1951 – Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
1976 – Ad Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash at 42 [or 1/17]
1980 – Cecil Beaton, British photographer and costume designer (My Fair Lady, Gigi), dies at 76
1985 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (Hard Day’s Night, Steptoe and Son), dies from cancer at 72
1994 – Torbjörn Hultcrantzn, Swedish jazz double bass player, dies at 56
1996 – Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, dies at 60
2008 – John Stroger American politician (Cook County (Illinois) Board of Commissioners, 1970-2006), dies at 78
2016 – Michel Tournier, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island), dies at 91
2016 – Glenn Frey, American Grammy Award-winning guitarist, singer-songwriter (The Eagles – “Take it Easy”; “Heartache Tonight”;”Tequila Sunrise”; solo – “Smuggler’s Blues”; “The Heat Is On”), and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame member, dies from complications of rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia at 67
2017 – Roberta Peters [Peterman], American operatic soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-85), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 86