1946 Lionel Atwill, British actor (Captain Blood, To Be or Not to Be), dies at 61
1951 Stanley Ridges, British-born actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies at 59
1962 Vera Reynolds, American actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
1967 Tom Conway [Sanders], British radio and screen actor (The Falcon's Brother; I Cheated The Law; The Betty Hutton Show), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 62
1975 Mary Philips, American actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
1977 Charles Sanford, American orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1978 Will Geer [William Aughe Ghere], American actor (Salt of the Earth, The Waltons), dies at 76
1988 Irene Rich, American actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96
1990 Albert Salmi, American stage and screen character actor (Caddyshack; The Brothers Karamazov; Bus Stop), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
1990 Bertil Unger, Swedish actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies at 69
1992 Youcca Troubatzkoy, American actress (Flower of the Night), dies at 86
1994 Denis Pitts, English journalist, filmmaker, and novelist (Rogue Hercules), dies at 64
1996 David Shipman, English film historian, dies at 63
1996 Erma Bombeck, American humorist (The Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at 69
1999 Bert Remsen, American actor (Mario-It's a Living), dies at 74
2005 (John) Norman Bird, British stage, wireless, and screen character actor (Worzel Gummidge, 1979–81 - "Mr Braithwaite"), dies at 80
2005 John Marshall, American filmmaker and activist (Ju/'hoan Bushman films), dies at 76 [1]
2005 Norman Bird, English character actor, dies at 80
2006 Alida Valli [Baroness Alida von Marckenstein-Frauenberg], Italian actress (The Paradine Case, The Third Man), dies at 84
2009 Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer (Black Narcissus), dies at 94
2016 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun), dies at 93
2017 Erin Moran, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), dies at 56
2017 Norman T. Hatch, American oscar-winning marine cinematographer during WWII (With the Marines at Tarawa), dies at 96
2018 Dave Nelson, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1973 Washington Senators/Texas Rangers) and broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers Fox Sports Wisconsin), dies of liver cancer at 73
2020 Shirley Knight, American actress (Endless Love, Desperate Housewives), dies at 83
2020 Terence Frisby, English actor and playwright (There's a Girl in My Soup), dies at 87
2023 Barry Humphries, Australian Tony Award-winning comedian, actor and author known for his stage alter egos (Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson), dies of complications after hip surgery at 89 [1]
2023 Len Goodman, British ballroom dancing champion and television personality (Strictly Come Dancing, 2004-16; Dancing with the Stars, 2005-22), dies of bone cancer at 78
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