- 1931 Lester Lonergan, Irish-American stage and screen actor and director (Seven Faces), dies at 62
- 1940 George C. Pearce, American actor (The Shadow Sinister, British Agent, Valiant), dies at 75
- 1948 Edwin Maxwell, Irish actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62
- 1948 Elaine Hammerstein, American stage and silent film actress, dies in a Tijuana car crash at 51
- 1959 Henri Garat [Garascu], French actor (Congress Dances), and singer ("Les dieux s'amusent"), dies at 57
- 1961 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, American actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78
- 1967 Jane Darwell, American actress (The Grapes of Wrath), dies of a heart attack at 87
- 1982 Charles Walters, American actor, choreographer and director (Lili, Easter parade), dies of lung cancer at 70
- 1982 Joe E. Ross, American comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 68
- 1984 Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92
- 1985 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67
- 1986 Helen Mack, American actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies of cancer at 72
- 1990 Jimmy Starr, American screenwriter, actor (The Corpse Came C.O.D.), and gossip columnist, dies at 86
- 1992 Bill Elverman, American playwright and actor (After Hours), dies at 40
- 1992 David Kaplan, American news producer (ABC), shot and killed reporting in Sarajevo Yugoslavia at 44 or 45
- 1995 Per-Jakez Helias, French Breton writer (Le Cheval d'orgueil) and actor, dies at 81
- 1996 Tom Mees, American ESPN sports anchor (NHL), drowns at 46
- 1999 Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, murdered at 38
- 2006 Tony Jay, British-American stage, screen, and voice actor (Twins; The Hunchback of Notre Dame - "Frollo"), dies at 73
- 2007 Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)
American Baseball HOF shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 7 x World Series; AL MVP 1950; NY Yankees) and broadcaster (WCBS radio, WPIX-TV), dies at 89
- 2010 Lance Cade, American pro wrestler who was WWE Tag Team Champion (with Trevor Murdoch) 2005, dies from accidental drug overdose at 29
- 2012 Johnny Pesky [Paveskovich], American MLB baseball infielder, 1942 & 1946-54 (Boston Red Sox, and 2 other teams), coach, manager, and broadcaster, dies at 92
- 2016 Kenny Baker, English actor (R2-D2 in Star Wars, Time Bandits), dies at 81
- 2018 Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, American professional wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary), dies at 63
- 2022 Piero Angela, Italian science journalist and television host (Quark), dies at 93
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