1921 Marie Wilton, Lady Bancroft, British Victorian theater manager, actress, and novelist, dies at about 82
1961 Joan Davis [Josephine Davis], American comic radio and screen actress (I Married Joan; The Rudy Vallee Show), dies of a heart attack at 48
1965 Bobby Watson, American comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80
1975 Torben Myer, Danish actor (Girl Who Came Back; Judgment at Nuremberg; Sullivan's Travels), dies at 90
1984 John Marley [Mortimer Marlieb], American actor (Cat Ballou; Love Story; The Godfather), dies following unsuccessful open-heart surgery at 76
1986 Martin Gabel, American stage, radio and screen character actor (The Thief; Marnie; Lady In Cement), and television panelist (What's My Line?), dies of a heart attack at 73
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