Judy Garland (1922-1969)
American actress (The Wizard of Oz; Meet Me In St. Louis; Easter Parade), and singer ("Over The Rainbow"); dies at 47; coroner determines cause as unintentional, incautious overdose of prescription barbiturates
- 1979 (Sarah) Hope Summers, American character actress (The Andy Griffith Show & Mayberry RFD - "Clara"), dies of congestive heart failure at 77
- 1979 Emory Parnell, American vaudeville performer and character actor (Life of RIley; County Fair; Falcon films; Ma and Pa Kettle movies), dies of a heat attack at 86
- 1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
- 1982 Alan Webb, British stage and screen character actor (King Lear; Taming of Shrew; Challenge of Lassie), dies at 75
- 1984 Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (The Damned: The Servant; Accident; The Go-Between), dies at 75
Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
American stage and screen tap dancer, singer ("Night And Day"; "Cheek To Cheek"; "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"), and actor (Royal Wedding; Easter Parade; Swingtime), dies of pneumonia at 88
- 1988 Bramwell Fletcher, British actor (White Cargo, Random Harvest, The Mummy), dies at 84
- 1988 Dennis Day [Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty], Irish-American tenor ("Danny Boy"), radio and television comic actor (Jack Benny Program; A Day in the Life of Dennis Day), dies of ALS at 72
- 1988 Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies
- 1991 Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82
- 1991 Kevin O'Connor, American actor (Bogie, Special Effects), dies of cancer at 56
- 1992 Chuck Mitchell, American actor (General Hospital, Porky's, Better Off Dead), dies at 64
- 1992 Frederic I. Rinaldo, American screenwriter (Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein), dies at 78
- 1994 Jack Davies, English screenwriter (Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines), dies at 80
- 1994 L. V. Prasad, Indian pioneering filmmaker, dies at 87
- 1996 Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
- 1997 Don Henderson, British actor (The XYY Man, Strangers), dies at 65
- 2006 Moose (dog actor), dog actor popular for role on Frasier (b. 1990)
- 2007 Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet (b. 1964)
- 2008 George Carlin, American comedian, actor ("7 dirty words" routine), dies of cardiac failure at 71
- 2009 Steve Race, British composer, jazz pianist and radio and television presenter (BBC's "My Music", 1967-94), dies at 88
- 2015 Buddy Landel 'Nature Boy', American professional wrestler, dies after a car accident at 53
- 2015 James Horner, American Academy Award-winning film composer (Titanic; Apollo 13; Avatar), dies in a plane crash at 61
- 2015 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph), dies at 73
- 2017 Norman Ayrton, English actor and opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK), dies at 92
- 2020 Joel Schumacher, American film director (Lost Boys, Batman), dies at 80
- 2022 Tony Siragusa, American football defensive tackle (Super Bowl 2000 Baltimore Ravens; Indianapolis Colts) and broadcaster (Fox, The Sopranos, Man Caves), dies at 55
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