1936 Henry B Walthall, American actor (The Birth of a Nation, Klondike), dies at 58
1957 Esme Percy, British actor (Murder!, Pygmalion, Old Spanish Custom), dies at 69
1961 Jeff Chandler [Ira Grossel], American actor (Broken Arrow), dies as a result of medical malpractice at 42
1963 John Whiting, British actor, dramatist and critic (PT Raiders, The Devils, The Good Companions), dies of cancer at 45
1973 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man's Family), dies at 66
1974 Pamela Britton, American stage and screen actress (D.O.A.; Blondie; My Favorite Martian - "Mrs. Brown"), dies of brain cancer at 51
1978 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
1979 Lou Frizzell, American character actor (Summer of '42; Bonanza - "Dusty Rhodes"), dies at 59
1984 Chet Allen, American child actor (Amahl and the Night Visitors), intentionally overdoses at 45
1989 John Matuszak, American NFL defensive end, 1973-82 (Oakland Raiders and 3 other teams), and actor (Caveman; The Goonies), dies of an accidental propoxyphene overdose at 38
1994 Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74
2006 Arthur Franz, American actor (The Caine Mutiny, Invaders From Mars, Young Lions), dies from emphysema and heart disease at 86
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