- 1970 Cathy O'Donnell [Ann Steely], American film noir actress (Miniver Story, Man from Laramie), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 46
- 1973 (Edward) "Ted" de Corsia, American actor (The Naked City; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), dies at 69
- 1974 Charles Curtis "Curt" Conway, American actor (Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), dies of a heart attack at 60
- 1975 Dorothy Patten, American actress, dies at 70
- 1976 Liam Dunn, American actor, dies at 59
- 1977 Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1980 Charlotte Henry, American actress (Alice in Wonderland; Babes In Toyland; Jungle Menace), dies of cancer at 66
- 1980 Florence Lake, American comic actress (leading lady in many of Edgar Kennedy comedy shorts; Lassie), dies at 75
- 1981 Marie Ney, British character actress (The Lavender Hill Mob), dies at 85
- 1983 Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
- 1987 Kent Taylor [Louis Weiss], American actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79
- 1988 Jean "Jeff" Donnell, American actress (Gidget Goes to Rome, Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack
- 1990 Barbara Miller, British stage and screen actress (Blackadder), dies of a brain tumor at 71
- 1991 Tom Rosqui, American stage and screen character actor (The Godfather - "Rocco Lampone"), dies of cancer at 62
- 1992 Adele Dixon, British stage and screen actress and singer (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83
- 1992 James Brown, American actor (Objective, Burma!; The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin -"Rip"), dies of lung cancer at 72
- 1998 Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (Salsa), dies of a drug overdose at 30
- 2000 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
- 2001 Harry Secombe, Welsh actor, comedian, singer and goon (The Goon Show; Oliver!), dies of cancer at 79
- 2007 Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap), dies at 81
Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)
American comedian (The Jonathan Winters Show, Mork & Mindy), dies from natural causes at 87
- 2018 Mitzi Shore [Lillian Saidel], American owner of The Comedy Store and founder of The Comedy Channel, dies at 87
- 2019 Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), dies of pneumonia at 81
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning