1327 – Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
1855 – Henry Colburn, British publisher ( Pepys’s Diary) (b. 1784)
1938 – Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
1959 – Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74
1961 – Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar, Father of Modern Urdu, dies at 91
1986 – John Hurley, songwriter (Son of a Preacher Man), dies at 45
2007 – The Missing Link, professional wrestler (b. 1939)
2018 – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (1988 Olympic Champion), dies of pneumonia at 49
2018 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (1996, 1998-2004), dies at 93
2018 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter known as “The Queen of Soul” (Respect) and first female performer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), dies of pancreatic cancer at 76