Editing 1978 (section)

=== December ===
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* [[December 3]] – [[William Grant Still]], American composer (b. [[1895]])
* [[December 4]] - [[Goodie Reeve]], British born Australian radio host and musician (b. [[1897]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Alexander Wetmore]], American ornithologist and avian palaeontologist (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Golda Meir]], Israeli teacher, politician and stateswoman, 4th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1898]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Golda Meir |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/golda-meir |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 10]]
** [[Emilio Portes Gil]], Acting president of Mexico, (1928–1930) (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/emilio-portes-gil/|title=EMILIO PORTES GIL|publisher=residencia de la Republica de Mexico|language=es|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530013416/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/emilio-portes-gil/|archive-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Ed Wood]], American filmmaker, actor and author (b. [[1924]])
* [[December 11]] – [[Vincent du Vigneaud]], American biochemist (b. [[1901]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Fay Compton]], English actress (b. [[1894]])
* [[December 14]] – [[Salvador de Madariaga]], Spanish diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Chill Wills]], American actor (b. [[1902]])
* [[December 16]] – [[Blanche Calloway]], American jazz singer (b. [[1902]])<ref>[https://www.blanchecalloway.com/about About - Blanche Calloway]</ref>
* [[December 17]] 
** [[Don Ellis]], American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader (b. [[1934]])
** [[Josef Frings]], German cardinal, Archbishop of Cologne (b. [[1887]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/josef-frings/?no_cache=1|title=German Resistance Memorial Center - Biographie|website=www.gdw-berlin.de|access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 27]]
** [[Houari Boumédiènne]], 2nd [[President of Algeria]] (b. [[1932]])
** [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]], American musician (b. [[1951]])
* [[December 31]] – [[Nicolau dos Reis Lobato]], East Timorese politician, acting [[President of East Timor]] (b. [[1946]])