1822 – Gaetano Valeri, Italian composer, dies at 61
1919 – Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and suffragist, dies at 76
1925 – Elwood Haynes, American automotive pioneer (built one of 1st US autos), dies at 67
1944 – Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and 1st female composer awarded with Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (1913), dies at 86
1952 – [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79
1960 – Beverly Kenney American jazz singer (“I Hate Rock n’ Roll”; “Born To Be Blue”), takes her on life at 28
1986 – Stephen Stucker, American actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies at 38
1996 – George Mackay Brown, Scottish poet and playwright, dies at 74
2005 – Johnnie Johnson, American blues and jazz piano player (Chuck Berry’s band), dies of kidney problems and pneumonia at 80
2022 – Gloria Parker [Rosenthal], American marimbist, glasspiel player, songwriter (Clap Your Hands and Shake Your Blues Away), and bandleader, dies at 100