- Dec 7 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67
- Dec 13 Harry Barris, American popular singer, scat vocalist, and songwriter ("Mississippi Mud"), dies at 57
- Dec 20 Erik William Gustav Leidzen, Swedish American composer, dies at 68
- Dec 29 Hans Rosbaud, Austrian conductor (South West German Radio Orchestra, 1948-62), dies at 67
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