- 1935 Ruan Lingyu [Fenggen], Chinese silent film actress (The Goddess), commits suicide at 24
- 1965 Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 1971 Harold Lloyd, American silent and sound film actor, comedian, and director (Why Worry?; The Freshman; Safety Last!; The Sin of Harold Diddlebock), dies of cancer at 77
- 1975 George Stevens, American Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter (A Place In The Sun; Giant; Swing Time; Gunga Din), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1977 Henry Hull, American actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86
- 1985 Edward Andrews, American actor (Tea & Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1993 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69
- 1993 Wells Root, American screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
- 1994 John Ewart, Australian radio, stage, and screen actor (The Muddle-Headed Wombat.; The Picture Show Man), dies of throat cancer at 65
- 1996 Paul Harrhy, actor and opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
- 1997 Alexander Salkind, Polish-French film producer (Superman film franchise), dies at 75
- 1999 Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass, American actress, comedian, game show panelist and announcer (To Tell The Truth), dies at 74
- 2001 Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2003 Adam Faith [Terence Wright], English pop and rock singer ("What Do You Want?"; "Poor Me"), actor (Budgie; Love Hurts), and financial journalist, dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2003 Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2004 Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
- 2007 John Inman, English actor (Mr. Humphries-Are You Being Served?), dies at 71
- 2007 Viky Vanita, Greek actress (b. 1948)
- 2008 Carol Barnes, British television news journalist (ITN; ITV), dies a few days after suffering a stroke at 63
- 2009 Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle - Shriek of Araby), dies at 79
Max Von Sydow (1929-2020)
Swedish actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Game of Thrones), dies at 90
- 2021 Trevor Peacock, British stage and screen actor (The Vicar of Dibley - "Jim Trott"), screenwriter, and songwriter ("Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter"), dies at 89
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