1823 John Philip Kemble, British actor and director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden), dies at 66
1947 Ben Webster, British actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
1950 Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer ("Roamin' in the Gloamin'"), dies at about 75
1966 Minerva Urecal [Dunnock], American stage, radio, and screen character actress (Accent on Love; The Adventures of Tugboat Annie; Peter Gunn; The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao), dies of a heart attack at 71
1968 Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn, 16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
1971 Fernandel [Fernand Contandin], French actor (The Little World of Don Camillo), dies of lung cancer at 67
1971 Tullio Carminati, Austrian actor (War and Peace; Roman Holiday), dies at 76
1973 Mary Finney, American actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
1976 Frieda Inescort, Scottish-American stage and screen actress (Hay Fever; Pride and Prejudice (1940)), dies from complications of multiple sclerosis at 74
1982 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese actor and director (Gate of Hell; A Page of Madness; Jujiro; Jigoku-mon), dies at 86
1990 Scott Jarvis, American theatrical actor and singer (1776; Here's Where I Belong), dies of AIDS at 48
1991 (Bulee) "Slim" Galliard, American jazz singer, musician, songwriter ("Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)"), and actor, dies of cancer at 75
1993 Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
1994 Bill Hicks, American stand-up comedian and social critic, dies of pancreatic cancer at 32
1997 David Doyle, American actor (Charlie's Angels, Rugrats), dies of a heart attack at 67
2002 Lawrence Tierney, American actor (Abduction, Dillinger, Reservoir Dogs), dies of pneumonia at 82
2004 Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor, dies at 94
2009 Johnny Kerr, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1956, 59, 63; Syracuse Nats/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns) and broadcaster (Chicago Bulls), dies of prostate cancer at 76
2009 Norm Van Lier, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1974, 76, 77; Chicago Bulls) and broadcaster (Comcast SportsNet), dies at 61
2009 Wendy Richard, English actress (EastEnders), dies of cancer at 65
2010 Richard Devon, American character actor (Magnum Force, Battle of Blood Island), dies at 83
2020 Michael Medwin, English actor and film producer ("Four in a Jeep, Scrooge"; "Checkpoint"), dies at 96
2024 Ole Anderson, American pro wrestler (founding member of influential stable "The Four Horsemen"; PWI Tag Team of the Year 1975, 77 with Gene Anderson), dies at 81
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