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==Multi-Function Station==
== [[December 2005]] ==
MVAFS was a multi-function station: a [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment|SAGE]] long range radar site operated by the 666th Radar Squadron (host squadron)<ref name="ref_mil_museum">{{cite web
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|url = http://www.militarymuseum.org/MillValleyAFS.html
;[[30 December|30]]
|title = Mill Valley Air Force Station
* [[Eddie Barlow]], 65, [[South African cricket team|South African]] [[cricket]]er [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/231166.html]
|accessdate = 2007-07-18
*[[Patrick Cranshaw]], 86, American actor
|publisher = [[California State Military Museum]]
}}</ref>; an AN/FSS-7 [[SLBM]] detection radar site operated by Detachment 3 14th Missile Warning Squadron<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Project Nike|Nike]] missile air defense control site (San Francisco Defense Area Site SF-90DC<ref name="ref_mil_museum" /><ref name="ref_missile_sites">{{cite web
|url = http://ed-thelen.org/loc-c.html#SF-90DC
|title = Locations of Former NIKE MISSILE SITES (text)
|accessdate = 2007-07-18
|publisher = Ed Thelen
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/cold-war.htm
|title = GGNRA - Cold War Era, 1952-1974
|accessdate = 2007-07-18
|publisher = [[National Park Service]]
}}</ref>) operated by the Army Air Defense Command Post for the 40th Artillery Brigade from 1959 until June 1971 and the 13th Air Defense Artillery Group from July 1971 to August 1974<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) Joint Surveillance System (JSS) Facility J-33<ref name="ref_missile_sites" /><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://nas-architecture.faa.gov/nas/___location/location_data.cfm?fid=11342
|title = MILL VALLEY LRR SURVEILLANCE [QMV]
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. I served at MVAFS from 1972 to 1974 and personally witnessed these functions. More to follow later. [[User:ConradPino|Conrad T. Pino]] 08:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 
==References==
;[[December 29|29]]
{{reflist}}
*[[Rona Jaffe]], 74, American romance novelist, cancer
* [[M C Puri]], 61, Professor Emeritus [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]], [[India]]
 
;[[December 28|28]]
*[[Joseph "Patrick" Cranshaw]], 86, Actor, famous for character "Blue" in [[Old School]]
*[[Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi]], 114, oldest living person ever recognized in the history of [[Italy]]
*[[Jacinto Figueira Jr.]], 78, "The Man In White Shoes", [[Brazil|Brazilian]] [[TV]] [[Host]][http://www.estadao.com.br/divirtase/televisao/noticias/2005/dez/28/2.htm].
 
;[[December 27|27]]
*[[The Honourable]] [[Xavier Connor]], [[Order of Australia|AO]] , [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], 88, [[Australia|Australian]] jurist, foundation judge of the [[Federal Court of Australia]], President of the [[Australian Law Reform Commission]] 1985-87
*[[Ted Ditchburn]], 84, [[goalkeeper]] for [[Tottenham Hotspur]] & [[England national football team|England]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/4563670.stm]
*[[Giancarlo Primo]], 81, [[Italy|Italian]] [[basketball]] coach, the first to defeat National Teams USA and USSR in [[1970s]].
*[[Erich Topp]], 91, German U-boat commander in [[World War II|WWII]].
*[[Tokuji Wakasa]], 91, [[Japan]]ese businessman, former president of [[All Nippon Airways]].
 
;[[December 26|26]]
*[[Bud Blake|Julian "Bud" Blake]], 87, American cartoonist (''[[Tiger (comic strip)|Tiger]]''). [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/30/arts/30blake.html]
*[[John Diebold]], 79, pioneering computer engineer [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/nyregion/27diebold.html].
*[[Ernesto Leal]] (60), presidential chief of staff and former foreign minister of [[Nicaragua]], of [[pneumonia]].
*[[Onoe Matsusuke]], 59, [[Japan]]ese film and [[kabuki]] actor
*[[Kerry Packer]], 68, publishing, media and gaming tycoon, [[Australia|Australia's]] richest individual amassing a fortune of over $6 billion. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/obit.packer.ap/index.html]
* [[Vyacheslav Platonov]], 66, [[Russia|Russian]] [[volleyball]] trainer
*[[Vincent Schiavelli]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[character actor]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20051226/113562684000.html]
 
;[[December 25|25]]
*[[Felice Andreasi]], 77, [[Italy|Italian]] actor, writer and painter, [[Parkinson's disease]].
*[[Derek Bailey]], 75, [[free improvisation|free improvising]] [[avant-garde]] guitarist, [[motor neuron disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/30/arts/30bailey.html]
*[[Robert Barbers]], 61, former [[Philippines]] [[senate|senator]], [[heart attack]]. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=25625]
*[[Bhanumathi]], 80, [[India]]n actress.
*[[Donald Dawson]], 97, executive assistant to [[Harry S. Truman]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/politics/29DAWSON.html]
*[[Charles Engell France]], 59, assistant to [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] at the [[American Ballet Theater]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/arts/29france.html]
*[[Joseph Pararajasingham]], 71, [[Sri Lankan]] politician and supporter of the [[Tamil Tiger]] rebels; shot and killed at a midnight [[Christmas]] [[mass (liturgy)|mass]] [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/sri.lanka.ap/index.html].
*[[Rajshekhar]], 69, [[India]]n actor.
*[[Roy Stuart (actor)|Roy Stuart]], 70, American actor [http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2005_12_27.html#010750].
 
;[[December 24|24]]
*[[Constance Keene]], 84, classical pianist known for playing the romantic repertoire
*[[Harold Lawton]], 106, British academic and veteran of the [[First World War]] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1958828,00.html]
*[[Michael Vale]], 83, actor who appeared in over 1,300 commercials as the sleepy doughnut maker for [[Dunkin' Donuts]] from 1982-1997.
*[[Wang Daohan]], 90, negotiator for [[People's Republic of China]] in [[Cross-Strait relations|cross-straits talks]], who contributed to the formation of the [[1992 Consensus]] with [[Koo Chen-fu]] from the [[Republic of China]] on [[Taiwan]]. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/25/content_506357.htm][http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=33843]
 
;[[December 23|23]]
*[[Lajos Baróti]], 91, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] football coach.
*[[Jimmy Boyle (coach)]], 63, former [[St. Joseph's University]] basketball coach.
*[[Selma Jeanne Cohen]], 85, dance historian, editor of ''The International Encyclopedia of Dance'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/arts/26cohen.html]
*[[Camille Gravel]], 90, [[Louisiana]] [[lawyer]] and [[civil rights]] activist, advisor to three [[governor]]s. [http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1135372746189130.xml&storylist=louisiana]
* [[Norman D. Vaughan]], 100, American explorer and sportsman, part of [[Richard Byrd]]'s [[1928]] [[South Pole]] expedition [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/23/vaughan.obit.ap.ap/index.html] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/24/AR2005122400898.html]
 
;[[December 22|22]]
*[[Tony Dungy#Marriage and children|James Dungy]], 18, son of NFL coach [[Tony Dungy]], apparent [[suicide]].
*[[David Engelhard]], 64, former general secretary of the [[Christian Reformed Church in North America|Christian Reformed Church]], [[brain tumor|brain cancer]]. [http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=4281853&nav=0RbQ]
*[[Cooper Evans]], 81, former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|US Representative]] from [[Iowa]] from 1981-1987
*[[Ulf Janson]], 56, President [[International Casting Federation]], cancer
*[[Aurora Miranda]], 90, [[Brazil|Brazilian]] entertainer, sister of [[Carmen Miranda]]. Appeared in ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' in 1945, where she danced with [[Donald Duck]].
 
;[[December 21|21]]
*[[Takis Binis]], 82, one of the last classic [[Greece|Greek]] singers of [[Rebetiko]], [[renal failure]].
*[[Clinton Carpenter]], 84, American composer (finished [[Mahler's 10th Symphony]])
*[[O.B. Copeland]], 89, first editor of ''[[Southern Living]]'' magazine. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10493]
*[[Charles F. Cummings]], 68, Official Historian of [[Newark, New Jersey]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/nyregion/23cummings.html]
*[[Elrod Hendricks]], 64, [[Baltimore Orioles]] coach, former MLB catcher, [[heart attack]]. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/scorecard/mlbnews.asp?articleID=149725]
*[[Lucille Cipriano Szabo]], 76, American opera singer
*[[Hallam Tennyson (radio producer)|Hallam Tennyson]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] radio producer and great-grandson of [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], suspected victim of [[murder]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/23/ntenny23.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/23/ixnewstop.html]
*[[Albert L. Weimorts]], 67, civilian engineer for the [[US Air Force]], designer of the [[GBU-28]] and [[MOAB]] bombs. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/national/25weimorts.html]
*[[Paul M. Williams]], 80, [[mountaineering|mountain climber]] and founder of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] [[mountain rescue|Mountain Rescue]], [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8ENDHD01.html]
 
;[[December 20|20]]
*[[Raoul Bott]], 82, [[Harvard]] [[mathematician]], [[cancer]].
*[[Argentina Brunetti]], 98, actress (''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', ''The Caddy''), writer, journalist.
*[[William W. Howells]], 97, American anthropologist [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/30/national/30howells.html]
*[[Billy Hughes (actor)]], 57, American former child actor during the 60's
*[[Lyndon Olson Sr.]], 80, [[United States|American]] lawyer. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10488]
 
;[[December 19|19]]
*[[Sergio Danguillecourt]], 42, great-great-grandson of [[Bacardi]] founder, and Bacardi Ltd. board member, killed in [[seaplane]] crash near [[Miami Beach]], [[Florida]].[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179662,00.html]
*[[Hyman Engelberg]], 92, physician to [[Marilyn Monroe]], natural causes. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13455725.htm]
*[[Vincent Gigante]], 77, [[Genovese family]] crime boss, [[heart disease]].
*[[Walter Gretzky|Phyllis Gretzky]], 64, mother of [[National Hockey League|NHL]] legend [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[lung cancer]].
*[[Julio Iglesias, Sr.]], 90, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Gynaecology|gynaecologist]], among the oldest men to have fathered a child; [[Julio Iglesias]]'s father and [[Enrique Iglesias]]'s grandfather, [[heart attack]].
*[[Marjorie Kellogg]], 83, American novel and playwright (''[[Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon]]'')
*[[John D. Laupheimer]], 75, [[golf]]er and second commissioner of the [[LPGA]] tour, [[cancer]]. [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2005/12/19/ap2403284.html]
*[[Alan Shields]], 61, [[United States|American]] artist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/arts/21shields.html]
*[[Ted Tulchin]], 79, [[Broadway]] producer (''[[Sweeney Todd]]'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/arts/23tulchin.html]
*[[Miller Upton]], 88, president of [[Beloit College]] for 21 years [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/obituaries/20upton.html]
*[[Reynaldo Wycoco]], 59, head of the [[National Bureau of Investigation]], the [[Philippines]]' lead intelligence agency, complications after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke last [[November 23]], [[2005]].
 
;[[December 18|18]]
*[[Keith Duckworth]], 72, co-founder of [[Cosworth]] engines.
*[[Doug Dye]], 84, [[New Zealand]] microbiologist.
*[[Howie Ferguson]], 75, former NFL player.
*[[Rafael Fornés Collado]], 88, Cuban cartoonist [http://www.lfb.it/fff/fumetto/aut/f/fornes.htm]
*[[Barry Halper]], 66, baseball memorabilia collector and limited partner for the [[New York Yankees]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/sports/baseball/20halper.html]
*[[Belita Jepson-Turner]], 82, [[Olympic]] skater and film actress.
*[[Siphiwe Khumalo]], 50, [[South Africa]]n actor and director and ex-husband of [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[heart attack]].
*[[John McIntyre]], 89, [[List of Moderators of the General Assembly|Moderator of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly]] (1982), former acting principal and professor of [[divinity (academic discipline)|divinity]] of the [[University of Edinburgh]]. [http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=2439862005][http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20051220071849427C595490&set_id=]
*[[Philip Oakes]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] writer, poet and television producer, [[heart attack]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1670921,00.html]
*[[P.M. Sayeed]], 64, [[India]]'s Minister of Power, [[heart attack]]. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=auCuAjtIJn8s&refer=asia]
 
;[[December 17|17]]
*[[Jack Anderson]], 83, [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist, complications of [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/17/anderson.obit.ap/index.html]
*[[Marc Favreau]], 76, [[French Canadian]] television and film actor, best known for his creation of the clown [[Sol (comedian)|Sol]].
*[[Jacques Fouroux]], 58, [[France|French]] [[rugby union]] captain and coach, [[heart attack]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,377-1939418,00.html]
*[[T. Edward Hambleton]], 94, theatrical producer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/arts/19hambleton.html]
*[[Sankaran Nair]], 80, [[India]]n film director.
*[[Haljand Udam]], 69, Estonian translator and encyclopedist.
 
;[[December 16|16]]
*[[Anthony Barber]], 85, [[United Kingdom|British]] politician and former [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], complications of [[Parkinson's disease]].
*[[Kenneth Bulmer]], 84, [[England|English]] writer (pseudonyms included Alan Burt Akers and Dray Prescot).
*[[Joseph L. Owades]], 86, [[United States|American]] biochemist, inventor of [[light beer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/obituaries/22owades.html] [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10489]
*[[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]], 58, [[United States|American]] actor (''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]''), [[heart attack]].
*[[Sverre Stenersen]], 79, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Gold medal]] winner in the [[1956 Winter Olympics]].
*[[Enzo Stuarti]], 86, [[Italy|Italian]] tenor, was in many [[Broadway]] musicals, [[congestive heart failure|heart failure]].
*[[Joey Villa]], 68, [[United States|American]] stand-up comedian.
 
;[[December 15|15]]
*[[T.K. Balachandran]], 78, [[India]]n [[Bollywood]] producer.
*[[Sidney B. Factor]], 89, [[Max Factor]] heir, natural causes. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13436690.htm]
*[[James Ingo Freed]], 75, [[United States|American]] architect.
*[[Giuseppe Patroni Griffi]], 84, [[Italy|Italian]] writer and director of movies and theatre.
*[[Heinrich Gross]], 90, [[Austria]]n alleged [[Nazi]] doctor and war criminal. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/obituaries/23gross.html] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051222/ap_on_re_eu/obit_nazi_doctor]
*[[Walter Haut]], 83, retired [[U.S. Army]] [[lieutenant]], central figure in the [[Roswell]] [[UFO]] "incident" in [[1947]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/19/obit.haut.ap/index.html]
*[[Swami Jagdishwaranand]], 71, [[Hindu]] spiritual leader in [[New York City]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/nyregion/21swami.html]
*[[D.A. "Swanny" Kirby]], 88, [[rodeo]] pioneer. [http://www.moabtimes.com/artman/community/article_2405.shtml]
*[[Stan Leonard]], 90, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[golf]]er, [[congestive heart failure|heart failure]]. [http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Sports/Golf/2005/12/20/1360744-sun.html]
*[[Julian Marías]], 91, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[philosopher]] and father of author [[Javier Marías]].
*[[Jim Ostendarp]], 82, football coach at [[Amherst College]] for 33 years [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/22/sports/ncaafootball/22ostendarp.html]
*[[William Proxmire]], 90, former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senator|Senator]] from [[Wisconsin]] ([[1957]] - [[1989]]), giver of the [[Golden Fleece Award]]s for wasteful government spending, complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]].
*[[Darrell Russell (football player)|Darrell Russell]], 29, former [[National Football League|NFL]] player for the [[Oakland Raiders]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], car accident.
 
;[[December 14|14]]
*[[Gordon Duncan]], 41, [[Scotland|Scottish]] musician, best known for his virtuoso Highland [[Bagpipe|bagpiping]] in Celtic music, commited suicide in his home in [[Pitlochry]].
*[[Eliot Freidson]], 82, sociologist, author of ''Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/national/26freidson.html]
*[[Sudhir Joshi]], 57, [[India]]n actor, heart attack.
*[[John B. Nixon]], 77, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murder]]er, executed in [[Mississippi]].
*[[Stevenson J. Palfi]], 53, American documentary filmmaker (''[[Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together]]'') [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/arts/29palfi.html]
*[[William "Duke" Procter]], 106, [[Canadian]] [[World_War_One|WWI]] veteran. [http://www.cindyprocter-king.com/williamdukeprocter.html]
*[[Herman Roiphe]], 81, psychoanalyst, co-author of ''[[Infantile Origins of Sexual Identity]]'' and ''[[Your Child's Mind]]'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/26/obituaries/26roiphe.html]
*[[M. Gladys Swetland]], 113, believed to be the oldest resident of [[Pennsylvania]]. [http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/13424928.htm]
*[[Trevanian|Rodney William Whitaker]], 74, British author, wrote under pseudonyms such as "Trevanian".
 
;[[December 13|13]]
*[[Nathalie Babel Brown]], 76, [[France|French]]-[[United States|American]] scholar and editor, daughter of [[Isaac Babel]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/arts/13babel.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1134572748-RSE5HIxeweXwnATLoTcYvQ]
*[[Stanley Williams|Stanley Tookie Williams]], 51, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer and co-founder of the [[Crips]] turned anti-gang activist, executed by [[lethal injection]] for killing 4 people in [[California]].
 
;[[December 12|12]]
*[[Eric D'Arcy]], 81, [[Australia]]n [[Roman Catholic]] Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart.
*[[George Bernau]], 60, novelist, [[stroke]]
*[[Annie Dodds]], 62, [[documentary film]]maker, [[leukemia]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1670260,00.html]
*[[Grace Ingoldby]], 56, British author and poet
*[[Abraham Melamed]], 85, [[Israel]]i politician ([[National Religious Party]]).
*[[Robert Newmyer]], 49, [[United States|American]] film producer, [[heart attack]] and complications of [[asthma]].
*[[Ramanand Sagar]], 87, [[Bollywood]] [[film producer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4523574.stm]
*[[Annette Stroyberg]], 69, [[Denmark|Danish]] actress and former wife of [[Roger Vadim]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1936407,00.html]
*[[Gyula Trebitsch]], 91, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] film and TV producer.
*[[Gebran Tueni]], 48, [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] journalist and legislator, injuries sustained in a car bombing attack. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-12-12T105253Z_01_FOR227469_RTRUKOC_0_US-LEBANON-BLAST.xml&archived=False]
 
;[[December 11|11]]
*[[Ulises Barrera]], 80, Argentine [[boxing]] sportscaster, heart failure.
*[[Walter Cudzik]], 73, [[National Football League|NFL]] and [[American Football League|AFL]] center for the [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]].
*[[Richard Sandbrook]], 59, founding member of [[Friends of the Earth]] [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings16.2dec16,1,6769975.story?coll=la-news-obituaries&ctrack=1&cset=true]
* Professor [[Hayim Tadmor]], 82, Israeli [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]]. [http://aajr.org/obituaries.html]
 
;[[December 10|10]]
*[[Mary Jackson]], 95, [[United States|American]] actress.
*[[Sydney Leff]], 104, [[sheet-music]] illustrator for [[Irving Berlin]]. [http://www.perfessorbill.com/covers/yessir.htm]
*[[Donald Martino]], 74, [[United States|American]] composer.
*[[Eugene McCarthy]], 89, former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Minnesota]] ([[1959]]-[[1971]]), and [[United States Representative]] ([[1949]]-[[1959]]) and [[presidential primary]] candidate.
*[[David Patterson]], 83, founder of the [[Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]] at [[Oxford University]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/obituaries/24patterson.html]
*[[Richard Pryor]], 65, [[United States|American]] comedian and actor, [[Myocardial_infarction|heart attack]] and complications of [[multiple sclerosis]].
*[[Gardner Read]], 92, [[United States|American]] classical composer.
*[[Bob Richardson]], 73, fashion photographer.
 
;[[December 9|9]]
*[[Mike Botts]], 61, American drummer, Bread member, toured and recorded with Linda Ronstadt, Dan Fogelberg, Tina Turner and others, cancer.
*[[Homer Mensch]], 91, internationally known [[bass]] player, [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] teacher.
*[[György Sándor]], 93, internationally famous pianist, [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] teacher, heart failure.
*[[Robert Sheckley]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[science fiction]] author, [[brain aneurysm]].
*[[Boris Tazlitzky]], 94, [[France|French]] artist, [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] survivor.
*[[Brian Whittle]], 59, [[United Kingdom|British]] journalist and news agency head. [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/121205/cavendish_press_boss_brian_whitttle_has_died]
 
;[[December 8|8]]
*[[R. W. Bradford]], 58, publisher of ''[[Liberty (1987)|Liberty]]'' magazine, [[cancer]].
*Dame [[Rose Heilbron]], 91, British judge
*[[William J. Oswald]], 86, [[algae]] scientist [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/science/21oswald.html]
*[[Leo Cardinal Scheffczyk]], 85, [[Germany|German]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Deacon of [[San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella]], [[Germany]]. [http://www.leo-cardinal-scheffczyk.org/home.html]
*[[Roger Shattuck]], 82, [[United States|American]] literary ([[Proust]]) scholar and author, [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/10/roger_shattuck_literary_scholar_dies_at_82/]
*[[J.N. Williamson]], 73, [[United States|American]] horror writer, author and publisher.
*[[Georgiy Zhzhonov]], 90, [[Russia]]n actor.
 
;[[December 7|7]]
*[[Lucy d'Abreu]], 113, oldest person in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] at the time of her death. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4512526.stm]
*[[Rigoberto Alpizar]], 44, airplane passenger fatally shot by U.S. [[Federal Air Marshal Service|Air Marshals]] after allegedly claiming he had placed a bomb aboard.
*[[Adrian Biddle]], 54, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cinematographer]], [[Myocardial_infarction|heart attack]].
*[[Albert Henry Bosch]], 97, [[Republican]] [[United States Representative]] from [[New York]] ([[1953]] - [[1960]]).
*[[Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.]], 65, former [[South Carolina]] governor ([[1987]]-[[1995]]), and member of [[U.S. House of Representatives]] ([[1979]]-[[1987]]), [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]].
*[[Bud Carson]], 75, former [[National Football League|NFL]] head coach, [[emphysema]].
*[[Loomis Dean]], 88, photographer, notably for [[LIFE]] magazine.
*[[Beach Dickerson]], 81, actor in B films of [[Roger Corman]]
*[[Devan Nair]], 82, former president of [[Singapore]]. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/182396/1/.html]
*[[Manouchehr Nozari]], 69, [[Iran]]ian television actor.
*[[Bob O'Brien]], 87, comedy writer (''[[Here's Lucy]]'')
 
;[[December 6|6]]
*[[Charly Gaul]], 72, [[Luxembourg]]ian cyclist, winner of the [[1958]] [[Tour de France]].
*[[Richard Grimsdale]], 76, built the world's first transistorised computer and was at the forefront of work on [[Read-Only_Memory|Read Only Memory]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/business/29grimsdale.html?ex=1293512400&en=c56db8cc8f824e84&ei=5090]
*[[Hanns Dieter Hüsch]], 80, [[Germany|German]] political satirist.
*[[Stephen L. Mosko]], 58, [[United States|American]] composer.
*[[Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski]], 111, oldest man in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] at the time of his death. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm]
*[[Danny Williams (musician)|Danny Williams]], 63, [[South Africa|South African]] popular singer (best known for his version of the song "[[Moon River]]").
 
;[[December 5|5]]
*[[John Alvheim]], 75, [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician.
*[[Wesley Baker]], 47, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murder]]er, executed in [[Maryland]].
*[[Liu Binyan]], 80, [[China|Chinese]] author and dissident, [[cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4501318.stm]
*[[Milo Dor]], 82, [[Serbia]]n-[[Austria]]n author ([[:de:Milo Dor|Milo Dor]])
*[[Edward L. Masry]], 73, [[attorney]] and [[mentoring|mentor]] to [[Erin Brockovich]], complications of [[diabetes]].
*[[Charles McElmurry]], 84, [[United States|American]] animation designer.
*[[Big Kev|Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay]], 56, [[Australia]]n businessman and media personality, [[Myocardial_infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Big-Kev-dies-after-heart-attack/2005/12/06/1133829572778.html]
*[[Frits Philips]], 100, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] businessman, grandson of the founder of [[Philips]], complications from a fall.
 
;[[December 4|4]]
*[[Fred Benavente]], 79, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] comedian and television maker.
*[[Hisako Hara]], 96, [[Japan]]ese actress.
*[[Gregg Hoffman]], 42, [[film producer]], natural causes (autopsy result pending). [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=268687]
*[[Gloria Lasso]], 83, [[Spain|Spanish]] singer.
*[[Doug Murphy]], 53, former [[CBS]] ([[KPIX]]) news anchorman, house fire.
 
;[[December 3|3]]
*[[Maggie Bailey]], 101, nicknamed "Queen of the Mountain [[Bootlegger]]s." [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051206-110018-9785r]
*[[Peter Cook (Australian politician)|Peter Cook]], 62, [[Australia]]n politician, [[melanoma]].
*[[Lance Dossor]], 90, [[Australia]]n pianist.
*[[Peter E. Haas, Sr.]], 86, great-grandnephew of [[Levi Strauss]], who with his brother built the Levi company into a major brand. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120500229.html]
*[[Maurice Harris]], 84, trumpet player, Hollywood, studio, TV and sessions player, (''[[Tonight Show]]'').
*[[Kikka (singer)|Kikka]], 41, [[Finland|Finnish]] pop/schlager singer.
*[[Kåre Kristiansen]], 85, [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician; minister of Oil and Energy ([[1983]] - [[1986]]).
*[[Sophie Thoko Mcgina]], 67, [[South Africa]]n actress and musician.
*[[Abu Hamsa Rabia]], [[Egypt]]ian-born operational commander for [[Al-Qaeda]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4494428.stm]
*[[Atsuko Tanaka (artist)|Atsuko Tanaka]], 73, [[Japan]]ese [[avant-garde]] artist, [[pneumonia]].
* [[Allan Waters]], 84, [[Canada|Canadian]] broadcasting icon.
 
;[[December 2|2]]
*[[John Barber (critic)|John Barber]], 93, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[newspaper]] drama [[critic]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1663980,00.html]
*[[Kenneth Boyd]], 57, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murder]]er, executed in [[North Carolina]], the 1,000th U.S. execution since the [[death penalty]] was reinstated in [[1976]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4490842.stm]
*[[Lillian Browse]], 99, British art dealer and historian
*[[Shawn Paul Humphries]], 34, American convicted murderer, executed in [[South Carolina]].
*[[John Iannaccone]], 94, sky sailor, [[Hindenburg disaster]] witness
*[[Malik Joyeux]], 25, professional [[surfer]], killed on [[Hawaii]]'s [[North Shore]] pipeline. [http://www.latimes.com/sports/other/la-sp-surf4dec04,1,4279433.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-other] +
*[[Maury Kraines]], 84, co-owner of 1992 [[Indy 500]] winner, [[heart failure]].
*[[William P. Lawrence]], 75, retired [[U.S. Navy]] [[Vice Admiral]], first to fly at twice the [[speed of sound]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120401221.html]
*[[Peter Menegazzo]], early 60s, [[Australia]]n cattle baron, killed (along with his wife Angela) in a plane crash. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17443524%255E2702,00.html][http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/beef-baron-dies-as-plane-crashes-in-storm/2005/12/02/1133422114688.html]
*[[Van Tuong Nguyen]], 25, [[Australia]]n executed at [[Changi Prison]] in [[Singapore]] for trafficking 396 grams of [[heroin]] in [[2002]], [[hanging]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4487366.stm]
*[[Mohammed Amza Zubeidi]], 67, former [[Iraq]]i [[prime minister]] under [[Saddam Hussein]].
;[[December 1|1]]
*[[Gust L. Avrakotos]], 67, CIA agent who armed the [[mujaheddin]] of [[Afghanistan]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/24/AR2005122400871.html?sub=AR]
*[[Mary Hayley Bell]], 94, [[United Kingdom|British]] actress and writer, and wife of [[John Mills|Sir John Mills]]. +
*[[Jack Colvin]], 73, [[United States|American]] actor, ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV Series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', coronary thrombosis. +
*[[Werner Enders]], 81, [[Germany|German]] tenor. +
*[[Michael Evans (photographer)|Michael Evans]], 61, [[White House]] photographer, noted for capturing the trademark image of [[Ronald Reagan]] wearing a cowboy hat, cancer. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120201967.html] +
*[[William Henry Ottley]], 76, sports innovator, credited with promoting [[skydiving]] as a sport, [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/03/AR2005120301211.html] +
*[[William B. Tanner]], 75, [[United States|American]] multimillionaire businessman.
*[[Ray Hanna]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] vintage warbird pilot and founder of The Old Flying Machine Company. [http://www.ofmc.co.uk/news.htm]
 
==[[November 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in November 2005]]''
 
==[[October 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in October 2005]]''
 
==[[September 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in September 2005]]''
 
==[[August 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in August 2005]]''
 
==[[July 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in July 2005]]''
 
==[[June 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in June 2005]]''
 
==[[May 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in May 2005]]''
 
==[[April 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in April 2005]]''
 
==[[March 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in March 2005]]''
 
==[[February 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in February 2005]]''
 
==[[January 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in January 2005]]''
 
 
==External links and references==
*Specialised websites
**[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records]
**[http://www.deadpeople.info Dead People Server]
**[http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com Dead or Alive]
**[http://www.wa-wd.com Who's Alive and Who's Dead]
**[http://www.lifeinlegacy.com Life in Legacy: Week in Review]
**[http://www.blogofdeath.com The Blog of Death]
**[http://www.livejournal.com/~celebdeathtoll/ The Celebrity Death Toll Update]
**[http://www.genealogybuff.com GenealogyBuff.com Obituary Search]
**[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records]: US genealogy directory
**[http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html Operation Iraqi Freedom - US Combat Deaths]
**[http://www.obitcentral.com Obituary Central - index to obituary search engines arranged geographically]
**[http://www.obitlinkspage.com Obituary Links Page - state-by-state directory of obituary resources]
**[http://www.lasius.narod.ru/died2005.htm Russian Obituary Links Page - The List of Death]
**[http://www.nekrolog.cz Nekrolog] (Czech necrologies)
 
*Obituaries on general news websites
**[http://www.legacy.com/Legacy.asp?Page=APStories Recent AP Obituaries]
**[http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/ ''The New York Times'': Obituaries]
**[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/metro/obituaries/index.html ''Washington Post'' Obituaries]
**[http://www.topix.net/news/obits Topix.net Obituaries]
**[[Google News]]: e.g. [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=obituary&num=50 ''obituary'']
*Newsgroup: [http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.obituaries alt.obituaries]
 
For earlier deaths, see [[Deaths in 2004]], [[Deaths in 2003]], [[Deaths in 2002]], [[Deaths in 2001]], [[2000#Deaths|2000]], [[1999#Deaths|1999]], [[1998#Deaths|1998]], [[1997#Deaths|1997]], [[1996#Deaths|1996]], [[1995#Deaths|1995]], [[1994#Deaths|1994]]...
 
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