1895 – Joseph Paul Skelly, Irish-American composer (“Keep The Horseshoe Over The Door”), dies at 44
1956 – Michael Arlen [Dikran Kouyoumdjian], British author and scriptwriter (An American Verdict), dies at 60
1970 – Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (b. 1895)
1996 – Elbert Parr Tuttle, American lawyer, judge and civil rights champion (one of the Fifth Circuit Four), dies at 98
1998 – Paul O’Dwyer, Irish-American politician and President of City Council (D-NYC), dies at 90
2006 – Dave Webster, American football player (led his football team to a National Championship in 1958), dies at 68
2013 – Bobby Bland, American blues and soul singer, dies at 83
2019 – Dave Bartholomew, American RandB, rock, and jazz musician, composer, producer, and songwriter (“I Hear You Knocking”; “Ain’t That A Shame”; “Walkin’ To New Orleans”), dies at 100
2021 – Ellen McIlwaine, American blues singer-songwriter, and slide guitarist (“Honky Tonky Angel”; “In My Time of Dying”), dies of esophageal cancer at 75
2022 – Alain Plantefol, French rugby union second rower (11 Tests; Racing CF, SU Agen), dies at 79