511 – Clovis, king of Salische France, founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
1474 – Guillaume Dufay, French Flemish composer, dies at about 74
1749 – Balthasar Schmid, German composer and printer, dies at 44
1749 – Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, dies at 59
1996 – George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
1998 – Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (“Love Makes A Woman”) and songwriter (“HAve You Seen Her”), dies of pneumonia at 55
2006 – Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
2007 – Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist, dies of prostrate cancer at 84
2017 – Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
2021 – Francis Routh, British organist, composer (Sacred Tetralogy), magazine editor (Composer), educator, and music promoter (Redcliffe Festival), dies at 94