- 1963 Paul Maxey, American actor (The Narrow Margin, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies from a heart attack at 56
- 1966 Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65
- 1973 Dory Funk, professional wrestler (b. 1919)
- 1975 Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies from cancer at 69
- 1977 Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906)
- 1983 Miroslav "Standa" Bares, actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60
- 1983 Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore
- 1986 Anna Neagle, English actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell), dies at 81
- 1986 Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42
- 1987 Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
- 1990 Tom Brown, American actor (Buck Privates Come Home, In Old Chicago), dies from cancer at 77
- 1991 Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62
- 1991 Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress and director (Resurrection), dies at 92
- 1992 Robert Morley, British actor (Marie Antoinette, The Young Ones, How the Other Half Loves), dies at 84
- 1993 Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
- 1995 Dilys Powell, film Critic, dies at 93
- 1995 Estelle Brody, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), dies at 94
- 1996 Peter Glenville, English actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
- 1997 Dennis James, American television personality (b. 1917)
- 1998 Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (b. 1922)
- 2001 Antonio "Anthony" Quinn, Mexican actor (Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life), dies from complications of throat cancer at 86
- 2005 Leon Askin, Austrian actor (One, Two, Three, Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 97
- 2009 David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2010 Rue McClanahan, American actress ("The Golden Girls"), dies at 76
- 2011 James Arness, American actor (Gunsmoke, How the West Was Won), dies of natural causes at 88