Deaths in December 2023

The following is a list of **deaths that should be noted in December 2023**. 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.

Every entry 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.

## December 2023
### 1
*Burny Bos, 79, Dutch film producer (*Miss Minoes*, *Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse*), screenwriter and children's author, mesothelioma.
*Brigit Forsyth, 83, Scottish actress (*Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?*, *Boon*, *Still Open All Hours*).
*, 79, Turkish actor (*Medcezir*), screenwriter and educator.
*Enzo Bai, 92, Argentine actor (*La Mary*, *The Kids Grow Up*, *Los hijos de López*).
*Kiki Fatmala, 56, Indonesian actress, lung cancer.
*Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

### 2
*Faustin Twagiramungu, 78, Rwandan politician, prime minister (1994–1995).
*Sufian Tayeh, Palestinian scietist.
*Concha Velasco, 84, Spanish actress (*The Witching Hour*, *Esquilache*, *32 Malasana Street*), singer and television presenter.

### 3
*Andrea Fay Friedman, 53, American actress (*Life Goes On*, *Family Guy*), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian singer (April Wine) and songwriter ("Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love", "Just Between You and Me").
*Kim Soo-yong, 94, South Korean film director (*The Sea Village*, *Mist*, *The Land*).
*Suminda Sirisena, 75, Sri Lankan actor (*Duhulu Malak*, *Saptha Kanya*, *Yakada Pihatu*).

### 4
*Peter R. Adam, 66, German film editor (*An American Werewolf in Paris*, *Good Bye, Lenin!*, *Anonymous*)
*Suren Babayan, 73, Armenian film director (*The 13th Apostle*) and actor.
*Juanita Castro, 90, Cuban political dissident.
*Queta Lavat, 94, Mexican actress (*Las tandas del principal*, *Cruz de amor*, *Clase 406*).

### 5
* Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, 51, Liechtensteiner royal.
* Denny Laine, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Wings, The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre"), interstitial lung disease.
* Norman Lear, 101, American Hall of Fame screenwriter and producer (*All in the Family*, *Maude*, *The Jeffersons*).

### 6
* Fran Bladel, 90, Australian politician.
* Natalya Bogomolova, 83, Russian animator (*Winnie-the-Pooh*, *The Blue Bird*, ''Alice's Birthday*).
* Vic Davalillo, 84, Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers).
* Jack Hogan, 94, American actor (*Combat!*).
* Mirosława Krajewska, 83, Polish actress (*How to Be Loved*, *Brunet wieczorową porą*).
* John McBeth, 79, New Zealand author and journalist. 
* Marisa Pavan, 91, Italian actress (*The Rose Tattoo*, *I Chose Love*, *Drum Beat*).

### 7
* Itziar Castro, 46, Spanish actress (*Rec 3: Genesis*, *Skins*, *Champions*).
* Sang Guowei, Chinese pharmacologist and politician
*Guy Stern, 101, German-American intelligence officer (Ritchie Boys).
* Benjamin Zephaniah, 65, British poet, writer (*Face*, *Refugee Boy*) and actor (*Peaky Blinders''), brain tumour.

### 8
* Clyde Butts, 66, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies), traffic collision.
* Carlos Jurado, 76, Uruguayan football player (national team) and manager (Cienciano, Tampico Madero), cardiac arrest.
* Ryan O'Neal, 82, American actor (*Love Story*, ''What's Up, Doc?*, *Paper Moon*).
* Joe Solomon, 93, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies).
* Yayu Unru, 61, Indonesian actor (*Lovely Man*, *Night Bus*, *Posesif*) and acting coach.

### 9
* Maxim Gustik, 35, Belarusian Olympic freestyle skier (2018, 2022), traffic collision.
* , 98, Turkish doctor and choir conductor, State Artist (1987)*.*
* Mainul Hosein, 83, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, cancer.

### 10
*Julian Carroll, 92, American politician, governor (1974–1979) and lieutenant governor (1971–1974) of Kentucky, member of the Kentucky Senate (2005–2020).
*David Drake, 78, American author of science fiction and fantasy literature.
*Shirley Anne Field, 87, English actress (*The Entertainer*, *The Damned*, *Alfie*).

### 11
*Andre Braugher, 61, American actor (*Homicide: Life on the Street*, *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, *Glory''), Emmy winner (1998, 2006).
*Richard Kerr, 78, English singer, songwriter ("Brandy", "I'll Never Love This Way Again", "Looks Like We Made It") and composer. (death announced on this date)
*Essra Mohawk, 75, American singer-songwriter ("Primordial Lovers", "Change of Heart").
*Paulin Obame-Nguema, 88, Gabonese politician, prime minister (1994–1999).
*Renée, 94, New Zealand feminist writer and playwright (*Wednesday to Come*, *Pass It On*).
*Camden Toy, 68, American actor (*The Bay*) and film editor.

### 12
*Shirley Barber, 88, English author.
*Fusa Tatsumi, 116, Japanese supercentenarian.
*Mario Valdemarin, 96, Italian actor (*Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis*, *Sandokan the Great*, *The End of the Night*).

### 13
*Yılmaz Atadeniz, 91, Turkish film director (*Killing in Istanbul*, *The Deathless Devil*), producer (*A Season in Hakkari*) and screenwriter, COVID-19.
*Antonio Juliano, 80, Italian footballer (Napoli, Bologna, national team).
*Zofia Merle, 85, Polish actress (*The Codes*, *Nights and Days*, *Chopin: Desire for Love*).
*Derek Stirling, 62, New Zealand cricketer (national team), cancer.
*, 60, Russian writer, journalist and screenwriter.
*Verica Nedeljković, 94, Serbian chess player.
*Des White, 96, New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and coach (national team). (death announced on this date)

### 14
*Bernard Destouches, 63, French actor (*Taxi*, *To Each, Her Own*, *Promise at Dawn*).
*, 80, Azerbaijani actor (*My Seven Sons*, *Birthday*, *Interrogation*).
*Lee Redmond, 82, American world record holder, longest fingernails on both hands.
*Ra. Sankaran, 92, Indian film director (*Then Sindhudhe Vaanam*) and actor (*Mouna Ragam*, *Pondatti Thevai*).

### 15
*Abdulaziz Al-Babtain, 87, Kuwaiti poet and businessman.
*Steve Halliwell, 77, English actor (*Coronation Street*, *Emmerdale*) and singer (The Woolpackers).
*Guy Marchand, 86, French actor (*Coup de Torchon*, *Family Business*, *My New Partner II*), musician and singer.
*Samer Abu Daqqa, 46, Palestinian-Belgian video journalist, israeli airstrike.

### 16
*Sebastiano Lo Monaco, 65, Italian actor (*La piovra*, *I Viceré*, ''Where Are You? I'm Here*).
*Carlos Lyra, 90, Brazilian singer and composer ("Maria Ninguém").
*Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 86, Kuwaiti royal, Emir (since 2020).
*Kenpachiro Satsuma, 76, Japanese actor (*Godzilla vs. Hedorah*, *The Return of Godzilla*, *Godzilla vs. Destoroyah*) and stuntman, pneumonia.

### 17
*Norma Barzman, 103, American screenwriter (*Finishing School*, *The Locket*, *Never Say Goodbye*).
*Luca de Castro, 70, Brazilian actor (*The Middle of the World*, *City of Men*, *Casa da Mãe Joana*) and stage director.
*Maureen Flavin Sweeney, 100, Irish postmistress.
*Otar Iosseliani, 89, Georgian film director and screenwriter (*Pastorale*, *Favorites of the Moon*, *Monday Morning*).
*Vaggelis Serdaris, 87, Greek film director (*Vasiliki*).
*Lionel Wickrama, 77, Sri Lankan actor (*Sanda Yahanata*, *Mathu Yam Dawasa*, *Sangili*).
*Ronaldo Valdez, 76, Filipino actor (*The Mad Doctor of Blood Island*, *Karma*, *Cedie*).
*Linda van Dyck, 75, Dutch actress (*10:32*, *A Gangstergirl*, *De grens*).

### 18
*Abderrahim Ouakili, 53, Moroccan footballer (national team).
*Bilal Abu Samaan, 31, Palestinian athlete, israeli airstrike.
*Bronislovas Genzelis, 89, Lithuanian politician.
*Bo Larsson, 79, Swedish footballer (Malmö, VfB Stuttgart, national team).

### 19
*Cevdet Arıkan, 75, Turkish actor (*Tosun Paşa*, *Happy Days*, *Banker Bilo*).
*Turan Mehrzad, 93, Iranian actress (*Hamoun*, *Love-stricken*, *Leila*).
*K.M. Peyton, 94, British author.
*Joseph Henry Smith, 78, Ghanaian military officer and diplomat, minister for defence (2009–2013) and chief of army staff (1996–2001).

### 20
*Franco Cozzo, 87, Italian-Australian businessman.
*Khadijo Mohamed Diriye, 74, Somali politician.
*Tambusamy Krishnan, 79, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (1972).
*Torben Ulrich, 95, Danish tennis player. (death announced on this date)

### 21
*Carmen Barros, 98, Chilean actress (*La Fiebre del Loco*, *The Guest*), singer and theatre director.
*Miloš Battelino, 70, Slovenian actor (*Rooster's Breakfast*). (death announced on this date)
*Robert Solow, 99, American economist, Nobel Prize recipient (1987).

### 22
*, 90, Russian actor (*Plasticine Crow*), stage director and humorist.
*Ingrid Steeger, 76, German actress (*Nurse Report*, *Three Men in the Snow*, *Andre Handles Them All*), intestinal obstruction.
*Thomas Williams, 93, New Zealand Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Wellington (1979–2005).

### 23
*Frank Cassenti, 78, French stage and film director and screenwriter (*The Song of Roland*).
*Aleksey Chernykh, 43, Russian actor (*101st Kilometer*).
*Arantxa Gurmendi, 78, Spanish Basque actress (*Goenkale*).
*Dejumo Lewis, 80, Nigerian actor (*The Village Headmaster*, *A Place in the Stars*, *Agogo Eewo*).
*Mike Nussbaum, 99, American actor (*Fatal Attraction*, *Field of Dreams*, *Men in Black*).

### 24
*Kamar de los Reyes, 56, Puerto Rican actor (*One Life to Live*, *Sleepy Hollow*, *Call of Duty: Black Ops II*), cancer.
*Rex Kodippili, 85, Sri Lankan actor (*Kauda Bole Alice*, *Sonduru Dadabima*, *Ohoma Harida*).
*David Leland, 82, British film director (*Wish You Were Here*, *Virgin Territory*) and screenwriter (*Mona Lisa*), BAFTA winner (1988).

### 25
*Elise Fischer, 75, French journalist and novelist.
*Richard Franklin, 87, English actor (*Doctor Who*, *Crossroads*, *Emmerdale*), writer and director.
*Sayyed Razi Mousavi, Iranian brigadier general, israeli airstrike.

### 26
*David Kernan, 85, British actor (*Mix Me a Person*, *Zulu*, *Carry On Abroad*).
*Elsa Lystad, 93, Norwegian actress (*Hurra for Andersens!*, *Deilig er fjorden!*, *Smuglere*).
*Tom Smothers, 86, American comedian and musician (Smothers Brothers), cancer.

### 27
*Yuri Arabov, 69, Russian screenwriter (*The Lonely Voice of Man*, *Days of Eclipse*, *Moloch*), writer and poet.
*Jacques Delors, 98, French economist and politician, minister of finance (1981–1984), MEP (1979–1981) and president of the European Commission (1985–1995).
*Patricia Ferreira, 65, Spanish film and television director and screenwriter (*I Know Who You Are*, *The Wild Ones'').
*Herb Kohl, 88, American politician and businessman (Kohl's), member of the U.S. Senate (1989–2013).
*Lee Sun-kyun, 48, South Korean actor (*Helpless*, *Parasite*, *Paju*).

### 28
*Hardi, 72, Indonesian artist.
*Per Myrberg, 90, Swedish actor (*A Handful of Love*, *The Simple-Minded Murderer*, *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*).
*Shaharuddin Abdullah, 75, Malaysian footballer (Penang, national team, 1972 Olympic team).
*Vijayakanth, 71, Indian actor and politician.

### 29
*Sir Michael Hardie Boys, 92, New Zealand lawyer, jurist, and vice-regal representative, judge of the High Court (1980–1989), governor-general (1996–2001), privy counsellor (since 1989).
*Maurice Hines, 80, American dancer, singer and actor (*The Cotton Club*).
*Rossy Mendoza, 80, Mexican vedette, actress (''Sweetly You'll Die Through Love*), and dancer, heart attack.
*Sandra Reaves-Phillips, 79, American actress (*Ma Rainey's Black Bottom*, *Round Midnight*, *Lean on Me*), writer, and singer.
*Ramzi T. Salamé, 70, Lebanese writer and artist.

### 30
*Luboš Kohoutek, 88, Czech astronomer, discoverer of Comet Kohoutek.
*John Pilger, 84, Australian documentary filmmaker and journalist.
*Tom Wilkinson, 75, British actor (*The Full Monty*, *In the Bedroom*, *Michael Clayton*).

### 31
*Shecky Greene, 97, American comedian and actor (*History of the World, Part I*, *Splash*, *Tony Rome*).
*Melissa Hoskins, 32, Australian Olympic cyclist (2012), traffic collision.
*Eddie Bernice Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2023) and Texas Senate (1987–1993).
*Maunu Kurkvaara, 97, Finnish film director (*Yksityisalue*, *4x4*) and producer (*Let Not One Devil Cross the Bridge*).
*Ana Ofelia Murguía, 90, Mexican actress (*The Queen of the Night*, *Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead*, *Coco*).
*Oscar Quitak, 97, British actor (*Yes, Prime Minister*, *Howards' Way*, *A Very British Coup*).
*Cale Yarborough, 84, American Hall of Fame racing driver, founder of Cale Yarborough Motorsports.

## References
## Other websites
**The Guardian*, UK obituaries
**The Telegraph* obituaries
*Obituaries, *Chicago Tribune*
*Obituaries, *Los Angeles Times*
**The New York Times*, US obituaries
**The Washington Post* obituaries
**The Sydney Morning Herald'', Australian obituaries