1885 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (D), dies 8 months after taking office at 66
1923 – Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83
1944 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American federal judge (1905-22), Baseball HOF executive and 1st MLB Commissioner (1920-44), dies at 78
1973 – Laurence Harvey [Larushka Skine], Lithuanian-born South African actor (Alamo, Romeo and Juliet), dies of cancer at 45
1993 – Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83
1997 – Barbara [Monique Andrée Serf], French singer (“L’Aigle noir”), dies at 67
2011 – (Henry) Lee “Shot” Williams, American blues singer (“I Like Your Style”), dies ar 73
2016 – Alexander Yossifov, Bulgarian conductor and composer (Back To The Beginning), dies at 76
2019 – Iain Sutherland, Scottish folk-soft rock vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist (Sutherland Brothers and Quiver – “Arms of Mary”; “(I Don’t Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway”), dies at 71
2022 – Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter (“Fame”; “Flashdance…What A Feeling”), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab), dies at 63