- 1961 Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor and director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
- 1968 Howard Lindsay, American playwright, actor and director (State of the Union), dies at 78
- 1969 James Lanphier, American actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
- 1970 H. M. Bateman, British cartoonist (The Man Who... series), dies at 82
- 1974 Anna Q Nilsson, Swedish actress (Shenandoah; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Toll Gate; Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
- 1976 Charles "Charlie" Naughton, Scottish actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
- 1976 Lee J. Cobb [Leo Jacoby], American actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies from a heart attack at 64
- 1982 Eleanor Powell, American stage and screen actress and tap dancer (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody films), dies of ovarian cancer at 69
- 1982 Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
- 1982 Victor Jory, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (A Midsummer Night's Dream; Kings Row; Manhunt), dies of a heart attack at 79
- 1985 Heinz Roemheld, American film composer (Yankee Doodle Dandy; Ruby Gentry), dies of pneumonia at 83
- 1985 Henry Hathaway, American actor and director of westerns (Nob Hill), dies of a heart attack at 86
- 1989 George O'Hanlon, American actor (Life of Riley - "Calvin"' Joe McDoakes shorts), voice actor (The Jetsons - "George Jetson"), and screenwriter, dies after a stroke at 76
- 1992 Raymond "Ray" Danton, American actor and director (Longest Day, Psychic Killer), dies at 60
- 1993 Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at 47
- 1994 Sorrell Booke, American actor (Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazard), dies of colorectal cancer at 64
- 1994 William Conrad [John Cann], American actor (The Killers, Bullwinkle Show, Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
- 1996 Phil Regan, American actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
- 1997 Don Porter, American actor (Gidget), dies at 84
- 2002 Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
- 2006 Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler, dies at 79
Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), dies from an accidental bathtub drowning at 48
- 2014 Alice Babs [Nilson], Swedish jazz singer (The Swe-Danes; Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts), and actress (Swing It, Teacher!), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 90
- 2015 Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), dies after a car crash at 73
- 2015 Roger Hanin, French actor (Navarro), dies at 89
- 2018 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], American singer ("On the Street Where You Live"), entertainer, actor and TV presenter (Vic Damone Show), dies at 89
- 2021 Joan Weldon, American actress (So This is Love, Them), dies at 90
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