- 1940 Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (Modern Times, The Dumb Messenger), dies at 69
- 1942 Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, actor, dies in Auschwitz at 63
- 1961 Leo Carrillo, American actor (American Empire, Cisco Kid), dies at 80
- 1965 Robert "Bobby" Jordan, American actor (Dead End Kids, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild), dies of sclerosis of liver at 42
- 1971 Bella Darvi [Bajla Węgier], Polish actress (The Egyptian, Hell and High Water, Racers), commits suicide at 42
- 1971 Pier Angeli [Anna Maria Pierangeli], Italian actress (Sodom & Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge), dies of barbiturate overdose at 39
- 1976 Dalton Trumbo, American writer and film director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70
- 1976 Dorothy Devore, American silent film actress (Newscast, Senor Daredevil), dies at 77
- 1976 George Baxter, French actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), dies at 71
- 1985 Alexa Kenin, American actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
- 1993 Janice Carroll, American actress (End, April Fools), dies of cancer at 61
- 1993 Rita Karin, Polish-Latvia/American actress (Sophie's Choice), dies at 73
- 1994 Charles Drake [Ruppert], American actor (Harvey, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story), dies of a heart attack at 92
- 1995 Charles Denner, French actor (The Bride Wore Black, The Man Who Loved Women), dies at 69
- 1995 Derek Meddings, British TV and film special effects technician (Supermarionation, James Bond), dies at 64
- 1997 Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
- 1998 Carl Forgione, British actor (b. 1944)
Jane Wyman (1917-2007)
American Academy Award-winning actress (Johnny Belinda; Magnificent Obsession) and 1st wife of Ronald Reagan, dies of natural causes at 90
Cliff Robertson (1923-2011)
American actor (Charly, Spider-Man) and spokesman for AT&T, dies at 88
- 2012 Lance LeGault, American actor (The A-Team - "Col. Decker"), dies of heart failure at 77
- 2015 Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, Ulysses, Sciuscià), dies at 83
- 2017 Harry Landers [Sorokin], American actor (Star Trek, Ben Casey, Drive a Crooked Road), dies at 96
- 2020 Diana Rigg, English actress (Emma Peel-Avengers, Game of Thrones), dies at 82
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