Cass Elliot (1941-1974)
American pop vocalist (Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreaming"; "Monday, Monday"; solo - "Dream A little Dream Of Me"; "Make Your Own Kind of Music"), dies of a heart attack in London at 32
David Niven (1910-1983)
British actor (Around the World in 80 Days, Rugues), dies in Switzerland of Lou Gehrig's disease at 73
- 1983 Luis Buñuel, Spanish surrealist film director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83
- 1983 Raymond Massey, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (Abe Lincoln In Illinois; Dr; Kildare (TV series)), dies of pneumonia at 86
- 1984 Woodrow Parfey, American actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack
- 1985 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)
American Tony and Academy Award-winning theater and ballet choreographer and director (West Side Story; Peter Pan), dies shortly after suffering a strokeat 79
- 1999 Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor, producer and director (Arzoo, Love Story, Sangam), dies at 70
- 2001 Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), dies of natural causes at 85
- 2003 Johnny Walker [Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi], Indian actor (Madhumati, Chachi 420), dies at 82
- 2004 Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
- 2005 Pat McCormick, American comedy writer (Red Skeleton; Get Smart; The Tonight Show; Don Rickles Show), and actor (Smokey and the Bandit), dies at 78
- 2007 Michel Serrault, French actor (Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud, La Cage aux Folles), dies at 79
- 2007 Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (b. 1940)
Tom Snyder (1936-2007)
American television and radio interviewer (Tomorrow, 1973-82; The Late Late Show, 1995-99), and news anchor (NBC Weekend News; WABC), dies of complications from leukemia at 71
- 2011 Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), dies at 84
- 2015 Peter O'Sullevan, British horse racing commentator 'the voice of racing', dies at 97
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