1429 – Jean de Gerson, French theologian (Theologica mystic), dies at 65
1949 – Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
1962 – Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (“I’m Sitting On Top Of The World”), and aviator, dies of a heart attack at 54
1966 – D. T. Suzuki, Zen Japanese-American Buddhist scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96
1973 – Lon Chaney Jr, American actor (Larry Talbot-The Wolf Man, Lennie Small-Of Mice and Men), dies of heart failure at 67
1992 – Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies
1995 – Alan David Marks, American concert pianist, dies of cancer at 49
2014 – Kenneth J. Gray, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1955-74, 85-89), dies at 89
2020 – Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian soccer defender (37 caps; Ferencváros, Honvéd FC; Hungarian Footballer of the Year 1976; Olympic gold 1968), dies at 76
2023 – André Watts, American-Hungarian concert pianist, and educator, dies of prostate cancer at 77