"Deaths in December 2011"

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There are reports of deaths of significant persons occurring in the month of December 2011, accompanied by the sources through which they were transmitted.

1 December
Christos Athanasiou, Greek journalist. (funeral)
Krista Wolf, 82, German writer.
Bill McKinney, 80, American character actor (Deliverance, The Outlaw Josey Wales), from esophageal cancer.
Arthur Bitson, 66, Australian footballer and rugby player, first Aboriginal Australian to become national team captain in any sport.
Ipolit van den Boss, 85, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, Belgium national 1953–56 with 8 entries) and coach (Anderlecht 1972–73, Venezuelan national 1986–89).
Ragnhild Hveger, 90, Danish swimmer, silver medalist (1936 at 400 m free) and European champion (1938 at 100, 400 and 4X100m. (Danish)

2 December
Pavle Yurina, 57, Croatian handballer, gold medalist (1984, with Yugoslavia). (in Croatian)
Artur Quaresma, 94, Portuguese footballer (Belenenses 1936–51, Portuguese national 1937-46 with 5 entries). (in Portuguese)
Bruno Bianki, 56, French comedian and animator (Inspector Gadget (Police Commissioner Sain), Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats').
Chiyono Hasegawa, 115, overage, older living person in Japan.

3 December
Sabri Godo, 82, Albanian politician, screenwriter, founder and president of the Albanian Republican Party. (Albanian)
Larry Rickles, 41, American producer, awarded Emmy in 2008 (Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project), from pneumonia.

4 December
Andrew Ali Aga Khan Empirical, 25, American activist for AIDS patients, grandson of Rita Hayworth and Prince Ali Khan, suicide. (discovery of a body on that date)
Alan Cameron, 94, Scottish military and athlete, president of the International Curling Federation (1966–1969).
Besim Kabashi, 35, Albanian world champion (2008-11 WKA) and European champion (2007-08) of kick boxing, is found dead in Munich.
Hubert Samlin, 80, American guitarist and electric blues singer.
Socrates, 57, international Brazilian footballer (Botafago, Brazilian national 1979-86 with 22 goals in 60 entries), from septic shock.

5 December
Panos Gerontakos, 98, Greek journalist, former president of the Greek Sydney Community.
Peter Gethin, 71, British Formula One pilot, winner of the 1971 Italian Grand Prix,
Christos Kalligeris, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos), member of the legendary Wembley team, is killed in a car accident.
Genadi Logoffet, 69, Russian footballer (Spartak Moscow, National USSR 1963–70 with 17 entries), champion (1962, 1969) and Cupmaster Soviet Union (1963, 1965, 1971). (Russian)
Dan Mills, 80, American animator (Family Guy, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
Dan Biggers, 80, American actor (In the heat of the night).
Freedom of Pelion, 46, protop