G. Blakemore Evans (93) eminent Elizabethan scholar and editor of the Shakespearean canon, foremost The Riverside Shakespeare, a complete rendition of Shakespeare's writings, which remains an authoritative source for scholars and general readers alike. Evans was Cabot professor emeritus of English literature at Harvard and wrote about and edited the works of several English writers of the 16th and 17th centuries. He died of a stroke in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 23, 2005.

Marjorie Kellogg (83) author whose socially conscious plays and novels featured characters with mental and physical illnesses, including her best-known work Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. Kellogg was a member of the Kellogg cereal dynasty and wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film adaptation of Sylvia Plath's classic novel about a suicidal young woman, The Bell Jar, before turning her focus to writing plays, most of which premiered in off-Broadway theaters. She died of Alzheimer's disease in Santa Barbara, California on December 19, 2005.

Alan Shields (61) artist whose radiantly colored, sewing-machine stitched, three-dimensional paintings made him prominent in the New York art world of the '70s. Shields's work had appeared on the cover of Artforum and acquired by numerous major museums in NYC and across the country. He collaborated on handmade books, excelled at watercolor, and became an innovative printmaker as well. He died in his sleep after having been treated for emphysema, on Shelter Island, New York on December 20, 2005.

Douglas Bigelow (49) pioneer in Internet protection who fought e-mail spam, computer viruses, identity theft, and online pornography as head of security for America Online, then the world's largest Internet service provider. Bigelow became the company's first employee responsible for protecting both customer and corporate data when he was hired as vice president of operations security in 1995. He managed a department of more than 100 people and investigated thousands of security issues a year. He died of pancreatic cancer in Vienna, Virginia on December 24, 2005.

Raoul Bott (82) mathematician who made innovative contributions to differential geometry and topology, a field that examines the properties of spaces. Bott won the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the American Mathematical Society in 1990, the National Medal of Science in '87, and the Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics in 2000. He died of lung cancer in Carlsbad, California on December 20, 2005.

Theodore H. Bullock (90) scientist who made wide-ranging studies of sensory and nervous systems in fish and invertebrates and used his research to explore the evolution of the brain in animals. Bullock cowrote a benchmark two-volume study of worms, mollusks, and other animals called Structure & Function in the Nervous Systems of Invertebrates (1965). He taught at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego (1966-82) and was a former president of the Society for Neuroscience. He died in San Diego, California on December 20, 2005.

Dr. Bradford Cannon (98) plastic surgeon who helped to pioneer a new treatment for burns and used it on victims of the deadly 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston. Cannon was the first chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and was credited with saving the lives of soldiers maimed during World War II. He died of pneumonia in Lincoln, Massachusetts on December 20, 2005.

Keith Duckworth (72) outstanding British racing engine designer of his generation. Cosworth Engineering, the company he founded with fellow engineer Mike Costin in 1958, produced a staggeringly successful series of Ford-based and -sponsored engines; it not only won a record 155 World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix races (1960-83) but dominated international Formula 2, 3, and Junior. It won the Le Mans 24-hour sports car race and added multiple victories in American Indianapolis-style speedway racing. Duckworth was proudest of all in having manufactured precision-built engines in substantial quantity, thereby opening Formula 1's doors to a flood of new car manufacturers buying competitive Cosworth power "off the shelf." He died in England on December 18, 2005.

Dr. Hyman Engelberg (92) personal physician to actress Marilyn Monroe, who announced her death in August 1962 and ruled it a suicide. Engelberg treated nearly 100 Hollywood stars including Burt Lancaster, Danny Kaye, Rita Hayworth, and Walter Matthau and was known for his prolific writing and research, including a 1965 study documenting why smokers were more likely to suffer heart attacks than nonsmokers. He died in Santa Monica, California on December 19, 2005.

Enrique Hernandez (74) onetime Los Angeles Police Department officer who pioneered sophisticated private security methods and developed an international reputation as founder of Pasadena-based Inter-Con Security Systems Inc., which now owns subsidiaries in 19 countries and earns about $1 billion annually. Hernandez was one of the lead officers investigating the shooting death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. He successfully pitched the idea of training private security guards to supplement US Marines in protecting US embassies and officials around the world. He retired from the firm in 1999 and died of cancer in San Marino, California on December 18, 2005.

William W. Howells (97) leading physical anthropologist who focused on the origins of humans and the evolution of races. Howells was emeritus professor of anthropology at Harvard. He made perhaps his most important contribution to the field by concluding that, on the basis of skull measurements, modern humans are of one species with little to tell them apart, at a time in the '60s when controversy clouded the debate of racial issues. He published several books, including Mankind So Far (1944) and Who’s Who in Skulls: Ethnic Identification of Crania from Measurements (1995). He died in Kittery Point, Maine on December 20, 2005.

Emmett Leith (78) scientist who took the concept of the hologram and added the technology of the laser to help create three-dimensional photography. Leith won the National Medal of Science from President Jimmy Carter. He died of an internal hemorrhage in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 23, 2005.

Walter M. Sharp (89) longtime banking official in southern California and a consultant to financier Kirk Kerkorian's Los Angeles-based Tracinda Corporation. Sharp was a former member of the MGM Mirage board (1986-2002). He also had been head of Bank of America's international banking division in Los Angeles and later formed his own consulting firm, Walter M. Sharp Co., which focused on offering financial advice, primarily to independent community banks in California. He died after a series of illnesses, in Studio City, California on December 22, 2005.

James L. Swauger (92) archaeologist and longtime museum researcher, associate director of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 44 years. Swauger was known for his excavation of Fort Pitt at Point State Park and wrote nearly 50 publications, including several books, about petroglyphs, a mysterious form of art carved on rocks by Native Americans. He died of pneumonia in Johnston, Rhode Island on Decmber 18, 2005.

Alan M. Voorhees (83) prominent transportation engineer and city planner whose work helped to give rise to the Interstate highway system in the US. Voorhees developed a mathematical model that could predict the ebb and flow of highway traffic in the '50s that helped to make feasible the design and construction of the Interstate system. He helped to build subway systems in major cities around the world (including Washington, DC, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Caracas, Venezuela, and Hong Kong) as the principal in the urban planning consulting firm Alan M. Voorhees & Associates, and later became involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors, including creating Voorhees Nature Preserve in Virginia and providing major support to Voorhees College, a historically black college in Denmark, South Carolina. He died in Richmond, Virginia on December 18, 2005.

Charles F. Cummings (68) official historian of Newark, New Jersey whose encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its environs took in everything from the name of the first municipal commissioner of shade trees to the fact that a mayonnaise factory once graced the shores of the Passaic River. Cummings had been associated with the Newark Public Library since 1963 and at his death was assistant director for special collections. He died after heart surgery in Newark, New Jersey on December 21, 2005.

George Gerbner (86) educator and pioneering researcher into the influence of TV violence on viewer perceptions of the world. Gerbner was dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania for 25 years. He founded and headed the Cultural Indicators Project to measure trends in TV content and to examine how TV shapes Americans' concept of society. He later founded a second organization, the Cultural Environment Movement, to work for greater diversity in media ownership, employment, and representation. He wrote, edited, and contributed to several communications books and taught at numerous institutions including American University, Temple University, and Villanova. He died of cancer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 24, 2005.

Miller Upton (88) president of Beloit College in Wisconsin, known for developing the Beloit Plan, a project that called for replacing the traditional two-semseter and summer vacation format with a three-term year running through the summer, thus keeping the college operating year-'round. Upton was also known for finding innovative and widely imitated ways to maximize the college's educational and financial resources during his 21-year presidency, He died in Fontana, Wisconsin on December 19, 2005.

Argentina Brunetti (98) Argentina-born Sicilian character actress who played the worried wife of Mr. Martini in the classic film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). Brunetti starred in dozens of films and TV shows over a career spanning more than 50 years. She portrayed Dean Martin's mother in the comedy The Caddy (1953), in which Martin sang “That’s Amore” to her, and performed with Desi Arnaz in the film Holiday in Havana (1949). Her TV credits include Hopalong Cassidy, The Untouchables, Kojak, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Brunetti died in her sleep in Rome, Italy, where she had moved in 2004 to live with her son Mario and his family, on December 20, 2005.

Selma Jeanne Cohen (85) historian, editor, and teacher who devoted her career to proclaiming dance an art worthy of the same scholarly respect traditionally given to painting, music, and literature. Cohen was considered America's leading figure in dance scholarship and edited the six-volume International Encyclopedia of Dance (1998), the most comprehensive guide of its kind. She was a dance critic for the New York Times and the Saturday Review, wrote and edited several books, and taught at many colleges, including the University of Chicago. She died of Alzheimer's disease in Greenwich Village, New York on December 23, 2005.

O. B. Copeland (89) journalist and World War II veteran who helped to launch Southern Living magazine nearly 40 years ago and was the publication's first editor. Copeland was president of the Alabama Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He died of cardiac failure in Birmingham, Alabama on December 21, 2005.

A. O. Goldsmith (mid-90s) longtime newsman and former director of both the Louisiana State University Press and the LSU School of Journalism, who began his career writing for the Dunklin Democrat in Kennett, Missouri before going to the Arkansas Democrat, where his column, "Arkanstuff," was published in 30 weekly newspapers. Goldsmith continued to write a weekly column for the Daily Dunklin Democrat until April 2005. He died in Kennett, Missouri on December 23, 2005.

Myron Healey (82) native Californian actor and occasional screenwriter; one of the most frequently seen heavies in films and on TV shows of the '50s. Healey's name is nevertheless well known only to buffs. He occasionally played minor leads and sympathetic characters, but his stern good looks and rich deep voice made him a memorable villain, particularly in Westerns. He was the godson of noted horticulturist Luther Burbank. Healey was also remembered as the man who gave Robert Horton 20 lashes with a bullwhip in the Wagon Train episode entitled "The Traitor" (1961). Healey died of respiratory failure in Burbank, California on December 21, 2005.

Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga (90) father of crooner Julio Iglesias and grandfather of pop heartthrob Enrique Iglesias. Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga was recently in the news when Hola magazine said his 42-year-old wife Ronna Keith was pregnant with their second child. He was a colorful and outspoken ladies' man who appeared frequently in gossip columns and on TV. He had worked as a gynecologist and survived a kidnapping by Basque separatists ETA in the early '80s. He died of heart failure in Madrid, Spain on December 19, 2005.

Constance Keene (84) pianist and teacher whose recordings of the Romantic keyboard repertory were highly regarded. Keene had taught at the Manhattan School of Music since 1969 and gave master classes in Europe, Asia, and South Africa. She performed with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra and toured with Benny Goodman. Her recordings included works of Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Chasins. She died in New York City on December 24, 2005.

George Speaight (91) British puppeteer for more than 70 years and the leading authority on 19th-century toy theater, who did much to keep the tradition of the puppet theater going including performing the three great classics (The Miller & His Men, The Corsican Brothers, and Sleeping Beauty). Speaight was a founding member of the Society for Theatre Research, a vice president of the British Puppet & Model Theatre Guild, and a cofounder of the London Munich Puppet Players. He died in Kew, Surrey, England on December 22, 2005.

Ted Tulchin (79) businessman and theatrical producer who most recently helped to produce the revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical drama Sweeney Todd, which opened in November 2005 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. Tulchin founded a company (now called STA International) that provides credit management and insurance, collections and accounts receivable throughout the Americas and in Europe and Asia. He was also founder and longtime chairman of Continental Bank in Garden City, New York. He died of heart failure in Manhasset, New York on December 19, 2005.

Lt. Col. Horace Crouch (87) member of Doolittle's Raiders' daring bombing run over Japan during World War II that was thought to be payback for Pearl Harbor four months earlier. Crouch was one of 80 airmen aboard 16 B-25 bombers that made the daylight raid over Japan on April 18, 1942 (his death leaves just 16 surviving Raiders) and won the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal for his valor. He died of pneumonia in Columbia, South Carolina on December 21, 2005.

Wang Daohan (90) former Communist Party secretary for Shanghai and longtime head of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, China's agency that deals with rival Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic ties. Wang died in Shanghai, China on December 24, 2005.

Ed Dornan (66) former Irvine (Calif.) city councilman, a member of the Irvine City Council (1986-90) who served on the city Planning Commission in the mid-'80s. Dornandied of a heart attack in Irvine, California on December 19, 2005.

Truman K. Gibson Jr. (93) lawyer who fought racial discrimination in the Army in World War II as a high-level adviser in the War Department and later became a powerful pro boxing promoter. Gibson was chief advisor on racial affairs to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and sought to end segregation in the armed forces. He was later the attorney of heavyweight champion Joe Louis and became an influential figure in boxing as secretary and later president of the International Boxing Club, which promoted important title fights and arranged national TV coverage of the sport during the '50s. Gibson died in Chicago, Illinois on December 23, 2005.

Camille Gravel (90) adviser to three governors and an important political figure in Louisiana for more than 50 years. Gravel was an early civil rights activist who attracted national attention when he led the state's delegation at the Democrat National Convention in 1948 instead of joining the Southern Dixiecrat walkout. He coordinated the state campaign that put Louisiana in John F. Kennedy's camp. Gravel had heart surgery in February and never fully recovered from it. He died in Alexandria, Louisiana on December 23, 2005.

P. M. Sayeed (65) Indian power minister elected to a record nine consecutive terms in parliament, widely respected for his knowledge of parliamentary rules. Sayeed died of a heart attack in Seoul, South Korea, where he was being treated for a liver ailment, on December 18, 2005.

Yao Wenyuan (74) journalist and final surviving member of the Gang of Four that terrorized China during the violent 1966-76 Cultural Revolution by persecuting thousands and directing the purge of moderate party officials. Yao was convicted of trying to gain power by persecuting officials and members of the public and spent 20 years in prison before his release in 1996. He died of diabetes in China on December 23, 2005.

Rev. David Engelhard (64) US clergyman who stepped down as general secretary of the Christian Reformed Church in North America after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Engelhard taught Hebrew and Old Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary (1971-94) before being appointed general secretary in 1994, a position he held until his medical leave began in February 2005. He died of cancer 10 months after his diagnosis, in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 22, 2005.

Vincent Gigante (77) mob boss and powerful Mafioso who avoided jail for decades by wandering the streets of New York in a ratty bathrobe and slippers, feigning mental illness. Gigante was dubbed the Oddfather for his bizarre behavior and had scored a lengthy string of victories over prosecutors before he was convicted in July 1997 of racketeering. He died of heart disease at the federal prison in Springfield, Missouri on December 19, 2005.

Lyndon Olson Sr. (80) lawyer who successfully argued a case in 1968 before the US Supreme Court that extended the principle of one man, one vote to local governments (leading to the high court's decision that the makeup of local governments must reflect the population within them). Olson was president of the Waco (Texas) Independent School District board during integration and was once president of the city's chamber of commerce. He died of a heart attack in Waco, Texas on December 20, 2005.

Rapunzel the Rhino (30s) Sumatran rhinoceros rescued in 1989 by a consortium of zoos from a rain forest slated to be cleared to make way for palm tree plantations. Rapunzel had spent time at both the Cincinnati Zoo and the Bronx Zoo (where she had lived for 15 years) and was one of only five Sumatran rhinos in captivity in the US. She was euthanized after she developed trouble moving and breathing and failed to respond to treatment, in the Bronx, New York on December 22, 2005.

Alma Thorpe (63) Georgia woman whose troubles with mental illness, sexual abuse, and dark family secrets were captured in a 1998 award-winning film called Alma, which won Best Documentary Feature at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Thorpe was diagnosed as clinically schizophrenic and was given electroshock treatment after she was involuntarily committed in 1965 to Milledgeville's Central State Hospital. She spent most of her life at home playing the piano and writing and receiving hundreds of letters. She died of diabetes in Atlanta, Georgia on December 21, 2005.

Lajos Baroti (91) soccer coach who led Hungary to a bronze medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and trained the team that won the gold medal at the '64 Tokyo Olympics. Baroti coached Hungary a record 117 times (1957-78) and played twice on the national team. He led Hungary to a sixth-place finish at the 1966 World Cup and coached Portugal's S. L. Benfica to three titles (1980-82). He died in Hungary on December 19, 2005.

Jim Boyle (63) former St. Joseph’s basketball coach who led the Hawks to two NCAA tournament appearances and a 151-114 record. Boyle played for the Hawks under Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay and was an assistant under three other coaches before becoming head coach. He was also an assistant with the Denver Nuggets in the '90s. He died of lung cancer in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 23, 2005.

James Dungy (18) son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy who recently graduated from high school and was taking classes at the University of South Florida. James often joined his father at practices and games when Tony coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. James Dungy was found dead of an apparent suicide in his apartment in Lutz, Florida on December 22, 2005.

Phyllis Gretzky (64) mother of hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky who was diagnosed with lung cancer late in 2004. Phyllis Gretzky died two nights after her son took an indefinite leave of absence as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes to return home to be with her, in Ontario, Canada on December 19, 2005.

Barry Halper (66) owner of one of the most extensive collections of baseball memorabilia and a limited partner in the New York Yankees, who fetched a staggering $21.8 million—a record for sports memorabilia—during a week-long auction at Sotheby's in 1999. Halper amassed some 80,000 items, including uniforms of many Hall of Famers, an original ticket from the first World Series in 1903, the jersey Lou Gehrig wore in his farewell speech at Yankee Stadium in '39, and uniforms worn by Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Mickey Mantle. Halper died of diabetes in Livingston, New Jersey on December 18, 2005.

Elrod Hendricks (64) baseball veteran who spent more than 40 years as a player and coach with the Baltimore Orioles. Hendricks made his major league debut with the Orioles in 1968 and retired in '79. He later became a fixture in Baltimore by holding the position as bullpen coach for 28 years, the longest coaching tenure in Orioles history (he also had the longest active coaching streak with one club among all major league coaches), and had a reputation for showing up at all sorts of community events, even playing Santa Claus at a charity affair the day he died, of a heart attack in downtown Baltimore, Maryland on December 21, 2005.

Henry James Hyde Jr. (55) eldest son of retiring US Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) and a former minor league baseball player for the Niagara Falls Pirates and the Greenwood Braves. Henry Hyde Jr. died of liver cancer in Elk Grove Village, Illinois on December 24, 2005.

Belita Jepson-Turner (82) British figure skater who competed in the 1936 Olympics and later starred simply as Belita in Hollywood films designed to show off her prowess, including Lady Let's Dance (1944) and Silver Skates (1943). Belita was billed as one of Hollywood's top box office stars during the '40s and appeared with Clark Gable in Never Let Me Go (1953). She died in France on December 18, 2005.

John D. Laupheimer (75) second commissioner of the Ladies' Professional Golf Association Tour who helped to attract corporate sponsorship to women's golf during his six-year tenure. Laupheimer was a former president of the Pennsylvania Golf Association and executive director of administration at the US Golf Association before taking over the LPGA Tour in 1982. He died in London, England on December 19, 2005

Larry O'Brien (83) Canadian broadcaster who became a longtime publicist for golfer Jack Nicklaus. O'Brien covered crime for the Montreal Star and did radio for the Brooklyn Dodgers farm team in Montreal before moving to TV and calling the first sporting event on TV in Canada (a Montreal Royals baseball game on July 25, 1952). O'Brien also broadcast the Grey Cup and the Montreal Canadiens. He died of Parkinson's disease in North Palm Beach, Florida on December 23, 2005.

Katherine ("Kay") Stammers (91) popular and glamorous British tennis player of the '30s who twice won the ladies' doubles at Wimbledon (1935-36) and reached the quarterfinals of the US Open every year (1935-39). Stammers was the widow of prominent Kentucky lawyer Thomas Bullitt and matriarch of the Bullitt family's Oxmoor Farm. She died at the Kentucky farm on December 23, 2005.

Norman Vaughan (100) Alaskan adventurer who joined Adm. Richard Byrd on his expedition to the South Pole in 1928 and '30 as a dog handler and driver. Vaughan's exploits included finishing the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race six times after age 70. He carried the Olympic torch in Juneau at age 96, passing the flame from a wheelchair, 70 years after he competed in the Olympics as a sled dog racer. Days before his 89th birthday, he returned with his wife to Antarctica and climbed to the summit of 10,320-foot Mount Vaughan, the mountain Byrd named in his honor. Vaughan died in Anchorage, Alaska on December 23, 2005.

Paul Williams (80) Pacific Northwest climber who responded to the increasing popularity of mountain climbing in the '50s by helping to establish the National Mountain Rescue Association, a national network of mountain rescue volunteers. Williams was also a lawyer who wrote a guide to organizing mountain rescue units. He died of congestive heart failure in Hansville, Washington on December 21, 2005.