The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2020.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 2020 1 Loris Abate, 92, Italian jewellery designer.Addio a Loris Abate, i suoi cavalli per i grandi campioni Norman Abramson, 88, American engineer and computer scientist, developer of ALOHAnet, skin cancer.In memoriam: Professor Emeritus, ALOHAnet co-founder Norman Abramson Faustino Amiano, 76, Spanish Olympic coxswain (1960).Faustino Amiano Calvo G. Ross Anderson, 91, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for South Carolina (1980–2009).South Carolina federal Judge G. Ross Anderson has died Hasna Begum, 85, Bangladeshi philosopher and feminist, COVID-19.Eminent philosopher Prof Hasna Begum dies of Covid-19 June Rose Bellamy, 88, Burmese aristocrat and socialite, first lady (1976–1977).Birmania: Murió la princesa June Rose Bellamy Abhay Bharadwaj, 66, Indian politician, MP (since 2020), COVID-19.Gujarat Rajya Sabha MP Abhay Bharadwaj passes away, PM Modi condoles his death Keith Buckley, 79, English actor (Dr. Phibes Rises Again, The Eagle Has Landed, Sky Bandits).Keith Buckley Russell Catley, 47, English cricketer (Suffolk), brain cancer.Shock at death of former Suffolk cricketer - aged just 47 Jean Cottard, 94, French fencer and fencing master.Maître Jean Cottard est mort Eric Engstrom, 55, American software engineer (DirectX), hepatotoxicity. Todd Gibson, 83, American racing driver.Ohio Open-Wheel Ace Todd Wilson, 83 Judy Gordon, 72, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1993–2004).Judy Gordon Luciano Guerzoni, 82, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1992, 1994–1996).Modena, è morto l'ex deputato e sottosegretario Luciano Guerzoni Juan Hormaechea, 81, Spanish politician, president of Cantabria (1987–1990, 1991–1995) and mayor of Santander (1977–1987).Muere a los 81 años Juan Hormaechea, presidente de Cantabria entre 1987 y 1995 Maria Itkina, 88, Russian Olympic runner (1956, 1960, 1964).На 89-м году жизни скончалась легендарная бегунья Мария Иткина Nina Ivanova, 86, Russian actress (Once There Was a Girl, Spring on Zarechnaya Street, There Is Such a Lad).Умерла актриса Нина Иванова, сыгравшая в фильме "Весна на Заречной улице" Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, 72, British jurist, lord chief justice of Northern Ireland (2004–2009) and justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2009–2020).Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore: Former Supreme Court judge dies at 72 Mana Kinjo, 24, Japanese actress (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger).金城茉奈さん死去 リュウソウジャー出演 25歳 Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga, 51, Congolese politician, COVID-19.RDC : le sénateur Lola Kisanga est décédé Paul Kishindo, 68, Malawian sociologist.Professor Kishindo dies Evelyn Konou, 72, Marshallese politician.Evelyn Konou Frank Kramer, 73, Dutch footballer (FC Volendam, Telstar), television presenter and football commentator.Presentator en oud-voetballer Frank Kramer op 73-jarige leeftijd overleden Li Guanxing, 80, Chinese nuclear material engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.核材料专家李冠兴院士逝世，共和国今年已送别36位两院院士 Eduardo Lourenço, 97, Portuguese philosopher and writer.Morreu Eduardo Lourenço, gigante do pensamento português Mohammad Maleki, 87, Iranian academic, chancellor of the University of Tehran (1979).محمد ملکی، اولین رئیس دانشگاه تهران پس از ۵۷، درگذشت Denis Menke, 80, American baseball player (Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds).Kossuth County Baseball Legend Denis Menke has Died Leonardo Fernandes Moreira, 46, Brazilian politician, Minas Gerais MLA (2003–2011), heart attack.Morre ex-deputado Leonardo Moreira, dono de castelo herdado do pai Nomula Narsimhaiah Yadav, 64, Indian politician, Telangana MLA (since 2018), complications from COVID-19.TRS lawmaker Nomula Narasimhaiah dies of cardiac arrest after post-Covid-19 complications Timoteo Ofrasio, 72, Filipino Jesuit priest and liturgist, COVID-19.Noted lyricist succumbs to Covid-19 Thelma Pepper, 100, Canadian artist.Thelma Pepper 1920 2020 Thomas Morrow Reavley, 99, American politician and jurist, secretary of state of Texas (1955–1957) and judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (since 1979). Arnie Robinson, 72, American athlete, Olympic champion (1976), COVID-19.Arnie Robinson Erlend Rian, 79, Norwegian politician, mayor of Tromsø (1980–1995).Erlend Rian er død Tommy Sandt, 69, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics) and coach (Pittsburgh Pirates).Former Major League Baseball player, coach and longtime Portland Beaver Tommy Sandt dies at age 69 Kelvin Scarborough, 56, American basketball player (New Mexico Lobos).Basketball community mourns the death of former Lobo star Kelvin Scarborough Joseph Sledge, 76, American wrongly imprisoned prisoner.Man wrongly convicted for 1976 Bladen County murders dies Hanna Stadnik, 91, Polish World War II combatant (Warsaw Uprising), acting president of World Association of Home Army Soldiers (since 2020).Zmarła Hanna Stadnik, bohaterka Powstania Warszawskiego Henri Teissier, 91, French-Algerian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Algiers (1988–2008), stroke.Mort de Mgr Henri Teissier, une vie au service de l’Algérie Sol Tolchinsky, 91, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1948), complications of COVID-19.Sol Tolchinsky Raymond Wolters, 82, American historian.Raymond Wolters
2 Mohamed Abarhoun, 31, Moroccan footballer (Moghreb Tétouan, Moreirense, national team), stomach cancer.Mohamed Abarhoun, 31 yaşında hayatını kaybetti Jean René Allard, 90, Canadian politician, member of the Manitoba Legislature (1969–1973).Jean Rene Allard Warren Berlinger, 83, American actor (The Joey Bishop Show, The Cannonball Run, The World According to Garp), cancer.Warren Berlinger, Film and Television Character Actor, Dies at 83 Frank Carney, 82, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Pizza Hut, pneumonia. Richard Corben, 80, American illustrator and comic book artist, complications from heart surgery.Richard Corben Has Died, Aged 80. Rest In Peace. Bronisław Dankowski, 76, Polish politician and trade union activist, member of the Sejm (1997–2005).Nie żyje Bronisław Dankowski. Były poseł SLD miał 76 lat Koba Davitashvili, 49, Georgian politician, MP (1999-2006, 2008, 2012–2016), ankylosing spondylitis.Former MP Koba Davitashvili Passes Away Franco Giraldi, 89, Italian film director (Seven Guns for the MacGregors, Sugar Colt, Up the MacGregors!) and screenwriter, COVID-19.Trieste. Morto per coronavirus il regista Franco Giraldi Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 94, French politician, president of France and co-prince of Andorra (1974–1981), minister of the economy and finance (1962–1966, 1969–1974), complications from COVID-19.L'ancien président Valéry Giscard d'Estaing est mort Satpal Gosain, 85, Indian politician, Punjab MLA (1997–2012).Punjab: BJP leader, former minister Satpal Gosain passes away Kazuo Hiramatsu, 73, Japanese accountant, president of the Kwansei Gakuin University (2002–2008).平松一夫氏死去 学校法人関西学院理事長 Zafarullah Khan Jamali, 76, Pakistani politician, prime minister (2002–2004) and chief minister of Balochistan (1988, 1996–1997), heart attack.Ex-PM Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali passes away aged 76 Rafer Johnson, 86, American athlete and actor (The Sins of Rachel Cade, None but the Brave, Licence to Kill), Olympic champion (1960), complications from a stroke.Olympic Decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson passes at 86 Kenneth V. Jones, 96, British composer, conductor and music teacher.Obituary, The Telegraph Hugh Keays-Byrne, 73, English-Australian actor (Mad Max: Fury Road, Stone, Farscape).Hugh Keays-Byrne Dies: Actor Who Played Immortan Joe In ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Was 73 Sergey Kiselnikov, 62, Russian footballer (Dynamo Vologda, Amur Blagoveshchensk).В Вологде скончался знаменитый футболист Сергей Кисельников Alanna Knight, 97, British writer.Alanna Knight obituary Alfred Kucharczyk, 83, Polish Olympic gymnast (1960, 1964), COVID-19.Zmarł Alfred Kucharczyk David C. Lewis, 85, American medical researcher.David C. Lewis M.D. Karin Lindberg, 91, Swedish gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).Karin Lindberg Enrique Lingenfelder, 92, Argentine Olympic rower (1948).Enrique Lingenfelder Geoffrey Massey, 96, Canadian architect, pneumonia.West Coast architecture legend Geoffrey Massey dies at age 96 Aldo Moser, 86, Italian racing cyclist, COVID-19.Covid, morto Aldo Moser, capostipite di una dinastia di fuoriclasse del ciclismo Pat Patterson, 79, Canadian-American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (BTW, AWA) and producer (WWF), liver failure.Pat Patterson, Creative Genius Behind WWE Booking, Dead at 79 Boris Plotnikov, 71, Russian actor (The Ascent, The Cold Summer of 1953, Heart of a Dog), COVID-19.Умер актер Борис Плотников Fred Rosen, 67, American columnist and author.Frederic A Rosen Karim Salman, 55, Iraqi Olympic footballer (1988), COVID-19.Iraqi coach dies of coronavirus David Sheehan, 82, American reporter, prostate cancer.Legendary Entertainment Reporter David Sheehan Passes Away Bill Spanswick, 82, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).Bill Spanswick Dies; Enfield's Only Major League Baseball Player Lalit Surjan, 74, Indian journalist and editor (Deshbandhu), stroke.Chhattisgarh: journalist Lalit Surjan dies Pamela Tiffin, 78, American actress (One, Two, Three, Harper, Summer and Smoke) and model.Pamela Tiffin, Actress in 'The Pleasure Seekers,' 'State Fair' and 'Come Fly With Me,' Dies at 78 Bernard Vogler, 85, French historian and academic.L'historien alsacien Bernard Vogler est décédé Walter E. Williams, 84, American economist and academic.Walter Williams, R.I.P.
3 Noah Creshevsky, 75, American composer, cancer.Noah Creshevsky, Composer of ‘Hyperreal’ Music, Dies at 75 Fred DeBernardi, 71, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) and discus thrower, cancer.UTEP track legend, double national champion DeBernardi passes away Bill Fitsell, 97, Canadian sports journalist and historian.Longtime journalist, hockey historian Bill Fitsell remembered Paudie Fitzgerald, 87, Irish racing cyclist.Kerry cycling great Paudie Fitzgerald passes away Maria Fyfe, 82, Scottish politician, MP (1987–2001).Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard leads tributes to former Glasgow MP Maria Fyfe André Gagnon, 84, Canadian pianist, composer and conductor, Lewy body dementia.Quebec pianist and composer Andre Gagnon dies from degenerative disease at 84 Dharampal Gulati, 97, Indian spice executive, CEO of MDH (since 1959), cardiac arrest.MDH's Mahashay Dharampal Gulati dies at 98 Dadang Hawari, 80, Indonesian psychiatrist, COVID-19.Dadang Hawari, Psikiater dan Penceramah Kondang Meninggal Dunia karena Covid-19 Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat, Pakistani politician, chief minister of Punjab (1996–1997).Mian Afzal Hayat dies Steve Heimkreiter, 63, American football player (Baltimore Colts), cancer.Steven Heimkreiter Bill Holmes, 94, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Bradford City).Bill Holmes Volodymyr Huba, 81, Ukrainian composer and poet.Помер композитор Володимир Губа Kaj Ikast, 84, Danish politician, MF (1993–2005), minister of transport (1990–1993).Kaj Ikast er død Vicente Iborra, 88, Spanish football player (Valencia, Elche) and manager, dementia.Fallece el histórico exjugador del Elche y del Valencia CF Vicente Iborra Adil Ismayilov, 63, Azerbaijani lawyer, jurist, and investigator, COVID-19.Vəkil Adil İsmayılov koronavirusdan vəfat edib William King, 90, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1972–1983).William Stewart (Bill) King Kiptarus Arap Kirior, Kenyan politician, MP (1983–1988, 1992–1997).Former Belgut MP dies 2 months after another area legislator passed away Lester B. Korn, 84, American businessman and diplomat.Lester Bernard Korn