- 1926 Joseph Carl Breil, American lyric tenor, and composer - one of the first to write for film (Les amours de la reine Élisabeth; Birth of a Nation; Intolerance), dies of heart disease at 55
- 1943 Alexander Woollcott, American drama critic (The New Yorker), dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
- 1956 Alexander Korda, British movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62
Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
American stage and screen bass-baritone singer ("Old Man River"), actor, and civil rights activist, dies of stroke complications in Philadelphia at 77
- 1978 Jack Oakie, American actor (The Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award), dies at 74
- 1980 Lil Dagover [Marie Seubert;], German silent and sound screen actress (Destiny; Spiders), dies at 92
- 1982 Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
- 1992 Frederick "Freddie" Bartholomew, British child actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield, Captains Courageous), dies of emphysema at 67
- 1992 Ian Wolfe, American actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards & Warriors, Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95
- 1994 Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
- 1994 Sherry Mathis, American actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44
- 1995 Ken Hill, English playwright and director, dies at 57
- 2003 Nell Carter, American actress (Gimme A Break; Lobo), dies at 54
- 2004 Bob Keeshan, American actor (Captain Kangaroo; Howdy Doody, 1948-52 - "Clarabell"), and television producer, dies at 76
Johnny Carson (1925-2005)
American comedian and TV host (The Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust), dies of respiratory failure arising from emphysema at 79
- 2014 Riz Ortolani, Italian Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger, predominantly of film scores (Mondo Cane - "More"), dies at 87
- 2015 Guy Gallo, American poet, playwright, and screenwriter (Under the Volcano), dies of cancer at 59
- 2016 Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets), dies at 85
- 2017 Gorden Kaye, British actor (Allo Allo), dies at 75
- 2018 Lari White, American country music singer and actress (You Can Be a Star winner- 1988), dies of peritoneal cancer at 52
- 2019 Jonas Mekas, American avant garde filmmaker and film critic, dies at 96
- 2021 Hal Holbrook, American stage and screen Tony and Emmy award-winning actor (All the President's Men; “Mark Twain Tonight!”), dies at 95 [1]
Larry King (1933-2021)
American radio and TV host ("Larry King Live", CNN), dies of sepsis and renal failure at 87 [1] [2]
- 2021 Trisha Noble (aka Patsy Ann), Australian pop singer ("Good Looking Boy"), and actress, dies of mesothelioma at 76
- 2024 Charles Osgood [Wood], American broadcast news anchor (The Osgood File; CBS News Sunday Morning, 1994-2016), writer, and poet, dies of dementia at 91 [1]
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