December 2 2014 in the United Kingdom

ian mclagan in 2006



1 december

david cooke, 59, admiral, commander operations (2006–2009).
jimmy duncan, 83, footballer (celtic).


2 december

josie cichockyj, 50, wheelchair basketball player.
gerry fisher, 88, cinematographer (wise blood, go-between, fedora).
peter furneaux, 79, football club chairman , investor (grimsby town).
john kotz, 84, politician, mayor of hackney.


3 december – ian mclagan, 69, keyboard player (small faces).
4 december

nick talbot, 37, singer-songwriter (gravenhurst).
jeremy thorpe, 85, politician, leader of liberal party (1967–1976), mp north devon (1959–1979) (thorpe affair).


6 december – luke somers, 33, photojournalist , aqap hostage.
7 december

norman mair, 86, rugby union player , journalist.
tommy todd, 88, footballer (airdrie, hamilton, crewe, derby , rochdale).


8 december

james brown, 83, cricket player.
scot young, 52, businessman , reality television personality (ladies of london),


9 december

lydia mordkovitch, 70, violinist.
sheila stewart, 77, singer, storyteller, , author.


10 december – catherine hughes, 81, diplomat , academic.
11 december

tom adams, 76, actor (the great escape, licensed kill, doctor who).
tim black, 77, family planning pioneer, founder of marie stopes international.
philip knights, baron knights, 94, police officer , peer, chief constable of west midlands (1975–1985).


12 december

john baxter, 78, footballer (hibernian).
ivor grattan-guinness, 73, historian of mathematics , logic.
dave west, 70, businessman.


14 december – bobo faulkner, 73, english model , television personality.
15 december

michael hare duke, 89, anglican bishop.
ray steadman-allen, 92, composer , salvation army officer.


16 december

martin brasier, 67, palaeobiologist , astrobiologist.
brian lister, 88, race car builder (lister cars).


17 december – neil james, 53, rugby league player.
18 december – mandy rice-davies, 70, model, figure in profumo affair.
19 december

philip bradbourn, 63, politician, mep west midlands (since 1999).
jamie gilroy, 66, politician, co-founder of wickerman festival.
pat holton, 78, footballer (motherwell, hamilton academical).
colin strang, 2nd baron strang, 92, philosopher , peer.


20 december

joe anderson, 86, rugby league player (castleford, leeds, featherstone rovers).
donald charlton bradley, 90, chemist.
john freeman, 99, politician, journalist, broadcaster , diplomat, mp watford (1945–1955), ambassador united states (1969–1971).
ranulph glanville, 68, architect , cybernetician.
brian manley, 85, engineer , scientist.
sam morris, 84, footballer (chester city).


21 december

jane bown, 89, photographer (the observer).
sonya butt, 90, special operations executive agent.
roberta leigh, 87, author , television producer (space patrol).
billie whitelaw, 82, actress (the omen, dark crystal, hot fuzz).
alan williams, 84, politician, mp swansea west (1964–2010), father of house (2005–2010).


22 december

joe cocker, 70, rock , blues singer ( little friends , beautiful , belong ).
chris davidge, 85, rower.
william j. fishman, 93, academic.
richard graydon, 92, stuntman , stunt coordinator (james bond film series).
jeremy lloyd, 84, screenwriter (are being served?, allo allo!).
rosemary lowe-mcconnell, 93, biologist , ichthyologist.


23 december

mike elliott, 68, comedian , actor (goal!, billy elliot).
debbie purdy, 51, activist.


24 december

jacqueline briskin, 87, author.
arthur louis, 64, reggae cross-over musician ( knockin on heaven s door ).
barry williams, 70, spree killer.


25 december

bernard kay, 86, actor (doctor who, doctor zhivago).
mary f. lyon, 89, geneticist.
david ryall, 79, actor.
tony wilkinson, 66, archaeologist.


26 december

geoff pullar, 79, cricketer.
ken riddington, television producer (house of cards).
jean stogdon, 86, social worker , campaigner (grandparents plus).
andrew thomson, 78, academic , historian.


27 december

ron henry, 80, footballer (tottenham hotspur, national team).
carol stone, 60, transgender priest.
bridget turner, 75, actress (doctor who, casualty, z-cars).


29 december

dorrit dekk, 97, graphic designer.
leslie silver, 89, chairman of leeds united f.c. (1983-1966).


30 december

frank atkinson, 90, museum director (beamish museum).
deborah bone, 51, mental health nurse, inspired disco 2000.
derek coombs, 83, british politician, mp birmingham yardley (1970–1974).
yolande donlan, 94, actress.
jim galloway, 78, jazz clarinet , saxophone player.
patrick gowers, 78, composer.
luise rainer, 104, actress.


31 december

jimmy dunn, 91, footballer (wolverhampton wanderers, derby county).
michael kennedy, 88, biographer, journalist , music critic.
valerian wellesley, 8th duke of wellington, 99, peer , army officer.