Deaths in December 2000
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2000.
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Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
December 2000
1
- Moses Abramovitz, 88, American economist.[1]
- Robert V. Barron, 67, American TV and film director.
- George Finola, 55, American jazz cornetist.
- Barbara Gates, 66, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[2]
- Elmer E. Rasmuson, 91, American banker, philanthropist and politician.
- Terry Wilshusen, 51, American baseball player.[3]
2
- Chris Antley, 34, American jockey (Racing Hall of Fame) (winner of Kentucky Derby 1991, 1999), drug overdose.[4]
- Gail Fisher, 65, American actress (Mannix), renal failure.
- Rosemarie Frankland, 57, Welsh actress, model and beauty queen, drug overdose.
- Arthur Oglesby, 76, British writer, photographer, filmmaker, broadcaster and fisherman, infection after heart surgery.
- Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, 67, American salsa singer, heart attack.
- Michael Schumann, 54, (East) German philosophy professor and politician, traffic accident.
- Daniel Singer, 74, Polish-American socialist writer and journalist, lung cancer.
- Bian Zhilin, 89, Chinese poet and literature researcher.
3
- Gwendolyn Brooks, 83, American poet.
- Hoyt Curtin, 78, composer.
- Jun Fukuda, 77, Japanese film director.
- Red Nonnenkamp, 89, American baseball player.[5]
- Hugh Edward Richardson, 94, British diplomat and Tibetologist.
4
- H. C. Artmann, 79, Austrian poet and writer.[6]
- Shyam Sundar Baishnab, Bangladeshi folk singer.
- Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, 67, English cricketer.[7]
- Puntillita, 79, Cuban singer.
5
- Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, 74, Malaysian governor.
- Ghulam Dastagir Alam, Pakistani theoretical physicist.
- Rupert Charles Barneby, 89, American botanist.
- Clarence Gracey, 89, American football player.
- Matthew Lukwiya, 43, Ugandan physician, ebola virus disease.
- O. W. Wolters, 85, British academic, historian and author.
6
- Thomas Babe, 59, American playwright, lung cancer.
- Thomas F. Darcy, 67, American political cartoonist.
- Rijk Gispen, 90, Dutch virologist.
- Enrique Anderson Imbert, 90, Argentine novelist and short-story writer.
- Werner Klemperer, 80, German actor, singer and musician.[8]
- Chrystabel Leighton-Porter, 87, British model.
- Aziz Mian, 58, Pakistani qawwali, complications of hepatitis.
- Izzat Traboulsi, 87, Syrian politician, economist, banker, and writer.
7
- Vlado Gotovac, 70, Croatian poet and politician.[9]
- Levi Jackson, 74, American football player, first African-American to captain Yale University.
- Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington, 86, British politician.
- Leszek Podhorodecki, Polish historian.
- Bob Voigts, 84, American sports player and coach.
8
- Ann T. Bowling, 57, American geneticist, stroke.
- Julian Dixon, 66, American politician, heart attack.
- Ionatana Ionatana, 62, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1999 – 2000).
- Lionel Rogosin, 76, American filmmaker.
- Tad Tadlock, 69, American dancer and choreographer.
- Al Timothy, 85, Trinidad and Tobago jazz and calypso musician and songwriter, complications of a stroke.
9
- John Hock, 72, American football player, lung cancer.
- Sachindra Lal Singh, 93, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Tripura.
- Tyrone McGriff, 42, American football player, heart attack.
- Billie Yorke, 89, British tennis player.
10
- Jack Cowan, 73, Canadian football player.
- James T. McHugh, 68, American Roman Catholic prelate.
- Willard Nixon, 72, American baseball player.[10]
- Marie Windsor, 80, American actress)[11]
11
- David Lewis, 84, American actor.
- N. Richard Nash, 87, American dramatist.[12]
- Johannes Virolainen, 86, Finnish politician.[13]
12
- Red Barkley, 88, American baseball player.[14]
- William J. Evans, 76, American air force general.
- Rosa King, 61, American jazz and blues musician.
- Dorothy Kirby, 80, American golfer.
- Libertad Lamarque, 92, Argentine-Mexican actress and singer.
- George Montgomery, 84, American actor.[15]
13
- Geoffrey Beyts, 92, British Indian Army officer and colonial official in Kenya.
- Pierre Demargne, 97, French historian and archaeologist.
- Aharon Harel, 68, Israeli politician.
- Sandy Johnstone, 84, Scottish Royal Air Force air marshall.
- Jake Jones, 80, American baseball player.[16]
- Gene Schoor, 86, Anerican sportswriter, journalist and restaurateur.
14
- Roger Judrin, 91, French writer and literary critic.
- Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, 82, Ukrainian Catholic bishop.
- Pavel Plotnikov, 80, Soviet air force general.
15
- George Alcock, 88, English astronomer.
- Haris Brkić, 26, Yugoslav basketball player, shot.
- Bubba Floyd, 83, American baseball player.
- Inigo Gallo, 68, Swiss comedian, radio personality, and actor.
- Jacques Goddet, 95, French sports journalist and director of the Tour de France.
- Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, 78, American actor and brother of Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, myeloblastic anemia.
- Chiang Peng-chien, 60, Taiwanese politician, pancreatic cancer.
16
- Saad Dahlab, Algerian politician.
- Blue Demon, 78, Mexican masked wrestler and actor, myocardial infarction.
- Margo Moore, 69, American actress and fashion model.
- Hugh W. Pinnock, 66, general authority LDS Church, pulmonary fibrosis.
- Chuck Pratt, 61, American rock climber, heart attack.
17
- Gerald Aylmer, 74, British historian.[17]
- Gérard Blain, 70, French actor and film director.[18]
- Erich Schmid, 93, Swiss conductor.
18
- Nick Stewart, 90, American television and film actor.
- Stan Fox, 48, American race car driver.[19]
- Randolph Apperson Hearst, 85, American newspaper publisher (Hearst Corporation).[20]
- Kirsty MacColl, 41, British singer-songwriter.[21]
19
- Rob Buck, 42, American musician (10,000 Maniacs).[22]
- David Dewayne Johnson, 37, American murderer.[23]
- Milt Hinton, 90, American double bassist and photographer.[24]
- John Lindsay, 79, 103rd Mayor of New York City.[25]
- Lou Polli, 99, Italian-American baseball player.[26]
- Roebuck "Pops" Staples, 85, patriarch of The Staple Singers.[27]
- Lou Thuman, 84, American baseball player.[28]
- Sir Laurence Whistler, 88, British poet and artist.[29]
20
- Reginald E. Beauchamp, 90, American sculptor.
- Bill Clarke, 68, Canadian footballer.
- Adrian Henri, 68, British poet and painter (Liverpool Poets).[30]
- Alexander Ramsay of Mar, 80, British aristocrat.
21
- Alfred J. Gross, 82, American inventor and a pioneer in mobile wireless communication.[31]
- John Lee, 72, Australian actor.
- Edward Miller, 85, British historian (Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge).[32]
22
- Herman Feshbach, 83, American physicist.[33]
- Connie McCready, 79, American journalist and politician.[34]
- Harry Payne, 93, Welsh rugby union player.
- Kakou Senda, 76, Japanese writer.
23
- Billy Barty, 76, American actor.[35]
- Susan Berman, 55, American journalist, author, and the daughter of Davie "Davie the Jew" Berman.[36]
- Victor Borge, 91, Danish-born comedian and pianist.[37]
- Noor Jehan, 74, Pakistani actress and singer.
- Sir Jimmy Shand, 92, Scottish musician.
24
- John Cooper, 77, British automobile designer (Cooper Car Company).[38]
- Nick Massi, 73, bass singer and bass guitarist for The Four Seasons.[39]
- Laurence Chisholm Young, 95, American mathematician.
25
- Décio Esteves, 73, Brazilian footballer.
- Robert Francis Garner, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate.
- Neil Hawke, 61, Australian cricketer.[40]
- Willard Van Orman Quine, 92, American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition.[41]
26
- Leo Gordon, 78, American character actor.[42]
- Sir Alan Harris, 84, British engineer.
- Walter Hayes, British journalist and business executive.
- Magik, 22, Polish rapper.
- Jason Robards, 78, American actor (winner of a Tony Award, two Academy Awards and an Emmy Award).[43]
27
- Harold Bird-Wilson, 81, British Royal Air Force officer.
- Marc Boileau, 68, Canadian ice hockey coach and player.
- Forbes Howie, 80, Scottish businessman.
- Walter Keane, 85, American plagiarist.
- Roy Partee, 83, American Major League Baseball catcher.
28
- Vivian Blake, 79, Jamaican lawyer and politician.
- Arnold Hutschnecker, 102, Austrian-American medical doctor.
- Jacques Laurent, 81, French writer and journalist.
- Jimmie Selph, 85, American country music, rockabilly and bluegrass musician.
- Robert Williams, 83, American baseball player.
- Charlotte Wilson, 27, British volunteer teacher, murdered by a Hutu rebel group.
29
- Adele Stimmel Chase, 83, American artist.
- Herbert Halpert, 89, American anthropologist and folklorist.
- Woodley Lewis, 75, American football player, heart and kidney problems.
30
- James C. Corman, 80, American politician (U.S. Representative for California's 21st and 22nd congressional districts).[44]
- Julius J. Epstein, 91, American screenwriter (co-winner of Academy Award for Casablanca).[45]
- Lionel Hebert, 72, American professional golfer.[46]
31
- Alan Cranston, 86, American politician, served as U.S. Senator from California (1969-1993).[47]
- Harry Dorish, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles).[48]
- José Greco, 82, Italian-American flamenco dancer and choreographer.[49]
- Tanaquil Le Clercq, 71, French ballet dancer (New York City Ballet).[50]
- Anne Macnaghten, 92, British violinist.[51]
- Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, 34, Israeli settler leader.[52]
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- Bernstein, Adam (December 14, 2000). "Prolific B-Movie Star Marie Windsor Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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