- 1937 William Gillette, American stage and silent film actor (Sherlock Holmes), and playwright (Secret Service), dies at 83
- 1951 Jules Verstraete [Julien Gustave de Graef], Flemish actor (rubber, The Three Wishes), dies at 67
- 1966 Eugene O'Brien, American actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
English film director (Psycho; The Birds; Rear Window; Vertigo), dies of renal failure at 80
- 1988 Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies
- 1992 Mae Clarke [Violet Mary Klotz], American actress (Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge), dies at 81
- 1993 Michael Gordon, actor and director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83
- 1994 William "Bill" Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), dies of natural causes at 81
- 1996 David Davis [William Eric Davis], British broadcaster (BBC's Children's Hour), and radio executive, dies at 87
- 2002 Lor Tok [Sawong Supsamruay], Thai comedian and actor (Ngern, Ngern, Ngern), dies at 88
- 2005 Mariana Levy, Mexican actress, singer, and television show host, dies of a heart attack at 39
- 2005 William J Bell, American television writer and producer (The Young and The Restless; The Bod and the Beautiful), dies at 87
- 2007 Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and stand-up comedian (Mot i brøstet, Olsen-banden), dies of heart failure at 85
- 2014 (Abraham) "Glenn" Osser, American arranger and orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue; Miss America Pageant), dies at 99
- 2018 Robert Mandan, American actor best known for his role as Chester Tate in US sitcom "Soap", dies at 86
- 2019 John Singleton, American director and screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood), dies of a stroke at 51
- 2020 Irrfan Khan, Indian film producer and actor (Paan Singh Tomar, Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi), dies of cancer at 53
- 2021 Billie Hayes [Brosch], American stage, film, and television actress Li'l Abner - "Mammy Yokum"; Witchiepoo), dies at 96
- 2021 Frank McRae, American actor (Dillinger; 1941; Rocky II; Love's Abiding Joy), dies of a heart attack at 80
- 2021 Johnny Crawford, American actor (The Mickey Mouse Club; The Rifleman - "Mark"), singer ("Sandy"), and bandleader (JCO), dies at 75
- 2022 David Birney, American stage and screen actor (Bridget Loves Bernie; St Elsewhere, 1982-83), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 83
- 2023 Mike Shannon, American baseball utility (World Series 1964, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (St. Louis Cardinals radio 1972-2021), dies of long COVID at 83
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