1936 Finley Peter Dunne, American journalist and humorist (Mr Dooley), dies at 68
1945 Hubert Bath, British film composer and music director, dies at 61
1948 Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54
1956 Henry Stephenson, British actor (Conquest, Little Old NY, Mr Lucky), dies at 85
1960 Johannes "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor (Dead Water), dies at 84
1961 Lee Moran, American actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 (b. 1888)
1965 Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86
1967 Frank Overton, American actor (Fail Safe; 12 O'Clock High (TV series, not film)), dies of a heart attack at 49
1968 Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62
1968 Tommy Noonan, American actor, screenwriter and producer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises), dies of a brain tumor at 46
1974 (William) "Bud" Abbott, American comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies of cancer at 78
1979 John Carroll [Julian LaFaye], American actor (Flying Tigers, Go West), dies from leukemia at 72
1985 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian film director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80
1990 Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies
1996 Donald Cammell, Scottish film director (Performance; Wild Side), and painter, takes his own life at 62
1996 Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), dies of natural causes at 83
1997 Pat Paulsen, American comedian (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), actor, and frequent presidential candidate, dies of kidney failure while being treated for cancer at 69
2011 Marie-France Pisier, French actress (b. 1944)
2017 Don Gordon [Donald Guadagno], American actor (Bullitt, Papillon), dies at 90
2019 Dick Rivers [Hervé Forneri], French rock and roll singer and actor, dies from cancer on his 74th birthday
2020 Lynn Faulds Wood, Scottish television presenter (Watchdog), dies of a stroke at 72
2024 Bob Cole, Canadian sports broadcaster (CBC - Hockey Night in Canada), dies at 90
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