1896 – Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s), dies of cardiac failure at 35
1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
1967 – Orville Caldwell, American actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning), dies at 71
1968 – Robert Arthur Ley, English sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
1991 – Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel], American children’s author (The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham), dies of cancer at 87
1991 – Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, commits suicide at 47
1993 – Zita Johann, Hungarian/American actress (Mummy), dies at 89
1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
1994 – Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65
2008 – Vinko “Vice” Vukov, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963 and 1965) dies from head injury at 72