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Actors Who Died on June 26

  • 1948 Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (Sa Kabukiran), murdered by former co-star Narding Anzures at 24
  • 1965 Reginald Beckwith, actor/writer (39 Steps, Dr in Love), dies at 56
  • 1967 Françoise Dorléac, French actress, sister of Catherine Deneuve dies in a car accident at 25
  • 1973 Ernest Truex, American actor (Fluffy, Scared, His Girl Friday, Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 83
  • 1982 Charles Russhon, American air force officer (liaison for James Bond films), dies at 71
  • 1982 Sandy Powell, English comedian, dies at 82
  • 1983 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter, radio and TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies of congestive heart failure at 82
  • 1991 Paul Andor [Wolfgang Zilzer], American-German actor (Mad Lover; Enemy of Women), dies at 90
  • 1992 Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies
  • 1992 Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
  • 1992 Phil Rubenstein, American actor (Tango & Cash, Robocop), dies
  • 1993 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
  • 1994 Roelof Kiers, VPRO-programmer/director (Macchiavelli), dies at 56
  • 1997 Charlie Chester, English comedian (Never Say Die), dies at 83
  • 2000 Logan Ramsey, American actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes), dies of a heart attack at 79
  • 2001 Soccer (dog actor) (b. 1988)
  • 2002 Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American Tony Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (Designing Woman; Kismet; Destry Rides Again), dies of a heart attack at 78
  • 2004 Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
  • 2005 Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (Countdown), and broadcast journalist (Calendar), dies after unsuccessful heart surgery at 61
  • 2011 Edith Fellows, American actress (Pennies From Heaven, She Married Her Boss), dies at 88

Nora Ephron (1941-2012)

American novelist (Heartburn), screenwriter (Silkwood; When Harry Met Sally), and director (Sleepless In Seattle), dies from pneumonia, as a complication of leukemia, at 71

  • 2018 Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor, (Ryan's Hope; Dallas), dies at 77
  • 2019 Max Wright, American character actor (Buffalo Bill; Alf; Misfits of Science), dies of lymphoma at 75
  • 2020 Kelly Asbury, American animated film director (Shrek 2, Smurfs: The Lost Village), dies of abdominal cancer at 60
  • 2020 Taryn Power, American actress (Maria); youngest daughter of Tyrone Power Mexican actress Linda Christian, dies of leukemia at 66
  • 2022 Frank Williams, English actor (Dad's Army - "Reverend Farthing"), dies at 90