page_title: 2008 in the United States
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 in the United States / Deaths / December
caption_attribution_description: English: Van Johnson, 1946
context_page_description: Events from the year 2008 in the United States of America.
context_section_description: December 1 – Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
  December 2
  Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American minister (b. 1958)
  Odetta, American singer, American songwriter, musician, actress, and civil rights activist (b. 1930)
  December 4 – Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer, columnist, actor, and science-fiction collector (b. 1916)
  December 5
  Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924)
  Beverly Garland, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1926)
  December 6 – Sunny von Buelow, socialite and alleged murder victim, wife of Claus von Bülow (b. 1931)
  December 8
  Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)
  William S. Stevens, American lawyer (b. 1948)
  December 11
  Maddie Blaustein, American actress (b. 1960)
  Bettie Page, American model and actress (b. 1923)
  December 12 – Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)
  December 14 – Mike Bell, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
  December 15 – John W. Powell, Chinese-American journalist (b. 1919)
  December 16 – Sam Bottoms, American actor (b. 1955)
  December 17 – Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)
  December 18
  Majel Barrett, American actress, producer (b. 1932)
  Mark Felt, American FBI agent also known as "Deep Throat" from Watergate scandal (b. 1913)
  December 19 – James Bevel, American minister and civil rights activist (b. 1936)
  December 20 – Robert Mulligan, American film and television director (b. 1925)
  December 24 – Harold Pinter, British Nobel writer, screenwriter, director, and actor, died in London, United Kingdom (b. 1930)
  December 25 – Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
  December 29 – Freddie Hubbard, musician (b. 1938)
  December 31 – Donald E. Westlake, American writer and screenwriter (b. 1933)
caption: Van Johnson
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