Deaths in December 2022

The following is a list of **deaths that happened in December 2022**. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known), and a source.

### 1

- Albert Bruschke, 87, Dutch cardiologist, professor at Leiden University Medical Center (1984-2000).
- Mylène Demongeot, 87, French actress (_The Crucible_, _French California_, _36 Quai des Orfèvres_), primary peritoneal carcinoma.
- Sylvia La Torre, 89, Filipino actress (_One Two Bato, Three Four Bapor_) and singer.
- Quentin Oliver Lee, 34, American baritone and actor (_The Phantom of the Opera_), colon cancer.
- Gaylord Perry, 84, American Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres).

### 2

- Hans Bassant, 79, Dutch footballer (Excelsior Rotterdam).
- Frans de Haan, 84, Dutch basketball player (The Wolves Amsterdam, national team) and golfer.
- Floris Maljers, 89, Dutch business executive.

### 4

- Jack van Poll, 88, Dutch jazz musician, music arranger and composer.
- Ludo Van Thillo, 91, Belgian businessman.

### 5

- Kirstie Alley, 71, American actress (_Cheers_, _Veronica's Closet_, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_), Emmy winner (1991, 1994), cancer.
- Claude C. Krijgelmans, 88, Belgian writer, translator and painter.
- Jim Stewart, 92, American Hall of Fame record producer, co-founder of Stax Records.
- Pascale Vandegeerde, 64, Belgian activist. (death announced on this date)

### 6

- Miha Baloh, 94, Slovenian actor (_And Love Has Vanished_, _Among Vultures_, _Winnetou and the Crossbreed_).
- Jet Black, 84, English drummer (The Stranglers).
- Mills Lane, 85, American boxing referee and television personality (_Judge Mills Lane_, _Celebrity Deathmatch_).
- Bart de Vries, 57, Dutch stage and television actor (_Soldier of Orange_, _3 Musketiers_), COVID-19.

### 7

- Johan de Jong, 81, Dutch biologist and barn owl expert.
- Helen Knopper, 88, Dutch writer and translator.
- Ton Sprangers, 65, Dutch footballer (NAC Breda). (death announced on this date)

### 8

- Patrick Delsemme, 48, Belgian snooker player.
- Max van Rooy, 65, Dutch writer and journalist.
- René Snelders, 85, Belgian footballer and businessman.

### 9

- Ruth Madoc, 79, British actress (_Hi-de-Hi!_, _Fiddler on the Roof_, _Little Britain_), and singer.
- Thiemo Meertens, 76, Dutch footballer and football manager.

### 10

- Georgia Holt, 96, American singer and actress (_Watch the Birdie_, _Grounds for Marriage_), subject of _Dear Mom, Love Cher_.

### 11

- Chris Boucher, 79, British television screenwriter (_Doctor Who_, _Blakes 7_, _Shoestring_) and novelist.
- Peter Ester, 69, Dutch sociologist and politician, senator (since 2011).
- Pieter ter Veer, 77, Dutch politician, MP (1981-1982; 1989-2002).

### 12

- Joke Folmer, 99, Dutch resistance member. (death announced on this date)

### 13

- Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian drummer (Osibisa).
- Al De Boeck, 79, Belgian poet.
- Johanna Diepeveen-Speekenbrink, 86, Dutch nurse.
- Han Peekel, 75, Dutch television presenter.
- Curt Simmons, 93, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs).

### 14

- Karel van Eerd, 84, Dutch businessman (Jumbo).
- Jacob Luitjens, 103, Dutch Nazi collaborator.

### 15

- Karel Anthierens, 87, Belgian journalist (_Humo_, _Het Laatste Nieuws_, _Knack_, _Panorama_).
- Dino Danelli, 78, American drummer (The Rascals).
- Joop Dikmans, 92, Dutch actor (_Bassie & Adriaan_).
- Shirley Eikhard, 67, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Something to Talk About", "It Takes Time", "Smiling Wine").

### 16

- Janine Delruelle-Ghobert, 91, Belgian politician and judge.
- Robin Dowell, 40, Swiss rowing coach, boat accident.
- Jane Sherwin, 88, British actress (_Doctor Who_, _Blakes 7_).

### 17

- Mike Hodges, 90, British screenwriter and director (_Get Carter_, _Pulp_, _Flash Gordon_).
- Jacky Jakoba, 61, Dutch baseball player (Neptunus, national team), European champion (1985, 1987), Olympian (1988).
- Bas Kuijlenburg, 60, Dutch opera singer (Dutch National Opera), traffic accident.
- Wolfgang von Hacht, 65, German businessman, founder of . (death announced on this date)
- Hedwig Selles, 54, Dutch writer and poet.

### 18

- Maurice Ferares, 100, Dutch resistance member, politician, writer and violist.
- Hans Grosheide, 92, Dutch politician, MP (1971), state secretary for education (1963–1971) and justice (1971–1973).
- Greetje den Ouden-Dekkers, 82, Dutch politician, MP (1982–1986).
- Marc van der Poel, 65, Dutch linguist, professor of Latin language and Philology (Radboud University Nijmegen).
- Terry Hall, 63, English singer (The Specials, Fun Boy Three) and songwriter ("Our Lips Are Sealed").

### 19

- Max Brito, 51, Ivorian rugby union player (national team).
- Tom Browning, 62, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals), World Series champion (1990).
- Luc De Schepper, 65, Belgian physicist and professor, rector of the Hasselt University.
- Ger Luijten, 66, Dutch art historian (Rijksmuseum, Fondation Custodia).

### 20

- Nasser Abu Hamid, 50, Palestinian militant, Cancer and medical negligence by Israel.

### 21

- Doug Baker, 93, English rugby union player (Barbarian F.C., British & Irish Lions, national team).
- Tony Barry, 81, Australian actor (_Australia_, _Goodbye Pork Pie_, _The Time of Our Lives_), melanoma.
- Aminah Cendrakasih, 84, Indonesian actress (_Si Doel Anak Sekolahan_, _Tjambuk Api_, _Mustika Ibu_).

### 22

- Thom Bell, 79, Jamaican-born American songwriter ("The Rubberband Man", "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Mama Can't Buy You Love"), arranger and record producer.
- Stephan Bonnar, 45, American mixed martial artist (UFC) and professional wrestler (Impact Wrestling).
- Herman Plugge, 83, Dutch mountaineer.
- Ronan Vibert, 58, British actor (_Saving Mr. Banks_, _The Scarlet Pimpernel_, _The Snowman_).

### 23

- Stephen Greif, 78, British actor (_Blakes 7_, _Casanova_, _Nicholas and Alexandra_).
- Maxi Jazz, 65, English musician (Faithless).
- Ward Smets, 93, Belgian puppeteer.

### 24

- John Bird, 86, English actor (_Red, White and Zero_, _A Dandy in Aspic_) and comedian (_Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life_).
- Arthur Boni, 88, Belgian-Dutch actor.
- Hub van Laar, 58, Dutch musical instruments maker.

### 25

- Joep Geraedts, 74, Dutch academic.
- Joop Glimmerveen, 94, Dutch political activist.
- John Leddy, 92, Dutch actor (_Zeg 'ns Aaa_).
- Loekie Roeg-Rogge, 81, Dutch field hockey referee.
- Jan Slomp, 90, Dutch preacher and Islam expert, bacterial infection.

### 26

- Blasco Giurato, 81, Italian cinematographer (_Cinema Paradiso_, _A Pure Formality_, _The Game Bag_).
- Lars Lönndahl, 94, Swedish singer and actor (_Swinging at the Castle_).
- Christian Roberts, 78, British actor (_To Sir, with Love_, _The Anniversary_, _The Mind of Mr. Soames_).

### 27

- Frans B. Van Zaelen, 92, Belgian artist.

### 28

- Draga Ahačič, 98, Slovenian actress, movie director and translator.
- Fernand Devestel, 92, Belgian nurse, Superior General of Brothers of Charity (1976-2000).
- Rien van den Heuvel, 84, Dutch monk.
- Gerard Schuurman, 82, Dutch footballer (FC Den Bosch).

### 29

- Eduard Artemyev, 85, Russian composer (_At Home Among Strangers_, _Siberiade_, _Burnt by the Sun_), People's Artist of Russia (1999), problems caused by pneumonia.
- Keenan Cahill, 27, American internet celebrity, problems caused by heart surgery.
- Ruggero Deodato, 83, Italian movie director (_Cannibal Holocaust_, _Ultimo mondo cannibale_, _Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man_).
- Patrick Dik, 57, Dutch footballer (Ajax, FC Utrecht, NAC Breda).
- Margriet Eshuijs, 70, Dutch singer.
- Pelé, 82, Brazilian footballer (Santos, national team), minister of sports (1995–1998) and three-time World Cup champion, colon cancer.
- Prakash Poddar, 82, Indian cricketer (Bengal, Rajasthan).
- Dame Vivienne Westwood, 81, British fashion designer.
- Baukje Wytsma, 76, Dutch writer and poet.

### 30

- Vladimer Barkaia, 85, Georgian footballer (Dinamo Tbilisi, Soviet Union national team).
- Robert Dowling, 83, American magazine publisher (_The Hollywood Reporter_).
- Miklós Duray, 77, Slovak politician, Hungarian minority political representative in Slovakia, MP (1992–2010).
- Brian Glencross, 81, Australian Olympic field hockey player, bronze medallist (1964), silver medallist (1968) and coach.
- Uche Nwaneri, 38, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- Terence O'Brien, 86, English-born New Zealand diplomat, ambassador to Belgium (1983–1986).
- Shmuel Toledano, 101, Israeli intelligence officer and politician, MK (1977–1981).
- Barbara Walters, 93, American Hall of Fame television journalist (_Today_, _20/20_) and talk show host (_The View_).
- Don West, 59, American commentator (Impact Wrestling) and pitchman (Shop at Home Network), lymphoma.
- Janez Zemljarič, 94, Slovenian politician, prime minister of the Socialist Republic (1980–1984).

### 31

- Benedict XVI, 95, German Roman Catholic prelate and theologian (_Introduction to Christianity_), Pope (2005–2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977–1982).
- Jeremiah Green, 45, American indie rock drummer (Modest Mouse), cancer.
- Anita Pointer, 74, American singer (The Pointer Sisters).

## Months

- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November

## Related pages

- List of deaths due to COVID-19
- Deaths in 2014
- Deaths in 2015
- Deaths in 2016
- Deaths in 2017
- Deaths in 2018
- Deaths in 2019
- Deaths in 2020
- Deaths in 2021