1950 Franklin Dyall, British actor (Easy Virtue, Atlantic), dies at 80
1952 William Fox [Wilhem Fuchs], Hungarian-American movie theater pioneer and film producer (Fox Film Corporation), dies at 73
1967 Barbara Payton [Redfield], American actress known for her tumultuous private life (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies of heart and liver failure due to drug addiction at 39
1981 Margaret Lindsay, American actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies at 70
1983 John Fante, Italian-American author and screenwriter (Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Ask the Dust, Full of Life), dies at 74
1985 Adolphus "Dolph" Sweet, American actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up), dies of cancer at 64
1991 Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz), dies at 72
1992 Richard Derr, American actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
1993 Kees Deenik, Dutch singer, bandleader, and broadcaster, dies at 78-ish
1994 George Peppard, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max), dies at 65
1994 Rupert Haselden, journalist and screenwriter, dies at 36
1994 Steven Keats, American actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
1995 Teresa Teng [Li-chun], Taiwanese pop singer ("Aijin"; "The Power Of Love"; "Airport"), and actress, dies from a severe asthma attack at 42
1997 Brian Wenham, British journalist (BBC), and media consultant, dies at 60
1999 Dana Plato, American actress (Kimberly-Diff'rent Strokes), dies at 34
1999 Dirk Bogarde [Derek van den Bogaerde] British writer and actor (Death in Venice, Servant), dies at 78
1999 Ed Gilbert, American actor (The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries), dies at 67
2013 Bryan Forbes, English film director, producer and actor (King Rat), dies at 86
2013 Jeanne Cooper, American actress, Kay in "The Young & Restless", dies at 84
2015 (Antoni) "Ton" Hartsuiker, Dutch pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator, dies at 81
2016 William Schallert, American character actor (Patty Duke Show - "Martin"; Get Smart - "The Admiral"), dies at 93
2018 Anne V. Coates, British film editor (1962 Oscar, Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 92
2019 Jim Fowler, American naturalist, zoologist and Emmy Award-winning TV presenter (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies of heart disease at 89
2022 Dennis Waterman, English stage and screen actor (Fair Exchange; Minder; The Sweeney), and singer, dies of lung cancer at 74
2022 Fred Ward, American actor (Escape From Alcatraz; The Right Stuff: Remo Williams; Thunderheart), dies at 79
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