1928 Eddie Foy Sr. [Edwin Fitzgerald], Irish-American actor, singer and dancer (A Favorite Fool), dies at 71
1956 Frank H. Wilson, American actor (Beware, Paradise in Harlem), dies at 69
1967 (Lester) "Smiley" Burnette [Burnett], American country music performer, singer-songwriter ("Ridin' Down the Canyon (To Watch the Sun Go Down)"), and actor (Petticoat Junction - "Charlie"), dies of leukemia at 55
1979 Louise Allbritton, American actress (The Egg and I, Stage Door, Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 58
1984 Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69
1985 Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
1986 Howard Da Silva [Silverblatt], American actor (1776, The Lost Weekend, The Blue Dahlia), dies from lymphoma at 76
1993 Donald Phelps, American actor (Ghost Ship), dies of AIDS at 61
1993 Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
1996 Roger Bowen, American actor (M*A*S*H (film); The Main Event: What About Bob?: Petulia), dies of a heart attack at 62
1997 Arthur Hewlett, British actor (The Pied Piper), dies at 89
2000 Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (Zorba the Greek (1964), Sword of the Valiant, The Tenant), dies of congestive heart disease and Alzheimer's disease at 81
2000 Marceline Day [Newlin], American actress, mostly in silent films (The Cameraman; The Jazz Age; The Arm of the Law), dies at 91
2001 Howard W. Koch, American film director (b. 1916)
2005 Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975)
2006 Johnny Grunge, American pro wrestler (4 x ECW World Tag Team C'ship, WCW World Tag Team C'ship [with Rocco Rock], dies of sleep apnea complications at 39
2010 Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer striker (32 caps; South China AA, Seiko SA) and actor, dies from nasopharyngeal carcinoma at 53
2011 Alfred Burke, British actor (Public Eye, Backfire, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), dies of a chest infection at 92
2011 Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)
2012 Elyse Knox, American actress and model (Hit the Ice, Black Gold), dies at 94
2023 Tim McCarver, American baseball catcher (World Series 1964, 67; MLB All-Star 1966, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (NY Mets, ABC, CBS, FOX), dies of heart failure at 81 [1]
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