- 1933 Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35
- 1934 Jean Vigo, French actor and director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante), dies of complications from tuberculosis at 29
- 1976 Barbara Nichols, American actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly), dies of complications from organ damage at 47
- 1981 Gloria Grahame [Hallward], American actress (Crossfire; Sudden Fear; Rich Man, Poor Man), dies of peritonitis and cancer at 57
- 1981 Jud Strunk, American singer-songwriter ("Daisy a Day"), and comedian (Laugh-In), dies of aheart attack while piloting a private plane in Maine at 45
- 1983 Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director (Ganga Bruta), dies at 86
- 1984 Leonard Rossiter, British actor (Rising Damp, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies of a heart attack at 57
- 1986 Hal B. Wallis [Aaron Blum Wolowicz], American movie producer (Casablanca; Maltese Falcon; Martin & Lewis; Elvis movies; Barefoot in the Park), dies at 87
- 1988 Lois Wilson (née Burnham), American co-founder of Al-Anon also known as "Lois W.", dies at 97
- 1992 Laurie Anders, American actress and singer, dies of cancer at 70
- 1993 Jane Nigh, American actress (Lorelei-Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67
- 1995 Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
- 1997 Andrew Keir, Scottish character actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics), dies at 71
- 1997 Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler, dies at 35
- 1997 Dave Marr, American golfer (PGA Championship 1965), and broadcaster, dies of stomach cancer at 63
- 2003 Denis Quilley, British actor (Anything Goes, The Lady's Not For Burning, Masada), dies from liver cancer at 75
- 2006 Jennifer Moss, English Actress (b. 1945)
- 2008 Ken Ogata [Akinobu Ogata], Japanese actor (Okinawan Boys, Taikōki), dies of liver cancer at 71
- 2010 Mary Leona Gage, American beauty pageant winner and actress (b. 1939)
- 2011 Charles Napier, American actor (Night Stalker, Rambo), dies at 75
- 2014 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, singer, director and painter (Annie; The Wiz), dies at 84
- 2015 Chantal Akerman, Belgian feminist filmmaker (Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, Je Tu II Elle), dies at 65
- 2022 Wolfgang Kohlhaase, German actor, director and writer (Solo Sunday), dies at 91
- 2023 Dick Butkus, American College-Pro Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Illinois; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1969, 70; 5×First-team All-Pro; 8xPro Bowl; Chicago Bears), sportscaster (CBS, ESPN) and actor (My Two Dads), dies at 80 [1]
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