What Happened in December 2022

Historical Events

First Biden State Dinner

Dec 1 US President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden host their first state dinner at the White House for French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron [1]

  • Dec 3 FBI investigate a targeted attack on two electricity substations in North Carolina which closes schools and leaves around 40,000 without power for days [1]

Trump: Terminate All Rules

Dec 3 Former US President Donald Trump calls in a Truth Social post for the "termination" of all rules, including the US Constitution, to overturn the 2020 election, which he again falsely claims that he won. [1]

  • Dec 3 Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool, Las Vegas, Nevada: two-time defending champions Team Europe dominate US, 11-7; MVP: Joshua Filler (Germany)

A Beautiful Noise

Dec 4 "A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical" opens at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC

  • Dec 4 At least 27 people killed after a bus is buried in a landslide in Risaralda province, western Colombia [1]

Kennedy Center Honors

Dec 4 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for singers Gladys Knight and Amy Grant, actor George Clooney, rock band U2, and composer Tania León, in Washington D.C.

  • Dec 4 Mt Semeru, Indonesia’s highest volcano, erupts releasing gas clouds and rivers of lava on the island of Java [1]
  • Dec 5 Construction begins on world's biggest radio telescope - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in South Africa and Australia with collection area of nearly 500,000 square meters. Built to test Einstein's theories and search for extraterrestrial life [1]
  • Dec 5 Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) opens in Montreal, Canada
  • Dec 5 Iranian senior official confirms the country's Morality Police has been shut down in a concession to three months of nationwide protests, though may take on a different form [1]
  • Dec 6 Argentine Vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner found guilty of fraud, sentenced to six years in prison and banned from holding office [1]
  • Dec 6 Donald Trump's real estate company Trump Organization convicted of tax fraud in New York [1]
  • Dec 6 Indonesia passes a new criminal code outlawing sex outside marriage, even for foreigners [1]

Avatar: The Way of Water

Dec 6 James Cameron's sci-fi film sequel "Avatar: The Way of Water" starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña premieres in London

  • Dec 6 The 1,574th - and last - Boeing 747 jumbo jet rolls off of production line in Everett, Washington [1]
  • Dec 7 After widespread public protests China announces a major loosening of COVID-19 restrictions for the whole country, allowing home quarantine and scrapping QR codes, effectively ending China's zero-COVID policy [1]
  • Dec 7 Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock wins re-election over Republican Herschel Walker in run-off for the Georgia Senate seat, taking the US Senate to a clearer 51-49 Democratic majority [1]
  • Dec 7 Peruvian president Pedro Castillo ousted from office after trying to dissolve Congress, who were about to impeach him on corruption charges. Vice president, Dina Boluarte sworn in as country's first woman president. [1]
  • Dec 7 Twenty-five right-wing extremists arrested in Germany suspected of organizing a coup to overthrow the government and install a monarchy, including prince Heinrich XIII and army officers [1]
  • Dec 8 American basketball star Brittany Griner is released by Russian authorities in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; Griner detained on drug smuggling charges since February 2022

Celine Dion Reveals Diagnosis

Dec 8 Canadian pop singer Celine Dion reveals via Instagram that she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder

Harry & Meghan

Dec 8 Documentary series "Harry & Meghan" about Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex begins streaming on Netflix

  • Dec 8 Iran announces first known execution of a protester from recent anti-government unrest, after convicting a man in a revolutionary court of "moharebeh" (enmity against God) [1]

Trevor Noah's Final Show

Dec 8 Trevor Noah hosts his final episode of late-night talk and satirical news television program "The Daily Show"

  • Dec 8 UN investigation in DR Congo finds 131 people were massacred in November by M23 rebel group in Kishishe and Bambo villages, in east of the country [1]
  • Dec 9 Dark fantasy game "Elden Ring", created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George RR Martin, awarded Game of the Year at the Game Awards [1]

Darwin Papers Record Price

Dec 9 Sheet of paper on which scientist Charles Darwin defended his theory of evolution in 1865 sells for a record $882,000 at Sotheby's [1]

  • Dec 10 88th Heisman Trophy Award: Caleb Williams, USC (QB)

Event of Interest

Dec 10 Tens of thousands of people protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, against the government demanding resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and new elections amid cost of living crisis [1]

LA's First Female Mayor

Dec 11 Karen Bass sworn in as first female mayor of Los Angeles by Vice President Kamala Harris, declares a Homelessness state of emergency in the city

  • Dec 11 Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's musical "Some Like It Hot", based on the 1959 feature film comedy, opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; garners 13 Tony Award nominations
  • Dec 11 NASA's Orion spacecraft returns to earth after completing Artemis I test flight around the moon in 25.5 days - record distance traveled by a spacecraft designed to carry humans [1]

Lockerbie Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

Dec 11 US authorities announce that the Libyan man accused of making the bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103, Abu Agila Mas’ud, is now in US custody [1]

  • Dec 12 'Calculated and targeted execution' leaves three people shot and killed, including two police officers, with the three killers also killed in a six hour gun fight near Wieambilla, west of Brisbane, Australia [1]
  • Dec 12 Emma Tucker appointed editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, first woman to lead the paper [1]
  • Dec 12 The city of Richmond, Virginia, capital of the Confederacy during the US Civil War, removes its last Confederate statue, of Ambrose P. Hill [1]
  • Dec 13 First nuclear fusion reaction in a laboratory setting, replicating the same energy that powers the sun - announced by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California [1]
  • Dec 13 New Zealand passes world's first tobacco ban, outlawing smoking for those born after 2009 [1]
  • Dec 13 Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is arrested in the Bahamas after US files criminal charges against him, including wire fraud and money laundering [1]

Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Law

Dec 13 US President Joe Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act into law, mandating federal recognition of same-sex marriages in ceremony at the White House [1]

Ovechkin Scores 800

Dec 13 Washington Capitals center Alex Ovechkin scores a hat trick in 7-3 away win over Chicago Blackhawks to join Wayne Gretzky & Gordie Howe as the only players in NHL history to score 800 goals

  • Dec 14 HSBC, Europe's largest bank, says it will stop financing new oil and gas fields, in attempt to lower global greenhouse gas emissions [1]
  • Dec 14 Peru declares 30-day nationwide state of emergency, following a week of political protests after the removal and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo [1]
  • Dec 14 President Joe Biden vows to extend US involvement in Africa in address at US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington, amid competition from China on the continent [1]
  • Dec 15 Tens of thousands of nurses go on strike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in largest strike in NHS history [1]
  • Dec 16 Japan announces its biggest military build-up since WWII, amid concerns over China and North Korea [1]
  • Dec 16 Landslide sweeps through a campsite in Batang Kali township, Selangor state, Malaysia, killing at least 21 people during the night [1]
  • Dec 16 Pokemon producers announce main man Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu will leave the anime series after 25 years [1]
  • Dec 17 Minnesota Vikings recover from 33-0 down at halftime to beat Indianapolis Colts, 39-36 in overtime at US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN; biggest comeback in NFL history

A New Cinderella Interpretation

Dec 18 Cinderella's glass slipper really a witty literary joke, by Charles Perrault, poking fun at French King Louis XIV's love of shoes and Versailles' Hall of Mirrors according to Scottish professor Genevieve Warwick [1]

Argentina Defeats France

Dec 18 FIFA World Cup Final, Lusail Stadium, Qatar: Argentina beats France, 4-2 in penalty shootout after teams locked at 3-3 after extra time; Lionel Messi scores 2 for Argentina, Kylian Mbappé a hat-trick for France

  • Dec 19 190 countries agree to protect 30% of world's land and oceans by 2030 and other measures to halt declining global biodiversity at UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal [1]

Dutch Apologise for Slave Trade

Dec 19 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte formally apologies for the slave trade on behalf of the Dutch state in a speech at the national archives in The Hague [1]

  • Dec 19 US House Jan. 6 committee votes to refer criminal charges to the Justice Department for Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and encourage a mob to attack the Capitol [1]
  • Dec 20 6.4-magnitude earthquake near Eureka, northern California kills at least two people [1]

Rabuka Forms Fiji Government

Dec 20 Fiji's main opposition parties, led by Sitiveni Rabuka form a coalition government, ending 16 years of rule by Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First government [1]

  • Dec 20 Multinational company 3M says it will stop making and using "forever chemicals", linked to health problems such as cancer [1]
  • Dec 20 The ruling Taliban suspend university education for female students in Afghanistan, part of a wider crackdown on women's rights in the country [1]

Zelensky Visits White House

Dec 21 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Washington, DC, meets with US President Joe Biden at the White House, and addresses Congress [1]

  • Dec 22 "American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades" - 76.4 years, according to new report by CDC, biggest factors in the fall among many, COVID-19 and drug overdoses [1]
  • Dec 22 Major winter storm across the US causes widespread disruption, prompting states of emergency to be issued in Wisconsin and New York [1]
  • Dec 22 US Drug Enforcement Administration says it seized enough fentanyl in 2022 to kill every American, more than 379 million doses of [1]
  • Dec 23 Washington Capitals center Alex Ovechkin scores two goals to move past Gordie Howe on most NHL career goals list in 4-1 win over visiting Winnipeg Jets

Dončić 1st 60-20 Triple Double

Dec 27 Luka Dončić becomes the first player to register a 60-21-10 triple-double in NBA history as the Dallas Mavericks beat the NY Knicks, 126-121; first 60-point game in Mavs franchise history

  • Dec 29 Rashid Khan is named the captain of Afghanistan's T20I team
  • Dec 29 Social medial personality Andrew Tate arrested in Romania on charges of sex trafficking and rape, following an exchange with Greta Thunberg over Twitter [1]

Brian May Honored

Dec 30 "Queen" guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May (75) receives a British knighthood for his service to music and charity [1]


Famous Deaths

  • Dec 1 Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold men's road race 1956; World C'ship gold individual pursuit 1956; Giro d'Italia 1958), dies at 89

Gaylord Perry (1938-2022)

Dec 1 American Baseball HOF pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; Cy Young winner 1972, 78; no-hitter 1968; SF Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, SD Padres), dies at 84 [1]

  • Dec 1 Mylene Demongeot, French actress (3 Murderesses), dies at 87
  • Dec 2 Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese soccer defender (16 caps; Mitsubishi Motors FC) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka FC 1982-94), dies from pneumonia at 78
  • Dec 3 Sonny Holland, American college football coach (Montana State University 1971-77; Big Sky C'ship 1972, 76), dies from Parkinson's disease at 84
  • Dec 4 Bob McGrath, American musician, singer (Sing Along With Mitch), and actor (Sesame Street, 1969-2017), dies of complications from a stroke at 90 [1]
  • Dec 4 Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach (Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles), dies at 91
  • Dec 4 Patrick Tambay, French auto racer (Can Am Challenge Cup Series 1977, 80; 123 x F1 GP 1977-86), dies from Parkinson's disease at 73
  • Dec 5 John Beckwith, Canadian composer, pianist, educator, and musicologist, dies of pneumonia at 95
  • Dec 5 Kirstie Alley, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Cheers - "Rebecca"; Look Who's Talking; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), dies of colon cancer at 71 [1]
  • Dec 6 Beto Fuscão, Brazilian soccer defender (8 caps; Fluminense, Grêmio, Palmeiras), dies of stomach cancer at 72
  • Dec 6 Edino Krieger, Brazilian conductor, avant-garde composer (Canticum Naturale), and record producer, dies at 94
  • Dec 6 Hamish Kilgour, New Zealand drummer (The Clean - "Tally Ho!"), found dead 10 days after being reported missing at 65
  • Dec 6 Jan-Åke Edvinsson, Swedish ice hockey administrator (International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF general secretary 1986-2006), dies at 81
  • Dec 6 Jim Stewart, American audio engineer, producer, and record label co-founder (Stax), dies at 92 [1]
  • Dec 6 Mills Lane, American boxing referee (Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II 1997; International Boxing HOF) and television personality ('Judge Mills Lane'), dies at 85
  • Dec 7 Karim Bavi, Iranian soccer striker (23 caps; Shahin FC, Persepolis FC), dies at 57
  • Dec 8 Jackie McLeod, Canadian ice hockey right wing (World C'ship gold 1961; New York Rangers) and coach (Canada 1966-69, Olympic bronze 1968), dies at 92
  • Dec 8 Miodrag Ješić, Serbian soccer defender (8 caps Yugoslavia; FK Partizan, Altay) and manager (FK Partizan, CSKA Sofia, FK Sarajevo), dies in a car accident at 64
  • Dec 8 Tony Allen, English soccer left-back (3 caps; Stoke City 417 games), dies at 83
  • Dec 9 David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, British politician (House of Lords, 1984-2022), cabinet minister, and businessman (CEO of Cables & Wireless), dies at 90
  • Dec 9 Ruth Madoc, British singer and actress (Hi Di Hi), dies from complications after a fall at 79
  • Dec 10 Beryl Grey [Groom], English prima ballerina (Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet, 1941-57), artistic director, and dance teacher, dies at 95 [1]
  • Dec 10 Grant Wahl, American sports journalist (CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports), dies from a heart attack covering FIFA World Cup at 48
  • Dec 10 Paul Silas, American College Basketball HOF forward (NBA C'ship 1974, 76 Boston Celtics, 1979 Seattle SuperSonics; 2 x NBA All-Star) and coach (Charlotte/NO Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Bobcats), dies from a heart attack at 79
  • Dec 11 Angelo Badalamenti, American Grammy Award-winning film composer (Twin Peaks; The Straight Story; Blue Velvet; Mulholland Drive), dies at 85 [1]
  • Dec 11 Mel James, Welsh rugby league front rower (11 caps Wales; St. Helens RLFC) and rugby union prop (Swansea RFC), dies at 74
  • Dec 12 John Gregory, American football coach (CFL Grey Cup 1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders; South Dakota State Uni), dies at 84
  • Dec 12 Mike Leach, American college football coach (Texas Tech 2000-09, Washington State University 2012-19, Mississippi State 2020-22), dies from complications due to a heart condition at 61
  • Dec 12 Stuart Margolin, American Emmy Award-winning actor (The Rockford Files - "Angel"; Love American Style), and director, dies at 82 [1]
  • Dec 13 Curt Simmons, American baseball pitcher (3 x MLB All-Star; World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals; Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 93
  • Dec 13 Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock guitarist (Savoy Brown), dies of bladder cancer at 75
  • Dec 13 Sol Amarfio, Ghanaian drummer and musician (Osibisa), dies at 84
  • Dec 13 tWitch [Stephen Boss], American television personality, dancer, DJ, and producer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 2014-22), takes his own life at 40 [1]
  • Dec 14 Billie Moore, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA National C'ship California State-Fullerton Titans 1970, UCLA Bruins 1978), dies of multiple myeloma at 79
  • Dec 15 Dino Danelli, American rock drummer (Fotomaker; Young Rascals; Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul), dies at 78
  • Dec 15 Louis Orr, American college basketball coach (Bowling Green State University 2007–14, Seton Hall 2001-06), dies from cancer at 64
  • Dec 15 Shirley Eikhard, Canadian Juno Award-winning country singer-songwriter (Something to Talk About), dies of cancer at 67
  • Dec 16 Charlie Gracie [Graci], American rock pioneer, rhythm and blues singer, and guitarist ("Butterfly"; "Fabulous"), dies of complications following COVID-19 at 86
  • Dec 16 Rick Anderson, American actor and rock bassist (Tubes - "I'll Talk To You Later"), dies at 75
  • Dec 16 Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian soccer defender (63 caps Yugoslavia; RS Belgrade, Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio) and manager (Serbia, Bologna, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, AC Milan, Torino), dies from leukemia at 53
  • Dec 17 Elayne Jones, American classical timpanist and civil rights activist, dies at 94 [1]
  • Dec 17 Manuel Muñoz, Chilean soccer striker (26 caps; CSD Colo-Colo), dies at 94
  • Dec 17 P-22, Californian mountain lion and LA celebrity, put to sleep due to age and injuries at 12 [1]
  • Dec 17 Philip Pearlstein, American abstract landscape and Modernist Realist figure painter, dies at 98
  • Dec 18 Martin Duffy, British rock keyboardist (Primal Scream), dies of head injuries after a fall at 55
  • Dec 18 Terry Hall, British rock-ska-pop singer (Specials; Fun Boy Three; Vegas), dies at 63
  • Dec 19 Ali Ahmed Aslam, Pakistani-Scottish restaurateur (credited with creation of Chicken Tikki Masala), dies at 77
  • Dec 19 Aonghas MacNeacail [Angus Nicolson], Scottish poet Gaelic activist, dies at 80 [1]
  • Dec 19 Steve Smoger, American boxing referee (200+ title bouts; International Boxing HOF), dies at 72
  • Dec 19 Tom Browning, American baseball pitcher (perfect game 1988; MLB All Star 1991; World Series 1990 Cincinnati Reds), dies at 62
  • Dec 20 Denny Doyle, American MLB baseball second baseman, 1970-77 (Philadelphia Phillies, and 1 other team), dies at 78
  • Dec 20 Franco Harris, American Pro Football HOF running back (Super Bowl 74, 75, 78, 79; 9 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1977; Pittsburgh Steelers), dies at 72 [1]
  • Dec 21 John Harries, British atmospheric physicist (provided 1st direct observational evidence of carbon dioxide increase - greenhouse effect), dies at 76 [1]
  • Dec 21 Richard Trythall, American-Italian pianist, contemporary classical and electronic music composer (Continuums; Parts Unknown), and educator, dies at 83
  • Dec 22 Anton Tkáč, Slovak track cyclist (Olympic gold Czechoslovakia men's match sprint 1976; World C'ship gold 1974, 78), dies at 71
  • Dec 22 Ronnie Lamont, Irish rugby union #8, flanker (12 Tests Ireland; 4 Tests British & Irish Lions), dies at 81
  • Dec 22 Thom Bell, American session musician, arranger and Grammy Award-winning "Philadelphia soul" producer (Delfonics; Stylistics; The Spinners), dies at 79
  • Dec 22 Walter "Wolfman" Washington, American funk, R&B, and blues guitarist (Johnny Adams; The Roadmasters), dies of tonsil cancer at 79 [1]
  • Dec 23 Colin Jillings, New Zealand thoroughbred horse trainer (W. S. Cox Plate 1993 The Phantom Chance; 4 x Auckland Cup winners; 5 x NZ Derby winners), dies at 91
  • Dec 23 Cotton Davidson, American football quarterback & punter (AFL All-Star 1961, 63; AFL All-Star Game MVP 1961; Baltimore Colts, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders), dies at 91
  • Dec 23 George Cohen, English soccer defender (37 caps; FIFA World Cup 1966; Fulham 459 games), dies at 83
  • Dec 23 József Fitos, Hungarian soccer midfielder (12 caps; Szombathelyi Haladás 1919, Budapest Honvéd, Panathinaikos FC), dies at 63
  • Dec 23 Maxi Jazz [Maxwell Fraser], English DJ, guitarist, rapper, singer-songwriter and hip-hop producer (The Soul Food Café System; Faithless), dies at 65
  • Dec 23 Philippe Streiff, French auto racer (55 x F1 Grand Prix; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 runner-up; French Formula 3 C'ship 1981), dies at 67
  • Dec 23 Trevor Fancutt, South African tennis player (Australian C'ships mixed doubles [Jan Lehane]), dies at 88
  • Dec 23 Txetxu Rojo, Spanish soccer forward (18 caps; Athletic Bilbao 413 games) and manager (Athletic Bilbao, Celta Vigo, Osasuna, Real Zaragoza), dies at 75
  • Dec 24 John Bird actor, British satirist, actor, writer, and director (That Was the Week That Was; Bremner, Bird and Fortune), dies at 86

Kathy Whitworth (1939-2022)

Dec 24 American golfer (7 x LPGA Player of Year, 6 x major titles, record 88 LPGA Tour wins), dies at 83

  • Dec 24 Tunisha Sharma, Indian actress (Alibaba - Dastaan-e-Kabul), found dead at 20 [1]
  • Dec 24 Vittorio Adorni, Italian road racing cyclist (Giro d'Italia general classification 1965), dies at 85
  • Dec 25 Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan soccer midfielder (19 caps; Nacional, Cagliari, Juventus), dies from chronic liver disease at 49
  • Dec 26 Sergey Dmitriyev, Russian soccer striker (6 caps USSR; Zenit Saint Petersburg, CSKA Moscow), dies at 58
  • Dec 26 Tom Danby, English dual-code international wing: rugby union (1 cap; Harlequin RFC) and rugby league (3 caps England, 3 caps GB; Salford RLFC), dies at 96
  • Dec 27 Andrzej Iwan, Polish soccer forward (29 caps; Wisła Kraków, Górnik Zabrze, VfL Bochum), dies at 63
  • Dec 27 Arnie Ferrin, American College Basketball HOF guard (NCAA C'ship, Final Four MOB 1944 Uni of Utah; NBA C'ship Minneapolis Lakers 1949, 50), dies at 97
  • Dec 27 Imre Szöllősi, Hungarian sprint canoeist (World C'ship gold K-2 10,00m 1966; 2 x Olympic silver 1960, bronze 1968), dies at 81
  • Dec 27 Luann Ryon, American archer (Olympic gold women's individual 1976), dies at 69
  • Dec 28 Alan Copeland, American Grammy Award-winning arranger, songwriter, and singer (The Modernaires; Your Hit Parade), dies at 96
  • Dec 28 Arata Isozaki, Japanese architect (Pritzker Prize - 2019; Art Tower Mito; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Walt Disney headquarters), dies at 91 [1] [2]
  • Dec 28 Rodolfo Micheli, Argentine soccer striker (13 caps; topscorer Copa América 1955; CA Independiente), dies at 92
  • Dec 29 Dany Theis, Luxembourgian soccer midfielder (34 caps; Jeunesse Esch FC) and manager (Differdange 03, F91 Dudelange, Jeunesse Esch FC), dies from a heart attack at 55
  • Dec 29 Dave Davis, American ten-pin bowler (PBA Tournament of Champions 1968, 75; PBA National C'ship 1965, 67), dies from kidney failure at 80
  • Dec 29 Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter (Ian & Sylvia), dies at 89 [1]

Pele (1940-2022)

Dec 29 Brazilian soccer attacking midfielder (92 caps; Player of the Century; 1,281 goals in 1,363 games; Santos, NY Cosmos), dies from colon cancer at 82 [1] [2]

Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022)

Dec 29 English fashion designer (Vivienne Westwood), dies at 81 [1]

Barbara Walters (1929-2022)

Dec 30 American broadcast journalist and 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today; 20/20; ABC-TV; The View), dies at 93 [1]

  • Dec 30 Brian Glencross, Australian field hockey defender (93 caps; Olympic bronze 1964, silver 1968) and coach (Australia women Olympic gold 1988; Champions Trophy 1989, 91), dies of neurological disease at 81
  • Dec 30 Bruce Roberts, American curler (World C'ship 1976; US C'ship 1966, 67, 76, 77, 84), dies at 80
  • Dec 30 Don West, American professional wrestling announcer, dies of lymphoma at 59
  • Dec 30 Vladimer Barkaia, Georgian soccer striker (2 caps USSR; Dinamo Tbilisi 226 games), dies at 85
  • Dec 31 Anita Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters - "He's So Shy"; "I'm So Excited"), dies at 74
  • Dec 31 Barry Lane, English golfer (European Masters 1993; Andersen Consulting World C'ship of Golf 1995), dies from cancer at 62

Benedict XVI (1927-2022)

Dec 31 German Catholic Pope (2005-13), dies at 95 [1]

  • Dec 31 Jeremiah Green, American drummer (Modest Mouse), dies of cancer at 45
  • Dec 31 Sergei Bautin, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (Olympic gold Unified Team 1992; Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks), dies at 55