page_title: Deaths in December 2015
section_title: December 2015
hierarchical_section_title: Deaths in December 2015 / December 2015
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Robert Loggia
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2015.
  Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference are added.
context_section_description: December 1 - Joseph Engelberger, 90, American engineer and inventor, complications from a stroke.
  December 1 - Robert E. Glennen, 82, American academic, President of Emporia State University (1985–1997).
  December 1 - Jim Loscutoff, 85, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), complications of pneumonia and Parkinson's disease.
  December 2 - Sandy Berger, 70, American political consultant, United States National Security Advisor (1997–2001), cancer of unknown primary origin.
  December 2 - Ferenc Juhász, 87, Hungarian poet, stroke.
  December 2 - Gabriele Ferzetti, 90, Italian actor (L'Avventura, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Once Upon a Time in the West).
  December 2 - George T. Sakato, 94, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
  December 3 - Scott Weiland, 48, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, The Wondergirls), accidental drug and alcohol overdose.
  December 4 - Bill Bennett, 83, Canadian politician, Premier of British Columbia  (1975–1986), Alzheimer's disease.
  December 4 - Robert Loggia, 85, American actor (Jagged Edge, Scarface, Big), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  December 4 - Yossi Sarid, 75, Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1974–2006), Minister of Environment (1992–1996) and Education (1999–2000), heart attack.
  December 4 - Dag Skogheim, 87, Norwegian writer, complications from a stroke.
  December 4 - Erik De Vlaeminck, 70, Belgian cyclist, seven-time world-champion cyclo-cross (1966, 1968–1973).
  December 5 - William McIlvanney, 79, Scottish novelist and poet, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  December 5 - Marília Pêra, 72, Brazilian actress (Pixote, Better Days Ahead), lung cancer.
  December 5 - Siddhi Savetsila, 96, Thai politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1990), Deputy Prime Minister (1986).
  December 5 - Dimitar Iliev Popov, 88, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister (1990-1991).
  December 6 - Holly Woodlawn, 69, Puerto Rican actress and Warhol superstar, lung and liver cancer.
  December 6 - Nicholas Smith, 81, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Doctor Who), complications from a fall.
  December 7 - Ko Chun-hsiung, 70, Taiwanese actor and politician, lung cancer.
  December 7 - Martin E. Brooks. 90, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman).
  December 7 - Shirley Stelfox, 74, English actress (Emmerdale, Keeping Up Appearances, Coronation Street), cancer.
  December 8 - Alan Hodgkinson, 79, English footballer (Sheffield United).
  December 8 - Elsie Tu, 102, English-born Hong Kong social activist, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1995).
  December 8 - Mattiwilda Dobbs, 90, American coloratura soprano.
  December 8 - John Trudell, 69, American activist and poet, cancer.
  December 8 - Bonnie Lou, 91, American country singer, complications from dementia.
  December 8 - Douglas Tompkins, 72, American conservationist and businessman, co-founder of The North Face and Esprit, hypothermia following kayak accident.
  December 9 - Rusty Jones, 73, American jazz drummer.
  December 10 - Ron Bouchard, 66, American NASCAR driver, cancer.
  December 10 - Dolph Schayes, 87, American basketball player and coach (Philadelphia 76ers), cancer.
  December 10 - Arnold Peralta, 26, Honduran footballer (national team, Rangers F.C.), shot.
  December 11 - Jiří Paďour, 72, Czech Catholic prelate, Bishop of České Budějovice (2002–2014).
  December 11 - H. Arnold Steinberg, 82, Canadian business and educational administrator, Chancellor of McGill University (2009–2014), heart attack.
  December 12 - Evelyn S. Lieberman, 71, American public affairs professional, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1996), pancreatic cancer.
  December 12 - Abu Ali al-Anbari, Iraqi general and ISIL-governor, killed in an airstrike.
  December 13 - Benedict Anderson, 79, American academic and writer (Imagined Communities), heart failure.
  December 13 - John Bannon, 72, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (1982–1992), cancer.
  December 14 - Vadym Tyshchenko, 52, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty, Dnipro) and manager (Dnipro), heart attack.
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caption: Robert Loggia 1930-2015
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