- 1900 Hannibal Goodwin, Episcopal priest who patented a method for making film used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, dies at 78
- 1945 Don Douglas, Scottish actor (The Black Castle), dies at 40
- 1946 Frederik "Frits" Tartaud, Dutch actor, and husband of Dutch actress Alida Klein, dies at 89
- 1960 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69
- 1964 Gertrude Michael, American actress (Cleopatra, Menace, Club Havana, caged), dies from undisclosed causes at 53
- 1966 Nipo T. Strongheart, Native American activist, lecturer and film consultant (Pony Soldier), dies at 75
- 1969 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian operatic bass buffo singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-62), and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), dies at 69
- 1971 Marin Sais, American actress (b. 1890)
- 1971 Pete Duel [Deuel], American stage and screen actor (Gidget; Love on a Rooftop; Alias Smith and Jones), commits suicide at 31
- 1977 Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62
- 1981 Frantisek Chaun, Czech pianist, composer, painter, and actor, dies at 60
- 1983 Frank Link, actor (Burns & Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46
Ricky Nelson (1940-1985)
American pop-rock star ("Hello Mary Lou"; "It's Late"; "Garden Party") and actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies in a plane crash at 45
- 1985 Sam Spiegel, American film producer (On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies at 84
- 1986 Lloyd Haynes, American actor (Room 222- "Pete Dixon"), and screenwriter, dies of lung cancer at 52 [1]
- 1990 Dalton Cathey, American actor dies of AIDS at 44
- 1993 Arthur Dreifuss, director and producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85
- 1994 Leo Fuchs, Polish-born Jewish American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, Avalon), dies at 83
Woody Strode (1914-1994)
American football end (LA Rams, Calgary Stampeders) and actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream), dies of lung cancer at 80
- 1996 David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate), dies at 62
- 1996 Wesley Addy, American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Bostonians, Loving), dies at 83
- 1997 Billie Dove [Lilian Bohny], American actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride), dies at 96
- 2001 Eileen Heckart, American actress (Butterflies Are Free, Doll's House, Trauma Center), dies of lung cancer at 82
- 2003 Paula Raymond, American actress and model (The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms), dies at 79
- 2007 Bill Idelson, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2007 Kathryn Ish, American actress (b. 1936)
- 2007 Markku Peltola, Finnish actor (The Man Without A Past), and art-rock bassist and singer (Motelli Skronkle), dies at 51
- 2013 James Avery, American actor, dies from complications from surgery at 68
- 2013 John Fortune [John C. Wood], English satirist and comedian (Bremner, Bird and Fortune), dies at 74
- 2015 Beth Howland, American actress (Vera - Alice, Company), dies at 74
- 2015 Wayne Rogers, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-75 - "Capt. 'Trapper' John McIntyre"; House Calls), dies of pneumonia at 82
- 2016 William Christopher, American comedian and actor (M*A*S*H & AfterMASH - "Father Mulcahy"), dies at 84
- 2020 Joan Micklin Silver, American film director (Hester Street; Crossing Delancey), dies at 85
Betty White (1922-2021)
American Emmy Award-winning comic actress with the longest TV career of a female entertainer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Sue Ann Nivens"; Golden Girls - "Rose"; The Proposal), dies after suffering a stroke at 99 [1]
- 2023 Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actress (Mamá Coco-Coco; La Reina de la Noche), dies at 90
- 2023 Shecky Greene [Fred Sheldon Greenfield], American stand-up comedian and actor (Love Machine; Combat), dies at 97 [1]
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