- 1942 Edna May Oliver [Nutter], American stage, silent and sound screen character actress (Little Women; Drums Along the Mohawk), dies on her 59th birthday
- 1948 Edgar Kennedy, American silent and sound screen character actor famous for his 'slow burn' (Laurel & Hardy films; Duck Soup; "Average Man" shorts) and director (From Soup to Nuts), dies of throat cancer at 58
- 1955 Tom Powers, American actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
- 1967 Charles Bickford, American actor (Dynamite, The Virginian), dies of a blood infection at 78
- 1968 Gerald Mohr, American radio and screen actor (The Angry Red Planet; The Sniper; Foreign Intrigue), dies of a heart attack at 54
- 1971 Maude Fealy, American actor and drama coach (The Ten Commandments), dies at 88
- 1976 Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 1977 Gertrude Astor [Eyster], American silent and sound screen character actress (The Strong Man: Hell Bound), dies of a stroke on her 90th birthday
- 1978 Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75
- 1979 Lewis Charles [Cholost], American stage and screen actor (Topaz; The Rose Tattoo), dies of cancer at 67
- 1980 Carmel Myers, American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Ben-Hur; Svengali), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 1980 Victor Sen Yung [Cheung Young], American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu), dies from accidental asphyxiation at 65
- 1985 Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs
- 1988 Billy Curtis, 4'2" actor (Terror of Tiny Town), dies at 79
- 1991 Guido Claus, Belgian actor (Sacrament), dies
- 1991 Yves Montand [Ivo Livi], Italian-French actor (Z; Napoleon; Grand Prix), and singer, dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1993 Stanley Myers, English television and film composer (The Deer Hunter), dies of cancer at 63
- 1994 Priscilla Morrill, American actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 67
- 1994 Ralph Michael, British actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), dies at 87
- 1998 Ursula Reit [Reith], German actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), dies from natural causes at 84
- 2000 Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne), dies at 85
- 2002 Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)
Art Carney (1918-2003)
American Emmy and Oscar winner actor (The Honeymooners - "Ed Norton"; Harry and Tonto -"Harry"), dies of natural causes at 85
- 2004 Edward "Ed" Kemmer, American actor (Space Patrol, Lux Video Theatre), dies at 83
- 2005 Avril Angers, British stand-up comedian and actress (Coronation Street, The Family Way), dies at 87
- 2006 Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), dies of complications from lymphocytic leukemia at 65
- 2012 Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71
- 2017 John Hillerman, American actor (Magnum PI; Chinatown; Blazing Saddles), dies at 84
- 2018 Paula Wayne [Watkins], American stage and Emmy Award-winning actress (Golden Boy; Everglade!), pop vocalist ("Everything's Great"), and civil rights activist, dies of cancer at 84
- 2020 Tom Heinsohn, American NBA star, coach (Boston Celtics) and broadcaster, dies at 86
- 2022 Fred Hickman, American sports broadcaster (CNN, TBS, YES Network, ESPN; NY Sports Emmy Award 2004), dies of liver cancer at 66
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