- Dec 1 Dario Moreno, Turkish-Jewish singer (b. 1921)
- Dec 13 Siegfried Reda, German church musician and composer, dies at 52
- Dec 20 Max Brod, Czech-born Israeli composer, writer and biographer of Kafka, dies at 84
- Dec 31 George Lewis [Joseph Zenon], American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Bunk Johnson; Preservation Hall Jazz Band; "Burgundy Street Blues"), dies at 68
- Dec 31 Sabin Drăgoi, Romanian composer, dies at 74
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