Deaths Died in 29 December 2025
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
American actor (The Wire) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Tatiana Schlossberg
American journalist (The New York Times) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Andy Billups
British bass guitarist (The Hamsters) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Alexandra Wedgwood
British architectural historian · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Janet Fish
American realist artist · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Richard Smallwood
American gospel singer ("Total Praise") · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Carmen de Lavallade
American dancer and choreographer · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · Lavallade · Other
Gordon Jones
English footballer (Middlesbrough · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Emil Kio, Jr.
Russian illusionist · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · Other
Ed Wallace
American radio personality · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · Other
Ian Neale
British Olympic gymnast (1976) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · Athletes
Patrice Péron
French rugby union player (Racing 92 · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · French
Akshu Fernando
Sri Lankan cricketer (Panadura Sports Club) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Michael Lippman
American music manager (David Bowie · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · Other
Denny Tsao
Taiwanese singer and actor (Westgate Tango) (body discovered on this date) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Eddy Shah Messenger Group Today, The Post dead at age 81
Eddy Shah, the British businessman and publisher who founded the newspaper Today and the short-lived tabloid The Post, died on December 29, 2025. Born Selim Jehan Shah in Cambridge in 1944, he was based in Manchester and also owned the… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Michael J. Schumacher Writer, journalist, biographer dead at age 75
Michael J. Schumacher, an American journalist and author, died on December 29, 2025, at age 75. Born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 22, 1950, he wrote biographies of Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, musicians Eric Clapton… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025
John Palin (sport shooter) British Olympic sport shooter dead at age 91
John Charlton Palin, a British sports shooter who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, died on December 29, 2025, at the age of 91. Born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, on 16 July 1934, Palin represented Britain in… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Saber Eid Egyptian football player dead at age 66
Saber Eid, an Egyptian football player who played for Ghazl El Mahalla and the national team, died on December 29, 2025. He was born on May 1, 1959, and played as a centre-back for Ghazl El Mahalla. Eid represented Egypt… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Cancer
Pedro Camus Spanish Olympic footballer dead at age 70
Pedro Camus, a Spanish footballer and central defender who competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on December 29, 2025, at the age of 70. Pedro Camus Pérez was born on 13 June 1955. He played… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025
Tony Bracegirdle British rose breeder and horticulturist dead at age 83
Tony Bracegirdle, a British rose breeder and horticulturist, died on December 29, 2025, aged 83. Born Anthony James Bracegirdle in Bury, Greater Manchester, in April 1942, he began breeding roses in 1974. His floribunda rose won the Torridge Award for… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
James Akins (tubist) Musician dead at age 69
James Milton Akins, an American tubist and music professor best known for his association with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, died on December 29, 2025, at age 69. Born in Savannah, Georgia, on June 15, 1956, he studied the tuba with… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025