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Deaths in December 1990
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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 1990.
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.
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December 1990
1
- Raymond Clark, 66, American Olympic canoeist (1948).[1]
- Sergio Corbucci, 63, Italian film director and screenwriter, heart attack.[2]
- Simone Melchior Cousteau, 71, French aquanaut, cancer.[3]
- Pierre Dux, 82, French actor.[4]
- Robert Gordon, 77, American director and actor.[5]
- Erich Hüttenhain, 85, German academic mathematician and cryptographer.
- Anton Kochinyan, 77, Soviet Armenian politician.
- Carla Lehmann, 73, Canadian actress.
- Vito Miceli, 74, Italian politician and general.
- David A. Morse, 83, American labor bureaucrat.[6]
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 90, Indian diplomat and politician.[7]
- Octavio Beras Rojas, 84, Dominican Roman Catholic cardinal.
2
- Richard Benner, 46-47, American film director and screenwriter, AIDS.[8]
- John Britton, 71, American baseball player.[9]
- Marc Cerboni, 35, French Olympic fencer (1984).[10]
- Aaron Copland, 90, American composer and conductor, Alzheimer's disease.[11]
- Robert Cummings, 80, American actor, kidney failure and complications from pneumonia.[12]
- Paul Hoffmann, 88, German actor.[13]
- Edward Oldfield, 70, Australian politician.
- Paddy Smith, 96, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).[14]
- Clint Thomas, 94, American baseball player.[15]
- Georg Wildhagen, 70, German filmmaker.
3
- Tim Dlugos, 40, American poet, AIDS.[16]
- Gerry Doyle, 79, Irish footballer.[17]
- Rolf Hansen, 85, German film director.[18]
- Heino Mandri, 68, Estonian film and stage actor.
- Ray Wagner, 88, American gridiron football player.[19]
4
- Edward Binns, 74, American actor (12 Angry Men, North by Northwest, Judgment at Nuremberg), heart attack.[20]
- Jack J. Catton, 70, American Air Force general.[21]
- Charles B. MacDonald, 68, American army historian, cancer.
- Nelson Peterson, 77, American football player (Cleveland Rams, Washington Redskins).[22]
- Naoto Tajima, 78, Japanese athlete and Olympic champion (1932, 1936).[23]
- Kimio Yada, 77, Japanese Olympic track and field athlete (1936).[24]
5
- Peter Blum, 65, South African poet.[25]
- Robert Chesley, 47, American playwright, AIDS.[26]
- Kai Curry-Lindahl, 73, Swedish zoologist.[27]
- Lucy Dawidowicz, 75, American historian.[28]
- Narayan Gopal, 51, Nepali singer, diabetes.
- Josef Jedlička, 63, Czechoslovak writer.[29]
- Ott-Heinrich Keller, 84, German mathematician.
- Alfonso A. Ossorio, 74, Filipino-American artist.[30]
- Jack Pleis, 73, American jazz musician.
- Howard Allen Schneiderman, 63, American entomologist.
- Karl Seitz, 86, Austrian Olympic water polo player (1936).[31]
- Steve Shaw, 25, American actor, traffic collision.[32]
6
- Ed Bell, 69, American football player (Green Bay Packers).[33]
- Natan Brand, 46, Israeli classical pianist, lymphoma.[34]
- Victor Groom, 92, British RAF officer and WWI flying ace.[35]
- Bob Hamilton, 74, American golfer.[36]
- Bill Hardman, 57, American trumpeter, intracerebral hemorrhage.[37]
- George Healis, 84, American Olympic rower (1928).[38]
- Otto Hitzfeld, 92, German general.
- F. Jay Nimtz, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1959).[39]
- Remi Prudhomme, 48, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints).[40]
- Polingaysi Qöyawayma, 98, American Hopi educator.
- Tunku Abdul Rahman, 87, Malaysian politician, prime minister (1957–1970). .[41]
- Pavlos Sidiropoulos, 42, Greek rock singer, songwriter and guitarist, heroin overdose.[42]
7
- Joan Bennett, 80, American actress, heart failure. .[43]
- Horst Bienek, 60, German novelist, AIDS.[44]
- Norman Bower, 83, British politician.
- Dee Clark, 52, American soul singer, heart attack.[45]
- Jean Duceppe, 67, Stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec.
- Lew Flick, 75, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).[46]
- Reinaldo Arenas Fuentes, 47, Cuban novelist, playwright and poet, suicide.[47]
- Pierre Henri Landry, 92, Russian-French tennis player.[48]
- Luis Frangella, 46, Argentine-American artist, AIDS.[49]
- Jean Paul Lemieux, 86, Canadian painter.[50]
- Ralph McKinzie, 96, American sports coach.
- Frederick Melland, 86, British lacrosse and Olympic ice hockey player (1928).[51]
- Peter Mieg, 84, Swiss composer.[52]
- Oscar Millard, 82, English screenwriter.[53]
- Rinaldo Ossola, 77, Italian politician.[54]
- David Richmond, 49, American civil rights activist, lung cancer.
- Cleto Rodríguez, 67, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[55]
- Dario Salata, 77, Italian Olympic sailor (1948, 1952).[56]
- Vilmos Énekes, 75, Hungarian boxer.
8
- John Alexander, 67, American opera singer, heart attack.[57]
- Deane C. Davis, 90, American politician, governor of Vermont (1969–1973).[58]
- Ed Edmondson, 71, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1973).
- Tadeusz Kantor, 75, Polish painter and theatre director.[59]
- Boris Kochno, 86, Russian dancer, librettist and poet, accidental fall.[60]
- Lana Marconi, 73, Romanian-French actress.[61]
- Forrest S. Petersen, 68, American pilot, brain cancer.
- Martin Ritt, 76, American film director (Hud, Norma Rae, Sounder), heart disease.[62]
- Wendell Rollins, 73, American Olympic cyclist (1948).[63]
- William Atcheson Stewart, 75, Canadian politician.[64]
9
- Ben Duijker, 87, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1928).[65]
- Henry Hicks, 75, Canadian politician, traffic collision.[66]
- Mike Mazurki, 82, American actor and professional wrestler.[67]
- Ella Molnár, 84, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1924).[68]
- Nirala, 53, Pakistani comedian and actor.
- Arthur O'Bryan, 67, Australian rules footballer.[69]
10
- Yves Devernay, 53, French organist and composer, heart attack.[70]
- Armand Hammer, 92, American industrialist and philanthropist, bone marrow cancer.[71]
- Carl Jamissen, 80, Norwegian footballer.[72]
- Dorothea Kent, 74, American actress, breast cancer.[73]
- Marino Morettini, 59, Italian Olympic cyclist (1952).[74]
- Doyle Nave, 75, American football player.[75]
- Cec Ruddell, 73, Australian rules footballer.[76]
- Bert Weeks, 73, Canadian politician.
11
- Lloyd Gross, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.[77]
- Drago Jelić, 76, Yugoslavian Olympic gymnast (1948).[78]
- Arthur Kornhauser, 94, American industrial psychologist, stroke.[79]
- Peter Millman, 84, Canadian astronomer.[80]
- Robert Noble, 80, Canadian physician.
- Wynn Pearce, 62, American television actor (Outlaws).[81]
- David Turner, 63, British playwright.[82]
12
- Giorgio Ghezzi, 60, Italian footballer, heart attack.[83]
- Jack Harley, 79, British botanist.[84]
- Concha Piquer, 83, Spanish actress and singer, heart attack.[85]
- Ian Trethowan, 68, British journalist and broadcaster, ALS.[86]
13
- Buddy Justus, 37, American convicted spree killer, execution by electric chair.
- Edwin Lester, 95, American theatre director.[87]
- Marta Linden, 87, American actress.[88]
- Alice Marble, 77, American tennis player and Grand Slam winner, pernicious anemia.[89]
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1959), heart attack.[90]
- Jaroslav Volf, 57, Czechoslovak Olympic ice hockey player (1960).[91]
- Archie Ware, 72, American baseball player.[92]
14
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 69, Swiss crime novelist, dramatist and satirist, heart failure.[93]
- Nan Wood Graham, 91, American artist, model for American Gothic.[94]
- Red Heron, 72, Canadian ice hockey player.[95]
- Gunild Keetman, 86, German musicologist.[96]
- Zhang Qun, 101, Taiwanese politician, premier (1947–1948).[97]
- Francisco Gabilondo Soler, 83, Mexican composer.[98]
- Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, 64, German businessman and noble, complications from heart surgery.[99]
- Pietro Tordi, 84, Italian actor.
15
- Julio Gutiérrez, 72, Cuban musician.
- Mikayil Jabrayilov, 38, Soviet Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle.
- John Keefer Mahony, 79, Canadian WWII VC recipient.[100]
- Bill Otis, 100, American baseball player (New York Highlanders).[101]
- Jean Paige, 95, American silent film actress.[102]
- Ed Parker, 59, American martial artist, heart attack.[103]
- Frederic Seebohm, Baron Seebohm, 81, British banker, traffic collision.[104]
- Tamao Shiwaku, 84, Japanese Olympic runner (1936).[105]
- Chen Zhifang, 83-84, Chinese diplomat.
16
- Marc Augier, 82, French far-right writer.[106]
- Douglas Campbell, 94, American aviator and flying ace during World War I.[107]
- Wally Flager, 69, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies).[108]
- Don Hooper, 76, Australian rules footballer.[109]
- Art Koeninger, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[110]
- Jackie Mittoo, 42, Jamaican-Canadian musician, cancer.[111]
17
- William Cobb, 72-73, American roller coaster designer.
- John Grover, 75, English cricket player.[112]
- Frank Hutchison, 93, New Zealand cricket player.[113]
- Eurialo De Michelis, 86, Italian writer.[114]
- Ludwig Lachmann, 84, German economist.
- Guy Lafarge, 86, French composer of operettas and popular songs.[115]
18
- Bernard Addison, 85, American guitarist.[116]
- Keith Benson, 73, Australian rugby league player.[117]
- Arthur Roy Clapham, 86, British botanist.[118]
- Charlie Gibson, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).[119]
- Geoffrey Giles, 67, Australian politician.
- Tadahiko Hayashi, 72, Japanese photographer, liver cancer.
- Orazio Orlando, 57, Italian actor, heart attack.[120]
- Anne Revere, 87, American actress, pneumonia.[121]
- Connie Russell, 67, American singer and actress (Red Hot Riding Hood).
- Greta Stevenson, 79, New Zealand mycologist.
- Paul Tortelier, 76, French cellist.[122]
- Hazel Walker, 76, American amateur basketball player.[123]
19
- Rubem Braga, 77, Brazilian writer.[124]
- Edmond Delfour, 83, French footballer.[125]
- Norbert Dufourcq, 86, French musicologist.[126]
- Basil Henson, 72, English actor.[127]
- Michael Oakeshott, 89, English philosopher.[128]
- Count Oluf of Rosenborg, 67, Danish noble.
- Billy Tidwell, 60, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[129]
20
- Edward J. Bonin, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1955).[130]
- Marc Chirik, 83, Russian-French communist revolutionary.[131]
- Valeriu Călinoiu, 62, Romanian Olympic footballer (1952).[132]
- Andrea Dunbar, 29, English playwright, intracerebral hemorrhage.[133]
- John Hewetson, 77, British newspaper editor.
- Saul Mariaschin, 66, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).[134]
- Lauro Mumar, 66, Filipino basketball player and Olympian (1948).[135]
- Mahmudun Nabi, 54, Bangladeshi singer.
- Karl Rolvaag, 77, American politician and diplomat, governor of Minnesota (1963–1967).[136]
- Gershom Schocken, 78, Israeli politician and journalist, liver cancer.[137]
- Elmo Tanner, 86, American singer and whistler.[138]
- Bernie Waldron, 70, Australian rules footballer.[139]
21
- Sigurd Anderson, 86, Norwegian-American politician, governor of South Dakota (1951–1955).[140]
- Medard Boss, 87, Swiss psychiatrist.[141]
- Yi Geon, 81, Korean prince and Imperial Japanese Army officer during World War II.
- Kelly Johnson, 80, American aeronautical engineer.[142]
- Magda Julin, 96, Swedish figure skater, Olympic champion (1920).[143]
- Ivan Knunyants, 84, Soviet chemist.
- Surendra Mohanty, 68, Indian author and politician.
- József von Platthy, 90, Hungarian Olympic equestrian (1936).
- Valmari Toikka, 87, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1932).[144]
- Fred Washington, 23, American football player (Chicago Bears), traffic collision.[145]
22
- Cecil Effinger, 76, American composer.[146]
- Robin Friday, 38, English footballer, heart attack.[147]
- Ward Hawkins, 77, American author.[148]
- Ken Irvine, 50, Australian rugby player, leukaemia.
- Henning Sundesson, 81, Swedish Olympic long distance runner (1936).[149]
- Lawrence Watson, 73, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1963-1968).[150]
23
- Ladislau Brosovszky, 39, Romanian footballer.[151]
- Pierre Chenal, 86, French filmmaker.[152]
- Serge Danot, 59, French animator.[153]
- József Darányi, 85, Hungarian Olympic shot putter (1928, 1932, 1936).[154]
- Lindsay Fricker, 85, Australian rules footballer.[155]
- Pierre Gripari, 65, French writer, complications from surgery.[156]
- Richard Irving, 73, American actor, director and producer.[157]
- Frank King, 64, Barbadian cricketer.
- Foy D. Kohler, 82, American diplomat.[158]
- Herbert Salzman, 74, American businessman and Economics consultant.[159]
- Wendell Scott, 69, American stock car racing driver, spinal cancer.[160]
- Wilmar H. Shiras, 82, American science fiction author.
24
- Thorbjørn Egner, 78, Norwegian children's writer, playwright and songwriter, heart attack.[161]
- Judith Ledeboer, 89, Dutch-English architect.
- Friedrich Luft, 79, German theatre critic.[162]
- Keith McDonald, 61, Australian rules footballer.[163]
- Rodolfo Orlandini, 85, Argentine footballer and Olympian (1928).[164]
- Irvin Stewart, 91, American communications administrator.[165]
- Gwyn Williams, 86, Welsh writer.
25
- John Stuart Anderson, 82, British-Australian chemist, cancer.
- Vladimir Belousov, 83, Soviet geologist.[166]
- Aleksandr Luchinskiy, 90, Soviet general.
- Warwick Snedden, 70, New Zealand cricketer.[167]
- Nicolaas Tates, 75, Dutch Olympic canoeist (1936).[168]
- Dodo Watts, 79, British stage and film actress.
26
- Nicholas André, 56, South African Olympic boxer (1956).[169]
- Jack Beattie, 83, British-Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, New York Americans).[170]
- Gene Callahan, 67, American set and production designer and art director, heart attack.[171]
- George Elliott Hagan, 74, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1973).[172]
- Portland Hoffa, 85, American comedian, radio host, actress, and dancer.[173]
- Eddie Kimball, 87, American football player.[174]
27
- Abulfat Aliyev, 63, Soviet and Azerbaijani opera singer.
- Hendrika Gerritsen, 69, Dutch resistance member during World War II.
- Frank Kennedy, 70, Australian rules footballer.[175]
- Concha Michel, 91, Mexican singer-songwriter, political activist, and playwright.
- Hubert Persson, 72, Swedish Olympic wrestler (1952).[176]
- Helene Stanley, 61, American actress.[177]
- Harold Town, 66, Canadian painter.[178]
- Chang Ucchin, 73, South Korean artist.[179]
- Kurt Wahl, 78, German Olympic fencer (1952).[180]
28
- Edward Brayshaw, 57, Australian actor, throat cancer.
- Shirley Crites, 56, American baseball player.[181]
- Ed van der Elsken, 65, Dutch photographer, prostate cancer.[182]
- Dario Graffi, 85, Italian mathematical physicist.[183]
- Seiji Hisamatsu, 78, Japanese film director.
- Gilbert W. Lindsay, 90, American politician.[184]
- Kiel Martin, 46, American actor, lung cancer.[185]
- Arne Petersen, 77, Danish Olympic cyclist (1936).[186]
- Warren Skaaren, 44, American screenwriter and film producer, bone cancer.[187]
29
- Giulio Bedeschi, 75, Italian writer and Army officer during World War II.[188]
- Goree Carter, 59, American singer, guitarist, drummer, and songwriter.[189]
- Mona Dol, 89, French actress.[190]
- Aleardo Donati, 86, Italian Olympic wrestler (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936.[191]
- Emmanuel Goldsmith, 81, Swiss Olympic sprinter (1928).[192]
- Jack Nix, 73, American football player (Cleveland Rams).[193]
- Sir David Piper, 72, British author and museum curator.[194]
- Aulikki Rautawaara, 84, Finnish soprano.[195]
- Géza Tóth, 83, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1928).[196]
- Frederick Wolters, 86, American Olympic field hockey player (1932).[197]
30
- Tony Abruzzo, 74, American comic book artist.[198]
- Fergal Caraher, 20, Northern-Irish Provisional IRA volunteer, shot.
- Jill Cruwys, 47, English cricket player.[199]
- Oliver Daniel, 79, American musicologist.[200]
- Géza Füster, 80, Hungarian-Canadian chess player.
- Albert Mertz, 70, Danish painter.[201]
- Roger Rérolle, 81, French Olympic long-distance runner (1936).[202]
- Nino Rovelli, 73, Italian Olympic bobsledder (1948).[203]
- Raghuvir Sahay, 61, Indian writer.
31
- Elsie Allen, 91, American Pomo basket weaver.[204]
- George Allen, 72, American football coach, ventricular fibrillation.[205]
- Ed Gantner, 31, American professional wrestler, suicide by gunshot.[206]
- Bing Juckes, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[207]
- Donald Kingaby, 70, English-American flying ace during World War II.[208]
- Vasily Lazarev, 62, Soviet cosmonaut.
- Giovanni Michelucci, 99, Italian architect, urban planner and designer.[209]
- Amedée Piguet, 86, Swiss Olympic wrestler (1928).[210]
- Moni Singh, 89, Bangladeshi politician.
- Ernst von Siemens, 87, German business magnate.
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