- 1925 Max Linder [Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle], French actor, comic and director (Seven Years Bad Luck: Max Prend un Bain), commits suicide at 41
- 1926 Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates), dies at 72
- 1927 Florence Mills [Winfrey], American cabaret singer, dancer and comedian, known as 'the Queen of Happiness', dies of tuberculosis at 31
- 1961 Joan McCracken, American stage and screen actress, dancer and comedienne (Oklahoma!; Claudia: Story of a Marriage), dies of a heart attack at 43
- 1967 Benita Hume, British actress (Tarzan Escapes, High Treason, Halls of Ivy), dies at 61
- 1974 Ralf Harolde, American actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off), dies at 75
- 1975 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77
- 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, journalist, novelist (Ragazzi di vita), and film director (Teorema; Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte), murdered at 53
- 1976 Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungarian actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1982 James Broderick, American actor and director (Dog Day Afternoon, Family), dies of cancer at 55
- 1982 King Vidor, American film director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas), dies of a heart ailment at 88
Phil Silvers (1912-1985)
American comedian and actor (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show), dies in his sleep at 73
- 1994 Jan Wegter, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64
- 1994 Noah Beery Jr, American actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot, Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), dies of a cerebral thrombosis, at 81
- 1999 Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
- 2000 Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
- 2005 (Lyle) "Skitch" Henderson, British-American pianist and orchestra leader (NBC Radio; NBC Television; New York Pops), dies at 87
- 2005 Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
- 2006 Adrienne Shelly, American actress and director (The Unbelievable Truth), murdered at 40
- 2006 Bettye Ackerman, American actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey), dies at 82
- 2007 S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2010 Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and TV game show announcer (American Bandstand; Wheel of Fortune, 1975-80, & 1989-2010), dies of congestive heart failure at 78 [1]
- 2015 Fred Thompson, US senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire), dies at 73
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