Colley Cibber (1671-1757)
English actor, dramatist and Poet Laureate (1730-57), dies at 86
- 1933 James T. Kelley, Irish silent film actor (Charlie films - The Rink; The Immigrant; A Dog's Life), dies at 79
- 1939 Oscar [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, Dutch actor and director (Pink Kate), dies at 59
- 1962 Sid Tomack, American actor (The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman), dies from a heart ailment at 55
- 1974 Charles Quinlivan, American actor (Seven Guns to Mesa, Mr. Garlund), dies of a heart attack at 50
William Holden (1918-1981)
American actor (The Blue Knight, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Bridge on the River Kwai), slips on a rug and bleeds to death at 63
- 1990 Dave Willock, American actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81
- 1990 Eve Arden [Eunice Quedens], American stage and screen actress (Stage Door; Our Miss Brooks; The Mothers-In-Law; Grease), dies at 82
- 1991 Diane Brewster, American actress (Courage of Black Beauty), dies at 60
- 1992 Charles "Honi" Coles, American actor and tap dancer (Dirty Dancing), dies of cancer at 81
- 1992 David Oliver, American actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
- 1992 Eddie Mayehoff, American actor (Hour Glass, That's My Boy, How to Murder Your Wife), dies of natural causes at 83
- 2001 Albert Hague [Marcuse], German-American actor, singer and composer (Fame, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), dies of cancer at 73
Jonathan Brandis (1976-2003)
American actor (seaQuest DSV - "Lucas Wolenczak"), commits suicide at 27
- 2003 Kay E. Kuter, American actor (Green Acres), dies at 78
- 2003 Penny Singleton, American actress (Blondie) and voice actress (Jane-Jetsons), dies at 95
- 2012 Deborah Raffin, American model, actress (The Ransom; 40 Carats; Touched By Love, 7th Heaven), and audiobook publisher, dies of leukemia at 59
- 2014 Richard Pasco, British actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph), dies at 88
- 2014 Warren Clark, British actor, dies at 67
- 2016 Lupita Tovar, Mexican-born actress (Dracula), dies at 106
- 2017 Liz Smith [Mary Elizabeth], American journalist and gossip columnist known as "The Grand Dame of Dish" (WNBC, NY Daily News), dies at 94
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