1572 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)
1973 – (Pablo) “Tito” RodrÃguez, Puerto Rican timbalero, singer, bandleader (“Inolvidable”), and television host, dies of leukemia at 50
1973 – Cecil Kellaway, South African-American stage and screen character actor (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; The Luck of the Irish), dies at 82
1985 – Charita Bauer, American actress (The Guiding Light, Aldrich Family), dies following long illness at 62
1990 – Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
1993 – Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
1994 – (Elbert) “Skippy” Williams, American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger, dies at 77
2008 – Mike Smith, British rock singer and keyboardist (Dave Clark Five – “Glad All Over”), dies of pneumonia at 64
2015 – Anthony Mason, American NBA forward (NY Knicks, Charlotte Hornets), dies at 48 of a heart attack
2020 – Freeman Dyson, American physicist (known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering), dies at 96