- 1961 Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)
- 1973 Peggy Castle, American actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46
- 1975 Howard Wendell, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Murder Your Wife), dies at 67
- 1980 Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director (Bel Amis, Operette, Vienna Blood), dies at 77
- 1982 Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), dies of lung cancer at 63
- 1988 Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), dies of cancer at 59
- 1989 John Meillon, Australian actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies of cirrhosis at 55
- 1994 Dorothy Grenfell Williams, radio producer and broadcaster, dies at 60
- 1994 Mark "Red" Mitchell, American actor (JFK; 8 Seconds; Want to Live), dies when his car is struck by a train at 33
Peter Cushing (1913-1994)
English actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who), dies of cancer at 81
- 1995 (Wonga) Phil Harris], American singer, actor (The Jungle Book; The Aristocrats; Robin Hood), comedian, and orchestra leader (The Jack Benny Program; The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show), dies of a heart attack at 91
- 1995 Kenneth Lo [Lo Hsiao Chien], Chinese-British food writer, restaurateur, and television personality dies at 81
- 1995 Wilbur Stark, American film screenwriter, director, and producer (Vmpire; Circus The Thing), dies at 83
- 2005 James Booth [David Geeves], British actor and screenwriter (Zulu, Keeping Mum), dies at 77
Mike Douglas (1920-2006)
American big band singer (Kay Kyser), and TV talk show host (The Mike Douglas Show, 1961-81), dies on his 86th birthday
- 2007 Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (Der Bockerer), dies at 94
- 2008 George Furth, American actor and director (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings), dies at 75
- 2008 Sir William "Bill" Cotton, British television producer and executive (Noel Gay TV), dies at 80
- 2012 Sid Waddell, English darts commentator (the 'Voice of Darts'; Granada, BBC, Sky Sports), dies from bowel cancer at 72
Robin Williams (1951-2014)
American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Jumanji, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting), commits suicide by hanging himself at 63
- 2020 Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), dies at 97
- 2020 Trinidad "Trini" Lopez, American singer and guitarist ("If I Had A Hammer"; "Lemon Tree"), and actor (The Dirty Dozen), dies of COVID-19 at 83 [1]
- 2022 Darius Danesh, Scottish pop, opera, and swing singer-songwriter (Colourblind; Live Twice) and stage actor, dies of respiratory arrest at 41
- 2022 Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas), dies at 89 [1]
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