1891 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian novelist (Oblomov), dies at 79
1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer (Hänsel und Gretel), dies at 67
1969 – Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
1982 – Ralph Baldwin, Canadian harness driver and trainer (11 major world records; Hambletonian Stakes 1963, 73), dies at 66
1986 – Cliff Burton, American rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
1995 – Christopher Shaw, British composer, dies at 71
1995 – Alison “Night Bird” Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer
2001 – Herman Berlinski, Polish-American organist, composer and choral conductor (The Tetragrammaton), dies at 91
2004 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
2013 – Jay Robinson, American actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop), dies at 83