Deaths Month: December 2025
Anthony Geary
American actor (General Hospital · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Steve Taneyhill
American football player (South Carolina Gamecocks) · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Kerry O’Brien
Australian Olympic long-distance runner (1968 · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14 · O'Brien
Kim Mi-sub South Korean Olympic modern pentathlete dead at age 52
a South Korean Olympic modern pentathlete, died on December 15, 2025, in Carrollton, Texas, at the age of 52. Born in Suncheon, South Korea, on December 24, 1972, he competed in the men's individual event at the 1996 Summer Olympics · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Peter Ryan (police officer) British-born Australian police officer, commissioner of New South Wales…
the British-born Australian police officer who served as commissioner of New South Wales police from 1996 to 2002, died on December 15, 2025. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, on 18 May 1944, Ryan joined Lancashire Constabulary as a police cadet in… · 15 December 2025 · December 2025
Kazi Fazlur Rahman
Bangladeshi civil servant · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14 · Rahman · Other
Kowit Wattana
Thai police officer and politician · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Eddie Thornton
Jamaican trumpeter (Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames) · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14 · Other
Eddie Sayers
Northern Irish loyalist · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14 · Other
Mike White
American football coach (California Golden Bears · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14 · Other
Rob Reiner
American actor (All in the Family) and film director (This Is Spinal Tap · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Carl Carlton
American singer and songwriter (“Everlasting Love” · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Roger Laboureur
Belgian sports journalist (RTBF) · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14
Robert J. Samuelson
American journalist (The Washington Post · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Samuelson
Christopher Wegelius
Finnish Olympic equestrian · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Athletes
Ahmed Zamzam
Palestinian military officer · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Other
Max Cunningham (rower) Australian Olympic rower dead at age 89
the Australian Olympic rower who competed in the men’s eight at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on December 14, 2025, aged 89. Born Alexander Maxwell Cunningham in Western Australia on June 9, 1936, he was a 1960 national champion. Cunningham… · 14 December 2025 · December 2025
Gerald Donaldson Canadian racing journalist dead at age 87
a Canadian racing journalist and biographer who specialized in covering Formula One, died on December 14, 2025, at age 87. Born in Almonte, Ontario, on July 18, 1938, he wrote more than 20 books, including biographies, and some of his… · 14 December 2025 · December 2025
Brenda Lucas Ogdon English concert pianist dead at age 90
an English concert pianist, died on December 14, 2025, at the age of 90. She was known for her solo work and for her long-standing duet partnership with her husband, the pianist John Ogdon · 14 December 2025 · December 2025
Amod Prasad Upadhyay
Nepali politician · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Upadhyay
Bruno Baveni
Italian football/soccer player · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13
Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi
Pakistani Islamic scholar · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Naqshbandi · Other
Haroldo Costa
Portuguese actor (A Moreninha · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13
Yves Fréville
French politician. UMP (2002–2008) · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · French
Jeff Wexler
American sound engineer (The Last Samurai · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Other
Henry Howes
British Olympic speed skater (1948) · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Athletes
Dave Ward
American broadcast journalist (KTRK-TV) · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13
Richard Bell
American football coach (South Carolina Gamecocks) · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Other
Kris Kalifatidis
Australian soccer player · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13
Stephen Pearton
Australian-American materials scientist · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13
Gary Rowell
English footballer (Sunderland · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
José Bantolo
Filipino Roman Catholic prelate · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Filipino · Other
Ernesto Acher
Argentine comedian (Les Luthiers) · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Argentine · Other
Vladimír Matejička
Slovak politician · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Vladimir
Paul Wiggin
American football player (Cleveland Browns) · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Ernesto Figueiredo
Portuguese footballer (Sporting CP · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Arthur Konrad
Liechtensteiner politician · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Ra’ad Sa’ad
Palestinian Islamic militant · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Other · Ra'ad · Saad
Mohammad Shahcheraghi
Iranian ayatollah · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Other
Ueli Sutter
Swiss Olympic cyclist (1972) · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Swiss
Abraham Quintanilla
American musician and talent manager (Selena) · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Sir Gerald Watt
Antiguan politician · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Watt
Jose Bantolo Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Masbate dead at age 65
a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Masbate since 2011, died on December 13, 2025, at the age of 65. Born Jose Salmorin Bantolo on November 12, 1960, in Guisijan, Laua-an, Antique, Philippines, he was appointed to the episcopacy… · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other · José
Richard Bell (American football coach) American football coach dead at age 88
an American football coach who served as head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks for one season in 1982, died on December 13, 2025. Born Richard Murry Bell on September 2, 1937, in Camden, Arkansas, he played as an offensive… · 13 December 2025 · December 2025
Ivan R. Schwab American ophthalmologist, heart failure dead at age 77
an American ophthalmologist and professor of ophthalmology at the University of California Davis School of Medicine, died on December 13, 2025. He completed his undergraduate degree at West Virginia University and received his M.D. from the West Virginia University School… · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · Heart Failure · Iván
Mohammad Shafiq Pakistani army general, governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa dead at age 91
a Pakistani army general and former governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, died on December 13, 2025, at the age of 91. Born in Kohat in April 1934, he was a three-star rank officer in the Pakistan Army. He served as governor… · 13 December 2025 · December 2025
Gerald Watt Antiguan politician, MP and speaker of the House of Representatives dead at age 86
Antiguan politician and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, died on December 13, 2025, at the age of 86. He represented St. John's Rural East in parliament from 1971 to 1976 and served as attorney general during that period,… · 13 December 2025 · December 2025
Paul de Nooijer
Dutch photographer and filmmaker · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Nooijer · Dutch
Manny Guerra
American Tejano musician (Sunny and the Sunglows) and record producer · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Al Ousseynou Sène
Senegalese footballer (ASC HLM) · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Sène
Marilyn Mazur
American-born Danish percussionist · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Other
Masato Harada
Japanese film director (Climber's High · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12 · Other
Gregory So
Hong Kong politician · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Peter Greene
American actor (Pulp Fiction · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
Whitney Paul
American football player (Kansas City Chiefs · 12 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 12
John Fentener van Vlissingen
Dutch businessman · 11 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 11 · Vlissingen · Dutch · Other
Władysław Siemaszko
Polish publicist · 11 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 11 · Other
Rolf Becker
German actor (In aller Freundschaft) · 11 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 11
Pere Font Moles
Andorran politician · 11 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 11 · Moles
Chelliah Paramalingam
Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1964) · 11 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 11