- 1950 Bull Montana [Luigi Montagna], Italian actor (Brass Buttons, Victory, The Son of the Sheik), dies from coronary thrombosis at 62
- 1960 John Miljan, American actor (The Ten Commandments, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox), dies at 67
- 1962 Tom Shirley, American actor and TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62
- 1972 Jerome Cowan, American actor (Blondie, Tab Hunter Show), dies at 74
- 1973 J. Carrol Naish, American actor (Sahara; A Medal for Benny), dies of emphysema at 77
- 1975 Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 72
- 1979 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
- 1979 Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
George Cukor(1899-1983)
Americanfilm director (My Fair Lady, Philadelphia Story, The Wizard of Oz), dies of astroke and aheart attack at 83
- 1986 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!, Carousel), dies of pneumonia at 64
- 1990 Madge Bellamy, American actress, dies of heart failure at 90
- 1991 Lawrence Lott, American actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40
- 1991 P. Padmarajan, Indian film director and screenwriter (Aparan, Innale), dies of a heart attack at 45
- 1992 Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
- 1992 John Bleifer, American actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
- 1992 Ken Darby, American vocal arranger, lyricist, Academy Award-winning film score composer, and writer, dies at 82
- 1992 Tina Chow, American model and jewellery designer, dies of AIDS at 41
- 2000 Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- 2002 Peter Gzowski 'Mr Canada', Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, dies of emphysema at 67
- 2006 Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), dies at 40
- 2006 Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers and actor (The Five Heartbeats), dies of pneumonia and complications from a stroke at 91
- 2007 Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
- 2008 Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
- 2009 Diane Holland, British actress and dancer (Crossroads - "Sarah"; Hi-de-Hi! - "Yvonne"), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 78
- 2010 Pernell Roberts, American actor (Bonanza- "Adam"; Trapper John, M.D.), dies at 81
- 2011 Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director, dies at 61
- 2012 James Farentino, American actor (The Final Countdown; Dynasty; Mary), dies of heart failure at 73
- 2012 Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (The Travelling Players, Eternity and a Day), dies at 76
- 2015 Joe Franklin, American radio host, TV personality and New York institution (The Joe Franklin Show), dies of prostate cancer at 88
- 2021 Gunnel Lindblom, Swedish actress (Hunger, Virgin Spring), dies at 89
- 2023 Lance Kerwin, American actor (James at 15; Salem's Lot; Enemy Mine; Outbreak), dies at 62[1]
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