1134 – Irene of Hungary [Piroska], Byzantine empress, dies at 46
1933 – Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, French composer and painist, dies at 80
1954 – Hermann W. S. Waltershausen, German musicologist and composer, dies at 71
1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS at 34
1992 – Bill Elverman, American playwright and actor (After Hours), dies at 40
1996 – W. Gordon Smith, Scottish playwright (Jock), dies at 67
1998 – Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (Mirza, Cornichons), dies at 63
2008 – Jack Weil, American oldest working CEO ( Rockmount Ranch Wear), dies at 107
2008 – Sandy Allen, American second-tallest woman in the world at 7 feet 7 inches (231 cm), dies at 53
2013 – Jon Brookes, English drummer (The Charlatans), dies of cancer at 44