1944 – Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, American composer and pianist, dies at 77
1985 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered in Rwanda
1986 – Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78
1988 – Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies
1991 – John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49
1993 – Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
1997 – Billy Wright, Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
1998 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish Grand Prix motocycle racer, dies at 46
2006 – Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley and Chairman of the Board of Governors of BBC (1986-96), dies at 83
2011 – Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist artist (Arden), dies at 83