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Actors Who Died on October 30

  • 1967 Charles Trowbridge, Mexican-American actor (Fatal Hour), dies at 85
  • 1968 Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61
  • 1968 Ramon Novarro [Jose Samaniegos], Mexican-American actor (Ben-Hur, Mata Hari), is murdered at 69
  • 1981 Georges Brassens, French poet and singer-songwriter (Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète), dies of cancer at 60
  • 1984 June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66
  • 1984 Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
  • 1985 Kirby Grant, American actor (Rustlers Round-Up, Yukon Gold, Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
  • 1988 Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71
  • 1988 T. Hee, American animator (b. 1911)
  • 1990 Harry Lauter, American actor (Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Waterfront), dies of heart failure at 76
  • 1994 Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster, dies at 40
  • 1995 Brian Easdale, British orchestral and film composer (The Red Shoes; Gone To Earth), dies at 86
  • 1995 Terry Southern, American writer and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), dies at 71
  • 1996 John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 80
  • 1997 Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter and director (Shock Corridor, The Big Red One), dies from natural causes at 85

Steve Allen (1921-2000)

American comedian, composer, actor and TV host (Tonight Show; Steve Allen Show), dies of injuries from a car accident at 78

  • 2002 Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 2004 Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), dies at 80

Robert Goulet (1933-2007)

American Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, stage and screen actor (Camelot - "If Ever I Would Leave You"), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 73

  • 2010 Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian pro wrestler (NWA 1956-57, WWA heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 84
  • 2015 Albert "Al" Molinaro, American actor (The Odd Couple, Happy Days), dies from illness at 96
  • 2019 Bernard Slade [Newbound], Canadian screenwriter (The Flying Nun; The Partridge Family), and playwright (Same Time, Next Year; Romantic Comedy), dies of Lewy body dementia at 89
  • 2019 Ron Fairly, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1973 Montreal Expos, 1977 Toronto Blue Jays; World Series 1959, 63, 65 LA Dodgers) and broadcaster (California Angels radio/television; KNBR SF Giants), dies from cancer at 81
  • 2021 Jerry Remy, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1978; California Angels, Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), dies from lung cancer at 68