1797 – Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61
1943 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
1968 – Johannes Tralow, German writer (Ottoman tetralogy), dies at 85
1986 – Jacques “Jake the Snake” Plante, Canadian Ice Hockey goalie who was the first to wear a goaltender mask, dies of stomach cancer at 57
1989 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ethologist (Man and His Ideas, Nobel Prize 1973), dies at 85
1991 – Hein van Royen, Dutch director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1974-91), dies at 52
1995 – Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at 67
1996 – Pat Smythe, English equestrian rider (Olympic bronze team jumps 1956; author children’s books), dies from heart disease at 67
2004 – Paul Sweezy, American Marxist economist and editor (Monthly Review), dies at 93
2010 – Madeleine Ferron, French Canadian writer, dies at 87