Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
British actor and comedian (Modern Times, The Kid), dies in Switzerland at 88
- 1979 Joan Blondell, American actress (Real McCoys), dies of leukemia at 73
- 1979 Lee Bowman, American actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover, The Impatient Years), dies from a heart attack at 64
- 1980 Fred Emney, British actor (Let the People Sing; Adventures of a Private Eye; Lilac Domino), dies at 80
- 1991 Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90
- 1991 Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et Caesar), dies at 87
- 1991 Tom Newman, American actor (Cape Fear (1962); Tales From The Dark Side), dies of a heart attack at 60
Dean Martin (1917-1995)
American singer ("That's Amore"; "Everybody Loves Somebody"; "Sway"), comedian and actor (Martin and Lewis, The Dean Martin Show), dies of throat cancer at 78
- 1996 Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6
- 1997 Denver Pyle, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, The Andy Griffith Show), dies of lung cancer at 77
- 1999 Peter Jeffrey, British character actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity), dies at 70
- 2002 William T. Orr, American actor (The Big Street), and television producer (Cheyenne), dies at 85
- 2008 Eartha Kitt, American singer (Santa Baby), dancer, comedian, actress and activist (Catwoman-Batman), dies at 81
- 2020 Jaan Rääts, Estonian pianist, orchestral and film score composer, dies at 88
- 2021 Janice Long (née Chegwin), British radio host (Crash FM; BBC), dies of pneumonia at 66
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