1888 – Squire Whipple, American engineer who invented the iron truss bridge, dies at 83
1891 – Théodore de Banville, French writer, dies at 67
1906 – Alfred Gilpin Jones, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
1942 – Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and arranger (The Mermaid; Lyric Symphony), dies from a stroke at 70
1983 – Rebecca West [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author (Meaning of Treason), dies at 90
1987 – W. Sterling Cole, American politician (Rep-R-NY, Director International Atomic Energy Agency), dies at 82
1998 – (Robert) “Jheri” Redding, American hairdresser, businessman, and National Cosmetology Foundation’s Hall of Fame member (created the Jheri curl and hair conditioner), dies at 91
2005 – Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944)
2009 – Ron Silver, American actor (Reversal of Fortune, Timecop), dies of cancer at 62
2019 – Tom Tripplehorn, American jazz and rock session and touring guitarist (Gary Lewis and Playboys – “This Diamond Ring”; Leon Russell; Wrecking Crew), dies of cancer at 75