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Actors Who Died on January 20

  • 1779 David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61
  • 1920 Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century, dies at 43
  • 1960 Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (Coquette, Deluge), dies at 72
  • 1971 Broncho Billy Anderson [Maxwell Aronson], American silent and sound screen actor, the 1st cowboy in a movie (The Great Train Robbery; A Lucky Dog), and studio executive, dies at 90 [1]

Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984)

Romanian-American actor (Tarzan) and swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1924, 28), dies of pulmonary edema at 79

  • 1989 Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
  • 1989 Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94
  • 1990 Barbara Stanwyck [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
  • 1991 Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87

Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

British actress (Roman Holiday; Breakfast at Tiffany's; My Fair Lady), dies of colon cancer at 63

  • 1993 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], American playwright, actor, and director (Matchmaker, Tomorrow), dies at 80
  • 1998 Bobo Brazil [Houston Harris], American pro wrestler (WWF HOF), dies at 73
  • 2002 Carrie Hamilton, American actress (Fame), dies at 38
  • 2003 Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
  • 2011 Bruce Gordon, American actor (The Untouchables), dies after long illness at 94
  • 2018 Bob Smith, American author and a groundbreaking gay comedian (The Tonight Show, Funny Gay Males), dies from Lou Gehrig’s disease at 59
  • 2018 Howard Lew Lewis, English comedian and actor (Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes), dies at 76
  • 2018 John Coleman, American journalist, co-founder of The Weather Channel and broadcaster (1953-2014), dies at 83
  • 2019 Muriel Pavlow, British actress (Murder, She Said, Reach for the Sky), dies at 97
  • 2024 Norman Jewison, Canadian director and producer (In the Heat of the Night; Fiddler on the Roof; Moonstruck; Rollerball; ...and Justice For All), dies at 97 [1] [2]