page_title: Deaths in December 2014
section_title: December 2014
hierarchical_section_title: Deaths in December 2014 / December 2014
caption_attribution_description: Leo Tindemans The photograph shows the belgian politician Leo Tindemans. The photo was made on the occasion of the International Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen in the year 2006. Camera data Camera: Canon EOS 350D Lens: EF 70–200mm f/4 L USM Focal length: 200 mm Aperture: f/4 Exposure time: 1/400 s Sensivity: ISO 400
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2014.
  Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference are added.
context_section_description: December 1 - Sita Murt, 68, Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, cancer.
  December 1 - Mario Abramovich, 88, Argentine violinist and composer.
  December 1 - Alberto Breccia Guzzo, 68, Uruguayan politician and lawyer.
  December 1 - Roberto Sagastume Pinto, 70, Guatemalan politician, Mayor of Esquipulas (1996–2000), Governor of Chiquimula (2001–2003), traffic collision.
  December 2 - Don L. Anderson, 81, American geophysicist, cancer.
  December 2 - Bobby Keys, 70, American saxophonist (The Rolling Stones), cirrhosis.
  December 2 - Jean Béliveau, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
  December 2 - Don Laws, 85, American figure skater and coach, heart failure.
  December 3 - James Stewart, 73, Canadian mathematician and violinist,  multiple myeloma.
  December 3 - Giulio Questi, 90, Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill, La morte ha fatto l'uovo).
  December 3 - Walter Reyno, 79, Uruguayan actor and director, respiratory failure.
  December 3 - Herman Badillo, 85, Puerto Rican-born American politician, member of the U.S. House from New York's 22nd (1971–1973) and 21st (1973–1977) districts, congestive heart failure.
  December 3 - Jacques Barrot, 77, French politician, European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security (2008–2010).
  December 3 - Ian McLagan, 69, English keyboardist (Small Faces), stroke.
  December 3 - Luc Oursel, 55, French businessman, CEO of Areva (2011–2014).
  December 3 - Sjefke Janssen, 95, Dutch racing cyclist.
  December 4 - Lynne Kosky, 56, Australian politician, MLA for Altona (1996–2010), breast cancer.
  December 4 - Claudia Emerson, 57, American poet, cancer.
  December 4 - V. R. Krishna Iyer, 100, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court, renal and heart failure.
  December 4 - Jeremy Thorpe, 85, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976), MP for North Devon (1959–1979), central figure in the Thorpe affair, Parkinson's disease.
  December 5 - Queen Fabiola of Belgium, 86, Spanish-born Belgian royal, queen consort (1960–1993).
  December 5 - Manuel De Sica, 65, Italian composer, heart attack.
  December 5 - Jackie Healy-Rae, 83, Irish politician, Teachta Dála (TD) for Kerry South (1997–2011).
  December 5 - Silvio Zavala, 105, Mexican historian and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1966–1975).
  December 6 - Luke Somers, 33, British-born American photojournalist and al-Qaeda hostage, shot. (death announced on this date)
  December 6 - Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, 39, Saudi Arabian soldier (member of al-Qaeda), shot.
  December 6 - Fred Hawkins, 91, American golf player.
  December 6 - Ralph H. Baer, 92, American video game pioneer, inventor and engineer, developed the Magnavox Odyssey, recipient of the National Medal of Technology (2006).
  December 7 - Khalil Ullah Khan, 80, Bangladeshi movie actor, heart disease.
  December 7 - Mango, 60, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack.
  December 7 - Ken Weatherwax, 59, American actor (The Addams Family), heart attack.
  December 7 - Mark Lewis, 60, American storyteller, actor and teacher, surgical complications.
  December 8 - Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, 87, Indian carnatic vocalist, lung cancer.
  December 8 - Russ Kemmerer, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox).
  December 8 - Knut Nystedt, 99, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.
  December 9 - Jorge María Mejía, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1998–2003), Librarian of the Vatican Library (1998–2003).
  December 9 - Jože Toporišič, 88, Slovenian linguist.
  December 9 - Mary Ann Mobley, 75, American actress (Diff'rent Strokes) and television personality, 1959 Miss America, breast cancer.
  December 9 - Jane Freilicher, 90, American representational painter.
  December 9 - Karl Otto Pöhl, 85, German economist, President of the Bundesbank (1980–1991).
  December 10 - Ralph Giordano, 91, German writer and publicist, complications from a fall.
  December 10 - Judy Baar Topinka, 70, American politician, Illinois Treasurer (1995–2007) and Comptroller (since 2011), complications from a stroke.
  December 10 - Robert B. Oa
caption: Leo Tindemans 1922-2014
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