- 1943 Owen Nares [Ramsay], British actor and manager (Maiden Erleigh), dies from a heart attack at 54
- 1962 Myron McCormick, American actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54
- 1966 Edward Gordon Craig, British modernist actor, director and theorist (On the art of theatre), dies at 94
- 1967 John Macchia, American actor (Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party), dies of stroke at 35
- 1973 Guy Middleton, British actor (Oh! What a Lovely War, Laughter in Paradise), dies following a heart attack at 66
- 1979 Beppie Nooij, Dutch actress and director (Red Sien, Zeemansvrouwen), dies at 60
- 1980 Charles McGraw [Butters], American actor (Spartacus, The Birds, The Killers, Smith Family), dies after falling through a glass shower door at 66
- 1982 Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
- 1983 Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95
- 1987 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies
- 1991 William Ball, American actor, director and founder of the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), dies at 60
- 1992 Brenda Marshall [Ardis Ankerson], American actress (The Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark), dies of throat cancer at 76
- 1992 Joe Shuster, Canadian-American cartoonist (co-creator, with Jerry Siegel, of "Superman"), dies of congestive heart failure at 78
- 1993 Jay Scott [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], American-Canadian movie critic, dies at 43
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996)
French-born American actress (It Happened One Night, Texas Lady), dies of a stroke at 93
- 1996 Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87
- 1998 Buffalo Bob Smith [Robert Emil Schmidt], American TV host (Howdy Doody), dies of cancer at 80
- 1998 David Hunt, British diplomat winner of the BBC's Mastermind television quiz (1977), dies at 84
- 2000 Max Showalter, American actor and composer (Kansas, Niagara, Stockard Channing Show in Caldwell), dies of cancer at 83
- 2000 Nan Leslie [Nan Coppage], American actress (Kings Row, The Californians), dies of pneumonia at 74
- 2004 Andre Noble, Canadian actor (b. 1979)
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)
Swedish stage and film director (Cries & Whispers), dies at 89
- 2007 Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (Red Dessert, Blowup), dies at 94
- 2016 Gloria DeHaven, American musical actress (Step Lively), dies at 91
- 2019 Nick Buoniconti, American NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins) and sportscaster (NBC), dies at 78
- 2022 Pat Carroll, American comedienne and Emmy Award-winning actress (The Little Mermaid - "Ursula"; Make Room for Daddy), dies at 95
- 2022 [Grace] Nichelle Nichols, American actress (Star Trek - "Lt. Uhura") and singer (Down To Earth; "Fly Me To The Moon"), dies at 89
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