1881 – Samuel Courtauld, American-born textile magnate (b. 1793)
1970 – Marlen Haushofer, Austrian writer (The Wall), dies at 49
1971 – Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress (Pardon My Sarong), and singing voice for Rita Hayworth, dies of cancer at 55
1973 – Antoni Szałowski, Polish-French composer (The Resurrection of Lazarus; 2 Pieces for Ondes Martenot), dies of a heart attack at 65
1981 – Mark Donskoy, Soviet-Ukrainian film director (Rainbow, A Mother’s Heart) and screenwriter, dies at 80
1999 – Ernie Wise, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 73
2001 – Chung Ju-yung, Korean industrialist (b. 1915)
2004 – Ludmilla Tchérina, French prima ballerina, artist, actress, choreographer and author (Sins of Rome), dies at 79
2011 – Pinetop Perkins, Member of the Blues Hall of Fame (b. 1913)
2017 – Chuck Barris, american TV game show producer and host (Gong Show), dies at 87