- 1962 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, American comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
- 1963 Theodore Newton, American actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58
- 1966 Jonathan Hale [Hatley], Canadian-American, actor (Blondie films; The Saint films), shoots himself at 74
- 1968 Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You're Mine), dies from cancer at 41
- 1968 Juanita Hall (née Long), American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress and singer (South Pacific; Flower Drum Song), dies from complications of diabetes at 66 [some sources give date as Feb. 29]
- 1973 (Pablo) "Tito" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican timbalero, singer, bandleader ("Inolvidable"), and television host, dies of leukemia at 50
- 1973 Cecil Kellaway, South African-American stage and screen character actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; The Luck of the Irish), dies at 82
- 1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American comedian and actor (The Jack Benny Program), dies at 71
- 1978 (Pil Lip) Philip Ahn, American actor (Kung Fu - as "Master Kan"; Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies from pneumonia at 72
- 1979 Jane Hylton [Audrey Gwendolene Clark], British actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 1985 Charita Bauer, American actress (The Guiding Light, Aldrich Family), dies following long illness at 62
- 1986 Laura Z. Hobson, American TV writer and panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 85
- 1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
- 1987 Nora Kaye, American ballet dancer, and Broadway and film choreographer, dies of cancer at 67
- 1990 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
- 1993 Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director and producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
- 1993 Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
- 1993 Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street; Dames), dies of kidney cancer at 83
- 1998 Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (Father Ted Crilly-Father Ted), dies of a heart attack at 45
- 2002 Mary Stuart, American actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow), dies at 75
Paul Harvey (1918-2009)
American news commentator and radio broadcaster (The Rest of the Story), dies at 90
- 2011 Annie Girardot, French actress (Three Rooms in Manhattan, Gypsy, Jacko & Lise), dies at 79
- 2011 Jane Russell, American actress and leading sex symbol in 1940s-50s (The Outlaw), dies at 89
- 2016 Frank Kelly, Irish stage and screen actor (Father Ted), dies at 77
- 2019 André Previn [Andreas Priwin], German-American conductor (London Symphony, 1968-79; Pittsburgh Symphony, 1975-85), film score composer (My Fair Lady), and jazz pianist, dies at 89-ish
- 2021 Irv Cross, American football cornerback (Pro Bowl 1964, 65; Philadelphia Eagles) and broadcaster (CBS), dies from ischemic cardiomyopathy at 81
- 2021 Johnny Briggs, English actor (Mike Baldwin on Coronation Street), dies at 85 [1]
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