1788 Thomas Sheridan, Irish actor, biographer and lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies at approximately 69
1969 Sigrid Gurie, Norwegian American actress (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee), dies from a blood clot at 58
1972 Oscar Levant, American actor (An American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
1972 Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), dies from a heart attack at 66
1980 Dorothy Stratten [Hoogstraten], Canadian playmate (August, 1979), model and actress (Galixina), murdered by estranged husband and manager Paul Snider at 20
1982 Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
1985 (Edith) "Gale" Sondergaard, American Academy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Anthony Adverse; The Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86
1991 Douglas Kiker, American newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61
1994 Joan Harrison, English screenwriter and producer who often worked with Alfred Hitchcock (Rebecca, They Won't Believe Me), dies at 83
1996 Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Matinee Idol), dies at 93
2000 John Milford, American actor (Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Homefront), dies at 72
2010 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress (Nothing But a Man), and civil rights activist, dies at 80
2011 Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director known as the "Elvis Presley of India" (Amaran, Brahmachari, Vidhaata), dies of chronic renal failure at 79
2012 Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (Nora, Fort Worth), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92
2012 Ron Palillo, American actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), dies from a heart attack at 63
2013 Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress, dies at 43
2016 Philip "Fyvush" Finkel, American actor (Boston Public, Picket Fences), dies at 93
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