Mongkut (1804-1868)
King of Thailand (1851-68), opened country to the West (model for musical "The King and I"), dies of malaria at 63
- 1961 Donald Cook, American actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60
- 1965 Gareth Hughes, Welsh actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
- 1973 Joe Devlin, American actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 77
- 1979 Dorothy Arnzer, American pioneering Hollywood film director (1st woman to direct a sound film), dies at 82
- 1993 Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75
- 1993 Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77
- 1993 Reizl Bozyk, Polish/American actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79
- 1994 Brad O'Hare, American actor, dies of complications of HIV/AIDS at 43
- 1994 Marjorie Weaver, American actress (Michael Shayne: Private Detective, Young Mr Lincoln), dies from a stroke at 81
- 1995 Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90
- 1999 Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash), dies at 82
- 2001 Guy Beaulne, French Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
- 2003 (Greig) "Chubby" Jackson, American big band jazz double-bassist, bandleader, and TV host, dies at 84
- 2007 Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
- 2008 House Peters Jr., American actor (King of the Rocket Man), dies at 92
- 2014 Lynsey de Paul, British singer and actress (Sugar Me), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 66
- 2016 Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 58
- 2017 Peter Horak, Czech stuntman (Star Trek: Voyager: Throw Momma from the Train), dies at 74
- 2019 Peter Sissons, British newsreader (BBC, ITV, Question Time), dies at 77
- 2020 Murray Schisgal, American playwright (Luv), and screenwriter (Tootsie), dies at 93
- 2022 Kanji "Antonio" Inoki, Japanese pro wrestler (12 x world champion; NJPW/JWA), promoter, and politician (House of Councillors, 1989-95 & 2013-19), dies at 79 [1]
- 2023 Tim Wakefield, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2009; World Series 2004, 07 Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), dies of brain cancer at 57 [1]
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