1444 – Marcus [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies
1946 – William S. Hart, American silent film actor (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds), dies at 81
1951 – Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70
1958 – Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer, dies at 88
1973 – Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77
1995 – Jonas Salk, American medical researcher and virologist who created the Polio vaccine, dies of heart failure at 80
2005 – Shana Alexander, American journalist (Life magazine, 60 Minutes), dies of cancer at 79
2011 – Peter Falk, American actor (Colombo, Scared Straight), dies at 83
2015 – Richard “Dick” Van Patten, American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate (Tom Bradford in 8 is Enough), dies at 86
2021 – Ellen McIlwaine, American blues singer-songwriter, and slide guitarist (“Honky Tonky Angel”; “In My Time of Dying”), dies of esophageal cancer at 75