(b. 1925) November 12 Al Ruscio, American actor (b. 1924) John Tavener, British composer (b. 1944) November 15 – Glafcos Clerides, 4th President of Cyprus (b. 1919) November 17 – Doris Lessing, British Nobel writer (b. 1919) November 19 – Frederick Sanger, British Nobel biochemist (b. 1918) November 20 – Joseph Paul Franklin, American murderer (b. 1950) November 21 – Tôn Thất Đính, South Vietnamese Army general and politician (b. 1926) November 25 Bill Foulkes, British footballer (b. 1932) Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921) November 26 Arik Einstein, Israeli singer, songwriter, and actor (b. 1939) Tony Musante, American actor (b. 1936) November 27 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925) November 28 – Mitja Ribičič, Slovene politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1919) November 30 Paul Walker, American actor (b. 1973) Yury Yakovlev, Soviet and Russian film actor (b. 1928) December December 1 – Heinrich Boere, Dutch-German Nazi war criminal (b. 1921) December 2 Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1942) Vernon Shaw, 5th President of Dominica (b. 1930) December 5 Nelson Mandela, 1st President of South Africa and Nobel laureate (b. 1918) Colin Wilson, English writer, philosopher and novelist (b. 1931) December 7 – Édouard Molinaro, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1928) December 8 – John Cornforth, Australian–British Nobel chemist (b. 1917) December 9 – Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922) December 10 Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930) Rossana Podestà, Libyan-born Italian actress (b. 1934) December 11 – Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter (b. 1920) December 12 Jang Song-thaek, North Korean politician (b. 1946) Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator and activist (b. 1931) Audrey Totter, American actress (b. 1917) December 14 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor (b. 1932) December 15 Harold Camping, American evangelist (b. 1921) Joan Fontaine, Japanese-born British American actress (b. 1917) December 16 – Ray Price, American singer and songwriter (b. 1926) December 18 – Ronnie Biggs, British criminal (b. 1929) December 21 – Peter Geach, British philosopher (b. 1916) December 23 Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian inventor (b. 1919) Yusef Lateef, American jazz musician and composer (b. 1920) December 26 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American singer and actress (b. 1912) December 29 Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer (b. 1932) Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1937) December 31 – James Avery, American actor (b. 1945) Nobel Prizes Chemistry – Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel Economics – Eugene