Notable deaths on December 3

Vice President of Puntland from 2004 to 2005

Norwegian journalist (1920–2019)

Jamaican pianist and singer

American singer (1967–2015)

Puerto Rican politician (1929–2014)

Syriac Catholic prelate

Indian actor and filmmaker (1923–2011)

Azerbaijani poet and author (born 1927)

Actress, journalist and television presenter (1959–2009)

Irish actor (1919–2009)

American social psychologist

Australian cartoonist

United States Navy admiral

American baseball player (1928–2005)

Finnish pop/schlager singer

Chinese-American mathematician and poet

English actor and director (1941–2003)

Hindu nationalist writer and publisher (1921–2003)

American illustrator (1906–2002)

Irish actor (1970–2002)

American writer (1917–2000)

American composer (1922–2000)

Polish footballer

General of the Salvation Army (1918–1999)