- 1938 Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
- 1955 Betty Ann Davies, British stage and screen actress (Merry Comes To Town), dies of post-surgical complications at 44
- 1962 Florence Auer, American actress (b. 1880)
- 1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
- 1970 (Mary) "Billie" Burke, American radio, stage, silent and sound film actress (Zieigfield Follies; The Wizard of Oz; Merrily We Live), dies at 85
- 1980 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (Ben-Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!), dies from a heart attack at 67
- 1982 Hugh Beaumont, American actor (The Mole People, Leave it to Beaver), dies from a heart attack at 73
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)
American actress (Gilda; Cover Girl; The Lady from Shanghai), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68
- 1990 Franklyn Seales, West Indian-American stage and screen actor (The Onion Field; Silver Spoons - "Dexter"), dies of AIDS at 37
- 1992 Lyle Alzado, NFL defensive linesman (LA Raiders) and actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire), dies of cancer at 43
- 1994 Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
- 1997 Thelma Carpenter, American radio and jazz band singer (Coleman Hawkins; Count Basie), and stage and screen actress (Hello, Dolly!; Barefoot In The Park (TV); The Wiz (film)), dies of cardiac arrest at 76
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
American singer (Strangers in the Night; My Way; The Summer Wind) and actor (From Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls), known as the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", dies at 82
- 2003 Robert Stack, American actor (The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries, Written on the Wind), dies of a heart attack at 84
- 2003 Wendy Hiller, English actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield), dies at 90
- 2004 Anna Lee [Joan Boniface Winnifrith], British actress (General Hospital, How Green Was My Valley), dies of pneumonia at 91
- 2006 Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, dies from drowning at 62
- 2006 Lewis "Lew" Anderson, American actor and musician (The Howdy Doody Show), dies of prostate cancer at 84
- 2009 Bob Rosburg, American golfer, broadcaster (PGA Championship 1959), dies of head injuries from a fall at 82
- 2017 Brad Grey, American film and TV producer (Sopranos), Chairman of Paramount Pictures, dies of cancer at 59
- 2017 Powers Boothe, American Actor (Sin City, Deadwood), dies at 68
- 2019 (Thomas) "Tim" Conway, American Emmy Award-winning comic actor and screenwriter (McHale's Navy; The Carol Burnett Show, 1975-78; The Apple Dumpling Gang), dies from complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus at 85
- 2020 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, dies of a blood disorder at 70
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