1888 – Edward Lear, English poet and author (famous for his nonsense poems – The Owl and the Pussycat), dies at 75
1946 – Harry Hopkins, American statesman and presidential advisor (US Secretary of Commerce, Loan and Lease law), dies at 55
1946 – Sidney Jones, British conductor and composer (The Geisha, A Gaiety Girl), dies at 84
1960 – Louis Jean Heydt, American character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 56
2007 – Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse, winner of 2006 Kentucky Derby, dies at 3
2009 – Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (BBC, “the Bearded Wonder”), dies from Legionnaires’ disease at 69
2011 – Milton Babbitt, American mathematician, composer of serial and electronic music (Correspondences), and teacher (Princeton; Juilliard), dies at 94
2021 – Yvon Douis, French soccer striker (20 caps; Lille, Le Havre, Monaco, Cannes), dies from COVID-19 at 85
2024 – Héctor Sanabria, Mexican soccer defender (7 caps; UNAM Pumas 1965-78) and manager (UNAM Pumas, CD Toluca, CD Veracruz), dies at 78
2025 – Vadim Naumov, Russian pairs skater (World C’ship gold 1994), dies in American Eagle Flight 5342 collision with Black Hawk helicopter at 55