1944 – Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated
1957 – Curzio Malaparte [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt), dies at 59
1958 – Robert Earl Hughes, American man who became heaviest known human (485 kg), dies at 32
1964 – Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69
1996 – Mervyn Hugh Cowie, wildlife conservationist, dies at 87
1996 – Lawrence Jenco, American Roman Catholic priest who was held hostage in Beirut, Lebanon, dies at 61
1996 – (Emmanual Tettey) “E.T.” Mensah, Ghanaian saxophonist, known as the “King of Highlife” music (Accra Rhythmic Orchestra; The Tempos), dies at 77
2007 – Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
2014 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress, dies at 21
2019 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend), dies at 75