593 – Guntram, French King in Burgundy, dies at about 67
1818 – Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 62
1927 – Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, dies at 57
1941 – Virginia Woolf-Stephen [Adeline], British writer (To Lighthouse), dies from suicide at 59
1979 – Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
2001 – Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2011 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Harry Crews, American writer and actor (Indian Runner), dies from neuropathy at 76
2015 – Gene Saks, American actor and director (One and Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), dies at 93
2017 – Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, dies at 87