1494 – Hans Memling [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies
1937 – Edith Wharton, American Pulitzer prize-winning novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth), dies at 75
1942 – Richard Heinrich Stein, German composer, and music theorist (La musica moderna), dies at 60
1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
1995 – Wilbur Stark, American film screenwriter, director, and producer (Vmpire; Circus The Thing), dies at 83
1995 – (Wonga) Phil Harris], American singer, actor (The Jungle Book; The Aristocrats; Robin Hood), comedian, and orchestra leader (The Jack Benny Program; The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show), dies of a heart attack at 91
1996 – Mel Taylor, American rock drummer (The Ventures, 1962-73 and 1979-96), dies of cancer at 63
1998 – Benjamin “Benny” Waters, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, dies at 96
2010 – Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Scottish Conservative politician (1959-2001), dies at 86
2011 – Jani Lane [John Oswald], American heavy metal rock songwriter, and singer (Warrant – “Cherry Pie”), dies of acute alcohol poisoning at 47