Deaths Died in December 2016
Poul Søgaard
Danish politician (Social Democrats) · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Robert Sumner
American Baptist pastor and author · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Joop Braakhekke
Dutch restaurateur and television presenter · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Allan Prell
American radio host · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13 · Other
Edwin Benson
American teacher · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13 · Other
E. R. Braithwaite
Guyanese novelist (To Sir · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · Braithwaite · December 13
Jim Lowe
American singer-songwriter (Green Door) · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Lord Gyllene
New Zealand-bred racehorse · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13 · Other
Gerard Clifford
Irish-born Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13 · Other
Konrad Reuland
American football player (Baltimore Ravens) · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Ronald Webster
Anguillan politician · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Charles Mwando Simba
Congolese politician · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13 · Simba
Herm Johnson
American race car driver · 13 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 13
Bob Krasnow
American record label executive (Elektra Records) and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Other
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez
Spanish Roman Catholic prelate · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Rodriguez · Other
Jan Frøystein Halvorsen
Norwegian Supreme Court Justice · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Halvorsen
Myron H. Bright
American judge for United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1968–1985) · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Bright
Fred Secombe
Welsh priest and writer · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12
Romualdas Aleliūnas
Lithuanian ceramics designer · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Other
Gareth Griffiths
Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12
Ian McCaskill
British meteorologist and weatherman · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Other
Peter Jackson
British animal conservationist and journalist · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12
John Moffat
British Navy pilot during World War II · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Other
Palani Vaughan
American Hawaiian music singer · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12
Sadiq Jalal al-Azm
syrian Philosopher and academician · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · al-Azm
Joe Ligon
American gospel singer (Mighty Clouds of Joy). · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12
Harry Jones
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12
Sark Arslanian
American college football coach · 12 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 12 · Şarık
Mohamed Tamalt
Algerian journalist · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11
Etienne Fabre
French racing cyclist · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11 · Étienne
Stu Locklin
American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11
László Huzsvár
Serbian Roman Catholic prelate · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11 · Other
Esma Redžepova
Macedonian Romani singer · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11
Eric Hilton
American hotelier and philanthropist · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11 · Other · Éric
Alice Furlaud
American journalist and essayist (NPR) · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11
Chonosuke Takagi
Japanese judoka · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11 · Other
Mar’ie Muhammad
77 · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11 · Marie · Other
Nola Ochs
American centenarian · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Other
Benny Woit
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10
Bill Dineen
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10
Rick Klassen
Canadian football player (BC Lions) · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10
Jens Risom
Danish-born American furniture designer · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Other
Yorman Landa
Venezuelan baseball player (Minnesota Twins) · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10
A. A. Gill
British writer and restaurant critic (death announced on this date) · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Gill
Lélis Lara
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Other
George Junus Aditjondro
Indonesian academic and political dissident · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Aditjondro
Viktor Danilov
Russian-born Belarusian Greek-Catholic priest and Soviet dissident · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Other
Mika Kurosawa
Japanese dancer and choreographer · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Other
Alejandro González Jr.
Mexican bantamweight boxer · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10
Peter Latham
British air marshal · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9 · Other
Dave MacLaren
Scottish football player and manager · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9
Mohamed Tahar Fergani
Algerian singer · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9 · Fergani
Joseph Mascolo
actor (Days of Our Lives) · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9
Brian Bulless
English footballer (Hull City) · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9
Mario Milano
Italian professional wrestler · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9
Coral Atkins
English actress (A Family at War · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9
Peter van Straaten
Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (Vader & Zoon). · 09 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 9 · Straaten