1814 – Philip Astley, English circus owner “Father of the Modern Circus”, dies at 72
1910 – Thomas Crapper, English plumber and inventor (ballcock), dies at 73
1930 – Jean Hure, French composer and organist, dies at 52
1988 – Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938)
1993 – André the Giant, WWF wrestler, dies of congestive heart failure at 49
1995 – Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at 76
1999 – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish writer associated with the Generation of ’36 movement, dies at 88
2001 – André Prévost, Canadian composer, dies at 66
2010 – Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933)
2015 – Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, American politician, Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1998-88), dies at 88