Editing 1977 (section)

=== December ===
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* [[December 3]] – [[Jack Beresford]], British Olympic rower (b. [[1899]])
* [[December 5]] – [[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]], Soviet general, [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Adolph Rupp]], American college basketball coach (b. [[1901]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolph-Rupp|title=Adolph Rupp &#124; Biography, Kentucky Wildcats, NCAA Champion, Hall of Fame, & Facts &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[Clementine Churchill]], wife of [[Winston Churchill]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[December 16]] 
** [[Gustaf Aulén]], Bishop of Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden (b. [[1879]])
** [[Yngve Larsson]], Swedish politician (b. [[1881]])
* [[December 19]]
** [[Takeo Kurita]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1889]])
** [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]], American politician (b. [[1876]])
** [[Jacques Tourneur]], French-American filmmaker (b. [[1904]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]], 58th president of Peru (b. [[1910]])
* [[December 25]] 
** Sir [[Charlie Chaplin]], British actor, producer and director (b. [[1889]])
** [[Oliver P. Smith]], American general (b. [[1893]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Scannell-Upshur/General-Oliver-P-Smith/|title=GENERAL OLIVER P. SMITH, USMC (DECEASED)}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] – [[Howard Hawks]], American film director (b. [[1896]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Charlotte Greenwood]], American actress (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 31]] – [[Tore Asplund]], Swedish-born American painter (b. 1903)<ref name="Merkin-1978">Merkin, Robert (January 5, 1978). "Alone and depressed, artist couldn't face another year". ''[[The Miami News]]''. p. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-alone-and-depressed-arti/166866985/ A1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-artist-continued/166867198/ A10]. Retrieved 2025-02-28 – via [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>