| 139291 | December 9 | Death | 1998 – Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948) |
| 139292 | December 9 | Death | 1998 – Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (b. 1913) |
| 139293 | December 9 | Death | 2001 – Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915) |
| 139294 | December 9 | Death | 2002 – Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (Stereolab) (b. 1966) |
| 139295 | December 9 | Death | 2002 – Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944) |
| 139296 | December 9 | Death | 2002 – Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942) |
| 139297 | December 9 | Death | 2003 – Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926) |
| 139298 | December 9 | Death | 2003 – Paul Simon, American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (b. 1928) |
| 139299 | December 9 | Death | 2004 – David Brudnoy, American radio host (b. 1940) |
| 139300 | December 9 | Death | 2004 – Lea De Mae, Czech porn actress and model (b. 1976) |
| 139301 | December 9 | Death | 2004 – Norman D. Wilson, American actor (b. 1938) |
| 139302 | December 9 | Death | 2005 – György Sándor, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1912) |
| 139303 | December 9 | Death | 2005 – Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928) |
| 139304 | December 9 | Death | 2007 – Thore Skogman, Swedish singer and actor (b. 1931) |
| 139305 | December 9 | Death | 2007 – Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1981) |
| 139306 | December 9 | Death | 2007 – Gordon Zahn, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1918) |
| 139307 | December 9 | Death | 2008 – Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972) |
| 139308 | December 9 | Death | 2008 – Yury Glazkov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939) |
| 139309 | December 9 | Death | 2008 – Florence Rush, American social worker (b. 1918) |
| 139310 | December 9 | Death | 2009 – Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919) |
| 139311 | December 9 | Death | 2010 – John Eleuthère du Pont, American murderer (b. 1938) |
| 139312 | December 9 | Death | 2010 – James Moody, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1925) |
| 139313 | December 9 | Death | 2010 – Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th Speaker of the Knesset (b. 1924) |
| 139314 | December 9 | Death | 2012 – Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1918) |
| 139315 | December 9 | Death | 2012 – Patrick Moore, English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (b. 1923) |
| 139316 | December 9 | Death | 2012 – Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (b. 1920) |
| 139317 | December 9 | Death | 2012 – Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1969) |
| 139318 | December 9 | Death | 2012 – Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (b. 1927) |
| 139319 | December 9 | Death | 2012 – Riccardo Schicchi, Italian director and producer, co-founded Diva Futura (b. 1953) |
| 139320 | December 9 | Death | 2012 – Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (b. 1921) |