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Actors Who Died on October 11

  • 1960 Richard Cromwell [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], American actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50
  • 1961 Chico Marx [Leonard], American comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

French poet, filmmaker and painter (Les Enfants Terribles), dies at 73

  • 1971 Chester Conklin, American actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed), dies at 85
  • 1988 Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (These Three, Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger), dies of lung cancer at 65
  • 1988 Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90
  • 1988 Wayland Flowers, American ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48
  • 1989 Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
  • 1990 Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), dies of cancer at 73
  • 1990 Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56
  • 1991 Redd Foxx [JohnSanford], American comedian and actor (Sanford & Son; Redd Foxx Show), dies of a heart attack at 68
  • 1994 Maja Bulgakova, Ukrainian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
  • 1998 Richard Denning [Louis Denninger Jr.], American actor (An Affair to Remember, The Black Scorpion), dies from cardiac arrest at 84
  • 2002 Dina Pathak [Gandhi], Indian Gujarati theatre actress, director and activist (President of National Federation of Indian Women, 1994-2002), dies of a heart attack at 80
  • 2008 Neal Hefti, American jazz trumpeter, arranger (Woody Herman; Count Basie); bandleader (Kate Smith Show) and composer ("Li'l Darlin"; The Odd Couple; Batman theme), dies at 85
  • 2009 Veronika Neugebauer, German actress and voice actress (b. 1969)
  • 2013 Stu Gilliam, American actor and comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company), dies at 80
  • 2019 Robert Forster [Foster], American actor (Medium Cool, Jackie Brown), dies of cancer at 78

Joe Morgan (1943-2020)

American Baseball HOF infielder (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1975, 76; NL MVP 1975, 76; Cincinnati Reds) and broadcaster (ESPN), dies at 77

Angela Lansbury (1925-2022)

Irish-British-American Golden Globe and multiple Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Gaslight; The Manchurian Candidate; Mame; Murder, SheWrote; Beauty and the Beast), dies at 96 [1] [2]