Notable deaths on December 8

American businessman and politician (1928–2024)

American actress (1954–2024)

American actor (1941–2023)

Jamaican bass guitarist (1953–2021)

American puppeteer (1933–2019)

American rapper (1998–2019)

American actor (1940–2019)

British biomedical researcher (1933–2018)

American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)

English footballer and coach

Chilean-American businessman and environmentalist (1943–2015)

Hong Kong activist and politician (1913–2015)

Native American activist, author, and poet (1946–2015)

American opera singer (1925–2015)

Norwegian composer (1915–2014)

American baseball player (1930–2014)

Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)

Australian-British chemist (1917–2013)

American diplomat

Hungarian composer and professor

American gridiron football player (1987–2012)

Scottish Salvationist and composer (1934–2012)

American boxer

Dominican musician (born 1952)