Bruce Lee (1940-1973)
Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), dies of a cerebral edema at 32
- 1974 Allen Jenkins, American actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), dies at 74
- 1977 Carter DeHaven, American actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90
- 1983 Frank Reynolds, American news anchor (ABC Evening News, 1968-70; World New Tonight, 1977-83), dies at 59
- 1986 Helen Craig, American actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night), dies at 74
- 1987 Richard Egan, American actor (Empire; Redigo; Pollyanna), dies of prostate cancer at 65
- 1989 Mary Treen (née Summers), American character actress (It's a Wonderful Life; Kitty Foyle; The Joey Bishop Show), dies of cancer at 82
- 1990 Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies
- 1991 Rellys [Henri Marius Bourrelly], French actor (Letters from My Windmill), dies at 86
- 1996 Peter Raleigh, English foreign correspondent and television executive, dies at 77
- 1997 Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
- 1998 June Byers, American professional wrestler (b. 1922)
- 1999 Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
Roberto Suárez Gómez (1932-2000)
Bolivian drug lord called the "King of Cocaine" whose story was the basis of the movie "Scarface", dies of a heart attack at 68
- 2001 Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
- 2005 James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek), dies from Pulmonary fibrosis at 85
- 2005 Kayo Hatta, American film director (b. 1958)
- 2006 Gérard Oury [Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum] French actor and filmmaker, dies at 87
- 2006 Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (Thing, War of the Worlds, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), dies of natural causes at 89
- 2007 Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports), dies at 80
- 2007 Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (Zulu, Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate), dies of a stroke at 79
- 2008 Artie Traum, American folk guitarist, songwriter, producer, and filmmaker, dies of ocular cancer at 65
- 2012 Simon Ward, English actor, dies at 70
- 2012 Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), dies at 84
- 2021 Françoise Arnoul, French actress and composer (French Cancan; Jacko & Lise), dies at 90
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