1827 – Pierre-Joseph Candeille, French composer, dies at 82
1875 – Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
1891 – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, dies at 90
1947 – Willa Cather, American writer (My Ántonia), dies at 73
1974 – Bud Abbott, American comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78
1996 – Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62
2000 – John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (lefty bat in 8 Tests for NZ 1953-56), dies at 65
2017 – Robert M. Pirsig, American author (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance), dies at 88
2017 – Agustín Edwards, Chilean media tycoon (El Mercurio), dies at 89
2019 – Dick Rivers [Hervé Forneri], French rock and roll singer and actor, dies at 74