1246 – Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64
1939 – Chick Webb, American jazz drummer and big band leader (introduced Ella Fitzgerald), dies of Pott’s disease (tuberculosis of the spine), at 34
1944 – Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), dies at 82
1961 – O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1961 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904)
1967 – Reginald Denny, English actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman), dies at 75
1982 – James Honeyman-Scott, English rock guitarist and vocalist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs at 25
1984 – Harmonica Slim [Travis Blaylock], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter (“You Better Believe It”), dies at 49
2007 – Pattie D’Arcy, American musical theater, session and touring vocalist (Cher), dies at 54
2007 – Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (b. 1940)