Deaths in December 2025
Radko Kubičko
Czech commentator and editor (ČRo 6 · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Czech
Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad
Libyan general · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · al-Haddad · Other
Andy Kosco
American baseball player (Minnesota Twins · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Maria Bonghi Jovino
Italian archaeologist/archeologist · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Jovino · Other
Vasil Ringov
Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer (Vardar · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Ukrainian hammer thrower · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Other
Renfrew Christie
South African scholar and anti-apartheid activist · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Other
Epic Gamer Grandma
Scottish social media personality · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Grandma · Other
Paa Kow
Ghanaian Highlife and Afro-Fusion drummer and composer · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Frédéric Brun
French racing cyclist · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · French
Andrei Stocker
Romanian footballer (Jiul Petroșani · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Rita Mensah-Amendah
Togolese teacher and writer · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Sivert Guttorm Bakken
Norwegian biathlete · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Bakken · Other
Sebastian Hertner
German footballer (Erzgebirge Aue · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Sebastián
Norton Barnhill
American basketball player (Washington State Cougars · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Allan Gilliver
English footballer (Bradford City · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Janine O’Leary Cobb
Canadian women's health activist · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Other · Cobb
Buddy the Beefalo
c.7–8 · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · Beefalo · Other
Clyde Werner American football player dead at age 78
an American football player who was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, died on December 23, 2025. He was 78. Werner played six seasons with the Chiefs in the National Football League after being selected in the second round… · 23 December 2025 · December 2025
Dorothée Aimée Malenzapa Central African politician, activist, and professor dead at age 73
a Central African politician, women's activist, and professor, died on December 23, 2025. Born in 1951, she served during Bozize's administration as Minister of International Cooperation, Regional Integration and Francophonie from 2011 to 2013 and as Minister of Rural Development… · 23 December 2025 · December 2025
Roy Billinton Canadian scholar dead at age 90
a Canadian scholar and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, died on December 23, 2025. He was known for his work on power system reliability evaluation and for research and application of reliability concepts in electric… · 23 December 2025 · December 2025
Jean Gainche
French road bicycle racer · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22 · French · Other
D. Tokijan
Singaporean footballer (Singapore FA · 22 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 22
Iêda Maria Vargas
Brazilian actress and beauty queen · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Vargas
Jonathan Hawkins
English chess grandmaster · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Other
Vivian Polania
Colombian lawyer and social media influencer · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Maciej Łasicki
Polish Olympic rower (1992) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Zbigniew Mikołajów
Polish footballer (Zagłębie Sosnowiec · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Steve Ford
English footballer (Stoke City) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Jerry Kasenetz
American music producer ("Yummy Yummy Yummy" · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Other
Juli Erickson
American voice actress (Fullmetal Alchemist · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Patricia Montandon
American author and socialite · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Vũ Ngọc Hải
Vietnamese politician · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Hải
Alan Marley
New Zealand footballer (national team) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Jean Laudet
French sprint canoeist · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · French
Rich McGeorge
American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach (Birmingham Stallions · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Chris Rea
English singer-songwriter ("Driving Home for Christmas" · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Stefano Vavoli
Italian football/soccer player · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Alf Meakin
British Olympic sprinter and rugby league footballer · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Mohammad-Sadegh Salehimanesh
Iranian cleric and politician · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Ken Downie
British musician (The Black Dog) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Monique Tarbès
French comedienne · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · French · Other
Robin Turner (footballer) English footballer dead at age 70
the English footballer who played for Ipswich Town and Swansea City, died on December 22, 2025. A forward and England youth international, he began his career at Ipswich Town after joining as an apprentice in 1971. He was part of… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Daniel Treier American biblical scholar and theologian dead at age 53
an American biblical scholar and theologian who served as Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, died on December 22, 2025. Treier grew up near Bloomdale, Ohio, and studied at Cedarville University and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary before… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Walter Schultheiß Actor dead at age 101
the German actor, author and painter known for his role as Der Eugen, died on December 22, 2025, at the age of 101. Born in Tübingen in 1924, he began his career in 1947 as Pedro del Vegas in the… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Alan Scanlan Australian politician dead at age 94
an Australian politician, died on December 22, 2025. Alan Henry Scanlan was born in Caulfield on 23 June 1931, attended Melbourne High School and Melbourne Teachers' College, and worked as a teacher in London from 1958 to 1959. He joined… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
David Pinner British actor and novelist dead at age 85
the British actor and novelist best known for Ritual, died on December 22, 2025, aged 85. Born in Peterborough, England, on October 6, 1940, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and appeared on stage and television in… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Syed Shahid Mahdi Indian civil servant and academic dead at age 85
an Indian civil servant and academic, died on December 22, 2025. He served as the 11th vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 2000 to 2004. Mahdi was a 1963 batch IAS officer allotted to the Bihar cadre. After retiring from… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Ray Lynch American musician and songwriter, complications from a fall dead at age 82
an American musician and songwriter known for "Celestial Soda Pop," died on December 22, 2025, in California at the age of 82 from complications from a fall. Born Raymond Augustus Lynch on July 3, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah,… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Kazuhiro Sugita
Japanese police officer deputy chief cabinet secretary (2012–2021) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Fanil Sarvarov
Russian general · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Other
Claudio Segovia
Argentine filmmaker/moviemaker · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21 · Argentine · Cláudio · Other
Jontho
Norwegian vocalist (Ragnarok) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Helen Siff
American actress (You Don't Mess with the Zohan · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Ike Schab
American Navy sailor · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20 · Other
Katina
American-held orca (SeaWorld Orlando) · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20 · Other
Betty Reid Soskin
American park ranger · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20 · Soskin · Other
Celso Bugallo
Spanish actor (Mondays in the Sun · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20
James Ransone
American actor (The Wire · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20
Ramadan Dib
Syrian Shafi'i scholar · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20 · Other · Dib
Sumiko Mori
Japanese supercentenarian · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20 · Other
Giorgio Rumignani
Italian football/soccer player · 20 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 20
Rowell Huesmann American academic dead at age 82
an American academic and the Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies and Psychology and director of the ISR Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigan, died on December 21, 2025, at the age of… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025
Joel Gougeon American politician, member of the Michigan Senate dead at age 82
an American politician and Republican member of the Michigan Senate from 1993 to 2002, died on December 21, 2025, at the age of 82. He represented the 34th district, covering Ogemaw, Arenac, Bay, Tuscola and Huron counties, after first being… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025
Loren Carpenter Computer graphics scientist dead at age 78
an American computer graphics researcher and developer, died on December 21, 2025, at age 78. Born in Brighton, Michigan, on February 7, 1947, he was a founding employee and chief scientist at Pixar Animation Studios. Carpenter was the co-inventor of… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025
Aggrey Burke Psychiatrist dead at age 82
Jamaican-born British psychiatrist and academic, died on December 21, 2025, at the age of 82. Burke spent much of his medical career at St George's Hospital in London, where he specialised in transcultural psychiatry and wrote on changing attitudes towards… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025