Editing 1970 (section)

===December===
[[File:William Slim, 1950.jpg|110px|thumb|[[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|William Slim]]]]
* [[December 7]] – [[Rube Goldberg]], American cartoonist (b. [[1883]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Christopher Kelk Ingold|Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold]], British chemist (b. [[1893]])
* [[December 9]] – [[Feroz Khan Noon|Sir Feroz Khan Noon]], 7th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. [[1893]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Chen Qiyou]], chairman of the [[China Zhi Gong Party]] (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.zg.org.cn/zgdjj/ljld/dljld/201102/t20110226_8664.htm |language=zh |script-title=zh:陈其尤 |trans-title=Chen Qiyou |publisher=China Zhi Gong Party |accessdate=13 October 2024 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20241013223153/https://www.zg.org.cn/zgdjj/ljld/dljld/201102/t20110226_8664.htm |archivedate=13 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] – [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim]], British field marshal and 13th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Ernest Marsden|Sir Ernest Marsden]], English-New Zealand physicist (b. [[1889]])
* [[December 16]] – [[Friedrich Pollock]], German social scientist and philosopher (b. [[1894]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Charlie Ruggles]], American actor (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://walkoffame.com/charles-ruggles/ |title=Charles Ruggles |date=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 29]] – [[Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970)|Prince Adalbert of Bavaria]] (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 30]] 
** [[Sonny Liston]], American boxer (b. c.[[1930]])
** [[Lenore Ulric]], American actress (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lenore_ulric Lenore Ulric]</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[Cyril Scott]], English composer, writer and poet (b. [[1879]])