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Actors Who Died on January 3

  • 1858 Rachel Félix, Swiss-born French singer and actress in tragedies (mistress of Napoleon III), dies of tuberculosis at 36
  • 1933 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), dies at 37
  • 1942 Pauline Beersmans [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70
  • 1965 Betty Harte, American silent screen actress, dies at 82
  • 1965 Julius Tannen, American vaudeville comedian, dies at 84
  • 1966 Rex Lease, American actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand), dies at 62
  • 1969 Howard McNear, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63
  • 1974 Gino Cervi, Italian actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja), dies at 72
  • 1975 Milton Cross, American radio announcer (Metropolitan Opera's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, 1931-75), dies of a heart attack at 87
  • 1980 Ivan Triesault [Johann Constantin Treisalt], Russian actor (Cry of the Werewolf, Black Parachute), dies at 81
  • 1988 William Cagney, American producer and actor (Torrid Zone), brother of James Cagney, dies of a heart attack at 82
  • 1990 Ken Hill, American actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies at 49
  • 1992 Judith Anderson, actress (Star Trek 3), dies of pneumonia at 93
  • 1994 Heather Sears, English actress (Room at the Top), dies of cancer at 58
  • 1995 Byron MacGregor, Canadian newscaster, dies of pneumonia at 46
  • 1997 Burton Lane, American film and stage composer and lyricist (Finian's Rainbow), dies at 84
  • 2000 Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime & Passion), dies at 80
  • 2008 Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953)
  • 2008 Natasha Collins, British actress and television presenter (b. 1976)
  • 2009 Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle, American actor (Hang 'em High, Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), dies of myelodysplastic syndrome at 84
  • 2009 Olga San Juan, American actress, dancer and comedian (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus), dies at 81
  • 2010 Joyce Collins, American jazz and film and television session pianist, singer, and educator, dies at 79
  • 2011 Fadil Hadžić, Croatian film director, dies at 88
  • 2013 Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian film director, dies from surgical complications at 82
  • 2014 Tom Rosenthal, British publisher & broadcaster, dies at 78
  • 2021 Gerry Marsden, British rock vocalist (Gerry & Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It?"; "Ferry Cross The Mersey"), and TV personality, dies from a blood infection at 78 [1] [2]