1771 Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor and theatre director (Die Oberpfalz), dies at 61
1937 Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress and writer (Rocky Mountain Mystery, The Heart of Maryland), dies at 75
1939 George Nicholls Jr, actor (Finishing School), dies at 42
1939 Lois Weber, American film director who became the first American woman to direct a full feature-length film (The Merchant of Venice) and the first to own her own studio, dies of a stomach ulcer at 60
1954 Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
1961 Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63
1961 Wally Brown, American actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57
1973 Lila Lee, American actress (Midnight Girl, Blood & Sand), dies of stroke at 68
1974 Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor and director (Bicycle Thieves, Sciuscià), dies at 73
1982 Chesney Allen, English actor (Flanagan and Allen), dies at 88
1983 Alvin "Junior" Samples, American comedian and country singer (Hee Haw), dies of a heart attack at 57
1984 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
1986 Thierry Le Luron, French humorist, dies at 34
1991 Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80
1993 Rufus "Freight Train" Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler, dies from a heart attack at 60
1995 Sir Robert Stephens, British actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust, Chaplin, QB VII, Cleopatra), dies from complications of surgery at 64
1998 Valerie Hobson, British actress (Great Expectations), dies at 81
2001 Margaret "Peggy" Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
2003 Kellie Waymire, American actress (Six Feet Under), dies at 36
2005 Eddie Guerrero, Mexican pro wrestler (WWE Championship 2004; WWE Tag Team C'ship x 4), dies of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at 38
2010 Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
2013 Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), dies of kidney failure at 83
2013 Todd Christensen, American football tight end (Super Bowl XV, XVIII; First-team All-Pro 1983, 85, 86; 5 × Pro Bowl; Oakland/LA Raiders) and sportscaster (NBC Sports, ESPN, CBS Sports Network), dies from complications during liver transplant surgery at 57
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