1820 – Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79
1942 – Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer, dies at 78
1960 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife), dies of an alcohol and drug overdose at 38
1965 – Staff Nees, Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63
1986 – Horace Smith, cricketer (1 Test NZ v Eng 1933, one wkt at 113), dies
1994 – Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85
1996 – Jonathan Larson, American composer (Rent), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 35
1997 – Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79
2015 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer and performer (Aphrodite’s Child), dies from an undisclosed illness at 68
2018 – John Morris, American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Gibson and Gene Wilder, dies of a respiratory infection at 91