Deaths in December 2005

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2005.

Contents
November December January

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.

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  • Eric D'Arcy, 81, Australia Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hobart, Tasmania.
  • Max Mariu, 53, First Maori Catholic bishop.
  • David Pritchard, 86, British chess player and chess writer.
  • Gebran Tueni, 48, Lebanese journalist and politician, assassinated by a car bomb.

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References

  1. Sullivan, Patricia (December 25, 2005). "CIA Agent Gust L. Avrakotos Dies at Age 67". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  2. Barker, Dennis (December 5, 2005). "Mary Hayley Bell". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  3. Schudel, Matt (December 3, 2005). "Reagan Photographer Michael Evans, 61". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  4. "Press Release, 1 December 2005". Old Flying Machine Company. Archived from the original on December 12, 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
  5. Darby, William (December 17, 2005). "Lillian Browse". The Independent. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  6. Thomas, Pete (December 4, 2005). "Grieving in Wake of Fatality at Pipeline". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  7. Bernstein, Adam (December 5, 2005). "William P. Lawrence Dies; Navy Admiral". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  8. Plater, Alan (January 11, 2006). "Obituary: Leonard Lewis". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  9. Cubby, Ben (December 3, 2005). "Beef baron dies as plane crashes in storm". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  10. "Australian executed in Singapore". BBC News. December 2, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  11. "Saw movie producer dies aged 42". BBC News. December 7, 2005. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  12. "China dissident Liu 'dies in US'". BBC News. December 5, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  13. "Family, friends pay tribute to Big Kev". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. December 6, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  14. Markoff, John (December 29, 2005). "Richard Grimsdale, 76; Pioneer in Transistorized Computers". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  15. "Former Singapore President Devan Nair dies at age 82". Channel NewsAsia. December 7, 2005. Archived from the original on December 10, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  16. "UK's 'oldest' man dies, aged 111". BBC News. December 10, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  17. "Most senior citizen dies aged 113". BBC News. December 9, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  18. The Associated Press (December 10, 2005). "Marvin Braude, 85, Councilman Who Opposed Smoking Indoors, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  19. Morton, James (December 12, 2005). "Dame Rose Heilbron". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  20. Hayman, Ronald (December 30, 2005). "George Painter". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  21. "Leo Cardinal Scheffczyk". leo-cardinal-scheffczyk.org (in German). Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  22. Martin, Douglas (December 10, 2005). "Roger Shattuck, Scholar, Is Dead at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  23. Lavietes, Stuart (December 24, 2005). "David Patterson, 83, Scholar of European Jewish Culture, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  24. "Clark G. Reynolds Obituary". H-Net. December 23, 2005. Archived from the original on August 31, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  25. Hurowitz, Avigdor; Tigay, Jeffrey H. (December 15, 2005). "Hayim Tadmor, 1923-2005". Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  26. Pearce, Jeremy (December 26, 2005). "Eliot Freidson, 82, Dies; Studied Structure of Professions". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  27. "William "Duke" Procter (August 18, 1899 - December 14, 2005)". Cindy Procter-King.com. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  28. "Heinrich Gross, 90, Psychiatrist At Nazi Death Clinic in Austria". The New York Times. Associated Press. December 23, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  29. "Author of Roswell 'flying saucer' news release dies; Walter Haut, co-founder of UFO museum, was 83". CNN. December 19, 2005. Archived from the original on December 30, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  30. "Golf giant Stan Leonard dies". The London Free Press. December 20, 2005. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  31. "Very Rev Prof John McIntyre". The Daily Telegraph. December 22, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  32. Litsky, Frank (December 22, 2005). "Jim Ostendarp, 82, Coach And Standard-Bearer at Amherst". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  33. Adrian, Jack (December 20, 2005). "Ken Bulmer". The Independent. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  34. Saxon, Wolfgang (December 22, 2005). "Joseph L. Owades Dies at 86; Developed Recipe for Light Beer". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  35. "Enzo Stuarti - Tenor and Actor, 86". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  36. "Jack Anderson, corrupt politicians' nemesis, dies". CNN. Associated Press. December 17, 2005. Archived from the original on December 20, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  37. Hands, David (December 19, 2005). "Fouroux, the defining figure of a generation, dies at 58". The Times. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  38. "Keith Duckworth". The Daily Telegraph. December 22, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  39. "Lady Fisher of Rednal". The Daily Telegraph. December 21, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  40. Goldstein, Richard (December 20, 2005). "Barry Halper, 66; Once Owned Many Historic Baseball Items". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  41. "Belita". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  42. "India's Power Minister P.M. Sayeed Dies at Age of 64". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  43. Fox, Margalit (January 1, 2006). "Alan M. Voorhees Is Dead at 83; Designed Transportation Systems". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  44. Saxon, Wolfgang (December 31, 2005). "Marjorie Kellogg, 83, Writer Of 'Junie Moon' and Movies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  45. Pearce, Jeremy (January 8, 2006). "Raoul Bott, an Innovator in Mathematics, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  46. Pearce, Jeremy (January 15, 2006). "Bradford Cannon, 98, Surgeon Who Improved Burn Treatment, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  47. "William W. Howells; Anthropologist Advanced Studies of Humans". The Washington Post. December 29, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  48. "Billy E. Hughes". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  49. "Myron Daniel Healey (1923-2005)". Surfnetinc.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  50. "Elrod Hendricks". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  51. Martin, Nicole; Suchet, Richard (December 23, 2005). "Tennyson's gay great-grandson, 85, is found dead with knife in his neck". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  52. "Hungary mourns Baróti". UEFA.com. December 24, 2005. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  53. Anderson, Jack (December 26, 2005). "Selma Jeanne Cohen, 85, a Critic and Historian of Dance". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  54. Saxon, Wolfgang (March 17, 2018). "G. Blakemore Evans, 93, Shakespeare Scholar, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  55. Goldstein, Richard (March 17, 2018). "Truman Gibson, Who Fought Army Segregation, Is Dead at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  56. "Former Auburn Football Player Harold Hallman Passes Away: Three-year letterwinner and 1985 All-SEC selection was 43". CSTV.com. December 28, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  57. Schwartz, John (March 17, 2018). "Emmett Leith, 78, a Pioneer in the Development of Holography, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  58. Kay Stammers
  59. "Famed explorer Norman Vaughan dies at age 100". CNN. Associated Press. December 23, 2005. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  60. "Adventurer Norman Vaughan". The Washington Post. Associated Press. December 25, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  61. Barboza, David (January 7, 2006). "Yao Wenyuan, 74, Member of Gang of Four, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  62. "Veteran actress Banumathi passes away". The Hindu. December 25, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  63. "Kjennskap til Georg Johannesen". Helge Rykkja (in Norwegian). February 17, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  64. Anderson, Martin (February 3, 2006). "Constance Keene: Pianist praised by Rubinstein". The Independent. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  65. "Professor Harold W. Lawton". The Times. December 26, 2005. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  66. Obituaries in the Performing Arts
  67. "Taiwan party leaders express condolence over Wang's death". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. December 25, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  68. Ratliff, Ben (December 30, 2005). "Derek Bailey, 75, Guitarist and Master of Improvisation". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  69. "Robert Barbers". ABS-CBN News.
  70. Saxon, Wolfgang (December 29, 2005). "Donald Dawson, 97, Dies; Master of Truman Whistle-Stop". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  71. Butlin, Martin (January 12, 2006). "John Hayes". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  72. "Campus News: Flags to Be At Half-Mast Monday in Memory of Horticulturist, Student". University of Guelph. January 5, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  73. Holland, Bernard (January 12, 2006). "Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  74. "Sri Lankan politician shot at Mass". CNN. December 25, 2005. Archived from the original on January 5, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  75. Sarat Chandra Sinha dead
  76. Mason, Andrew (December 29, 2005). "Former WR Sampson Dies at 44". Denver Broncos. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  77. "Roy Stuart, R.I.P." News From Me. December 27, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  78. "Julian Blake, 87, Comic Strip Artist". The New York Times. Associated Press. December 30, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  79. Midgette, Anne (March 17, 2018). "Muriel Costa-Greenspon, City Opera Mezzo for 30 Years, Is Dead at 68". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  80. Bayot, Jennifer (December 27, 2005). "John Diebold, 79, a Visionary of the Computer Age, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  81. "Spurs mourning death of Ditchburn". BBC News. December 28, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  82. Aguirre, Sergio (December 26, 2005). "Murió Ernesto Leal, un político decente y un hombre de bien". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  83. "Media mogul lived life to the full". CNN. Associated Press. December 27, 2005. Archived from the original on January 6, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  84. "Vincent Schiavelli". The Daily Telegraph. December 29, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  85. "John Miles Taylor". The Encyclopedia of CFL History. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  86. Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-boat Commanders: Fregattenkapitän Erich Topp". Uboat.net. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  87. "Giancarlo Primo". FIBA Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  88. "Franco Galliano". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  89. "Deaths: Bartos, Armand Phillip". The New York Times. January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  90. Saxon, Wolfgang (January 8, 2006). "Abuna Yesehaq Mandefro, Ethiopian Archbishop, 72". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  91. "Brigadier Eileen Nolan". The Daily Telegraph. February 24, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  92. "In Memoriam: Elizabeth Parcells 1951-2005". elizabethparcells.com. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  93. Yapp, M. E. (January 19, 2006). "Professor Sir Cyril Philips". The Independent. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  94. "Professor Sir Eric Stroud". The Daily Telegraph. January 12, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  95. "Eddie Barlow dies aged 65". Cricinfo. December 30, 2005. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  96. Holley, Joe (January 4, 2006). "Texas Stripper Candy Barr Dies; Had Dalliance With Vegas Mobster". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  97. "Chef who mixed music with 'mangia' dies". CBC Arts. January 2, 2006. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  98. Saxon, Wolfgang (January 3, 2006). "Tory Dent, Poet Who Wrote of Living With H.I.V., Dies at 47". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  99. Owens, Mitchell (December 31, 2005). "Rona Jaffe, Author of Popular Novels, Is Dead at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  100. "Bobby Stevens, 98, Former Phillies Shortstop". Google Groups. January 3, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  101. Woo, Elaine (January 21, 2006). "Sanora Babb, 98; novelist's masterpiece rivaled Steinbeck's". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018 via Boston.com.
  102. Midgette, Anne (January 6, 2006). "Enrico Di Giuseppe, 73, Tenor At City and Metropolitan Operas, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  103. "Perishers comic strip writer dies". BBC News. January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  104. "Sir John Peel". The Daily Telegraph. January 2, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  105. "Maclovia Ruiz, 95, Ballet Star of the 30s, Is Dead". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 29, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  106. "Lord Silsoe: Leading counsel in public inquiries". The Independent. January 10, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  107. "Labour MEP and ex-journalist dies". BBC News. January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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