912 – Leo VI (the Wise), Byzantine Emperor (886-912) and writer (Problematica), dies at 45
1849 – Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 38 of a stroke
1881 – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1917 – Otto Klauwell, German composer, dies at 66
1988 – Kim Philby, British spy and Soviet mole who was a member of the “Cambridge Five”, dies at 76
1989 – Jitka Snížková, Czech composer, music educator and musicologist, dies at 64
2001 – Henry Katzman, American pianist, songwriter (founding member of BMI), and landscape painter, dies at 89
2014 – Reg Gasnier, Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame centre and captain (36 Tests; 3 World Cups; St. George RLFC), dies at 74
2018 – Scott Hutchinson, Scottish musician (Frightened Rabbit), found dead after a suffering from mental illness at 36
2022 – Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist (Al Jazeera), shot and killed by Israeli forces at 51