1971 Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress (Pardon My Sarong), and singing voice for Rita Hayworth, dies of cancer at 55 [1]
1974 Candy Darling [James Slattery], American transgender actress (Flesh, Women in Revolt), dies at 29
1976 Spider Sabich, American alpine skier (Olympics 1968), dies when shot by actress Claudine Longet at 31
1981 Mark Donskoy, Soviet-Ukrainian film director (Rainbow, A Mother's Heart) and screenwriter, dies at 80
1982 Harry H Corbett, British actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57
1985 Michael Redgrave, British actor (Browning Version, Goodbye Mr Chips, Lady Vanishes), dies of Parkinson's Disease at 77
1987 Dean Paul Martin, Jr, American singer (Dino, Desi & Billy), and actor (Misfits of Science), dies in a military aircraft crash at 35
1987 Robert Preston [Meservey], American stage and screen actor and singer (The Music Man; Mame; The Last Starfighter), dies of lung cancer at 68