37 Famous Deaths in December 2002

Dec 5 Roone Arledge, American sports broadcasting pioneer, dies of prostate cancer at 71

Dec 5 Ne Win, Burmese leader (b. 1911)
Dec 6 Philip Berrigan, American peace activist and Roman Catholic priest, dies at 79
Dec 9 Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (b. 1966)
Dec 9 Ian Hornak, American Painter, Draughtsman and Sculptor (b. 1944)
Dec 9 Stan Rice, American painter, educator, and poet (b. 1942)
Dec 10 Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian politician and journalist, dies at 57
Dec 11 Lou Stein, American pianist (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 80
Dec 12 Dee Brown, American author (b. 1908)
Dec 12 Brad Dexter [Boris Milanovich], American actor (Macao, The Magnificent Seven), dies of emphysema at 85
Dec 12 Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted mass murderer, dies at 37

Dec 13 Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (The Lovin' Spoonful) (b. 1945)
Dec 14 Ruth Kobart [Kahn], American actor and singer (King's Quest VII, Forum), dies at 78
Dec 17 James Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947)
Dec 18 Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1934)
Dec 18 Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-Utah) (b. 1937)
Dec 19 Arthur Rowley, English footballer. (b. 1926)
Dec 22 Joe Strummer, British lead singer of the punk band "The Clash" (Rock the Casbah), dies at age 50
Dec 22 Kenneth Tobey, American actor (The Thing from Another World, Innerspace, Whirlybirds), dies of natural causes at 85
Dec 22 Hugh Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician and President of Guyana (1985-92), dies at 73
Dec 23 Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and writer, dies at 82
Dec 24 Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
Dec 24 Laci Peterson, American murder victim, dies at 27
Dec 24 James Ferman, American director and secretary (British Board of Film Classification), dies at 72
Dec 25 William T. Orr, American television producer (b. 1917)
Dec 26 Herb Ritts, American fashion photographer, dies at 50
Dec 26 Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
Dec 27 Richard Mitchell, American professor and author (The Underground Grammarian), dies at 73
Dec 27 George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1922)
Dec 30 Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
Dec 30 Mary Wesley, English novelist (b. 1912)
Dec 31 Kevin MacMichael, American guitarist (Cutting Crew) (b. 1951)

Famous Deaths in December 2002