1876 Aleksander Fredro, Polish poet and comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82
1940 Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), dies from a heart attack at 52
1947 Henry Kolker, German-American actor and director (Holiday, Baby Face, Mad Love), dies at 72
1957 George Cleveland, Canadian vaudevillian, stage and screen character actor (Mystery Liner; Courage of Lassie: Lassie, 1954-57 - "Gramps"), dies from a heart attack at 71
1968 Lura Anson, American silent film actress dies at 76
1969 Peter Van Eyck [Götz von Eick], German actor (The Longest Day; The Wages of Fear), dies after long illness at 56
1971 Guy Wilkerson, American actor (Dead or Alive, West of Texas, Shootin' Iron), dies of cancer at 71
1974 Christine Chubbock, American TV newscaster (WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida), commits suicide during live broadcast by shooting herself at 29
1974 Christine Chubbuck, American TV news reporter, commits suicide live on TV at 29
1980 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84
1983 Eddie Foy Jr [Edwin Fitzgerald Jr], American actor (The Pajama Game, Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1986 Benny Rubin, American actor and comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87
1986 Florence Halop, American actress (Night Court, 1985-86 -"Florence"; St Elsewhere, 1984-85), dies of lung cancer at 63
1987 Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 71
1990 Alison Leggatt, British character actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86
1990 Margaret Lockwood, British actress (Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 73
1991 Bert Convy, American actor and game show host (Tattletales), dies at 57
1993 David Brian, American actor (Accused of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco), dies at 78
1996 Dana Hill, American actress (Vacation), dies at 32
1997 Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70
2011 Googie Withers, English actress and dancer (The Lady Vanishes), dies at 94
2012 Celeste Holm, American actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve), dies at 95
2017 Martin Landau, American actor (Ed Wood; North By Northwest; Mission Impossible; Space 1999), dies at 89
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