- Dec 3 Emile Christian, American jazz trombonist, dies at 78
- Dec 6 Justus Hermann Wetzel, German composer, dies at 94
- Dec 14 Yitzhak Edel, Israeli composer, dies at 77
- Dec 15 Orest Evlahkov, Russian Soviet composer and educator (Leningrad Conservatory), dies at 61
- Dec 17 Patrick Hadley, English composer (La Belle Dame sans merci; The Hills), pedagogue, and conductor, dies of throat cancer at 74
- Dec 18 Julio César Brero [or Giulio Cesare], Italian-born Argentine composer (Novella), and lawyer, dies at 64
- Dec 20 Bobby Darin [Walden Robert Cassotto], American singer ("Mack the Knife"; "Splish-Splash"; "Beyond the Sea"), and actor, dies of a heart attack at 37
- Dec 22 Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87
- Dec 30 Henri-Paul Busser, composer, dies at 101
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