Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871)
French watchmaker and illusionist considered the father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65
- 1969 Martita Hunt, Argentine-born English actress (Great Expectations), dies at 69
- 1977 Matthew Garber, British child actor (Mary Poppins), dies of pancreatitis at 21
- 1979 Darla Hood, American child actress (Little Rascals, The Bat), dies from acute hepatitis at 47
- 1982 Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
Geraldine Page (1924-1987)
American actress (Blue & Gray, Trip to Bountiful), dies at 62
- 1989 Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), dies at 81
- 1995 David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler's Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1998 Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (Andy Capp), dies at 80
- 2004 Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist and writer (Sports Illustrated and ESPN's Page 2), dies from a heart attack at 52
- 2005 Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
- 2005 Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
Tim Russert (1950-2008)
American television journalist and host of NBC's Meet the Press, dies at 58
- 2009 Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2010 Jimmy Dean, American country and rockabilly singer ("Big Bad John"), television host (Jimmy Dean Show), actor (Diamonds Are Forever), and sausage maker,, dies at 81
- 2017 Anita Pallenberg, Italian model and actress credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones, dies of complications of hepatitis C. at 75
- 2021 Ned Beatty, American stage and screen actor (Deliverance; Hear My Song; Network; Nashville), dies at 83
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