- 1937 Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (b. 1887)
- 1960 Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, dies in an automobile accident at 38
- 1961 Anna May Wong [Wong Liu-tsong], Chinese-American actress, 1st Asian-American movie star (Shanghai Express; Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), and 1st Asian-American on US currency (American Women series quarter, 2022), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 1966 June Walker, American actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
- 1967 Winifred Kingston, British silent screen actress (The Squaw Man, Davy Crockett), dies at 72
- 1971 Jay C. Flippen, American actor (Jet Pilot, The Killing, Thunder Bay), dies at 71
- 1972 John Litel, American actor (Jezebel, Virginia City, My Hero), dies at 79
Umm Kulthum (1904-1975)
Egyptian singer and actress, dies at 76
- 1977 Pauline Starke, American actress (Dante's Inferno; Dance Magic; Sun Up), dies at 76
- 1979 Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies at 62
- 1989 John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby), dies at 59
- 1991 Harry Ackerman, American TV executive producer (b. 1912)
- 1991 Nancy Kulp, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, The Aristocats, Shane), dies of cancer at 69
- 1996 Audrey Meadows [Cotter], American actress (The Honeymooners - "Alice Kramden"; The Jackie Gleason Show), dies of lung cancer at 73
- 2003 Lana Clarkson, American actress, shot and killed by Phil Spector at 40
- 2004 Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
- 2006 Al Lewis [Alexander Meister], American actor (The Munsters, Used Cars), dies at 82
- 2010 Frances Reid, American actress (Days of Our Lives, The Andromeda Strain), dies at 95
- 2011 Maria Schneider, French actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor), dies at 58
- 2012 Ben Gazzara, American actor, dies from pancreatic cancer at 81
- 2012 Zalman King, American actor and director, dies from cancer at 69
- 2015 Norman Yemm, Australian actor (Oklahoma!), dies at 81
- 2016 Joseph Francis "Joe" Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck), dies from cancer at 63
- 2016 Mary Healy, American actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, He Married his Wife), dies of natural causes at 96
- 2019 Carmen Duncan, Australian actress (Another World), dies at 76
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