Peter McFarlane
Australian rock drummer (Finch · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Deaths Month: December 2025
Bob Allen (basketball) American basketball player dead at age 79
an American basketball player who played for the San Francisco Warriors, died on December 9, 2025, at age 79. Allen played in the National Basketball Association during the 1968–69 season, appearing in 27 games for the Warriors after being selected… · 09 December 2025 · December 2025
Dixie Deans
Scottish footballer (Motherwell · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Baba Adhav
Indian socialist leader and marathi writer · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Matylda Růžičková-Šínová
Czech gymnast · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8 · Czech · Other
Ioan Sdrobiș
Romanian football coach · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Other
Eamon Melaugh
Irish political activist · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Other
Yaya Moektio
Indonesian musician drummer (Cockpit · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7
Rory MacLeod
American musician (Roomful of Blues) · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7
Nala
5-6 · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Other
Rosa Leal de Pérez
Guatemalan psychologist · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Other · Pérez
Sven Hotz
Swiss enterpreneur · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Other · Swiss
Frans Weisz
Dutch film director (The Burglar · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Dutch · Other
Tom Copeland American politician, member and speaker of the Washington House of Representatives dea…
an American politician and member and speaker of the Washington House of Representatives, died on December 8, 2025, at age 101. Born Thomas Lenox Copeland in Pendleton, Oregon, on April 17, 1924, he served in the U.S. Army during World… · 08 December 2025 · December 2025
Bill Hauritz Australian festival director dead at age 73
an Australian festival director, died on December 8, 2025. He directed the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland from its inception in 1994 until his retirement in 2022, when the role passed to Amanda Jackes. He was also instrumental in creating… · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Stan Shillington Canadian lacrosse historian and sportswriter dead at age 90
a Canadian lacrosse historian, sportswriter and statistician, died on December 8, 2025, at age 90. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on January 21, 1935, he was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a builder in 1977. Shillington… · 08 December 2025 · December 2025
Reounodji Gabin
Chadian painter and artist · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7
Joseph Sirima Bissiri
Burkinabe politician · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Bissiri
Glen De Boeck
Belgian footballer (K.V. Mechelen · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7 · Boeck
Kalyan Chatterjee
Indian actor (Pratidwandi · 07 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 7
Steve Hertz
American baseball player (Houston Colt .45s) · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Tiit Härm
Estonian ballet dancer · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6 · Other
Alfredo Díaz Figueroa
Venezuelan politician · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6 · Figueroa
Jimmy Mariano
Filipino basketball player (Ysmael Steel Admirals) and coach (Great Taste Coffee Makers · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6 · Filipino
Martin Parr
British photographer and photojournalist · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Anita Guerreiro
Portuguese actress and fado singer · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Volodymyr Sysenko
Tajik-born Ukrainian footballer (Pamir Dushanbe · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Tom Hicks
American private equity investor and football executive · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6 · Other
Nick Joanides
American racing driver (ARCA Menards Series) · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6 · Other
Rafael Ithier
Puerto Rican salsa musician · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Fiorenza de Bernardi
Italian aviatrix · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Bernardi · Other
Manolo Villanova
Spanish football manager and player · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5
Darwin Deason
American billionaire businessman (Affiliated Computer Services) · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Other
Mario Busquets Jordá
Spanish Roman Catholic prelate · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Jordá · Other
Oľga Feldeková
Slovak writer · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Olga
Byron Knutson American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives dead at age…
an American politician and former member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, died on December 6, 2025, at age 96. A North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member, he served in the state House from 1959 to 1962, as North Dakota… · 06 December 2025 · December 2025
Abdul Rashid (hurdler) Pakistani Olympic hurdler, heart attack dead at age 46
a Pakistani Olympic hurdler, died on December 6, 2025, of a heart attack. Born in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan, in 1979, he represented Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men’s 110 m hurdles. He… · 06 December 2025 · December 2025
Bruce Gelb
American businessman and diplomat · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Other
Vasile Carauș
Moldovan footballer (Spartak Nalchik · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5
Chuck Kesey
brother of Ken Kesey and probiotic yogurt pioneer · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Other
Brian Mackney
Canadian professional wrestler · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Other
Dwight Morrell Smith
American chancellor and professor · 05 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 5 · Other · Smith
Robert B. Fiske
American trial attorney · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Fiske
Moustafa Ali
Egyptian-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4
Bernard Charlot
French academic and educational scientist · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · French
Frank Gehry
Canadian-American architect (Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Other
Gillian Hopwood
British architect · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Other
Lam Leung-tim
Hong Kong businessman · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Other
Edward Gabriel Risi
South African Roman Catholic prelate · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Other · Risi
Roy Kramer
American college football coach (Central Michigan Chippewas) and athletics administrator (Vanderbilt Commodores · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Other
Alex Sánchez
Costarican footballer (Saprissa · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4
Tetsu Yamauchi
Japanese bass player (Free) · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Athletes
Jürgen Raps German pilot and aviation manager dead at age 74
a German pilot and aviation manager, died on December 5, 2025. He served as chief operating officer (operations) at Lufthansa Passenger Airlines (Lufthansa Passage), and was described in obituaries as a member of the Lufthansa Passage executive board, the accountable… · 05 December 2025 · December 2025
Marius van der Merwe Whistleblower testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry as “Witnes…
a South African private security company owner and former Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department official, died on December 5, 2025, after being shot. Also known as "Vlam" and by the codename "Witness D" during his testimony at the Madlanga Commission, he… · 05 December 2025 · December 2025