1700 – Diogo Dias Melgaz, Portuguese composer, dies at 61
1819 – Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and writer, dies at 76
1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, Prime minister of Japan (1945-46), dies at 78
1968 – Helen Walker, American actress (Brewster’s Million, Lucky Jordan), dies of cancer at 47
1984 – June Marlowe, American actress (Pardon US), dies at 81
1988 – Andy Gibb, British singer-songwriter, performer and teen idol (Bee Gees-I Just Want to Be Your Everything), dies of myocarditis at 30
1993 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (Pursuit of Progress) and author (Parkinson’s Law), dies at 83
2005 – Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet) dies of pneumonia at 53
2008 – Charles “Chuck” and “Bing” Day, American session guitarist, bassist and blues performer dies at 65
2021 – Stephen Scott, American composer (Bowed Piano Ensemble; Vikings of Sunrise), and educator (Colorado College), dies from complications of dementia at 76