Charles Laughton (1899-1962)
English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63
Walt Disney (1901-1966)
American animator (Mickey Mouse), producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Co., dies of lung cancer at 65
- 1972 Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
- 1974 Anatole Litvak, Russian-born American film director, writer and producer (Mayerling, Anastasia, The Snake Pit), dies at 72
- 1978 Chill Wills, American actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75
- 1979 Bern Hoffman, American actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
- 1984 Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], American tenor (NBC Symphony, 1938-55; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1941-67; "Bluebird of Happiness"), dies at 80
- 1984 Lennard Pearce, British actor (Only Fools and Horses....), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 1989 Arnold Moss, American actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata), dies at 79
- 1989 Edward Underdown, British actor (Beat the Devil, Thunderball), dies at 81
- 1990 Betty Warren, British actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies at 83
- 1990 Jean Paige, American silent film actress (Capt Blood; Black Beauty), dies at 95
- 1991 Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
- 1995 Charles Fletcher, British pioneering physician and TV presenter (wrote the 1st report into the dangers of smoking), dies at 84
- 1999 George Elrick, Scottish-British singer ("I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones"), and broadcaster known as 'The Smiling Voice of Radio' (BBC's "Housewives' Choice"), dies at 95
- 2001 Russ Haas, American professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 27
- 2006 Henny Alma [Hendrika den Broek], Dutch actress (Soldier of Orange), dies at 83
- 2007 John Berg, American actor (Star Trek: Nemesis), takes his own life at 58
Blake Edwards (1922-2010)
American writer and director (10; SOB; Breakfast at Tiffany's), dies at 88
Joan Fontaine (1917-2013)
British-American actress (Gunga Din; Ivanhoe; Rebecca), dies of natural causes at 96
- 2015 Ken Pogue, Canadian actor (Adderly, Katts and Dog), dies of cancer at 81
- 2017 Heinz Wolff, German-born British scientist and TV/ radio presenter (BBC series "The Great Egg Race"), dies from heart failure at 89
- 2019 Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer ("Mon Pays"), and actress (Act of the Heart), dies at 91
- 2020 Charles Shere, American contemporary classical composer, broadcaster, music critic, and educator, dies at 85
- 2021 Bridget Hanley, American actress (Here Come the Brides - "Candy Pruitt"), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 80
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