1937 Nikolai Batalov, Russian actor (Tretya meshchanskaya, Mother), dies from tuberculosis at 37
1959 Lupino Lane [Henry Lupino], British stage, silent and sound screen actor (Love Parade; Me And My Gal: The Deputy Drummer), dies at 67
1964 Jimmie Dodd, American actor (The Mickey Mouse Club; Thundering Trails; Riders of the Rio Grande), and singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 54
1973 Stringbean [David Akeman], American country singer, comedian, and banjo player (Hee Haw), murdered by burglars at his home at 58
1978 Theo Lingen, German director and actor (M, Charm of La Boheme), dies at 75
1981 Abel Gance, French movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92
1984 Sudie Bond, American stage and screen actress (Love Story; Johnny Dangerously), dies of a respiratory ailment at 61
1986 Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino film actor and politician, dies of a heart attack at 70
1990 Ronnie Dyson, American stage actor (Hair - "Aquarius"; Salvation), and soul singer ("(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"; "I Don't Wanna Cry"), dies of heart failure at 40
1991 Dick the Bruiser [William Fritz Afflis], American professional wrestler, dies at 62
1991 Tutte Lemkow, dancer and director (Capt Paradise; I Am A Camera), dies at 73
1992 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
1993 Wensley Pithey, South-African actor (Oliver!, The Saint, Little Women), dies at 79
1995 Margaret Annie Nan Macdonald, broadcaster, dies at 87
1997 William Alland, American actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81
1998 Mary Millar, English actress (Keeping Up Appearances), dies at 62
1999 Robert Kramer, American actor and director (Milestones), dies of meningitis at 60
2002 Michel Boisrond, French film director and screenwriter, dies at 81
2003 Irv Kupcinet "Kup", American columnist and television personality (Kup's Column), dies at 91
2004 (Catalina) "Katy" de la Cruz, Filipina bodabil singer and actress, dies at 97
2006 Diana Coupland, British comedy actress (b. 1932)
2006 Jack Palance [Vladimir Palahniuk], American actor (City Slickers, Contempt, Batman), dies of natural causes at 87
2007 Laraine Day [La Raine Johnson], American actress (Dr. KIldaire, Foreign Correspondent), dies at 87
2008 Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer, dies at 87
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