The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2007. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. December 2007 1 Rassim al-Jumaili, 69, Iraqi actor and comedian, kidney failure. Jennifer Davidson, 38, American executive, senior vice president of programming and scheduling for Cartoon Network. Elisabeth Eybers, 92, South African-born poet. Tony Fall, 67, British rally driver and Opel Motorsport Team director, heart attack. Ken McGregor, 78, Australian tennis player, stomach cancer. Danny Newman, 88, American publicist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, pulmonary fibrosis. Anton Rodgers, 74, British actor. 2 Jennifer Alexander, 35, Canadian-born American ballet dancer, traffic collision. Robert O. Anderson, 90, American founder and former CEO of ARCO. Nelly Beltrán, 82, Argentine actress. Elizabeth Hardwick, 91, American co-founder of The New York Review of Books. Doreen Kartinyeri, 72, Ngarrindjeri elder and historian. David Maybury-Lewis, 78, British anthropologist. Eleonora Rossi Drago, 82, Italian actress, cerebral haemorrhage. Les Shannon, 81, English football player (Liverpool, Burnley) and manager (Bury, Blackpool). Thomas F. Torrance, 94, Scottish theologian. 3 Art Arfons, 81, American jet-car driver and drag racer, three-time world land speed record holder. John Belgrave, 67, New Zealand public servant, Chief Ombudsman (2003–2007), cancer. Jaime Fuster, 66, Puerto Rican politician and jurist, Resident Commissioner (1985–1992), heart attack. Susumu Katsumata, 63, Japanese manga artist and illustrator, melanoma. James Kemsley, 59, Australian cartoonist (Ginger Meggs), motor neurone disease. Keshav Meshram, 70, Indian writer and critic, lung cancer. Lord Bloody Wog Rolo, 62, Australian activist, renal cell carcinoma. Heloneida Studart, 76, Brazilian writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, advocate for women's rights, and political figure. 4 Chad "Pimp C" Butler, 33, American rap artist (UGK), sleep apnea and accidental overdose. Jake Gaudaur, 87, Canadian Commissioner of the Canadian Football League (1968–1984), cancer. Jay H. Gordon, 77, American politician, Vermont Auditor of Accounts (1965–1969), smoke inhalation. Stanley McArdle, 85, British admiral. Norval Morrisseau, 75, Canadian Ojibwe artist, founder of the Woodlands Style, Parkinson's disease. Chip Reese, 56, American professional poker player, heart attack. Herman Rose, 98, American cityscape painter, cancer. Carlos Valdes, 81, Cuban conga player, respiratory failure. 5 M. V. Dhond, 93, Indian literary and art critic. Christine Finn, 78, English actress. Robin Gloag, 64, British co-founder of Stagecoach Group, traffic collision.