- Dec 6 Hermann Löhr, British composer, dies at 72
Fats Waller (1904-1943)
Dec 15 American jazz organist, piano player, singer and composer ("Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Honeysuckle Rose"; "Hot Chocolate"), dies of pneumonia at 39 [1]
- Dec 25 Ilona Durigo, Hungarian contralto singer, dies at 62
- Dec 25 Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer, dies at 82
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