| 143023 | December 19 | Death | 2009 – Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian theologian, scholar, and activist (b. 1922) |
| 143024 | December 19 | Death | 2009 – Zeki Ökten, Turkish director and producer (b. 1941) |
| 143025 | December 19 | Death | 2009 – Kim Peek, American megasavant (b. 1951) |
| 143026 | December 19 | Death | 2010 – Anthony Howard, English journalist and author (b. 1934) |
| 143027 | December 19 | Death | 2010 – Trudy Pitts, American singer and pianist (b. 1932) |
| 143028 | December 19 | Death | 2012 – Inez Andrews, American singer-songwriter (The Caravans) (b. 1929) |
| 143029 | December 19 | Death | 2012 – Robert Bork, American lawyer, judge, and scholar, United States Attorney General (b. 1927) |
| 143030 | December 19 | Death | 2012 – Paul Crauchet, French actor (b. 1920) |
| 143031 | December 19 | Death | 2012 – Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross rider (b. 1961) |
| 143032 | December 19 | Death | 2012 – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (b. 1944) |
| 143033 | December 19 | Death | 2012 – Larry Morris, American football player (b. 1933) |
| 143034 | December 19 | Death | 2012 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (b. 1943) |
| 143035 | December 19 | Death | 2013 – Winton Dean, English musicologist and author (b. 1916) |
| 143036 | December 19 | Death | 2013 – Herb Geller, American-German saxophonist and composer (b. 1928) |
| 143037 | December 19 | Death | 2013 – Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (b. 1936) |
| 143038 | December 19 | Death | 2013 – Nae Lăzărescu, Romanian actor (b. 1940) |
| 143039 | December 19 | Death | 2013 – Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (b. 1981) |
| 143040 | December 19 | Death | 2014 – S. Balasubramanian, Indian journalist and director (b. 1936) |
| 143011 | December 19 | Death | 2003 – Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer, founded Carter-Ruck (b. 1914) |
| 143012 | December 19 | Death | 2003 – Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933) |
| 143013 | December 19 | Death | 2003 – Les Tremayne, English-American actor (b. 1913) |
| 143014 | December 19 | Death | 2004 – Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) |
| 143015 | December 19 | Death | 2004 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922) |
| 143016 | December 19 | Death | 2005 – Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927) |
| 143017 | December 19 | Death | 2008 – James Bevel, American minister and activist (b. 1936) |
| 143018 | December 19 | Death | 2008 – Carol Chomsky, American linguist and educator (b. 1930) |
| 143019 | December 19 | Death | 2008 – Michael Connell, American political consultant (b. 1963) |
| 143020 | December 19 | Death | 2008 – Kenny Cox, American pianist (b. 1940) |
| 143021 | December 19 | Death | 2008 – Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (b. 1945) |
| 143022 | December 19 | Death | 2009 – Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman (b. 1936) |