- 1945 Robert Benchley, American humorist (My 10 years in a Quandary), dies at 56
- 1963 Pierre Blanchar, Algerian actor and director (Magnificent Sinner; Wooden Crosses; Pastoral Symphony), dies from a brain tumor at 71
- 1967 Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
- 1976 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), dies at 88
- 1981 Harry Von Zell, American radio announcer and actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), dies of cancer at 75
- 1982 Lee Patrick, American stage and screen actress (The Maltese Falcon; Topper (TV series) - "Henrietta"), dies of a heart attack at 80
- 1986 Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
- 1986 Jerry Colonna, American actor (Jerry Colonna Show, Alice in Wonderland, Road to Singapore), dies at 82
- 1986 Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican actor (The Warriors), dies of AIDS at 28
- 1990 Dean Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1954)
Bill Bixby (1934-1993)
American actor, director and producer (Incredible Hulk; The Courtship of Eddie's Father; My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59
- 1995 Dorothy Jeakins, American film and theatre costume designer (Samson and Delilah), dies at 81
- 1996 Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), dies at 92
- 1997 Robert Simpson, British classical composer, and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 76
- 1999 Alvin Cash [Welch], American pop singer ("Twine Time"; "The Philly Freeze"), and actor, dies of ulcer complications at 60
- 1999 Eddie Maxwell [Cherkose], American lyricist (Breathless) and actor, dies of natural causes at 87
- 1999 Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (b. 1908)
- 2001 Gardner McKay, American actor and author (Adventures in Paradise, Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles), dies at 69
- 2007 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
- 2010 Norris Church Mailer, American model and widow of Norman Mailer (b. 1949)
- 2013 Maurice Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler, dies at 84
- 2015 Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican film, theater, television, and voice actor (El Vampiro), dies at 86
- 2017 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67
- 2017 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
- 2019 Andrée Lachapelle, French-Canadian stage and screen actress (The Last Escape), dies via assisted suicide while suffering from cancer at 88
- 2019 Gahan Wilson, American author and cartoonist known as the "Michelangelo of the Macabre", dies at 89 [1]
- 2020 Dena Dietrich, American actress ("Mother Nature" in Chiffon margarine commercials), dies at 91
- 2023 Chad Allan [Allan Kowbel], Canadian pop-rock singer and musician (The Expressions/The Guess Who, 1962-65; Brave Belt), and television personality, dies at 80 [1]
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