Editing December 12 (section)

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[884]] &ndash; King [[Carloman II]] of the Franks (born c.866; [[hunting]] accident)<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Carloman (Frankish princes)|display=Carloman |volume=5 |page=343}}</ref>
*[[1296]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Mar]], first wife of Robert Bruce VII (b. 1277)<ref>{{cite web |title=Isabella of Mar {{!}} Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland |url=http://womenofscotland.org.uk/women/isabella-mar |website=womenofscotland.org.uk |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Loredana Marcello]], Dogaressa of Venice, botanist, author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/dogaressasofveni00stal#page/268/mode/2up|author=Staley, Edgcumbe|title=The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges|publisher=T. W. Laurie|page=269|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke]], English philosopher and politician, [[Secretary at War]] (b. 1678)<ref>{{EB1911 |last=Yorke |first=Philip Chesney |wstitle=Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Viscount |volume=4 |pages=161–164 }}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Johann Christoph Gottsched]], German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1700)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Gottsched, Johann Christoph|inline=1}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Meshullam Feivush Heller]], Ukrainian author (b. 1742)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daat.ac.il/encyclopedia/value.asp?id1=104|title=אנציקלופדיה יהודית דעת - משולם פייבוש הלר מזברז' ;|website=daat.ac.il}}</ref>
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden]] (b. 1750)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=14444|title=Fredrik Adolf - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon|website=sok.riksarkivet.se}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Jacques Viger (1787–1858)|Jacques Viger]], Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st [[list of Montreal mayors|Mayor of Montreal]] (b. 1787)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=4235|title=Biography – VIGER, JACQUES – Volume VIII (1851-1860) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|website=biographi.ca}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Viktor Bunyakovsky]], Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bunyakovsky/|title=Bio |website=[[mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk]]|access-date=2020-08-26}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[John Sparrow David Thompson]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. 1845)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Thompson, Sir John Sparrow|volume=26|page=870|ref=none|inline=yes}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Menelik II]], Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/emperor-menelik-ii-sahle-miriam-1844-1913/|title=Emperor Menelik II (Sahle Miriam) (1844-1913)|first=Euell A.|last=Nielsen|date=May 6, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.famousscientists.org/henrietta-swan-leavitt/|title=Henrietta Swan Leavitt - Biography, Facts and Pictures}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Raymond Radiguet]], French author and poet (b. 1903)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://salon-litteraire.linternaute.com/fr/raymond-radiguet/content/1806772-raymond-radiguet-biographie|title=Raymond Radiguet: Biographie|date=November 6, 2012|website=salon-litteraire.linternaute.com|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-date=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530085332/http://salon-litteraire.linternaute.com/fr/raymond-radiguet/content/1806772-raymond-radiguet-biographie|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Thorleif Haug]], Norwegian skier (b. 1894)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snl.no/Thorleif_Haug|title=Thorleif Haug|website=Store norske leksikon|date=7 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l1tfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1352,3146087&dq=douglas+fairbanks+death&hl=en |title=Doug Fairbanks Dies At His Home |date=December 12, 1939 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |page=10 |access-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[César Basa]], Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paf.mil.ph/updatedhistory.html|title=Philippine Air Force :: Official Website|date=April 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429051016/http://www.paf.mil.ph/updatedhistory.html|archive-date=2014-04-29}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Marjory Stephenson]], British biochemist (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rayner-Canham |first1=M. F. |last2=Rayner-Canham |first2=G. W. |title=Marjory Stephenson: Founder of Microbial Biochemistry |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=53–66 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch003|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Mildred Bailey]], American singer (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite news|title=MILDRED BAILEY, SINGER OF BLUES; Noted Entertainer Succumbs to Heart Ailment Won Fame With 'Old Rockin' Chair' Big Name" in Field Discovered in 1929|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/12/13/archives/mildred-bailey-singer-of-blues-noted-entertainer-succumbs-to-heart.html|date=13 December 1951|access-date=August 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Albert Walsh]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador|Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] (b. 1900)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g69.html|title=Profiles of Governors: Sir Albert Joseph Walsh, 1949|date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605014246/http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g69.html|archive-date=2011-06-05}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Karl Ruberl]], Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/karl-ruberl-1.html|title=Karl Ruberl Bio, Stats, and Results &#124; Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165101/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/karl-ruberl-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Tallulah Bankhead]], American actress (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite news|first=Murray|last=Schumach|title=Tallulah Bankhead Dead at 65; Vibrant Stage and Screen Star|url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/arts/bankhead-obit.pdf|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 13, 1969|access-date=February 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606033553/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/arts/bankhead-obit.pdf|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Doris Blackburn]], Australian politician (b. 1889)<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Rasmussen|first1=Carolyn |title=Doris Amelia Blackburn (1889–1970) |id2=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blackburn-doris-amelia-9517/text16755 |year=1993 |volume=13 |location=Canberra |access-date=7 February 2015}} Published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, (MUP), 1993</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Richard Baggallay (cricketer)|Richard Baggallay]], English colonel and cricketer (b. 1884)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/230191.html|title=Obituaries in 1975|date=December 19, 2005|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jean Lesage]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1912)<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|lesage-jean-4181}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Anne Baxter]], American actress (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news | title=Anne Baxter Dies at 62, 8 Days After Her Stroke | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-12-mn-16533-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | date=December 12, 1985 | agency=Times Wire Service | access-date=May 7, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[József Antall]], Hungarian historian and politician, 35th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. 1932)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/13/obituaries/jozsef-antall-who-led-hungary-after-communists-is-dead-at-61.html Jozsef Antall, Who Led Hungary After Communists, Is Dead at 61], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 13 December 1993 Retrieved 8 January 2012</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Stuart Roosa]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Steitz |first1= David E. |last2= Herring |first2= Kyle |title= Apollo Astronaut Stuart Allen Roosa Dies |publisher= NASA |work= Press release 94-210 |date= December 12, 1994 |access-date=23 December 2013 |url= http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/roosa_pr.txt}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Vance Packard]], American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Severo|first1=Richard|title=Vance Packard, 82, Challenger of Consumerism, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/13/arts/vance-packard-82-challenger-of-consumerism-dies.html|access-date=December 7, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=December 13, 1996}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Evgenii Landis]], Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icms.org.uk/archive/meetings/2001/progpde/landis/index.html|title=Progress in PDEs Landis Page|date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195239/http://www.icms.org.uk/archive/meetings/2001/progpde/landis/index.html|archive-date=2012-02-27}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lawton Chiles]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st [[Governor of Florida]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C000356|title=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details|website=bioguideretro.congress.gov}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Morris Udall]], American captain and politician (b. 1922)<ref>{{CongBio|U000001|inline=yes}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Paul Cadmus]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|title=Paul Cadmus Dies at 94; Virtuosic American Painter|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/15/arts/paul-cadmus-dies-at-94-virtuosic-american-painter.html|access-date=30 September 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 December 1999}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Joseph Heller]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright(b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news |title= Joseph Heller, Darkly Surreal Novelist, Dies at 76|author1=Severo, Richard |author2=Mitgang, Herbert |newspaper= The New York Times|date= December 14, 1999|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/14/books/joseph-heller-darkly-surreal-novelist-dies-at-76.html?ref=joseph_heller|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ardito Desio]], Italian geologist and explorer (b. 1897)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ardito-Desio|title=Ardito Desio &#124; Italian geologist and explorer|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Dee Brown (writer)|Dee Brown]], American historian and author (b. 1908)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/dee-brown-1086/|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Heydar Aliyev]], Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd [[President of Azerbaijan]] (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heydar-Aliyev|title=Heydar Aliyev &#124; president of Azerbaijan|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Robert Newmyer]], American actor and producer (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/movies/robert-newmyer-49-a-producer-of-sex-lies-and-videotape-dies.html|title=Robert Newmyer, 49, a Producer of 'sex, lies and videotape,' Dies|first=Margalit|last=Fox|date=December 14, 2005|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; [[Annette Stroyberg]], Danish actress (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2087445.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121220824/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2087445.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2014|title=Annette Stroyberg|date=17 December 2005|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; [[Gebran Tueni]], Lebanese journalist and politician (b. 1957)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mansour|first=Bassam|title=Gebran Tueni: The man who was like thunder|journal=The UNESCO Courier|year=2008|volume=4|pages=9–11|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001624/162430E.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704080513/http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001624/162430E.pdf |archive-date=2010-07-04 |url-status=live|access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Paul Arizin]], American basketball player (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-paul-arizin.html|title=Official Website of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Hall of Famers|date=February 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212161954/http://hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-paul-arizin.html|archive-date=2009-02-12}}</ref>
*  2006   &ndash; [[Peter Boyle]], American actor (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news|url        = http://www.today.com/id/16187735|title        = Raymond' star Peter Boyle dies at 71|publisher        = Today.com|agency        = Associated Press|date        = 17 December 2006|access-date        = 2007-02-01|archive-date        = 2016-03-21|archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20160321163937/http://www.today.com/id/16187735}}</ref>
* 2006    &ndash; [[Raymond P. Shafer]], American attorney and politician, 39th [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hamill|first1=Sean D.|title=Raymond P. Shafer, 89, Governor of Pennsylvania, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/obituaries/14shafer.html|access-date=2 May 2024|work=The New York Times|date=14 December 2006}}</ref> 
*  2006   &ndash; [[Alan Shugart]], American engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Seagate Technology]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news| title = Disk drive pioneer Al Shugart dies| work=The New York Times| date = December 15, 2006| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/obituaries/15shugart.html?_r=1&oref=slogin | access-date = September 28, 2007| first=John| last=Markoff}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[François al-Hajj]], Lebanese general (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite news|title=Hajj latest casualty in string of assassinations|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Hajj+latest+casualty+in+string+of+assassinations.-a0179845985|access-date=20 March 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=13 December 2007}}</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[Ike Turner]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ray |last=McDonald |title=Rock and Roll Legend Ike Turner Dies |date=December 13, 2007 |work=VOA News |publisher=Voice of America |url=http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-12/2007-12-13-voa18.cfm |access-date=January 2, 2009  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217122243/http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-12/2007-12-13-voa18.cfm |archive-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Avery Dulles]], American cardinal and theologian (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web| last = McFadden| first = Robert D.| title = Cardinal Avery Dulles, Theologian, Is Dead at 90| work =The New York Times| date = December 12, 2008| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/us/13dulles.html| access-date = December 12, 2008}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Van Johnson]], American actor (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite news| last=Kuchwara| first=Michael| url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/actor-van-johnson-s-heartthrob-dies-at/article_01053483-b3c3-5be5-9c19-aebbf9e02933.html |title=Van Johnson, '40s heartthrob, dies at 92| newspaper=[[Columbia Missourian]]| agency=[[Associated Press]]| date=December 12, 2008| access-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Tom Walkinshaw]], Scottish race car driver, founded [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/gloucester/9280301.stm|title=Gloucester mourn owner Tom Walkinshaw |work=BBC News|date=12 December 2010|access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88672|title=Tom Walkinshaw Passes Away|work=Autosport|date=12 December 2010|access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Joe Allbritton]], American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the [[Allbritton Communications Company]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news|last=Hershey|first=Robert D. Jr.|title=Joe Allbritton, TV and Banking Titan, Dies at 87|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/business/joe-allbritton-tv-and-banking-titan-dies-at-87.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/business/joe-allbritton-tv-and-banking-titan-dies-at-87.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|access-date=15 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 12, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[David Tait]], English rugby player (b. 1987)<ref>{{cite web |author=Jennifer Williams |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1596012_former-sale-sharks-star-david-tait-dies-in-hong-kong-apartment-plunge |title=Former Sale Sharks star David Tait dies in Hong Kong apartment plunge |work=Manchester Evening News |date=13 December 2012 |access-date=13 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215212230/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1596012_former-sale-sharks-star-david-tait-dies-in-hong-kong-apartment-plunge |archive-date=15 December 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Tom Laughlin]], American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3647-4 |page=176}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Abdul Quader Molla]], Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh executes opposition leader |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/southasia/2013/12/bangladesh-politician-be-executed-20131212622649656.html |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=12 December 2013 |access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Audrey Totter]], American actress (b. 1917)<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-passings-20131214,0,7065147.story Notice of death of Audrey Totter], ''Los Angeles Times'', December 14, 2013.</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Norman Bridwell]], American author and illustrator, created ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'' (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/2014/12/16/norman-ray-bridwell-beloved-author-clifford-big-red-dog-dead-86/|title=Norman Ray Bridwell, beloved author of Clifford the Big Red Dog, dead at 86|newspaper=Martha's Vineyard Times|date=December 16, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ivor Grattan-Guinness]], English mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1941)<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|title=Ivor Grattan-Guinness obituary: Energetic historian of mathematics and logic|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=31 December 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/dec/31/ivor-grattan-guinness|first=Tony|last=Grilly}}</ref><ref name="the">{{cite news| title=Obituaries: Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 1941–2014 | newspaper=[[Times Higher Education]] | date=8 January 2015 |  url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/people/obituaries/ivor-grattan-guinness-1941-2014/2017747.article | first=Matthew | last=Reisz }}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Herb Plews]], American baseball player (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Syness|first=Curt|url=http://helenair.com/sports/baseball/professional/herb-plews-only-local-to-play-mlb-dies-at/article_edf2c287-eb50-55b7-a30a-506a2339e7ab.html|title=Herb Plews, only local to play MLB, dies at 86|work=helenair.com|date=December 16, 2014|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Frans Geurtsen]], Dutch footballer (b. 1942)<ref>[http://www.rtvutrecht.nl/sport/1413689/oud-voetballer-frans-geurtsen-overleden.html Oud voetballer Frans Geurtsen overleden] - RTV Utrecht {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Evelyn S. Lieberman]], American politician, [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/us/politics/evelyn-lieberman-aide-who-moved-monica-lewinsky-from-white-house-dies-at-71.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/us/politics/evelyn-lieberman-aide-who-moved-monica-lewinsky-from-white-house-dies-at-71.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Evelyn Lieberman, 71, Dies; Aide Moved Lewinsky From White House|first=Sam|last=Roberts|date=December 14, 2015|work=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Shirley Hazzard]], Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1931)<ref>[http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/books/shirley-hazzard-dead-novelist.html?referer=https://www.google.ca/ Shirley Hazzard, Novelist Who Charted Storm-Tossed Lives, Dies at 85], ''The New York Times'', 13 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Ed Lee (politician)|Ed Lee]], American politician and attorney, 43rd [[Mayor of San Francisco]] (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Kelly |first1 = George |title = S.F. Mayor Ed Lee dies at 65 |url = http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/12/s-f-mayor-ed-lee-dies-at-65/ |newspaper = East Bay Times |date = December 12, 2017 |access-date = December 12, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171212132535/http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/12/s-f-mayor-ed-lee-dies-at-65/ |archive-date = December 12, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/12/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-at-65/ |title = Ed Lee, San Francisco's first Asian American mayor, dies at 65 |first1 = J. Freedom du |last1 = Lac |first2 = Cleve R. Jr |last2 = Wootson |date = December 12, 2017 |newspaper = The Washington Post |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171212145453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/12/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-at-65/ |archive-date = December 12, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/us/ed-lee-dead.html |title = Ed Lee, San Francisco Mayor, Dies at 65 |first1 = Thomas |last1 = Fuller |first2 = Alan |last2 = Cowell |first3 = Jonah Engel |last3 = Bromwich |date = December 12, 2017 |newspaper = The New York Times |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171212154715/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/us/ed-lee-dead.html |archive-date = December 12, 2017 }}</ref>
*  2017   &ndash; [[Pat DiNizio]], American singer and songwriter  (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=December 13, 2017 |title=Pat DiNizio, Singer and Songwriter for the Smithereens, Dies at 62 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/obituaries/pat-dinizio-singer-and-songwriter-for-the-smithereens-dies-at-62.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/obituaries/pat-dinizio-singer-and-songwriter-for-the-smithereens-dies-at-62.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Morris">{{Cite web |title=Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens Dies at 62 |url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/pat-dinizio-smithereens-dead-1202638793 |last=Morris |first=Chris |date=December 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213094452/http://variety.com/2017/music/news/pat-dinizio-smithereens-dead-1202638793/ |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2017 |newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Danny Aiello]], American actor (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lentz III |first=Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2019 |date=28 October 2020 |publisher=McFarland |page=4 |isbn=978-1-4766-4059-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gW0HEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[John le Carré]], English author (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=John le Carré: Espionage writer dies aged 89 |work=BBC News |date=13 December 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55297558 |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Ann Reinking]], American actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-20|title=Ann Reinking obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/20/ann-reinking-obituary|access-date=2020-12-24|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Vicente Fernández]], Mexican actor, ranchera singer, and film producer (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/vicente-fernandez-dies-mexican-singer-obituary-20211213.html|title=Vicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=October 19, 2023|last=Bautista|first=Berenice|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer|Inquirer]]}}</ref>
*2021 &ndash; [[Bernie Fowler]], American politician and environmental advocate (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Patuxent River Wade-in |url=https://planning.maryland.gov/Pages/OurWork/fowlerwadein.aspx |website=www.maryland.gov |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Frederick |title=Clyde B. 'Bernie' Fowler, a former Maryland state senator who championed the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, dies |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/2022/02/15/clyde-b-bernie-fowler-a-former-maryland-state-senator-who-championed-the-patuxent-river-and-chesapeake-bay-dies/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |agency=[[Capital Gazette]] |date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
*2021 &ndash;  [[Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi]], Tongan politician and military officer, Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1955)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Manase Lua|first=Pakilau|date=2021-12-18|title=Obituary: Lord Ma'afu, deputy prime minister of Tonga, a chief who truly loved his people|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/127309625/obituary-lord-maafu-deputy-prime-minister-of-tonga-a-chief-who-truly-loved-his-people|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Stuff|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217165132/https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/127309625/obituary-lord-maafu-deputy-prime-minister-of-tonga-a-chief-who-truly-loved-his-people |archive-date=2021-12-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Torika Tokalau|date=13 December 2021|title=Tonga's deputy prime minister Lord Ma'afu dies in Auckland|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127266149/tongas-deputy-prime-minister-lord-maafu-dies-in-auckland|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213021851/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127266149/tongas-deputy-prime-minister-lord-maafu-dies-in-auckland|archive-date=13 December 2021|access-date=13 December 2021|publisher=Stuff|quote=He was 66 in 2021}}</ref>
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