1624 – Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
1658 – Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
1780 – John Fothergill, English physician, dies at 68
1963 – “Gorgeous George” Wagner, wrestler, dies
1974 – Robert Levine Sanders, American composer, dies at 68
1984 – Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (Olympic bronze 50k 1952; oldest Olympic medal-winning athlete; 48 years and 115 days), dies at 84
1988 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer, dies at 91
1994 – Robert Emhardt, American actor (Another World, Underworld USA, Mooncussers), dies at 80
1999 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and soul musician (“Freddie’s Dead”; “Superfly”), dies from complications of type 2 diabetes at 57
2006 – Enrique Antonio “Tony” Silvester, Panamanian-American RandB singer-songwriter (The Main Ingredient – “Everybody Plays the Fool”), dies at 65