- 1909 Benoît-Constant Coquelin, French actor, dies at 68
- 1928 Marie Verstraete, Belgian actress (Mooi Juultje van Volendam, Frou Frou), dies at 74
- 1956 Erich Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Teatro Colón, 1937-49; NBC Symphony, 1947-48), dies at 65
- 1963 John Farrow, Australian director and actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island), dies from a heart attack at 58
- 1977 Walter Baldwin, American actor (The Best Years of Our Lives, The Long, Long Trailer), dies at 88
- 1978 Oscar Homolka, Hungarian actor (Sabotage, The Seven Year Itch, Ball of Fire, I Remember Mama), dies at 79
- 1982 Iris Korn, American actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60
- 1983 Louis De Funes, French actor and writer (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), dies at 68
- 1983 Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42
- 1984 Lou Crosby, American actor, and radio and TV announcer (Lum and Abner; The Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 69
- 1986 Lilli Palmer [Peiser], German actress (Cloak and Dagger, Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter), dies from abdominal cancer at 71
- 1987 Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian film animator and director, dies at 72
- 1988 Edward Pawley, American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces), dies t 86
- 1989 Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor [Okey Ka Fairy Ko!], dies at 70
- 1990 Helen Jerome Eddy, American actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92
- 1992 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101
André the Giant (1946-1993)
French pro wrestler (WWF World Heavyweight C'ship 1988; WWF World Tag Team C'ship [with Haku] 1989), dies of congestive heart failure at 49
- 1994 Claude Akins, American character actor (B. J. and the Bear; The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo; Movin' On), dies of cancer at 67
- 1994 Joe Mays, American character actor (Mr. Saturday Night; The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), dies of AIDS at 45
- 1996 Patrick Ludlow, British actor (Naughty Husbands, Evergreen and Modesty Blaise), dies at 93
- 2004 Hard Boiled Haggerty [Don Stansauk], American pro wrestler (AWA, NWA, WWA World Tag Team C'ship; IWA World Heavyweight C'ship) and actor (The Incredible Hulk), dies at 78
Jack Paar (1918-2004)
American comedian and TV host of the Jack Paar Show and The Tonight Show (1957-62), dies at 85
- 2007 Bob Carroll, American radio and screenwriter (I Love Lucy; The Lucy Show; The Mothers-In-Law; Here's Lucy), dies at 88
- 2007 Tige Andrews, American character actor (Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), dies of cardiac arrest at 86
- 2010 Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933)
- 2017 Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (Hiroshima Mon Amour), dies at 89
- 2017 Robert Ellis Miller, American film director, dies at 89
- 2018 Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois), dies at 94
- 2020 Jack Burns, American comedian (Burns & Schreiber), actor, and screenwriter (The Muppet Show), dies of respiratory failure at 86 [1]
- 2021 Cloris Leachman, American Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actress (The Last Picture Show; The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Phyllis"), dies at 94 [1] [2]
- 2023 Sylvia Syms, English actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine), dies at 89 [1]
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