- 1944 Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867)
- 1959 Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78
- 1968 Eddie Baker, American actor (A Man About Town, Collars and Cuffs), dies of emphysema at 70
- 1982 Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack
- 1983 Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68
- 1983 Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89
Liberace
- 1990 Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1917)
- 1991 Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64
- 1992 John Dehner [Forkum], American actor (The Right Stuff, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence), dies of emphysema and diabetes at 76
- 1994 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84
- 2000 Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
- 2002 George Nader, American actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats), dies at 80
- 2005 Raiford "Ossie" Davis, American actor, director, author, and civil rights activist (Purlie Victorious, Do the Right Thing, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam), dies from heart problems at 87
- 2007 Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
- 2011 Tura Satana, Japanese-American actress (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), dies at 72
- 2018 John Mahoney, British-born American actor (Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out), dies of throat cancer at 77
- 2018 Kenneth Haigh, British actor (Look Back in Anger, Search for the Nile), dies at 86