1827 Johanna Cornelia Wattier-Ziesenis, Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth), dies at 65
1957 William Orlamond, Danish actor (Flesh and the Devil, The Wind), dies at 89
1965 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67
1969 Krzysztof Komeda, Polish jazz pianist and film composer (Rosemary's Baby), dies of head injuries as the result of a fall at 37
1970 Herb Shriner, American humorist & TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
1975 William Hartnell, English actor (first Doctor in Dr Who), dies at 67
1976 James Flavin, American actor (King Kong, In Cold Blood, Man With a Camera), dies from a ruptured aorta at 69
1976 Ronald Radd, British actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47
1976 Shimen Ruskin, Polish actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time), dies at 69
1983 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932) and actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon), dies of a heart attack at 75
1983 Selena Royale, American actress (Date With Judy, Robot Monster), dies at 78
1984 Guus Oster, Dutch stage and screen actor and director (Voorbij, Voorbij; Kiss Me Kate), dies at 68
1985 Kent Smith, American actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies from heart disease at 78
1986 Otto Preminger, Austro-Hungarian-American theatre and film director, producer (Laura; Advise & Consent; Anatomy of A Murder), and actor (Stalag 17), dies of lung cancer at 80
1990 Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
1990 Paulette Goddard, American actress (Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Hazard), dies at 79
1992 Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52
1995 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), Dutch radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting), dies at 70
2005 Sir John Mills, British actor (Ryan's Daughter, Big Sleep, King Rat, War & Peace), dies from a chest infection at 97
2006 Susan Browning, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Pat"), dies at 65
2011 John Sullivan, British comedy writer, dies at 64
2015 Sawyer Sweeten, American actor (Everyone Loves Raymond), commits suicide at 19
2020 Bernardino Lombao, Spanish handballer (Atlético de Madrid 1967-69), coach (Nat basketball teams) and TV presenter (De Olimpia a Los Ángeles, Objetivo 92), dies at 81
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