| 142981 | December 19 | Death | 1953 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868) |
| 142982 | December 19 | Death | 1962 – Warren Brittingham, American soccer player (b. 1886) |
| 142983 | December 19 | Death | 1968 – Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884) |
| 142984 | December 19 | Death | 1970 – Mihkel Müller, Estonian-Finnish wrestler (b. 1887) |
| 142985 | December 19 | Death | 1972 – Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888) |
| 142986 | December 19 | Death | 1982 – Dwight Macdonald, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1906) |
| 142987 | December 19 | Death | 1984 – Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (b. 1903) |
| 142988 | December 19 | Death | 1986 – V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923) |
| 142989 | December 19 | Death | 1986 – Werner Dankwort, Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895) |
| 142990 | December 19 | Death | 1987 – August Mälk, Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900) |
| 142991 | December 19 | Death | 1988 – Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (b. 1919) |
| 142992 | December 19 | Death | 1989 – Preben Mahrt, Danish actor (b. 1920) |
| 142993 | December 19 | Death | 1989 – Stella Gibbons, English journalist, author, and poet (b. 1902) |
| 142994 | December 19 | Death | 1991 – Joe Cole, American roadie and author (b. 1961) |
| 142995 | December 19 | Death | 1993 – Michael Clarke, American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall) (b. 1946) |
| 142996 | December 19 | Death | 1996 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (b. 1924) |
| 142997 | December 19 | Death | 1997 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1908) |
| 142998 | December 19 | Death | 1997 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924) |
| 142999 | December 19 | Death | 1998 – Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922) |
| 143000 | December 19 | Death | 1998 – Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932) |
| 143001 | December 19 | Death | 1999 – Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English actor (b. 1914) |
| 143002 | December 19 | Death | 2000 – Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs) (b. 1958) |
| 143003 | December 19 | Death | 2000 – Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (b. 1910) |
| 143004 | December 19 | Death | 2000 – David Dewayne Johnson, American murderer (b. 1963) |
| 143005 | December 19 | Death | 2000 – John Lindsay, American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1921) |
| 143006 | December 19 | Death | 2000 – Pops Staples, American singer and guitarist (The Staple Singers) (b. 1915) |
| 143007 | December 19 | Death | 2001 – Arkie Whiteley, Australian actress (b. 1964) |
| 143008 | December 19 | Death | 2002 – Will Hoy, English race car driver (b. 1952) |
| 143009 | December 19 | Death | 2002 – Arthur Rowley, English footballer and manager (b. 1926) |
| 143010 | December 19 | Death | 2002 – George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1907) |