1918 Myrtle Gonzalez, American silent film actress regarded as Hollywood's first Latin and Hispanic movie star actress (Missy, The Chalice of Courage, Her Great Part), dies from influenza and heart ailment at 27
1981 Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies
1984 Napoleon Whiting, actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75
1986 Ivor Francis, Canadian-American radio, stage, and screen character actor (Dusty's Trail; The Prisoner of Second Avenue), and acting teacher, dies at 67
1987 Angiolino "Lino" Ventura, Italian actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A--), dies of a heart attack at 68
1989 Roland Winters [Winternitz], American actor (Mama; The Smothers Brothers; Jet Pilot; Meet Millie), dies at 84
1991 Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies
1992 Cleavon Little, American actor (Blazing Saddles; Toy Soldiers), dies of colon cancer at 53
1992 Red Barber, American baseball broadcaster (Cincinnati Reds 1934–38, Brooklyn Dodgers 1939–53, NY Yankees 1954–66), dies at 84
1995 Mary Wickes [Wickenhauser], American character actress (Father Dowling Mysteries; Sister Act; Dennis The Menace), dies of surgery complications at 79
1995 Ralph Whitlock, British farmer, conservationist, writer, and broadcaster, dies at 81
1997 Leonid Amalrik, Russian film animator "Black and White", dies at 92
2006 Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 84
2006 Richard Mayes, British actor (Doctor Who, Emmerdale), dies of a stroke at 83
2009 Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
2009 Soupy Sales [Milton Supman], American comedian, television, and radio personality, dies from cancer at 83
2021 Peter Scolari, American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Newhart - "Michael"; Girls - "Tad"; Bosom Buddies - "Henry"), dies of cancer at 66 [1]
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