Lillian Gertrude Browse (99) Briton brought up in the culturally unsophisticated milieu of South Africa who managed by sheer charm, determination, and good judgment to establish herself as a doyenne of the London art world. Browse cofounded the Cork Street gallery Roland, Browse & Delbanco, which dealt in Old Masters but specialized in modern works in which Browse had become expert. She helped to revive interest in such neglected figures as Rodin, Degas, William Nicholson, Augustus John, and Walter Sickert, of whom she wrote a biography in 1960. Browse died in London, England on December 2, 2005.

Christine Pullein-Thompson (80) prolific British writer of children's books, mostly about horses. Pullein-Thompson wrote more than 100 books that were translated into 12 languages. She died in Norwich, England on December 2, 2005.

Atsuko Tanaka (73) one of Japan's most important avant-garde artists and a member of the artist group Gutai, founded in 1954 when many Japanese people were exploring new freedoms. Tanaka became widely known for works that combined sculpture, electric sound and light, and performance and for challenging traditional definitions of painting and artistic craft. Her works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and more recently at the Paula Cooper Gallery and New York University's Grey Art Gallery. Hospitalized since spring after being injured in a car accident, she died of pneumonia in Nara, Japan on December 3, 2005.

George F. Baker (66) retired financier and senior trustee of the George F. Baker Trust, a family philanthropy, whose trust, worth about $15 million, primarily supports education, hospitals, social services, and civic affairs through grants or seed money. Baker gave more than $2.4 million in grants in 2002. He was at the controls of a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron when the plane, approaching Nantucket, Massachusetts, disappeared from radar after a flight from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. He was presumed dead after a week, with the date of disappearance December 1, 2005.

Jerry D. Florence (57) top executive at the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and a major fund-raiser for national and local causes. The veteran management executive was director of the AARP Foundation, the charity arm of the organization that helps people over 50 to find jobs, manage money, and file tax returns. Florence also cofounded E-MedNet Inc., a provider of online medical records and was president, chief executive, and chairman of the company through 2003. He died of a heart attack in Bethesda, Maryland on November 28, 2005.

Peter E. Haas Sr. (86) great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss who took over the family-owned Levi Strauss & Co. with his brother and helped to build it into a socially conscious clothing empire, transforming the small maker of Western apparel into one of the world's most famous clothing brands. Haas was a strong proponent of corporate social responsibility and worked toward racial desegregation of apparel factories during the late '40s and '50s. He was with the company for 60 years. He died in San Francisco, California on December 3, 2005.

Harold D. Shapiro (78) partner in the law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal and its first chairman, who oversaw the coast-to-coast expansion of the law firm where he practiced for more than 53 years and was its chairman for five (1985-90). Shapiro died of a ruptured aneurysm in Evanston, Illinois on December 1, 2005.

William B. Tanner (75) multimillionaire businessman who got his start peddling radio jingles, swapping jingles for radio air time, which he then sold to advertisers. Tanner built a media company that sold in 1982 for almost $40 millio, then bought controlling interest in a former United American Bank. He later went to federal prison for almost two years after pleading guilty to mail fraud and tax violations and was currently under indictment on charges of bribing a judge for a favorable ruling in a lawsuit. He died of cancer in Memphis, Tennessee on December 1, 2005.

Howard Gotlieb (79) Boston University archivist who collected the personal papers of contemporary authors, actors, and politicians. Gotlieb became director of the university's Department of Special Collections in 1963, which included contributions from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., authors Isaac Asimov and David Halberstam, actor Fred Astaire, actresses Bette Davis and Angela Lansbury, and TV news anchor Dan Rather. Gotlieb died after surgery in Boston, Massachusetts on December 1, 2005.

James A. Rawley (89) author, professor who taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was an authority on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the history of race relations. Rawley was the namesake for the Rawley Prize, given by the Organization of American Historians for accomplished historians in the field of race relations. His books include The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History and Turning Points of the Civil War. He died of a stroke in Lincoln, Nebraska on November 29, 2005.

Mary Hayley Bell (94) actress and author who wrote the novel Whistle Down the Wind, which became a successful 1961 film starring her daughter Hayley Mills and was later turned into a stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Bell began her career as an actress but gave up the stage after marrying actor John Mills in 1942 and while staying at home with their three children, who also included actress Juliet Mills, discovered a talent for writing. She died of Alzheimer’s disease in London, England on December 1, 2005.

Jocelyn Brando (86) character actress and sister of late actor Marlon Brando who appeared in such films as Mommie Dearest and on TV shows including Wagon Train, Kojak, and Ironside. Jocelyn Brando died in Santa Monica, California on November 27, 2005.

Jack Colvin (71) actor best known for his role as tabloid reporter Jack McGee in the '70s TV series The Incredible Hulk. Colvin appeared on numerous TV shows including Kojak, The Rockford Files, Cagney & Lacey, and Murder, She Wrote and had a long career as a stage actor. He founded the Michael Chekhov Studio USA West. He died of a stroke in North Hollywood, California on December 1, 2005.

John Stewart Detlie (96) Hollywood set designer, artist, and architect who led the effort to camouflage the Boeing airplane factory during World War II. Detlie was once nominated for an Oscar for design work on Bitter Sweet (1940) and worked as art director on such films Test Pilot (1938) and Broadway Melody of 1940. He left MGM studios in 1942 to manage the project in which nearly 26 acres of the Boeing Aircraft plant was camouflaged to confuse enemy bombers. He designed several landmark Seattle buildings while in the Northwest, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital and several University of Washington buildings. He died of lung cancer in Westlake Village, California on November 30, 2005.

Michael Evans (61) photographer whose picture of Ronald Reagan in a well-worn cowboy hat was on the covers of Time, Newsweek, and People after Reagan's death in 2004. Evans worked for Time magazine, the New York Times, and other publications but was best known as the official White House photographer during the Reagan administration. He died of cancer in Atlanta, Georgia on December 1, 2005.

Joe Jones (79) singer of the 1961 R&B hit "You Talk Too Much" who later became an independent music publisher and advocate for black artists' rights. Jones was a big band leader for the likes of B. B King, playing the piano and arranging music, and was credited with discovering the Dixie Cups trio, who sang the 1964 hit "Chapel of Love," among other artists. Jones died after quadruple bypass surgery, in Los Angeles, California on November 27, 2005.

Marc Lawrence (95) character actor whose pockmarked face and brooding mannerisms made him a natural for tough guy roles in dozens of movies since the '30s. Lawrence signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1932 and over the next 60 years played the mob boss, thug, and general bad guy in dozens of films. He appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the '50s and acknowledged that he had once been a Communist Party member. His last movie appearance was a minor role in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). He died of heart failure in Palm Springs, California on November 27, 2005.

Macon ("Sonny") McCalman (72) versatile character actor whose acting career spanned more than 30 years and included roles in a long list of popular TV shows from the '70s through the '90s: Kojak, Roots, Family Ties, Three's Company, Cheers, Dallas, Murder She Wrote, Designing Women, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, LA Law, and many others. McCalman's movie roles included the prosecutor in Fried Green Tomatoes, Aubry Draper in Doc Hollywood, and Deputy Queen in Deliverance. He died in Memphis, Tennessee on November 29, 2005.

Tony Meehan (62) drummer of the early British rock combo The Shadows, who as a teenager joined The Drifters, the backup band for young crooner Cliff Richard that changed its name to Cliff Richard & the Shadows and became the biggest band in British rock & roll in the days before Beatlemania. Meehan had hits with Richard including "Living Doll" and "Travelin’ Light," and without him, including the seminal guitar-heavy instrumental "Apache." Meehan left the group in 1961 to work at Decca Records but teamed up with Shadows bassist Jet Harris for the '63 hit "Diamonds." He died of head injuries after a fall at his home, in London, England on November 28, 2005.

Jean Parker (90) lovely brunette star of Sequoia, Little Women, The Ghost Goes West, and other hit films of the '30s and '40s. Parker also coached young actors for a time in the '70s, but eventually became known in Hollywood as a recluse. She died of a stroke in Woodland Hills, California on November 30, 2005.

Wendie Jo Sperber (47) prolific TV and movie actress whose credits include Bachelor Party (1984) with Tom Hanks, Back to the Future (1985), and more recently My Dinner with Jimi (2003). But Sperber was best known for costarring with Hanks in the '80s sitcom Bosom Buddies. She later founded the weSPARK Cancer Support Center, which provides free emotional support, information, and social activities for individuals and families affected by cancer. Sperber died of breast cancer in Sherman Oaks, California on November 29, 2005.

Herbert L. Strock (87) TV producer and director of such movies as I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, How to Make a Monster, and The Crawling Hand. Strock worked on TV series including Maverick, Sea Hunt, and 77 Sunset Strip. He died of heart failure after a car accident in Moreno Valley, California on November 30, 2005.

Deon van der Walt (47) lyric tenor who sang in opera houses around the world. Van der Walt was a well-known figure in South African wine making who sang on opera stages in Germany and Switzerland before making his Covent Garden debut as Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville in 1985. He became the first South African singer to complete the operatic grand slam by performing at the Met, La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, and Covent Garden. He was shot dead after what appeared to have been a family quarrel (the body of his father, with a bullet wound to the temple, was found nearby), in Paarl, South Africa on November 29, 2005.

Frederic B. Vogel (70s) founder of the Commercial Theater Institute, a teaching program for prospective Broadway producers, and a longtime expert on theater management. Vogel was also active as a producer and investor in Broadway shows by putting his money into more than 30 productions, including hits like Same Time, Next Year (1975). He died of lung cancer in New York City on November 29, 2005.

E. Card(on) Walker (89) cocreator of Walt Disney World who helped to expand the company's theme parks around the world. Walker helped to lead the Disney Co. through a difficult transition after the death of Walt Disney in 1966 and became president in '71, the year cofounder Roy O. Disney died and Walt Disney World opened. Walker died of congestive heart failure in La Canada Flintridge, California on November 28, 2005.

Catherine Woods (21) aspiring dancer and daughter of John R. Woods, director of the famed Ohio State University marching band, who went to New York with dreams of making it big on Broadway but ended up working as a topless dancer when jobs became hard to find. She was found murdered in her New York apartment on November 28, 2005. On March 23, 2007, yoga instructor Paul Cortez (26) was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.

Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi (67) former Iraqi Prime Minister and one of the top Saddam Hussein-era leaders captured in Iraq. Zubaydi led Saddam's forces in the central third of Iraq during the initial stages of the 2003 US-led invasion and was on the list of 55 most wanted members of Saddam's toppled regime. He was captured in April 2003 and was expected to face the special tribunal hearing on war crimes charges against the former Iraqi president and his other detained regime members. He died of cardiac arrest after being transferred to the US 344th Corps Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq on December 2, 2005.

Frederick ("Dick") Ashworth (93) weaponeer aboard the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 at the end of World War II. Ashworth was responsible for arming the bomb during the flight. He later did military liaison work with the Atomic Energy Commission and commanded the Navy's Sixth Fleet. He died of an aortic aneurysm during heart surgery, in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 3, 2005.

Jozef Garlinski (92) Polish historian and prose writer, a member of the Polish underground who wrote many notable books on the history of World War II. Garlinski participated in the Defence War of 1939 and was imprisoned in Pawiak Auschwitz and Neuengamme concentration camps. His book Fighting Auschwitz (1975) became a best-seller. He died in London, England on November 29, 2005.

Ashraf Ghorbal (80) member of the Egyptian negotiating team that worked out the Camp David Accords, the first Arab peace deal with Israel. Ghorbal was presidential advisor to President Anwar Sadat and later ambassador to the US. He died on November 29, 2005.

Gopal Vinayak Godse (86) last surviving conspirator in the assassination of Indian independence leader and pacifist icon Mohandas Gandhi. Godse served 16 years in prison for his involvement in the 1948 killing and later lived largely off royalties from books he wrote on Gandhi and the assassination. He died in Pune, India on November 27, 2005.

Ray Hanna (77) British leader of the RAF's Red Arrows aerobatic team in its early years, developing a level of expertise and panache in formation aerobatic flying that attracted universal acclaim and made it the world's premier team and star attraction at air shows worldwide. Hanna founded the Old Flying Machine Co., specializing in the restoration and operation of classic warbirds such as the Mustang, Spitfire, and Kittyhawk. He was in regular demand by the film industry, with flying sequences in the films Empire of the Sun (1987), Memphis Belle (1990), and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Hanna died in England on December 1, 2006.

Frank B. Holman (75) chairman of the New Jersey state Republican party during the two terms of Gov. Thomas H. Kean and an adviser to many GOP candidates. Holman was chief executive of the Ocean County Board of Freeholders (1976-82) and executive director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and later formed the Holman Group, a political consulting firm in Trenton. He died of throat cancer in Lakewood, New Jersey on December 2, 2005.

John Iannacone (94) one of the last surviving sky sailors from the Navy's rigid airship program in the '20s and '30s and a hero of the Hindenburg crash, who helped to save passengers when the 804-ft German airship burst into flames while landing on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people. Iannacone spent 44 years with the Navy as a chief petty officer and civilian worker. He died of a heart attack in Lakehurst, New Jersey on December 2, 2005.

Kaare Kristiansen (85) Norwegian politician who quit the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in 1994 rather than support an award that included Yasser Arafat. Kristiansen led the Christian Democratic Party for six years, was a Parliament member (1973-89), and was Norwegian oil minister (1983-86) as part of a center-right coalition, but gained his greatest fame when he resigned from the prestigious committee rather than participate in giving Arafat the Nobel Peace Prize (which Arafat was awarded along with former Israeli leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres for their 1993 peace pact). He died in Oslo, Norway on December 3, 2005.

Vice Adm. W. P. Lawrence (75) US naval officer who spent six years as a Vietnamese PoW with Sen. John McCain. Lawrence turned down a scholarship to Yale to attend the Naval Academy, where he played three sports, was elected class president, and rose to the rank of brigade commander. He was noted for helping to lift the spirits of the PoWs captured in Vietnam including McCain, with whom he communicated by tapping on the walls of his cell and sweeping the floor in patterns. He later was superintendent of the Naval Academy and won the Distinguished Service Medal four times. He died in Annapolis, Maryland on December 2, 2005.

Franz Schoenhuber (82) former Nazi SS soldier who became a prominent figure on Germany's rightist fringe and was best known as a cofounder of the anti-immigration Republikaner party. Schoenhuber later ran for parliament for two other far-right groups, the German People's Union and the National Democratic Party. He died in Tegernsee, Germany on November 27, 2005.

Little Bucky (6 months) pet deer living on the farm of Pennsylvania woman Sue Kopp. Little Bucky was shot while she slept in her pen and had her back leg blown off, allegedly by the same hunter who had killed her parents the same day, despite the fact that her owner had put orange tape around her pen to ward off hunters, The deer died in East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania on December 3, 2005.

Randoll Coate (96) British labyrinthologist who became a designer of elaborate symbolic garden mazes after retiring from the Foreign Office. Coate created more than 50 mazes around the world: designed the Archbishop's Maze at Greys Court, the Marlborough Maze, and the Roxburgh Maze at Floors Castle in Britain and the Millennium Maze for the Borghese Gardens in Rome. He died in Le Rouret, France on December 2, 2005.

Polly Goodan (83) environmentalist who helped to preserve 1,200 acres of redwoods when she oversaw the sale of her family's estate on the San Francisco Peninsula to a conservation group with the goal of turning it over to the national park system. Goodan died after a fall at her home in Huntington, California on December 1, 2005.

Msgr. Frederick R. McManus (82) retired dean of canon law at Catholic University of America who helped to draft revisions to the Roman Catholic liturgy at the Second Vatican Council in the '60s. McManus was a consultant to the American bishops who attended the council (1962-65). He edited the university's canon law journal, The Jurist, for more than 30 years and wrote seven books. He died in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 2005.

Daphne Phelps (94) Brit who devoted the greater part of her life to the preservation and maintenance of a unique and magical Sicilian house called Casa Cuseni, at Taormina that she inherited from her uncle, artist Robert Kitson, in 1948. Phelps hosted numerous celebrities at her home including her close friends, playwright Tennessee Williams and novelist Roald Dahl. She wrote an account of her life entitled A House in Sicily (1999). She died in Sicily on November 30, 2005.

Judith Thomas Stark (96) dancer turned philanthropist who supported artists and art institutions. Stark formed the Judith S. Thomas Foundation in 1968, which donated directly to needy artists rather than to established arts groups. She was also was an original founder of the Los Angeles County Music Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, and supported the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the UCLA Hammer Museum. She died of a stroke in Bel Air, California on December 1, 2005.

Jeff Anthony (32) SRL Late Model racecar driver, 1997 Altamont Raceway Park Rookie of the Year, and three-time Track champion (1998-2000) who became the Iron Man of the SRL when he made his 50th career start during the 2005 season at Altamont Raceway & Arena on Aug. 20. Anthony finished with 53 starts, eight victories, four fast time awards, and 25 top five finishes. He died of head injuries after he was involved in an ATV crash in which he took an estimated 60-foot fall at the Glamis Sand Dunes in San Diego, California on November 27, 2005.

David di Tommaso (26) FC Utrecht soccer player elected Player of the Year in his first year. Di Tommaso trained in the youth academy of AS Monaco and rose to playing in the Champions League before taking part in the championship of 2000 as a substitute and winning a place in the selection of Young France. He joined Utrecht from Sedan and played 31 games last season, winning the club's player of the year award. He died of heart failure in his sleep in Holland a day after playing in Utrecht's 1-0 victory over Ajax, on November 27, 2005.

Maury Kraines (84) co-owner of the team that won the 1992 Indianapolis 500 in the race's closest finish. Kraines was involved with some of the most prestigious names in Indy car racing including 500 winners Al Unser Jr., Michael Andretti, Danny Sullivan, and Bobby Rahal during a nearly 10-year run as a team owner. He died of heart failure in Rancho Mirage, California on November 29, 2005.

Denis Lindsay (66) South African cricketer known as an excellent wicket-keeper and an upstanding, hard-hitting batsman. Lindsay equaled the then-world record by taking six catches behind the stumps in Australia's reply against South Africa, and coached extensively in schools. In 2000 he was appointed to the International Cricket Council panel of match referees. He died after a short illness in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 30, 2005.

Vic Power (78) one of the first Latino baseball stars in the major leagues in the 10 years after World War II and an exciting player who caught everything one-handed when that was an uncommon flourish. Power won seven consecutive Gold Gloves (1958-64) and played for the Cleveland Indians. He was considered the No. 1 prospect to become the first black player on the Yankees. He died of cancer in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on November 29, 2005.

Pat Putnam (75) award-winning boxing writer at Sports Illustrated and other outlets who broke the news that Cassius Clay had changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Putnam's reporting career began at the Miami Herald in 1954 and ended on a boxing web site, but in between that time he spent 27 years at Sports Illustrated, where more than 50 of his 600-plus stories were featured on the cover. He died of complications from stomach surgery, in Schenectady, New York on November 27, 2005.