Deaths Died in December 2016
Doug Coombs
New Zealand geologist (University of Otago) and cricketer (Otago) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Remigijus Morkevičius
Lithuanian mixed martial artist and kickboxer · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23 · Artists
Hugh Iltis
Czechoslovakian-born American botanist · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23 · Other
Barrie Hillier
English footballer (Southampton) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Ruud Merx
Dutch musical composer and trombonist (Johann Strauss Orchestra · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
K. Dwight Venner
Vincentian banker · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23 · Venner · Other
Miruts Yifter
Ethiopian long distance runner · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Larry Que
Filipino newspaper publisher and columnist · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23 · Writers
Mocho Cota
professonal wrestler known as Mocho Cota · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
David Berry
American playwright (The Whales of August) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Ville Lyytikäinen
Finnish football coach (Atlantis FC) · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23
Anne Borg
Norwegian ballet dancer · 23 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 23 · Other
Sweetie
American superfan (Golden State Warriors). · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22 · Other
superfan
American superfan · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22 · Other
Solomon Levy
Gibraltarian politician · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
John Gwilliam
Welsh rugby union player (national team) · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Weston Noble
American music educator and conductor · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Yevgeny Dzhugashvili
Russian-Georgian activist and politician · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Alf Monrad Knudsen
Norwegian prisoner of war · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22 · Knudsen · Other
Benjie Castro
Filipino radio sports broadcaster · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Cindy Stowell
American game show contestant (Jeopardy!) · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22 · Other
Chad Robinson
Australian rugby league footballer (Sydney Roosters · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22
Phil Gagliano
American MLB infielder (St. Louis Cardinals · 22 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 22 · Other
Sonny Moran
American college basketball coach (West Virginia) · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Morán
Ron Ziel
American railway historian · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Romilly Squire of Rubislaw
Scottish heraldic artist · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Rubislaw
Sergei Razaryonov
Russian football coach and player · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Rachel Owen
British academic and print-maker · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Houshmand Almasi
Iranian Olympic fencer (1964) · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Almási
Sam Leach
British concert promoter and talent agent (The Beatles) · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Other
Deddie Davies
Welsh actress (The Railway Children · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Albert Bennett
English footballer (Rotehrham United · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Andrzej Wasilewicz
Polish film and stage actor · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Şehmus Özer
Turkish footballer (Amed · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Osiride Pevarello
Italian actor (Caligula · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Marion Pritchard
Dutch-born American social worker · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Other
Robert Eddins
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Fran Jeffries
American actress and dancer · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21
Sir John Oakeley, 8th Baronet
British Olympic yachtsman · 21 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 21 · Baronet · Other
Shūji Iuchi
Japanese anime director (Crush Gear Turbo · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Ken Baird
65 · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Ger Blok
Dutch football manager (Honduras · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Mevlüt Altıntaş
Turkish police officer and assassin of Andrei Karlov · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Michèle Morgan
French film actress · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Michele
HC Ejemyr
72. Swedish media entreprenur · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Michael Manning
American Roman Catholic priest · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Antonio Membrado
Spanish classical guitarist · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20
Edmond Farhat
Lebanese papal nuncio · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Mohamed Zouari
Tunisian flight engineer · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Jagannatha Varma
Indian actor (Devasuram) · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20
Dick Latessa
American actor (Hairspray · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20
Gordon Hunt
- · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Brendan J. Dugan
American academic administrator · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Dugan
Christopher Young
British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers) · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20
Louis Harris
American opinion polling entrepreneur · 19 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 19 · Other
Gene Hamm
American golf player and course designer · 19 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 19
Gordie Tapp
Canadian country singer and entertainer · 19 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 19
Claus Ryskjær
Danish humorist and actor · 19 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 19
Lionel Blue
British Rabbi · 19 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 19 · Other