David Reese dies

Poker star David 'Chip' Reese, Dec. 4

David "Chip" Reese, a card star who won one of the biggest cash games in the world and three World Series of Poker championships, died on Dec. 4.

He was 56. Reese died in his sleep and was found by his son at his Las Vegas home after suffering from symptoms of pneumonia. (AP/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ronda Churchill)

Jeanne Carmen

Pinup and actress Jeanne Carmen, Dec. 20

Jeanne Carmen, the "little country girl" who became a 1950s pinup and actress and hobnobbed with Frank Sinatra and other stars, died of lymphoma on Dec. 20.

She was 77. (AP/Brandon James Collection)