page_title: 2014 in the United Kingdom
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / December
caption_attribution_description: English: Ian McLagan &amp; The Bump Band. ACL 2006 (Day 2) - Photo by Ron Baker; Austin Texas.
context_page_description: Events from the year 2014 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 December
  David Cooke, 59, admiral, Commander Operations (2006–2009).
  Jimmy Duncan, 83, footballer (Celtic).
  2 December
  Josie Cichockyj, 50, wheelchair basketball player.
  Gerry Fisher, 88, cinematographer (Wise Blood, The Go-Between, Fedora).
  Peter Furneaux, 79, football club chairman and investor (Grimsby Town).
  John Kotz, 84, politician, Mayor of Hackney.
  3 December – Ian McLagan, 69, keyboard player (Small Faces).
  4 December
  Nick Talbot, 37, singer-songwriter (Gravenhurst).
  Jeremy Thorpe, 85, politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976), MP for North Devon (1959–1979) (Thorpe affair).
  6 December – Luke Somers, 33, photojournalist and AQAP hostage.
  7 December
  Norman Mair, 86, rugby union player and journalist.
  Tommy Todd, 88, footballer (Airdrie, Hamilton, Crewe, Derby and Rochdale).
  8 December
  James Brown, 83, cricket player.
  Scot Young, 52, businessman and reality television personality (Ladies of London),
  9 December
  Lydia Mordkovitch, 70, violinist.
  Sheila Stewart, 77, singer, storyteller, and author.
  10 December – Catherine Hughes, 81, diplomat and academic.
  11 December
  Tom Adams, 76, actor (The Great Escape, Licensed to Kill, Doctor Who).
  Tim Black, 77, family planning pioneer, founder of Marie Stopes International.
  Philip Knights, Baron Knights, 94, police officer and peer, Chief Constable of the West Midlands (1975–1985).
  12 December
  John Baxter, 78, footballer (Hibernian).
  Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 73, historian of mathematics and logic.
  Dave West, 70, businessman.
  14 December – Bobo Faulkner, 73, English model and television personality.
  15 December
  Michael Hare Duke, 89, Anglican bishop.
  Ray Steadman-Allen, 92, composer and Salvation Army officer.
  16 December
  Martin Brasier, 67, palaeobiologist and astrobiologist.
  Brian Lister, 88, race car builder (Lister Cars).
  17 December – Neil James, 53, rugby league player.
  18 December – Mandy Rice-Davies, 70, model, figure in the Profumo affair.
  19 December
  Philip Bradbourn, 63, politician, MEP for West Midlands (since 1999).
  Jamie Gilroy, 66, politician, co-founder of the Wickerman Festival.
  Pat Holton, 78, footballer (Motherwell, Hamilton Academical).
  Colin Strang, 2nd Baron Strang, 92, philosopher and peer.
  20 December
  Joe Anderson, 86, rugby league player (Castleford, Leeds, Featherstone Rovers).
  Donald Charlton Bradley, 90, chemist.
  John Freeman, 99, politician, journalist, broadcaster and diplomat, MP for Watford (1945–1955), Ambassador to the United States (1969–1971).
  Ranulph Glanville, 68, architect and cybernetician.
  Brian Manley, 85, engineer and scientist.
  Sam Morris, 84, footballer (Chester City).
  21 December
  Jane Bown, 89, photographer (The Observer).
  Sonya Butt, 90, Special Operations Executive agent.
  Roberta Leigh, 87, author and television producer (Space Patrol).
  Billie Whitelaw, 82, actress (The Omen, The Dark Crystal, Hot Fuzz).
  Alan Williams, 84, politician, MP for Swansea West (1964–2010), Father of the House (2005–2010).
  22 December
  Joe Cocker, 70, rock and blues singer ("With a Little Help from My Friends", "You Are So Beautiful", "Up Where We Belong").
  Chris Davidge, 85, rower.
  William J. Fishman, 93, academic.
  Richard Graydon, 92, stuntman and stunt coordinator (James Bond film series).
  Jeremy Lloyd, 84, screenwriter (Are You Being Served?, 'Allo 'Allo!).
  Rosemary Lowe-McConnell, 93, biologist and ichthyologist.
  23 December
  Mike Elliott, 68, comedian and actor (Goal!, Billy Elliot).
  Jeremy Lloyd, 84, actor and screenwriter
  Debbie Purdy, 51, activist.
  24 December
  Jacqueline Briskin, 87, author.
  Arthur Louis, 64, reggae cross-over musician ("Knockin' on Heaven's Door").
  Barry Williams, 70, spree killer.
  25 December
  Bernard Kay, 86, actor (Doctor Who, Doctor Zhivago).
  Mary F. Lyon, 89, geneticist.
  David Ryall, 79, actor.
  Tony Wilkinson, 66, archaeologist.
  26 December
  Geoff Pullar, 79, cricketer.
  Ken Riddington, television producer (House of Cards).
  Jean Stogdon, 86, social worker and campaigner (Grandparents Plus).
  Andrew Thomson, 78, academic and historian.
  27 December
  Ron Henry, 80, footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, national team).
  Carol Ston
caption: Ian McLagan in 2006
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