Born to Colonel Rafael Wahlström, he was the youngest of five children. He grew up in Finland, as his father was the ...

, 81, Finnish salvationist, 12th

General of the Salvation Army General is the title of the international leader and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Salvation Army, a Christian denomination with extensive charitable social services that gives quasi-military rank to its ministers (who are therefore know ...

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* Heinrich C. Berann, 84, Austrian painter and cartographer. *

Rose Bird Rose Elizabeth Bird (November 2, 1936 – December 4, 1999) was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. Her career was marked by firsts. She was the first female clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy publ ...

, 63, American first female justice,

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a r ...

. * Charlotte H. Bruner, 82, American scholar. * Sylvester Clarke, 44, West Indian cricketer, heart attack. *

Slobodan Dimitrijević Slobodan Dimitrijević (20 April 1941 – 4 December 1999) was a Serbian television and film actor. Partial filmography *''Igre na skelama'' (1961) - Stasa *'' Treasure of the Silver Lake'' (1962) - Rollender Donner *''Prometheus of the Island'' ...

, 58, Serbian television and film actor. *

Bert Hoffmeister Major General Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister, (15 May 1907 – 4 December 1999) was a Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist. He served with distinction during the last two years of the Second World War, becoming, in Jack Granatstein' ...

, 92, Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist. * Nilde Iotti, 79, Italian politician of the Communist Party, heart attack. *

Barry Mahon Barry Mahon, born Jackson Barrett Mahon (February 5, 1921 – December 4, 1999) was an American film director, cinematographer and producer. Early years Mahon was born in Bakersfield, California and attended the Page Military Academy (now Page ...

, 78, American film director, cinematographer and producer. * Daishōhō Masami, 32, Japanese sumo wrestler, pancreatic cancer. * Sue Partridge, 69, British tennis player. * John Douglas Pringle, 87, Australian journalist. * Nélida Roca, 70, Argentinian showbusiness diva and sex symbol, heart attack. *

Edward Vesala Edward Vesala (15 February 1945 – 4 December 1999), born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer. Career Born in Mäntyharju, he began playing jazz and rock in the 1960s, in such bands as Blues Section and Apollo. In the 1970 ...

, 54, Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer, congestive heart failure. *

Alick Walker Alick Donald Walker (26 October 1925 – 4 December 1999) was a British palaeontologist, after whom the '' Alwalkeria'' genus of dinosaur is named. He was born in Skirpenbeck, near York and attended Pocklington School from 1936 to 1943. He began ...

, 74, British

palaeontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

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Claude Ballot-Léna Claude Ballot-Léna (4 August 1936 – 9 November 1999) was a French racing driver born in Paris. Career He won the 1969 Spa 24 Hours in a Porsche 911 and the 1983 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 935 Turbo owned by Preston Henn. He also entere ...

, 63, French racing driver, cancer. *

Edvin Biuković Edvin Biuković (22 June 1969 – 5 December 1999) was a Croatian comics artist. Biography Biuković made his debut in 1987 with the strip ''Dokaz'' published in the third issue of Croatian magazine ''Patak''. He spent several more years wo ...

, 30, Croatian comics artist,

brain tumor A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and seconda ...

. * Joseph Andorfer Ewan, 90, American botanist, naturalist, and historian of botany and natural history. * Lajos Faluvégi, 75, Hungarian politician. *

Nathan Jacobson Nathan Jacobson (October 5, 1910 – December 5, 1999) was an American mathematician. Biography Born Nachman Arbiser in Warsaw, Jacobson emigrated to America with his family in 1918. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1930 and was awar ...

, 89, Polish-American mathematician. * Bobby Marchan, 69, American R&B singer-songwriter, liver cancer. * Edoardo Martino, 89, Italian politician. * Bohumil Musil, 77, Czech football player and manager. *

Masaru Sato (sometimes transliterated Satoh) was a Japanese composer of film scores. Following the 1955 death of Fumio Hayasaka, whom Sato studied under, Sato was the composer of Akira Kurosawa's films for the next 10 years. He was nominated for Best Music a ...

, 71, Japanese film composer (''

The Hidden Fortress is a 1958 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of two peasants who agree to escort a man and a woman across enemy lines in return for gold without knowing that he is a general and the woman is a pr ...

'', ''

Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese '' jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' from Medieval Scotland to feudal ...

'', ''

Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese Samurai cinema, samurai film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, and Ats ...

''). * Kendall Taylor, 94, British pianist.

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* Paul Bacon, 92, French politician. *

Alexander Baron Alexander Baron ( – ) was a British author and screenwriter. He is best known for his highly acclaimed novel about D-Day, ''From the City, from The Plough'' (1948), and his London novel ''The Lowlife'' (1963). Early life Baron's father was B ...

, 82, British author and screenwriter. * Gwyn Jones, 92, Welsh novelist and story writer. *

Martha Sharp Martha Ingham Dickie Sharp Cogan (April 25, 1905 – December 6, 1999) was an American Unitarianism, Unitarian who was involved in humanitarian and social justice work with her first husband, a Unitarian Minister (Christianity), minister, Waitst ...

, 94, American unitarian. *

Robert A. Swanson Robert "Bob" Swanson (1947–1999) was an American venture capitalist who cofounded the biotechnology giant Genentech in 1976 with Herbert Boyer. Genentech is a pioneer in the field, and it remains one of the leading biotechnology companies in ...

, American venture capitalist, brain cancer. * Stan Wallace, 68, American gridiron football player ( Chicago Bears).

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* Kenny Baker, 78, British

musician. * Darling Légitimus, 92, French actress. * Alfons Moog, 84, German football player. * William Wiley, 68, South African cricket player.

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Ernst Günther Ernst Harry Ingemar Günther (3 June 1933 – 8 December 1999) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 66 films and television shows between 1962 and 1999. He starred in the 1974 film ''Gangsterfilmen'', which entered into the 25th Berlin Inte ...

, 66, Swedish actor and director, diabetes. *

Rupert Hart-Davis Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (28 August 1907 – 8 December 1999) was an English publisher and editor. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. As a biographer, he is remembered for his ''Hugh Walpole'' (1952), as an editor, f ...

, 92, English publisher. *

Wally Hebert Wallace Andrew Hebert (August 21, 1907 – December 8, 1999) was a sidearming left-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played from 1931 to 1933 for the St. Louis Browns and in 1943 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His professional caree ...

, 92, American baseball player. * František Ipser, 72, Czech football manager and player. *

Péter Kuczka Péter Kuczka (Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 1 March 1923 – Budapest, Hungary, 8 December 1999) was a Hungary, Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor. He was also active as a comic writer. After finishing high school, Kuczka studied at ...

, 76, Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor. * Everett Carll Ladd, 62, American political scientist, heart failure. * Ange Le Strat, 81, French racing cyclist. *

Pupella Maggio Pupella Maggio (born Giustina Maria Maggio) (24 April 1910 – 8 December 1999) was an Italian film actress. Life and career Born in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio debuted on stage aged twelve years old, as the sidekick of her brother ...

, 89, Italian film actress, cerebral hemorrhage. *

Richard P. Powell Richard Pitts Powell (November 28, 1908 – December 8, 1999) was an American novelist. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powell graduated from Princeton University

, 91, American novelist. *

Antônio Dias dos Santos Antônio Dias dos Santos (June 7, 1948 in Vera Cruz, Bahia State, Brazil – December 8, 1999), best known as ''Toninho'', was an association footballer in defender role. In career (1968–1982) played for clubs São Cristovão-BA, Galícia ...

, 51, Brazilian football player. *

Néstor Togneri Néstor Rubén Togneri (27 November 1942 – 8 December 1999) was an Argentine footballer. He played mostly for Estudiantes de La Plata (1968–1975) as a central defender or defensive midfielder, and was part of the Argentina national football t ...

, 57, Argentine football player.

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* Oudom Khattigna, 69, Laotian communist politician,

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

(1998-1999). *

Whitey Kurowski George John Kurowski (April 19, 1918 – December 9, 1999) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals (– 49). Kurowski's childhood nickname came from his already white hair. Childhoo ...

, 81, American baseball player. * Yakov Rylsky, 71, Soviet sabre fencer and Olympic champion,

liver cirrhosis Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease, is the impaired liver function caused by the formation of scar tissue known as fibrosis due to damage caused by liver disease. Damage causes tissue repai ...

. * Shinkichi Takemura, 67, Japanese Olympic speed skater. * Cecil H. Williamson, 90, British screenwriter, editor and film director.

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* Charles Assalé, 88, Cameroonian politician. * Antonio Blanco, 87, Spanish and American painter, heart and kidney disease. *

Rick Danko Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During ...

, 56, Canadian musician, member of The Band, heart failure. *

Pietro De Vico Pietro De Vico (1 February 1911 – 10 December 1999) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1948 and 1991. He was born in Naples, and died in Rome. He was married, from 1937 until his death in 1999, to actress Anna Campo ...

, 88, Italian film actor, stroke. *

Ed Dorn Edward Merton Dorn (April 2, 1929 – December 10, 1999, aged 70) was an American poet and teacher often associated with the Black Mountain poets. His most famous work is '' ''Gunslinger'. Overview Dorn was born in Villa Grove, Illinois. ...

, 70, American poet, pancreatic cancer. *

Lex Goudsmit Alexandre Joseph Goudsmit (;''Goudsmit'' in isolation: . 15 March 1913 in Brussels – 10 December 1999 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch-Belgian actor. Goudsmit's father, a diamond worker, was Jewish and his mother Roman Catholic. He became fam ...

, 86, Dutch actor, stroke. *

Shirley Hemphill Shirley Ann Hemphill (July 1, 1947 – December 10, 1999) was an American stand-up comedian and actress. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Hemphill moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. After work ...

, 52, American stand-up comedian and actress,

renal failure Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as eit ...

. *

Jean-Claude Michel Jean-Claude Michel (1925–1999) was a French actor. Michel was known for being the French voice of Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood in most of their films. He also dubbed Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Vittorio Gassman, Leslie Nielsen, Robert ...

, 74, French actor and voice actor. * Mike Randall, 80, British journalist and editor. * Niccolò Tucci, 91, Short story writer and novelist. * Franjo Tuđman, 77, Croatian politician,

President of Croatia The president of Croatia, officially the President of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske), is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the military and chief representative of the Republic of Croatia both within the ...

(since 1990), cancer.

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* Charles Earland, 58, American

organist, heart failure. * Enrica Follieri, 73, Italian

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

and

paleographer Palaeography ( UK) or paleography ( US; ultimately from grc-gre, , ''palaiós'', "old", and , ''gráphein'', "to write") is the study of historic writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, including the analysi ...

. * Ed Jones, 87, American politician. *

Jack Oldfield John Richard Anthony Oldfield (5 July 189911 December 1999) was a British landowner and politician. The son of Major H.E. Oldfield of the Royal Field Artillery, his father was killed in action two days before his first birthday during the Sec ...

, 100, British landowner and politician. * Harry Wüstenhagen, 71, German film actor. *

Hans K. Ziegler Hans K. Ziegler (March 1, 1911, Munich, Germany – December 11, 1999 Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, United States) was a pioneer in the field of communication satellites and the use of photovoltaic solar cells as a power source for satel ...

, 88, German-American satellite engineer.

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* James Balfour, 71, Canadian politician. *

Huelet Benner Sergeant Major Huelet Leo "Joe" Benner (November 1, 1917 – December 12, 1999) was an American multi-discipline pistol shooter during what many consider the golden era of international and national competition (post-World War II through the ...

, 82, American multi-discipline pistol shooter and Olympic champion. *

Paul Cadmus Paul Cadmus (December 17, 1904 – December 12, 1999) was an American artist widely known for his egg tempera paintings of gritty social interactions in urban settings. He also produced many highly finished drawings of single nude male figures ...

, 94, American artist. *

Gordon Chater Gordon Maitland Chater AM (6 April 1922 – 12 December 1999) was an English Australian comedian and actor, and recipient of the Gold Logie, he appeared in revue, theatre, radio, television and film, with a career spanning almost 50 years. Bio ...

, 77, English Australian comedian and actor. * Gaston Diehl, 87, French professor of art history and an art critic. *

Joseph Heller Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is the 1961 novel ''Catch-22'', a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for ...

, 76, American novelist (''

Catch-22 ''Catch-22'' is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, it uses a distinctive non-ch ...

''), heart attack. *

Ladislav Józsa Ladislav Józsa (16 January 1948 – 12 December 1999) was a former professional footballer who played as a striker. His family moved from Hungary, where he was born, to Sládkovičovo. He was known as free kick specialist for his hard shots. He b ...

, 51, Slovak football player. *

Matty Kemp Matty Kemp (September 10, 1907 – December 12, 1999) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1926 and 1943. After retiring from acting, Kemp produced many musical short films. In 1954, he contributed the story ...

, 92, American film actor. * Luz Oliveros-Belardo, 93, Filipina pharmaceutical chemist. * Ignacio Quirós, 68, Argentine actor, cancer. * Leo Smit, 78, American composer and pianist, heart failure. *

John W. R. Taylor John William Ransom Taylor, OBE Hon DEng FRAeS FRHistS AFIAA, (8 June 1922 – 12 December 1999) was a British aviation expert and editor. He edited '' Jane's All the World's Aircraft'' for three decades during the Cold War. He retired as edit ...

, 77, British aviation expert. * Claes Thelander, 83, Swedish actor.

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* Peter Adams, 61, New Zealand-Australian actor, cancer. *

Jill Craigie Jill Craigie (born Noreen Jean Craigie; 7 March 1911 – 13 December 1999) was a British documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and feminist. She was one of Britain's earliest female documentary makers. Her early films demonstrate Craigie's intere ...

, 88, English documentary film director, screenwriter and feminist, heart failure. * Stane Dolanc, 74, Yugoslav communist politician, cerebral stroke. * Maury Gertsman, 92, American cinematographer. * Tarmo Uusivirta, 42, Finnish professional boxer, suicide. * Robert Wagenhoffer, 39, American figure skater, complications of AIDS. *

Ian Watt Ian Watt (9 March 1917 – 13 December 1999) was a literary critic, literary historian and professor of English at Stanford University. His ''The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding'' (1957) is an important work in the h ...

, 82, English literary critic and academic. *

Lady Mary Whitley Lady Mary Ilona Margaret Whitley (née Cambridge; 24 September 1924 – 13 December 1999) was a relative of the British royal family. The only child of the George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, she was a secon ...

, 75, British noblewoman.

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* Sven Berlin, 88, English painter, writer and sculptor. * Sándor Holczreiter, 53, Hungarian weightlifter and Olympic medalist. *

Douglas Leigh Douglas Leigh (May 24, 1907 – December 14, 1999) was an American advertising executive and lighting designer, and a pioneer in signage and outdoor advertising. He is famous for making New York City's Times Square the site of some of the worl ...

, 92, American advertising executive. *

Walt Levinsky Walt Levinsky (April 18, 1929 – December 14, 1999) was an American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and bandleader. While many of his big band assignments were as lead alto sax player, his favorite instrument was the clari ...

, 70, American big band player, composer, arranger and bandleader, brain cancer. * J. W. Lockett, 62, American football player.

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* Georges Aeby, 86, Swiss football player. *

Rune Andréasson Rune Herbert Emanuel Andréasson (11 August 1925 – 15 December 1999) was a Swedish cartoonist and illustrator. Andréasson has created children's comics since 1944, mainly for the Swedish market, but his works have been published in several l ...

, 74, Swedish comic creator, cancer. * Francis L. K. Hsu, 90, Chinese-American anthropologist. * Eddie Kazak, 79, American baseball player. * León Martinetti, 73, Argentine basketball player.

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* Henry Helstoski, 74, American politician. *

Dorit Kreysler Dorit Kreysler (1909–1999) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.338 Filmography * ''Enjoy Yourselves'' (1934) * ''Mr. Kobin Seeks Adventure'' (1934) * ''Jungfrau gegen Mönch'' (1934) * '' Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935) * ''A Night on the Dan ...

, 90, Austrian film actress. *

Ruth Welting Ruth Welting (November 5, 1948 – December 16, 1999) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career from the early 1970s through the mid-1990s. A specialist in the coloratura soprano repertoire, she was particularly asso ...

, 50, American operatic soprano. * Jorge Tuero, Venezuelan television actor and comedian, killed during the

Vargas tragedy The Vargas tragedy was a natural disaster that occurred in Vargas State, Venezuela on 14–16 December 1999, when torrential rains caused flash floods and debris flows that killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed thousands of homes, and l ...

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Rex Allen Rex Elvie Allen (December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999), known as "the Arizona Cowboy", was an American film and television actor, singer and songwriter; he was also the narrator of many Disney nature and Western productions. For his contribut ...

, 78, American actor and singer-songwriter, traffic accident. * Leo P. Carlin, 91, American politician. *

Ken W. Clawson Ken Wade Clawson (August 16, 1936 – December 17, 1999) was an American journalist, best known as a spokesman for U.S. President Richard Nixon at the time of the Watergate scandal. He was promoted from Nixon's deputy director of communications to ...

, 63, American journalist and spokesman for U.S. President

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

, heart attack. * Paolo Dezza, 98, Italian Jesuit cardinal of the

Catholic church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. *

François Dyrek François Dyrek (16 August 1933 – 17 December 1999) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 140 films and television shows between 1964 and 1999. Partial filmography * ''L'assassin viendra ce soir'' (1964) - Un membre du gang des po ...

, 66, French actor, heart attack. * Rufus Lewis, 80, American baseball pitcher. *

Jürgen Moser Jürgen Kurt Moser (July 4, 1928 – December 17, 1999) was a German-American mathematician, honored for work spanning over four decades, including Hamiltonian dynamical systems and partial differential equations. Life Moser's mother Ilse Strehl ...

, 71, German-American mathematician. * Grover Washington, Jr., 56, American

saxophonist, heart attack. * C. Vann Woodward, 91, American historian and Pulitzer prize winner.

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* Þór Beck, 59, Icelandic footballer. *

Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have l ...

, 98, French film director. *

Robert Dougall Robert Dougall, MBE (27 November 1913 – 18 December 1999) was an English broadcaster and ornithologist, mainly known as a newsreader and announcer. Early life and radio broadcasting Dougall was born and educated in Croydon, Surrey. He a ...

, 86, English broadcaster and ornithologist. *

Joe Higgs Joseph Benjamin Higgs (3 June 1940 – 18 December 1999) was a reggae musician from Jamaica. In the late 1950s and 1960s he was part of the duo Higgs and Wilson together with Roy Wilson. He was a popular artist in Jamaica for four decades and is ...

, 59, Jamaican

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

musician, cancer. * Dennis W. Sciama, 73, British physicist. * John Southgate, 73, British Anglican priest. *

Benito Stefanelli Benito Stefanelli (2 September 1928 – 18 December 1999) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991. Biography and career Stefanelli is best known in world cinema for his ...

, 71, Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master. *

Bertha Swirles Bertha Swirles, Lady Jeffreys (22 May 1903 – 18 December 1999) was an English physicist, academic and scientific author who carried out research on quantum theory in its early days. She was associated with Girton College, University of Cam ...

, 96, British physicist. *

Logan Wright Logan Wright Jr. (6 December 1933 – 18 December 1999) was an American pediatric psychologist and former president of the American Psychological Association (APA). He coined the term ''pediatric psychology'', co-founded the Society of Pediatr ...

, 66, American pediatric psychologist, heart attack.

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Bal Dani Hemachandra Tukaram "Bal" Dani (24 May 1933, Dudhani, Maharashtra – 19 December 1999, Nashik, Maharashtra) was an Indian Test cricketer. Bal Dani was predominantly a right-handed batsman. He could also bowl medium pace and later turned to of ...

, 66, Indian cricket player. *

Brendan Hansen Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. Hansen is a six-time Olympic medalist, and is also a former world record-holder in both the 100-meter and 200-meter ...

, 77, Australian politician. *

Desmond Llewelyn Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (; 12 September 1914GRO Register of Births: DEC 1914 11a 490 NEWPORT M. – Desmond W. Llewelyn, mmn = Wilkinson – 19 December 1999GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 2000 A70E 247 EASTBOURNE – Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn, D ...

, 85, British actor (''

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''), traffic accident. * Marion Worth, 69, American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

singer, complications of emphysema.

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* Dick Bertell, 64, American baseball player, influenza. *

Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, ''giallo'' and spy films. Freda began directing '' I Vampiri'' in 1956. The film became ...

, 90, Italian film director. * Mario Carreño Morales, 86, Cuban painter. *

Carin Nilsson Carin Maria Nilsson (later ''Lommerin'', 10 December 1904 – 20 December 1999) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer. Aged 15 she won a bronze medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp along with Aina Berg, Emily Mac ...

, 95, Swedish freestyle swimmer and Olympic medalist. *

Irving Rapper Irving Rapper (16 January 1898 – 20 December 1999) was a British-born American film director. Biography Born to a Jewish family

, 101, American film director. *

Hank Snow Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on ...

, 85, Canadian country musician, heart failure. * James Wainwright, 61, American actor.

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John Arnatt John Edwin Arnatt (9 May 1917 – 21 December 1999) was a British actor. Early life and education John Arnatt was born in Petrograd, Russia on 9 May 1917. His parents were Francis and Ethel Marion (née Jephcott) Arnatt. He attended Epworth ...

, 82, British actor. * Bill Edwards, 81, American actor, rodeo rider, and artist. * Michael P. Malone, 59, American historian, cardiomyopathy, heart attack. * Bernard Smith, 92, American literary editor, film producer and literary critic. * Frank Stanley, 77, American cinematographer (''

Magnum Force ''Magnum Force'' is a 1973 American neo-noir vigilante action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film ''Dirty Harry''. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on '' Ra ...

'', '' 10'', ''

Grease 2 ''Grease 2'' is a 1982 American musical romantic comedy film and the sequel to the 1978 film ''Grease'', adapted from the 1971 musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Originally titled ''More Grease'', the film was produced ...

''). * Jalil Ziapour, 79, Iranian painter and academic.

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Per Aabel Per Pavels Aabel (25 April 1902 – 22 December 1999) was a Norwegian actor, artist, dancer, choreographer and instructor.

, 97, Norwegian actor, artist, dancer and choreographer. *

Hans Frankenthal Hans Frankenthal (15 July 1926 – 22 December 1999) was a German Jew who was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland in 1943. Having survived the Holocaust along with his brother Emil, ...

, 73, German

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...

survivor. *

Tamara Lees Tamara Lees (14 December 1924 – 22 December 1999), born as, Diana Helena Tamara Mapplebeck was an Austrian-born English film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1947 and 1961. Selected filmography * '' While the Sun Shines'' (1947) ...

, 75, English film actress. *

Ola Oni Ola Oni (1933–1999) was a Nigerian marxist political economist, socialist and human right activist. Early life The anti-military and pro-democracy, Ola Oni hails from Ekiti State southwestern Nigeria where he was born but based in Ibadan, the c ...

, 66, Nigerian political economist, socialist and

human right Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hum ...

activist. *

Louis Pohl Louis Pohl (1915 – December 22, 1999) was an American painter, illustrator, art teacher, printmaker and cartoonist. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1915. A childhood illness made it impossible to walk without pain and prevented Pohl from en ...

, 84, American painter, illustrator, printmaker and cartoonist. * Benny Quick, 55, German pop and schlager singer, suicide.

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Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, (7 September 1913 – 23 December 1999) was a British Army officer and courtier of Queen Elizabeth II. Charteris was the longest-serving Assistant Private Secr ...

, 86,

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

officer and courtier of Queen

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

. * John Paton Davies, Jr., 91, American diplomat and

Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, along with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially merit ...

recipient. * Wallace Diestelmeyer, 73, Canadian figure skater and Olympic medalist. * Timur Gaidar, 73, Soviet and Russian rear admiral, writer and journalist. * Silvio Gava, 98, Italian politician. *

Lois Hamilton Lois Hamilton (October 14, 1943 – December 23, 1999) was an American model, author, aviator, artist and actress. Life and career Lois Hamilton was born Lois Irene Yanessa on October 14, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at Tem ...

, 56, American actress (''

Summer Rental ''Summer Rental'' is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner, written by Mark Reisman and Jeremy Stevens, and starring John Candy and Richard Crenna. It tells the story of an overworked air traffic controller who is put on a five week ...

'', ''

The Ropers ''The Ropers'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from March 13, 1979, to May 22, 1980. It is a spin-off of ''Three's Company'' and loosely based on the British sitcom ''George and Mildred'', which was itself a spin-off of ...

'', ''

The Cannonball Run ''The Cannonball Run'' is a 1981 action comedy film. It was directed by Hal Needham, produced by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest films, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Filmed in Panavision, it features an all-star ensemble cast, including B ...

''), suicide. * Miroslav Ivanov, 70, Popular Czech nonfiction writer. *

Vladimir Kondrashin Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin (; 14 January 1929 in Leningrad, Soviet Union – 23 December 1999 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. He was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. ...

, 70, Soviet and Russian basketball player and coach. *

Marcel Landowski Marcel François Paul Landowski (18 February 1915 – 23 December 1999) was a French composer, biographer and arts administrator. Biography Born at Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, Brittany, he was the son of French sculptor Paul Landowski and gre ...

, 84, French composer, biographer and arts administrator. * Billy McGlen, 78, English football player. *

Eirene White, Baroness White Eirene Lloyd White, Baroness White (née Jones; 7 November 1909 – 23 December 1999) was a British Labour politician and journalist. Early life White was born in Belfast, the daughter of Dr Thomas Jones, commonly known as "TJ", a noted civ ...

, 90, British politician and journalist.

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* Kadathanat Madhavi Amma, 90, Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

poet, novelist and short story writer. *

Tomasz Beksiński Tomasz Sylwester Beksiński (26 November 1958 – 24 December 1999) was a popular Polish radio presenter, music journalist and movie translator. He was the son of painter Zdzisław Beksiński. Early life Beksiński was born in Sanok, Poland. ...

, 41, Polish radio presenter, suicide. *

Peter Boroffka Peter Boroffka (May 14, 1932 – December 24, 1999) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag. Life Boroffka joined the CDU in 1960. From ...

, 67, German politician and member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Common ...

. *

Bill Bowerman William Jay Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champi ...

, 88, American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

coach and co-founder of

Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. ( or ) is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered ne ...

* Reggie Carter, 42, American basketball player. *

Billy Davenport Billy Davenport (April 23, 1931 – December 24, 1999) was an American drummer known for his work with blues musicians such as Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, and Paul Butterfield. He played on the Butterfield album '' Eas ...

, 68, American drummer. *

Maurice Couve de Murville Jacques-Maurice Couve de Murville (; 24 January 1907 – 24 December 1999) was a French diplomat and politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1968 and Prime Minister from 1968 to 1969 under the presidency of General de Gaull ...

, 92, French politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France. *

João Figueiredo João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who was the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, the last of the military regime that ruled the country follo ...

, 81, 30th

President of Brazil The president of Brazil ( pt, Presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head o ...

, cardiovascular disease. *

Tito Guízar Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (; April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1999), known professionally as Tito Guízar, was a Mexican singer and actor. Along with Dolores del Río, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, as well as José Mojica, Guízar was ...

, 91, American singer and actor, pneumonia. *

Jiang Hua Jiang Hua (August 1, 1907 – December 24, 1999) was a Chinese politician and President of the Supreme People's Court of China. Biography Jiang Hua was born in Jianghua, Hunan. He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of China in Zh ...

, 92, President of the Supreme Court of China. *

Joseph McGahn Joseph Leo McGahn (March 29, 1917 – December 24, 1999) was an American obstetrician and Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1972 to 1978, where he was a key figure in bringing casino gambling to ...

, 82, American politician. * William C. Schneider, 76, American aerospace engineer and

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil List of government space agencies, space program ...

mission director. *

Grete Stern Grete Stern (9 May 1904 – 24 December 1999) was a German-Argentine photographer. With her husband Horacio Coppola, she helped modernize the visual arts in Argentina, and presented the first exhibition of modern photographic art in Buenos Aires ...

, 95, German-Argentine photographer.

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* Arne Ileby, 86, Norwegian football player. *

Peter Jeffrey Peter Jeffrey (18 April 1929 – 25 December 1999) was an English character actor. Starting his performing career on stage, he would later have many roles in television and film. Early life Jeffrey was born in Bristol, the son of Florence ...

, 70, English actor, prostate cancer. *

Zully Moreno Zulema Esther González Borbón, better known as Zully Moreno (October 17, 1920 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires – December 25, 1999 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She ...

, 79, Argentine film actress, Alzheimer's disease. * Michael Bamidele Otiko, 65, Nigerian politician and educator. * Alfonso Lastras Ramírez, 75, Mexican lawyer and politician.

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Benny Bartlett Floyd B. Bartlett, known professionally as Benny Bartlett or Bennie Bartlett (August 16, 1924 – December 26, 1999), was an American child actor, musician, and later a member of the long-running feature-film series ''The Bowery Boys''. Biog ...

, 75, American child actor and musician. * Vitold Belevitch, 78, Belgian mathematician and electrical engineer. * Ola Skjåk Bræk, 87, Norwegian banker and politician. *

Prunella Clough Prunella Clough (14 November 1919 – 26 December 1999) was a prominent British artist. She is known mostly for her paintings, though she also made prints and created assemblages of collected objects. She was awarded the Jerwood Prize for pain ...

, 80, British artist, cancer. * Fred Draper, 74, American actor (''

Faces The face is the front of an animal's head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may affe ...

'', ''

A Woman Under the Influence ''A Woman Under the Influence'' is a 1974 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. The story follows a woman ( Gena Rowlands) whose unusual behavior leads to conflict with her blue-collar husband (Peter Falk) and family. It re ...

'', '' Columbo''). * David Duncan, 86, American screenwriter and novelist. * Leah Leneman, 55, American historian and cookery writer. *

Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

, 57, American singer-songwriter (" Superfly", "

Move On Up "Move On Up" is a song by Curtis Mayfield from his 1970 debut album ''Curtis''. Nearly nine minutes long on the album version, it was released as a single in the United States (Curtom 1974), but failed to chart. An edited version of the song spen ...

", " Freddie's Dead") and record producer, complications from diabetes. *

Shankar Dayal Sharma Shankar Dayal Sharma (; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh who served as the ninth President of India, from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahaba ...

, 81, 9th

president of India The president of India ( IAST: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Mur ...

, heart attack.

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* Leslie Brown, 87, British Anglican prelate. *

Pierre Clémenti Pierre André Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor. Life and career Born in Paris to an unknown father and Rose Clémenti, a Corsican concierge whose surname he took, Clémenti had a difficult childhood and took ...

, 57, French actor, liver cancer. *

Leonard Goldenson Leonard H. Goldenson (December 7, 1905 – December 27, 1999) was the founder and president of the United States-based television network American Broadcasting Company (ABC), from 1953 to 1986. Goldenson, as CEO of United Paramount Theatres, ...

, 94, American TV and radio executive. * Michael McDowell, 49, American novelist and screenwriter (''

Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...

'', ''

The Nightmare Before Christmas ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas'') is a 1993 American stop-motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increme ...

'', '' Thinner''), AIDS-related illness. *

Dick Peabody Richard Peabody (April 6, 1925 – December 27, 1999) was an American actor best known for his role as six-foot-six Pfc. Littlejohn on the 1960s series ''Combat!''. Peabody worked in television, movies, radio, and print. He was tall and typecast ...

, 74, American actor, prostate cancer. * Horst Matthai Quelle, 87, German philosopher.

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* Josephine Barnes, 87, English

obstetrician Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgic ...

and gynaecologist. * Joachim Böhmer, 59, East German rower and Olympic medalist. *

Franco Castellano Franco Castellano (20 June 1925 – 28 December 1999) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 94 films between 1958 and 1997. He also directed 21 films between 1964 and 1992. Most of the films he co-wrote and co-directe ...

, 74, Italian screenwriter and film director. * Donald Cotton, 71, British writer for radio and television. * Louis Féraud, 78, French fashion designer and artist, Alzheimer's disease. * Kenneth Hudson, 83, British journalist and broadcaster. * Larry Dale Lee, 41, American financial and economic journalist, stabbed. *

Clayton Moore Clayton Moore (born Jack Carlton Moore, September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999) was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character the Lone Ranger from 1949 to 1952 and 1953 to 1957 on the television series of the sa ...

, 85, American actor (''

The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in ...

''), heart attack. * Mike Thresher, 68, English football player.

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* Robert Hoffstetter, 91, French taxonomist and

herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians ( gymnophiona)) and rep ...

. *

Edward Hollamby Edward Ernest Hollamby (8 January 1921 – 29 December 1999) was an English architect, town planner, and architectural conservationist. Known for designing a number of modernist housing estates in London, he had also achieved notability for ...

, 78, English architect and town planner, heart disease. * Ferenc Rabár, 70, Hungarian politician. *

Leon Radzinowicz Sir Leon Radzinowicz, (15 August 1906 – 29 December 1999) was a criminologist and academic. He was the founding director of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. Early life Radzinowicz was born on ...

, 93, Polish-British criminologist. * José Cláudio dos Reis, 60, Brazilian sports administrator. * Gerard Veringa, 75, Dutch politician. *

Jerzy Waldorff Jerzy Waldorff-Preyss of the Nabram coat of arms (4 May 1910 – 29 December 1999) was a Polish media personality, public intellectual, socialite, music critic and a music aficionado. He wrote over twenty books, mostly on the subject of classi ...

, 89, Polish baron, TV personality and writer.

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Tom Aherne Thomas Aherne (26 January 1919 – 30 December 1999), also referred to as Bud Aherne, was an Irish footballer and hurler. He played football for Belfast Celtic and Luton Town and was a dual internationalist, playing for both Ireland teams � ...

, 80, Irish footballer and hurler. *Clint Albright, 73, Canadian ice hockey player. *Arthur Bassett (rugby), Arthur Bassett, 85, Welsh rugby player. *Kjølv Egeland, 81, Norwegian politician. *Anna Fehér, 78, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic silver medallist. *Sarah Knauss, 119, American supercentenarian and oldest person in the world. *Fritz Leonhardt, 90, German structural engineer. *Nicholas Marangello, 98, American mobster (Bonanno crime family). *Louis Michel (physicist), Louis Michel, 76, French mathematical physicist.

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*Conrado Balweg, 57, Filipino Roman Catholic priest and communist revolutionary, shot. *Dean Elliott, 82, American television and film composer, Alzheimer's disease. *Ferdinand Finne, 89, Norwegian author, painter, theater decorator and costume designer. *William Hughes, Baron Hughes, 88, British politician. *Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, 85, Indian Islamic scholar and author. *Solomiia Pavlychko, 41, Ukrainian literary critic, philosopher, and feminist, carbon monoxide poisoning. *Elliot Richardson, 79, American politician and diplomat, cerebral haemorrhage. *Hamako Watanabe, 89, Japanese singer, cerebral infarction.

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