1857 – Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39), dies at 62
1972 – Hall Overton, American jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 52
1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1991 – Freddie Mercury [Farrokh Bulsara], British singer-songwriter (Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”), dies of AIDS at 45
1991 – Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], American drummer (Kiss, 1980-91), dies of heart cancer at 41
1992 – Hans de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
1995 – Woytec Lowski [Woiciech Wiesidlowski], Polish dancer and ballet master, dies at 56
2008 – Ryōhei Hirose, Japanese composer who incorporated both traditional and western instrumentation, dies at 78
2015 – Oļģerts Grāvītis, Latvian-Soviet composer, dies at 89
2019 – Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Chilean composer, dies at 100