1591 – Richard Grenville, vice-admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49
1674 – Nicolaas Tulp, Mayor of Amsterdam (1654-71), dies at 80
1988 – Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71
1990 – Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101
1995 – Geoffrey Stokes, rock and roll writer, dies at 55
1997 – Judith Merril [Grossman], sci-fi writer, dies at 74
2001 – Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), dies of a heart attack at 74
2003 – Johnny Cash, American country singer (I Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, A Boy Named Sue), dies at 71
2008 – Bob Quinn, Australian Football Hall of Fame rover (All Australian captain 1947; SA captain 1945-47; Magarey Medal 1938, 45; Port Adelaide FC), dies at 93
2014 – Donald Sinden, English actor, dies from prostate cancer at 90