1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
1786 – Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1740 or 1741)
1971 – Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, dies at 82
1986 – Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53
2004 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal musician (Windir), dies in a snowstorm at 25
2007 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (What’s My Line?, United Kingdom), dies at 83
2007 – Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), dies at 72
2011 – Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of English band Broadcast (b. 1968)
2014 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet, dies at 84
2016 – René Angélil, Canadian music executive, actor and director (Omertà, L’apparition), and husband of Céline Dion, dies of throat cancer at 73