- Dec 2 George Lott, American tennis player (12 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 85
- Dec 5 Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
- Dec 12 Ken Keltner, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1937-50 (Cleveland Indians; Boston Red Sox), dies of a heart attack at 75
- Dec 14 John Arlott, British cricket commentator and writer (BBC), dies of emphysema at 77
- Dec 15 Horatio Luro, American horse trainer (43 x stakes winners; Decidedly, Northern Dancer), dies from pancreatic cancer at 90
- Dec 18 George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
- Dec 20 Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)
- Dec 20 Sam Rabin [Rabinowitz], British sculptor, artist, actor and freestyle wrestler (Olympic bronze middleweight 1928), dies at 88
- Dec 25 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistan cricket swing bowler (27 Tests, 68 wickets; Karachi, Pakistan Universities), dies from diabetes mellitus at 59
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