Peter Blake (1948-2001)
Dec 5 New Zealand yachtsman (Whitbread Round the World Race 1989-90; America's Cup 1995, 2000) and Special Envoy UN Environment Program, killed by pirates on the Amazon River at 53
- Dec 6 Charles McClendon, Hall of Fame college football coach (b. 1923)
- Dec 6 Robert Camac, American horse trainer, murdered by a family member at 61
- Dec 21 Dick Schaap, American Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, journalist, and author (Bo Knows Bo: Instant Replay), dies from complications during hip replacement surgery at 67
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