- 1937 Al Boasberg, American vaudeville, radio and film comedy writer (Jack Benny; Bob Hope; The Marx Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 44
- 1939 Frans "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), dies at 73
- 1959 Ethel Barrymore [Blythe], American actress (None but the Lonely Heart), dies at 79
- 1963 Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (From Russia With Love, Fort Apache), commits suicide at 51
- 1967 William Tracy, American actor (To the Shores of Tripoli, The Shop Around the Corner), dies at 49
- 1971 Thomas Gomez, American actor (Force of Evil, Key Largo, Kim, Sellout), dies after a car accident at 65
- 1973 Roger Delgado, English actor (Doctor Who, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June), dies in a road accident at 55
- 1980 Terence Fisher, English film director (Hammer Films), dies at 76
- 1981 Richard Goolden, British actor (Two Days to Live, School for Husbands), dies at 86
- 1982 Curd Jürgens [Curt Jurgens], German-born Austrian actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
- 1991 Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
- 1995 Arthur John Howard, British actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage), dies at 85
- 1998 Charles Korvin [Geza Korvin Karpathi], Austrian actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools), dies at 90
- 2000 Nancy Marchand, American actress (The Sopranos, Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant), dies at 71
- 2006 Richard Stahl, American actor (Howard-It's a Living), dies at 74
- 2006 Vincent Sherman, American film director (Mr. Skeffington), dies at 99
- 2007 Bernard Manning, British comedian, dies at 76
- 2008 Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
- 2008 Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
- 2010 Trent Acid, American professional wrestler (b.1980)
- 2012 Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (A Hard Day's Night, Help!), dies from prostate cancer at 82 [1]
- 2018 Leon White [Big Van Vader], American professional wrestler (WWF, AJPW), dies at 63
- 2022 Mark Shields, American political journalist and commentator (PBS NewsHour, 1988-2020; CNN Capitol Gang, 1998-2005), dies of kidney failure at 85
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