Film Tv Deaths May 12 | History by KabAstro

1965 Roger Vailland, French author (Drôle de jeu, La loi) and screenwriter, dies at 57
1971 Tor Johnson [Tore Johansson], Swedish wrestler and actor (Bride of the Monster), dies at 67
1973 Frances Marion, American screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85
1980 Lillian Roth [Rutstein], American singer and actress (Animal Crackers; Alice Sweet Alice), dies at 69
1984 Doris May, American silent film actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
1986 Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian British stage actress, dies at 85
1986 Lee Bonnell, American actor, dies at 67
1992 Lenny Montana [Leonardo Passafaro], American professional wrestler (NWA Georgia), and actor (The Godfather), dies of a heart attack at 66
1992 Robert Reed, American actor (The Brady Bunch - "Mike"; Nurse), dies of AIDS at 59
1994 Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
1995 Arthur Lubin, American film director and producer (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), dies at 95
1999 Penny Santon [Pierina Burlando], American actress (Fletch, Roll Out, Matt Houston), dies at 82
2001 (Pierino) Perry Como, American singer ("Catch A Falling Star") and TV personality (The Perry Como Show), dies at 89
2002 Erich Kulas, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit), dies after surgery at 22
2005 Maurice Catarcio, American professional wrestler known as "The Matador", and fitness advocate, dies of prostate cancer at 76
2005 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish jazz singer (with Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby"), and dies in an accidental apartment fire at 67
2007 Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (The Bishop's Wife, They Live By Night), dies at 70
2014 Cornell Borchers, German actress (The Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul), dies at 89
2019 Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu), dies at 95
2020 Michel Piccoli, French actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools), dies at 94
2024 David Sanborn, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and session saxophonist (David Bowie - "Young Americans"; David Letterman Show), dies of prostate cancer at 78 [1]

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