1959 Rosetta Duncan, American vaudevillian (Duncan Sisters), actress (Topsy and Eva), and songwriter (Remeberin'). dies in an auto accident at 65
1967 Bert Lahr [Irving Lahrheim], American comic and actor (The Wizard of Oz - "Lion"), dies of cancer at 72
1967 Harry Wismer, American sports broadcaster (NBC Blue Network, ABC, voice of Washington Redskins) and AFL team owner (New York Titans), dies after a fall at 54
1973 Michael O'Shea, American actor (Smart Woman), dies of a heart attack at 67
1974 Lee Kinsolving, American actor (Explosive Generation), dies of an illness at 36
1977 Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
1979 Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
1983 Estelle Omens, American actress (Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), dies at 55
1987 Rouben Mamoulian, American movie director and author (The Mark of Zorro, Applause), dies at 90
1990 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry Men; Fail-Safe), dies of a heart attack at 74
1991 Alex Graham, Scottish cartoonist who created the comic strip "Fred Basset", dies at 78
1996 Willard Parker, American actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman), dies at 84
1997 Richard Vernon, British character actor (A Hard Days Night; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Gandhi), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 72
2004 Carl Esmond, Austrian actor (Ministry of Fear, Smash-Up), dies of natural causes at 102
2005 Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b.1963)
2006 James Kim, American television personality (b. 1971)
2008 Forrest J. Ackerman, American literary agent and writer who invented the term "sci-fi (Famous Monsters of Filmland), dies at 92
2008 Fritz Behrendt, German-Dutch political cartoonist (Het Parool; De Telegraaf; New York Herald Tribune), dies at 83
2009 Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
2015 Salvatore "Robert" Loggia, American actor (Jagged Edge, Big, Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 85
2016 Margaret Whitton, American actress (Good & Evil, Major League), dies of cancer at 67
2017 Christine Keeler, British model and showgirl (Profumo affair), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 75
2017 Shashi Kapoor [Balbir Raj Kapoor], prominent Indian Bollywood actor (Deewar, The Deceivers, Shalimar, Heat & Dust), dies from a chest infection at 79
2020 David L. Lander, American actor (Laverne & Shirley - "Squiggy"), dies of multiple sclerosis at 73 [1]
2022 Bob McGrath, American musician, singer (Sing Along With Mitch), and actor (Sesame Street, 1969-2017), dies of complications from a stroke at 90 [1]
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