1870 – Saverio Mercadante, Italian composer, dies at 75
1956 – Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48
1987 – Marguerite Yourcenar, French-American novelist (Memoirs of Hadrian, The Abyss), dies at 84
1996 – Irving Caesar, American songwriter (Sometimes I’m Happy), dies at 101
1996 – Ruby Murray, Irish singer (Softly Softly), dies at 61
1996 – Francesco Siciliani, opera administrator, dies at 85
2004 – Dick Heckstall-Smith, English jazz-blues saxophonist, dies at 70
2009 – Dan O’Bannon, Screenwriter, after a short illness (b.1943)
2010 – Dick Gibson, British racing driver, dies at 92
2012 – Daniel K. Inouye, American politician (US Senator, 1963-2012), dies from respiratory complications at 88