page_title: 1999 in the United States
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1999 in the United States / Deaths / December
caption_attribution_description: English: Curtis Mayfield performing for Dutch televisie in 1972 Nederlands: Curtis Mayfield tijdens een televisieoptreden in Nederland in 1972
context_page_description: Events from the year 1999 in the United States.
context_section_description: December 2
  Joey Adams, American comedian (b. 1911)
  Charlie Byrd, American jazz musician and classical guitarist (b. 1925)
  December 3
  John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
  Scatman John, American musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1942)
  Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
  December 4 – Rose Bird, American activist and judge (b. 1936)
  December 12
  Paul Cadmus, American artist (b. 1904)
  Joseph Heller, American novelist (b. 1923)
  December 17
  Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (b. 1920)
  Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943)
  December 20
  Irving Rapper, American film director (b. 1898)
  Hank Snow, Canadian-American country musician (b. 1914)
  December 23 – John P. Davies, American diplomat (b. 1908)
  December 26 – Curtis Mayfield, American musician and composer (b. 1942)
  December 27 – Leonard Goldenson, American television executive (b. 1905)
  December 28 – Clayton Moore, American actor (b. 1914)
  December 30 – Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian, verified oldest person in the world (b. 1880)
  December 31 – Elliot Richardson, American politician and lawyer (b. 1920)
caption: Curtis Mayfield
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