List of Famous people who died at 69

King Donovan was an American film, stage, and television actor, as well as a film and television director.

Michael Brennan was an English film and television actor.

William Charles Franklyn Plomer was a South African and British author, known as a novelist, poet and literary editor. He also wrote a series of librettos for Benjamin Britten. He wrote some of his poetry under the pseudonym Robert Pagan.

Jean Marchand, was a French Canadian public figure, trade unionist and politician in Quebec, Canada.

James John Herbert, OBE was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. His books have sold 54 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 34 languages, including Chinese and Russian.

Dimitris Papamichael was a popular Greek actor and director. In 1965, he married Aliki Vougiouklaki, the so-called "national star" of Greece. The star couple remained married for a decade, co-starring in several films that marked the "golden era" of Greek cinema.

Luigi "Gigi" Angelillo was an Italian actor and voice actor.

James William Flavin Jr. was an American character actor whose career lasted for nearly half a century.

Adrien Zeller was State Secretary of the Social Security in the second Jacques Chirac government from 1986 to 1988. He was the president of the regional council of Alsace from 1996 until 2009. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was born in Saverne, and died aged 69 of a heart attack in Haguenau.