1957 Cora Witherspoon, American actress (Quality Street; The Bank Dick), dies at 67
1970 Naunton Wayne, Welsh actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession), dies at 69
1971 Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83
1974 Clive Brook, British actor and director (List of Adrian Messenger, On Approval), dies at 87
1975 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
1982 Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
1985 Jimmy Ritz [Samuel Joachim], American vaudevillian, actor and comedian (Ritz Brothers - The Gorilla;, Hi'ya, Chum; Straight, Place and Show), dies of heart failure at 81
1986 Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
1987 Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
1989 Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
1991 Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, American actress, adult film performer and Jerry Van Dyke's daughter, commits suicide at 33
1991 Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55
1996 Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster, dies at 54
1998 Esther Rolle, Bahamian-American actress (Good Times; Maude), dies from complications of diabetes at 78
2005 Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (Janosik), dies at 63
2006 Ruth Brown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), dies at 78
2008 Guy Peellaert, Belgian graphic artist, photographer (Rock Dreams), movie poster and album cover designer (David Bowie -"Diamond Dogs'; Rolling Stones - "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"), dies of cancer at 74
2017 Earle Hyman, American stage and screen actor (The Cosby Show - "Russell Huxtable"; ThunderCats; Coriolanus), dies at 91
2018 Mary Kay Stearns, American actress (Mary Kay & Johnny), dies at 93
2018 Richard Baker, English broadcaster (newsreader for BBC News, 1954-1982), dies at 93
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