- Dec 4 Willard Parker, American actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman), dies at 84
- Dec 8 Howard Rollins, American actor (Bannister-Wildside, Ed Harding-Another World), dies of AIDS related lymphoma complications at 46
- Dec 10 Faron Young, American country and honky-tonk singer ("Hello Walls"; "It's Four in the Morning"), and actor (Hidden Guns; Daniel Boone, Trailblazer), commits suicide at 64
- Dec 11 William Rushton, actor, author and cartoonist (TW3, Private Eye), dies of a heart attack at 59
- Dec 12 Larry Gates, American actor (Guiding Light, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Body Snatchers), dies of leukemia at 81
- Dec 13 Edward Blishen, English author (The God Beneath the Sea), dies at 76
- Dec 14 Norman Hackforth, British musician and radio broadcaster (Noel Coward; Twenty Questions), dies at 88
- Dec 19 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½; La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes; The Pizza Triangle), dies of pancreatic cancer at 72
- Dec 19 Ronald Howard, British actor (Naked Edge; Come September; Murder She Said), dies at 78
- Dec 25 Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6
- Dec 30 (Marvin John) "Jack" Nance, American stage and screen actor (Eraserhead; Twin Peaks), dies at 53
- Dec 30 Lew Ayres, American actor (All Quiet on Western Front; Holiday; Dr. Kildare (films); Johnny Belinda), dies at 88
- Dec 31 David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate), dies at 62
- Dec 31 Wesley Addy, American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Bostonians, Loving), dies at 83
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