Deaths Tag: December 29
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
Olavi Vuorisalo
Finnish middle-distance runner · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29
Virgil Wood
American civil rights activist · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Other
Arshad Pervez
Pakistani cricketer (national team) · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29
Angus MacInnes
Canadian actor (Star Wars · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
Zanzibari royal · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Zanzibar · Other
Anne Hessing Cahn
c. 94 · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Other · Cahn
Herbert R. Temple Jr.
American military officer · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Temple · Other
Paddy Hill
Northern Irish campaigner · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Other
Murray H. Goodman
American real estate developer and philanthropist · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Goodman · Other
Hokuma Aliyeva
Azerbaijani flight attendant · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Other
John R. Countryman
American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Countryman
Michael Newberry
English footballer (Víkingur Ólafsvík · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29
Michael Turner
Australian footballer (Geelong) · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29
Hugo Sotil
Peruan footballer · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29
Gennady Kovalyev
Russian biathlete · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Other
Dada Masilo
South African dancer and choreographer · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29 · Other
Linda Lavin
American actress (Alice) · 29 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 29
Ann Newdigate
South African-born Canadian fibre artist · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29
Tom Wilkinson
British actor (The Full Monty · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29
Maurice Hines
American dancer · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29 · Other
Bhavani Shankar
Indian pakhawaj drum player · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29
Pamela Cluff
British-born Canadian architect · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29 · Other
Killer Khan
Japanese professional wrestler (NWA · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29
Roland Leong
American drag racer · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29 · Other
Gerhard Reber
German organizational theorist and Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior of the Johannes Kepler University of Linz · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29
Gustavo Cisneros
Venezuelan businessman (Grupo Cisneros) · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29 · Other
Joey Meyer
American basketball coach (DePaul Blue Demons) · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29 · Other
Richard Rampton
British libel lawyer · 29 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 29
Don West
American wrestling broadcaster (Impact Wrestling) · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29
Neal Jimenez
American filmmaker · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29 · Jiménez · Other
Keenan Cahill
American internet celebrity · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29 · Other
Jaysin Strife
American professional wrestler · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29
Vladimer Barkaia
Soviet Georgian football player (FC Dinamo Tbilisi · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29
Gavin Hunter
British racehorse trainer · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29 · Other
John Jackson
English footballer (Crystal Palace · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29
Shmuel Toledano
102 · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29 · Other
John Burnett
English rugby league player (Halifax) · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29
Giovanni Pezzoli
Italian musician (Stadio) · 29 December 2022 · December 2022 · December 29