1959 William Axt, American film scores composer (The Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 70
1967 Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian pre-eminent poet and film director, dies in a car crash at 32
1968 Mae Marsh, American actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
1976 Alice "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), dies of pancreatic cancer at 77
1977 Jack Gardner, American actor (The Secret Code; Three Russian Girls), dies at 74
1980 David Janssen, American actor (The Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
1982 Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist (Fellows Citizen), dies at 93
1983 Marian Nixon [Marja Nissinen], American silent and sound film actress (Hands Up!; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms; Winner Takes All), dies after open-heart surgery at 78
1990 Ken Lynch, American actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
1991 Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of a heart attack at 67
1991 Eddie Bartell, American actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83
1991 Ron Pickering, British athletics coach (GB 1964 Summer Olympics) and broadcaster (BBC), dies after a heart bypass operation at 60
1992 Dorothy Tree [Triebitz], American actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Confessions Of A Nazi Spy; The Asphalt Jungle), dies of heart failure at 85
1996 Martin Balsam, American charaacter actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), dies of a stroke at 76
1997 Antonius "Ton" Lensink, Dutch actor (Rituelen), dies at 74
2003 Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (Pretty Woman; The Parallax View), dies at 88
2006 Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (b. 1946)
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