1943 Eugeniusz Bodo [Bohdan Eugène Junod], Polish film director, producer and comedic actor, dies in the Gulag at 43
1959 Mario Lanza [Alfredo Arnold Cocozza], Italian-American actor and singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), dies of a heart attack at 38
1963 Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69
1963 Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director (M, Faust, A Glass of Water), dies from an internal hemorrhage at 63
1986 Cheryl Crawford, American actress and producer (Touch of Venus, Brigadoon), dies at 84
1993 Cyril Cusack, South African actor (Day of the Jackal, Fahrenheit 451), dies of neuron disease at 82
1993 Kenneth Nelson, American actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family), dies at 63
1994 Paul Swift, American actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60
1999 Deryck Guyler, British actor (Please Sir!; Sykes), dies at 85
2001 Christopher Adams, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (b. 1955)
2001 Polly Rowles, American actress (Sweet Liberty, Jamie), dies at 87
2004 Hildy Parks, American stage and screen actress, and Emmy Award-winning producer and writer (Tony Award presentations), dies of complications from a stroke at 78
2005 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), dies at 56
2008 Peter Copley, British actor (Victim, Kingdom of Heaven, King & Country), dies at 93
2011 George Baker, Bulgarian-born British actor (I, Claudius, Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly), dies at 80
2013 Patrice Chéreau, French opera director and actor (Danton), dies from lung cancer at 68
2020 Tom Kennedy [James Narz], American television game show host (You Don't Say; Name That Tune; Split Second), dies at 93
2021 (Frederick) "Rick" Jones, Canadian-British children's television presenter (Play School; Fingerbobs), and folk musician (Meal Ticket - "Better Believe It Babe"), dies of esophageal cancer at 84
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