- 1938 Gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890)
- 1981 Isobel Elsom, British actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger), dies at 87
- 1991 Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan's No 1 Son), dies after a stroke at 86
- 1994 Robert Horen, American stage and screen actor, dies of cancer at 68
- 1994 Samuel Bronston, Romanian-American film producer (El Cid), dies at 85
- 1997 Jill Summers, actress (Agatha Coronation Street), dies at 86
- 1999 Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (101 Dalmatians; Cinderella), dies of a stroke at 84
- 2000 Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
- 2002 Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911)
- 2005 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Mola Ram, Mr. India), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 72
- 2009 Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter, dies at 74
- 2009 Russ Conway, Canadian-American character actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye), dies at 95
- 2011 Paul Picerni, American actor (The Untouchables), dies at 88
- 2012 Sadao Bekku, Japanese classical and film composer (Matango), dies at 89
William Peter Blatty (1928-2017)
American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist, dies at 89
- 2018 Bella Emberg [Sybil Dyke], British comic actress (The Russ Abbott Show), dies of alcohol toxicity at 80
- 2018 Keith Jackson, American sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football, college football), dies at 89
- 2024 Bill Hayes, American singer (Your Show of Shows; The Ballad of Davy Crockett"), and actor (Days of Our Lives. 1970-2023 - "Doug"), dies at 98
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