1501 – Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66
1819 – Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch naval officer and founder of Dutch Marines Corp, dies at 84
1953 – Vaclav Klicka, Czech composer, dies at 70
1965 – Bobby Watson, American comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
1997 – A. D. Hershey, American biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969), dies at 88
2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (Tony the Tiger), and bass singer (“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”), dies from prostate cancer at 91
2006 – Jack Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, fiddler (The Beatles -“Don’t Pass Me By”), and concert promoter, dies at 90
2012 – Wesley Brown, 1st African American US Naval Academy graduate, dies at 85
2019 – Judith Kerr, British children’s writer and illustrator (The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Mog books), dies at 95
2020 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (Australian C’ships 1957-58, Wimbledon, US C’ships 1958), dies at 83