- 1949 Harry Davenport, American actor and director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin), dies at 83
- 1965 Creighton Hale, Irish actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East), dies at 76
- 1967 Anton Walbrook [Adolf Wohlbrook], Austrian actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1967 Joe Orton, British actor and dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears), is murdered by his partner Kenneth Halliwell at 34
- 1969 Robert Lehman, American banker (Lehrman Brothers) and arts benefactor (Robert Lehman Wing at the Met Museum of Art), dies at 77
Sharon Tate (1943-1969)
American actress (Valley of the Dolls), murdered by Manson's gang at 26
- 1977 Edward Chapman, British actor (Things to Come, Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75
- 1979 Allan Frank, American actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64
- 1980 Elliott Nugent, American director and actor, dies at 83
- 1982 Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-French filmmaker (pinscreen animation) and artist, dies at 81
- 1990 Dorothy Appleby, American actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies at 84
- 1995 John Schofield, English BBC journalist, shot to death in Croatia at 29
- 2000 Nicholas Markowitz, American teenager kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood at 15
- 2003 Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (White Nights; Taps), dies of liver cancer at 57
- 2003 Jacques Deray, French film director (b. 1929)
- 2004 David Raksin, American composer renown for his work in film and TV (Laura; Modern Times), dies at 92
- 2005 Matthew McGrory, American actor (worlds's tallest actor at 7 ft 6 in), dies at 32
- 2008 Bernie Mac, American comedian and actor (The Bernie Mac Show, Ocean's Eleven), dies of cardiac arrest at 50
- 2015 Frank Gifford, American College-Pro Football HOF halfback (USC; 6 × First-team All-Pro, 8 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (ABC Monday Night Football), dies at 84
- 2021 Alex Cord [Alexander Viespi], American actor (Brotherhood; Fire; Street Asylum; Airwolf), dies at 88
- 2021 Bob Jenkins, American television and radio sports announcer (IndyCar & NASCAR telecasts ESPN/ABC, NBC Sports), dies from brain cancer at 73
- 2021 Patricia Hitchcock, British-American actress (Strangers on a Train), dies at 93
- 2023 (Jaime Royal) "Robbie" Robertson, Canadian-Mohawk singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band - "The Weight"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), and soundtrack composer (Martin Scorsese films), dies of prostate cancer at 80 [1] [2]
- 2023 Ita Ever, Estonian stage, radio, and screen actress (Tayna chyornykh drozdov (The Secret of the Blackbirds)), dies at 92
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