- 1946 George "Slim" Summerville, American actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Keystone Cops), dies of a stroke at 53
- 1956 Mistinguett [Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois], French actress and singer (Moulin Rouge star), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 80
- 1965 Nell Craig, American actress (Dr. Kildare (films); The Queen of Sheba), dies at 73
- 1968 Jean Murat, French actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders), dies at 79
- 1969 Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY
- 1971 Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)
- 1977 Onslow Stevens, American actor (This is the Life), dies at 74
- 1982 Hans Conried, American actor (Peter Pan; Bullwinkle Show; Make Room for Daddy - "Uncle Tonoose"; The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T), dies from a heart ailment at 64
- 1982 Harvey Lembeck, American stage and screen actor (The Phil Silvers Show; Stalag 17; Beach Party films), dies of a heat attack at 58
- 1985 John Paxton, American screenwriter and producer (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely), dies at 73
- 1985 Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906
- 1990 Arthur Kennedy, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Death of a Salesman; Fantastic Voyage; Peyton Place; Some Came Running),dies of complications from thyroid cancer at 75
- 1990 Bart LaRue, American character actor, dies of a heart attack at 57
- 1991 Johnny Eck [Eckhardt], American sideshow performer, actor (Freaks; Tarzan films), magician, and artist, dies of a heart attack at 79
- 1991 Marie Madeline Sullivan, American actress (Elvira, Mistress of Dark), dies at 80
- 1993 George L. George, Russian-American journalist and film director (Towards Independence) dies at 85
- 1993 Jennifer Raine Bissell, British actress (Thriller, Rush: Inspired by Battlefield), dies from a heart ailment 60
- 1993 Ronnie Welsh, American actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
- 1994 Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (BBC 1946-94) and cake connoisseur, dies from a heart attack at 81
- 1994 William Raynor, American screenwriter (Gomer Pyle; Get Smart; McDuff, The Talking Dog; Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 73
Sonny Bono (1935-1998)
American actor, musician, vocalist, (Sonny & Cher) and politician (Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98), dies at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, when he hits a tree at 62
- 1998 David Bairstow, English cricket wicket keeper, broadcaster (4 Tests, 13 dismissals; father of England Test 'keeper Jonny; Yorkshire CCC), dies from suicide at 46
- 2001 Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
- 2003 Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (Last Tango in Paris, In the Name of the Law), dies of a heart attack at 84
- 2009 Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931)
- 2012 Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and screenwriter, dies at 111
- 2014 Carmen Zapata, American actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City), dies at 86
- 2018 Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (My Mother the Car, Coach), dies at 86
- 2022 Bill Bryden, Scottish stage director (National Theatre), film director, and screenwriter, dies at 79
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