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Actors Who Died on March 12

  • 1946 Philip Merivale, British actor (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Nothing But Trouble), dies from a heart ailment at 59
  • 1949 Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress abd wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95
  • 1957 Josephine Hull (née Sherwood), American stage and screen Academy Award-winning actress (Harvey; Arsenic and Old Lace), and stage director, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 80
  • 1961 Belinda Lee, English actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
  • 1966 Estelita Rodriguez, Cuban actress (Rio Bravo, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose), dies of influenza at 37
  • 1971 David Burns, American actor (The Music Man; Hello Dolly!), dies of a heart attack at 68
  • 1971 Roy Glenn, American radio and screen character actor (Rocky Jordan; The Jack Benny Show; Amos 'n' Andy; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies of a heart attack at 56
  • 1984 Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor, dies at 88
  • 1988 Billie Rhodes, American silent film actress, dies at 93
  • 1989 Maurice Evans, British actor (Planet of the Apes; Bewitched), dies at 87
  • 1992 Barbara Morrison, British actress (Project Moonbase; From Here To Eternity), dies of heart failure at 84
  • 1993 Michael Kanin, American director, writer and actor (Woman of the Year, Teacher's Pet), dies at 83
  • 1995 Juanin Clay, American actress (The Legend of the Lone Ranger), dies at 45
  • 1998 Beatrice Wood, American artist, ceramist and editor (The Blind Man, inspiration for Titanic film character Rose), dies at 105
  • 1998 Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (The Shop on Main Street), dies at 74
  • 2003 Howard Fast, American novelist and TV screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus), dies at 88
  • 2003 Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
  • 2008 Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer, humorist, and TV, theater and radio host (b. 1949)
  • 2018 Nole "Nokie" Edwards, American surf-rock guitarist (The Ventures) and actor (Deadwood), dies of complications following a surgery at 82
  • 2018 Oleg Tabakov, Soviet-Russian actor and artistic director (Moscow Art Theatre), dies at 82