- 1943 Lynne Overman, American actor (Reap the Wild Wind), dies from a heart attack at 55
- 1952 (Percy) Lawrence Grant, British silent and sound screen character actor (Bulldog Drummond; Shanghai Express), dies at 81
- 1962 James Barton, American actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh), dies at 71
- 1965 Forrest Taylor, American actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81
- 1968 Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler, dies at 89
- 1968 Ralph Dunn, American actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 67
- 1969 Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1972 John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (Drifters), dies at 73
- 1972 Tedd Pierce, American cartoon screenwriter and voice actor (Warner Brothers), dies at 65
- 1983 Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke
- 1985 George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66
- 1986 Adolfo Celi, Italian film actor and director (Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue), dies at 63
- 1986 Paul Stewart, American actor (Citizen Kane, Kiss Me Deadly), dies from a heart attack at 77
- 1991 Peggy Mondo, American actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50
- 1992 Chet Leaming, American stage and screen actor, dies after brief illness at 66
- 1994 Derek Jarman, English filmmaker (The Tempest), artist and gay rights activist, dies of AIDS at 52
- 1994 Fausto Bara, Mexican-American actor (The Renegades - "Gaucho"), dies of AIDS at 42
- 1994 Gordon Sparling, Canadian pioneering filmmaker (Canadian Cameo series - Canada's first major films with sound), dies at 93 [1]
- 1995 John Howard, American actor (The Philadelphia Story; My Three Sons), dies of heart failure at 81
- 1996 Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77
- 1997 Leo Rosten, American writer and humourist (Joys of Yiddish), dies at 88
- 2001 Stanley Kramer, American producer/director (Inherit the Wind), dies at 87
- 2007 Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty], American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls; Smith Family), dies of pneumonia at 85
- 2008 Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress, known as Fei-fei, dies at 62
- 2013 Donald Richie, American-born author and (Japanese) film critic, dies at 88
- 2023 Dickie Davies, English TV presenter (ITV's World of Sport), dies at 93 [1]
- 2023 Jansen Panettiere, American actor (How High 2), dies of aortic valve complications due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) at 28
Richard Belzer (1944-2023)
American comedian, actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Law & Order: SVU - both shows "Det. John Munch") and author (How To Be A Stand-Up; UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe), dies at 78 [1]
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