1910 – Tup Scott, Australian cricket batsman and captain (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102; Victoria), dies of typhoid at 51
1972 – Calvin Frazier, American country and Detroit blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (“This Old World’s In A Tangle”), dies of cancer at 57
1992 – James Van Fleet, American US Army General (served during WWI, WWII, and Korean War), dies at 100
1999 – Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (Man of a Thousand Faces), dies at 89
2002 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan pioneer radio broadcaster, dies at 75
2017 – Charles Bradley, American RandB and funk singer, known as ‘The Screaming Eagle of Soul’, dies of stomach cancer at 68
2020 – Bobby Wilson, English tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1960 runner-up), dies at 84
2025 – Danny Thompson, British double bassist (Blues Incorporated; Pentangle; Richard Thompson; John Martyn), dies at 86
2025 – Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti (1999-2025), dies in his 80s
2025 – Cecilio Lastra, Spanish boxer (WBA featherweight champion 1977–78), dies at 74