Louis B. Mayer (1884-1957)
American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM), dies at 71
- 1963 Adolphe Menjou, American actor (Front Page; Star is Born), dies at 73
- 1967 Julien Duvivier, French film director (La Bandera), dies at 71
- 1985 John Lodge, American actor (Witchmaker) and politician (79th Governor of Connecticut), dies at 82
- 1986 Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1913)
- 1988 Ben Aerden [John Mikkelsen], Dutch actor (Hamlet, Uilenspiegel), dies at 78
- 1991 Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies
- 1996 Patricia Ticia Anne Ingrams, broadcaster, dies at 50
- 1998 Paul Misraki [Misrachi], French jazz pianist, songwriter, and film score composer (Jean Renoir), dies at 90
- 2002 Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
Vaughn Meader (1936-2004)
American comedian and musician, dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 68 (b. 1936)
- 2005 Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (Point Blank, Dynasty, Batman), dies of cancer at 81
- 2010 George Hickenlooper, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 47
- 2019 Barry Frank, American television sports impresario (CBS, ABC and IMG), dies of pulmonary problems at 87
- 2019 John Witherspoon, American actor (Friday), dies at 77