1754 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (Riccati equation), dies at 77
1863 – Jan Nepomuk Kanka, Czech composer, dies at 90
1965 – Sydney Chaplin, English actor, half brother of Charlie Chaplin and his business manager, dies at 80
1980 – Marshall Reed, American actor (The Madmen of Mandoras, Mysterious Island), dies from a massive hemorrhage at 62
1982 – Arthur Lowe, British actor (Dad’s Army, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Ruling Class), dies following a stroke at 66
1989 – Nesuhi Ertegün, Turkish–American jazz record producer and label executive (Atlantic Records; Warner Music), dies from complications of cancer surgery at 71
1994 – John Curry, British figure skater (Olympic gold, World C’ship gold, European C’ship gold 1976), dies from AIDS at 44
2007 – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (co-creator of “The Wizard of Id”), dies at 86
2009 – Clement Freud, British writer, broadcaster and former liberal MP, dies at 84
2013 – Sal Castro, Mexican-American activist, dies from thyroid cancer at 79