1686 – Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66
1967 – Franz Waxman [Wachsmann], German-American film score composer (Rebecca; Sunset Boulevard; A Place In The Sun), dies of cancer at 60
1991 – Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74
1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster, dies at 75
1994 – Dinah Shore, American singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet), actress and TV personality (Dinah Shore Show, Nabisco DS Championship), dies of ovarian cancer at 76
1996 – Gene Mitchell, museum director, dies on 70th birthday
2003 – Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
2012 – Benedict Freedman, American novelist and mathematician, dies at 92
2020 – Jan Kowalczyk, Polish equestrian rider (Olympics gold show jumping individual; silver team 1980), dies at 78
2020 – Don Furner, Australian rugby league forward (1 Test) and coach (Australia 15 Tests; Eastern Suburbs, Canberra Raiders), dies at 87