- Dec 5 Manuel De Sica, Italian composer, chiefly of film scores, dies of a heart attack at 65
- Dec 6 Ralph Baer, German-American engineer, creator of the first video game console (Magnavox Odyssey Home Video Game System), dies at 88 [1]
- Dec 7 John Bartholomew Tucker, American TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island), dies at 84
- Dec 7 Ken Weatherwax, American actor, dies from a heart attack at 59
- Dec 9 Mary Ann Mobley, American model/actress, dies from breast cancer at 77
- Dec 12 Norman Bridwell, American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog), dies at 86
- Dec 14 Bess Myerson, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), dies at 90
- Dec 18 Virna Lisi, Italian actress (Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard), dies at 78
- Dec 20 John Freeman, British politician (Labour), ambassador, TV host and executive (London Weekend Television, dies at 99
- Dec 21 Billie Whitelaw, British actress (Omen, Adding Machine), dies at 82
Luise Rainer (1910-2014)
Dec 30 German-American actress and 1st actor to win multiple Academy Awards (The Great Ziegfeld 1936, The Good Earth 1937), dies at 104
- Dec 30 Patrick Gowers, British choral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley's People), dies at 78
- Dec 30 Yolande Donlan, British-American actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess), dies at 94
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