1958 – Florent Schmitt, French composer (La tragédie de Salome; Psalm 47), and music critic (Le Temps), dies at 87
1966 – Michael Garrison, American TV producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43
1969 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (November Group), dies at 83
1973 – Conrad Aiken, American poet (Pulitzer Prize, US Poet Laureate 1950-52), dies at 74
1976 – William Redfield, American actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage), dies of leukemia at 49
1982 – Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies from cancer at 68
1982 – Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
1984 – Hammie Nixon [Nickerson], American blues harmonica player (Sleepy John Estes), dies at 76
1984 – Hollie Roffey, British youngest ever heart transplant, dies at 28 days
2022 – Josephine Tewson, British actress (Keeping Up Appearances; Last Of The Summer Wine, 2003-10), dies at 91