1940 George Regas, Greek actor (The Mark of Zorro), dies at 50
1940 Wilfred Lucas, Canadian actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford), dies at 69
1944 Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (Joe Palooka; Mexican Spitfire), intentionally overdoses on barbiturate Seconal at 34
1958 Brand Dirck Ochse, Dutch filmmaker and co-founder (Polygoon), dies at 66
1958 Tim Moore, American actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 71
1963 Stan Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Ghost Riders in the Sky"), and actor (Rio Grande; Ten Who Dared), dies of cancer at 49
1966 Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer
1969 Spencer Williams, American director, writer and actor (The Amos 'n' Andy Show), dies at 76
1974 Rufus "Rufe" Davis, American actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora), dies at 66
1975 Cyril Delevanti, British actor (Soylent Green, The Night of the Iguana), dies at 88
1979 Jon Hall, American actor (Ramar of the Jungle), dies at 64
1981 Pigmeat [Dewey] Markham, American comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
1983 Leora Dana, American actress (3:10 to Yuma, Pollyanna), dies at 60
1986 Heather Angel, British-American actress (Night in Montmartre; The Informer; The Last of the Mohicans; Lifeboat), dies of cancer at 77
1994 Norman Beaton, Guyanese actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
1996 Edward Blishen, English author (The God Beneath the Sea), dies at 76
1998 Lew Grade, British TV mogul (ATV), movie producer (Boys from Brazil), dies at 91
2006 Keith Larsen, American actor (Hunter, Brave Eagle), dies at 82
2006 Robert Long [Jan Leverman], Dutch pop singer (Vroeger of Later (Sooner or Later); Unit Gloria), actor, and television presenter, dies of cancer at 63
2007 Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American (Dakota Sioux) country music singer-songwriter, actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; Northern Exposure), and political activist, dies from complications of leukemia at 71
2008 Horst Tappert, German director, actor and former SS member (Derrick), dies of diabetes at 85
2008 Kathy Staff [Minnie Higginbottom], British actress (Mary Reilly, Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours), dies from a brain tumour at 80
2016 Alan Thicke, Canadian actor (Growing Pains), host (Thicke of the Night), and theme song composer (Diff'rent Strokes; The Facts of Life), dies of an aortic dissection at 69
2019 Yasuhiro Takai, Japanese baseball first baseman, designated hitter and broadcaster (NPB record 27 career pinch-hit home runs; Hankyu Braves), dies of kidney failure at 74
2022 tWitch [Stephen Boss], American television personality, dancer, DJ, and producer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 2014-22), takes his own life at 40 [1]
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