| 144061 | December 22 | Death | 1992 – Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907) |
| 144062 | December 22 | Death | 1992 – Frederick William Franz, American religious leader (b. 1893) |
| 144063 | December 22 | Death | 1995 – Osvald Käpp, Estonian wrestler (b. 1905) |
| 144064 | December 22 | Death | 1995 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911) |
| 144065 | December 22 | Death | 1995 – James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) |
| 144066 | December 22 | Death | 1996 – Jack Hamm, American cartoonist (b. 1916) |
| 144067 | December 22 | Death | 1997 – Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931) |
| 144068 | December 22 | Death | 2000 – Stuart Lancaster American actor (b. 1920) |
| 144069 | December 22 | Death | 2001 – Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981) |
| 144070 | December 22 | Death | 2002 – Desmond Hoyte, Guyanan lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Guyana (b. 1929) |
| 144071 | December 22 | Death | 2002 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues) (b. 1952) |
| 144072 | December 22 | Death | 2002 – Kenneth Tobey, American actor (b. 1917) |
| 144073 | December 22 | Death | 2003 – Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928) |
| 144074 | December 22 | Death | 2004 – Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950) |
| 144075 | December 22 | Death | 2004 – Nezihe Viranyalı, Bulgarian-Turkish pilot (b. 1925) |
| 144076 | December 22 | Death | 2006 – Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943) |
| 144077 | December 22 | Death | 2006 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960) |
| 144078 | December 22 | Death | 2006 – Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919) |
| 144079 | December 22 | Death | 2007 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932) |
| 144080 | December 22 | Death | 2009 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940) |
| 144081 | December 22 | Death | 2009 – Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935) |
| 144082 | December 22 | Death | 2010 – Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921) |
| 144083 | December 22 | Death | 2011 – William Duell, American actor and singer (b. 1923) |
| 144084 | December 22 | Death | 2012 – Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916) |
| 144085 | December 22 | Death | 2012 – Ryan Freel, American baseball player (b. 1976) |
| 144086 | December 22 | Death | 2012 – Rip Hawk, American wrestler (b. 1930) |
| 144087 | December 22 | Death | 2012 – Cliff Osmond, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
| 144088 | December 22 | Death | 2012 – Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian physician and politician (b. 1939) |
| 144089 | December 22 | Death | 2013 – Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956) |
| 144090 | December 22 | Death | 2013 – Hans Hækkerup, Danish politician (b. 1945) |