- 1937 Colin Clive, British actor (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Mad Love), dies from complications of tuberculosis at 37
Tony Hancock (1924-1968)
English comedian and actor (Hancock's Half Hour), commits suicide at 44
Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009)
American actress (Charlie's Angels, The Burning Bed), dies of cancer at 62
- 2010 Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter, dies of cancer at 75
- 2011 Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)
- 2015 Patrick Macnee, British actor (The Avengers, Magnum, P.I., Sherlock Holmes), dies at 93
- 2016 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker (Study of a River), dies at 71
- 2017 Bill Dana [William Szathmary], American comedian, characters actor (José Jiménez) and screenwriter (The Nude Bomb, The Bill Dana Show), dies at 92
- 2017 George "Skip" Homeier, American actor (Boys Ranch, Beachhead, Dan Raven, Interns), dies of spinal myelopathy at 86