| 145981 | December 27 | Death | 1978 – Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) |
| 145982 | December 27 | Death | 1979 – Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, 2nd President of Afghanistan (b. 1929) |
| 145983 | December 27 | Death | 1981 – Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1899) |
| 145984 | December 27 | Death | 1982 – Jack Swigert, American pilot, astronaut, and politician (b. 1931) |
| 145985 | December 27 | Death | 1985 – Jean Rondeau, French race car driver (b. 1946) |
| 145986 | December 27 | Death | 1986 – George Dangerfield, English-American historian and journalist (b. 1904) |
| 145987 | December 27 | Death | 1986 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author (b. 1892) |
| 145988 | December 27 | Death | 1988 – Hal Ashby, American director and producer (b. 1929) |
| 145989 | December 27 | Death | 1992 – Kay Boyle, American author, poet, and educator (b. 1902) |
| 145990 | December 27 | Death | 1993 – Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902) |
| 145991 | December 27 | Death | 1993 – Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911) |
| 145992 | December 27 | Death | 1993 – André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918) |
| 145993 | December 27 | Death | 1994 – Fanny Cradock, English chief, author, and critic (b. 1909) |
| 145994 | December 27 | Death | 1994 – J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902) |
| 145995 | December 27 | Death | 1995 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909) |
| 145996 | December 27 | Death | 1995 – Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910) |
| 145997 | December 27 | Death | 1995 – Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist (b. 1954) |
| 145998 | December 27 | Death | 1997 – Brendan Gill, American journalist and author (b. 1914) |
| 145999 | December 27 | Death | 1997 – Billy Wright, English-Irish commander (b. 1960) |
| 146000 | December 27 | Death | 1999 – Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950) |
| 146001 | December 27 | Death | 2002 – George Roy Hill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 146002 | December 27 | Death | 2003 – Alan Bates, English actor and singer (b. 1934) |
| 146003 | December 27 | Death | 2003 – Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962) |
| 146004 | December 27 | Death | 2003 – Vestal Goodman, American singer (b. 1929) |
| 146005 | December 27 | Death | 2004 – Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930) |
| 146006 | December 27 | Death | 2005 – C. William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931) |
| 146007 | December 27 | Death | 2007 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953) |
| 146008 | December 27 | Death | 2007 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 146009 | December 27 | Death | 2007 – Jaan Kross, Estonian author (b. 1920) |
| 146010 | December 27 | Death | 2008 – Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (b. 1939) |