1930 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (Bondens Søn), dies at 63
1962 – Solomon Pimsleur, French composer, dies at 61
1978 – Will Geer [William Aughe Ghere], American actor (Salt of the Earth, The Waltons), dies at 76
1995 – Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
1996 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist (The Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at 69
1999 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (first Greek artist to record or re-record the authentic, “prohibited” rebetika songs in the early 1970s with their original lyrics), dies at 60
2000 – Alexander H. Cohen, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe), dies at 79
2004 – Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger killed in action at 27
2011 – Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950)
2019 – Dave Samuels, American vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), dies at 70