- Dec 6 Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
- Dec 7 Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
- Dec 15 Darrell Russell, American football defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1998, 99; First-Team All-Pro 1998; Oakland Raiders), dies in a car crash at 29
- Dec 15 Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies of heart failure at 90
- Dec 17 Jacques Fouroux, French rugby union scrum-half and captain (27 Tests; US Cognac, La Voulte, FC Auch) and coach (France 1981–1990), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Dec 21 Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
- Dec 23 Lajos Baróti, Hungarian soccer defender (2 caps; Szegedi AK, Győri ETO) and manager (Hungary 1957-66, 75-78), dies at 91
- Dec 23 Norman D. Vaughan, American polar explorer and dogsled driver (b. 1905)
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