| 142651 | December 18 | Death | 2002 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (b. 1934) |
| 142652 | December 18 | Death | 2002 – Wayne Owens, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937) |
| 142653 | December 18 | Death | 2004 – Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (b. 1926) |
| 142654 | December 18 | Death | 2005 – Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922) |
| 142655 | December 18 | Death | 2006 – Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1911) |
| 142656 | December 18 | Death | 2006 – Ruth Bernhard, German-American photographer (b. 1905) |
| 142657 | December 18 | Death | 2006 – Mike Dickin, English radio host (b. 1943) |
| 142658 | December 18 | Death | 2006 – Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author and activist (b. 1923) |
| 142659 | December 18 | Death | 2007 – Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1918) |
| 142660 | December 18 | Death | 2007 – Gerald Le Dain, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1924) |
| 142661 | December 18 | Death | 2007 – Jack Linkletter, American television host (b. 1937) |
| 142662 | December 18 | Death | 2007 – William Strauss, American author and playwright (b. 1947) |
| 142663 | December 18 | Death | 2007 – Alan Wagner, American businessman and critic (b. 1931) |
| 142664 | December 18 | Death | 2008 – Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (b. 1932) |
| 142665 | December 18 | Death | 2008 – Mark Felt, American FBI agent (b. 1913) |
| 142666 | December 18 | Death | 2010 – Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916) |
| 142667 | December 18 | Death | 2010 – Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (b. 1913) |
| 142668 | December 18 | Death | 2010 – Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (b. 1921) |
| 142669 | December 18 | Death | 2010 – Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Economy and Finances (b. 1940) |
| 142670 | December 18 | Death | 2010 – James Pickles, English judge and journalist (b. 1925) |
| 142671 | December 18 | Death | 2011 – Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (b. 1936) |
| 142672 | December 18 | Death | 2012 – Koko, Australian acting dog (b. 2005) |
| 142673 | December 18 | Death | 2012 – Frank Macchiarola, American lawyer and academic (b. 1941) |
| 142674 | December 18 | Death | 2012 – Mustafa Ould Salek, Mauritanian colonel and politician, President of Mauritania (b. 1936) |
| 142675 | December 18 | Death | 2012 – Jim Whalen, American football player (b. 1943) |
| 142676 | December 18 | Death | 2012 – Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931) |
| 142677 | December 18 | Death | 2013 – Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (b. 1929) |
| 142678 | December 18 | Death | 2013 – Ken Hutcherson, American football player (b. 1952) |
| 142679 | December 18 | Death | 2013 – Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, Mexican drug lord (b. 1971) |
| 142680 | December 18 | Death | 2013 – Larry Lujack, American radio host (b. 1940) |