- Dec 11 I. D. du Plessis, South African writer and director (3rd World), dies at 81
- Dec 13 Pigmeat [Dewey] Markham, American comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
- Dec 20 Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
- Dec 26 Savithri, Indian actress (b. 1937)
Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
Dec 27 American composer, singer ("In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"; "Stardust"; "Two Sleepy People"), dies at 82
- Dec 28 (Joseph Aloysius) "Allan" Dwan, Canadian-American screenwriter and film director (Robin Hood; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms; Sands Of Iwo Jima), dies at 96
- Dec 30 Alfie Anido, Filipino model and actor (Temptation Island), dies under mysterious circumstances on his 22nd birthday
- Dec 31 Frantisek Chaun, Czech pianist, composer, painter, and actor, dies at 60
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