561 – Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
1974 – Ouida Bergere, American scriptwriter (Peter Ibbetson), dies at 88
1977 – George Hamilton Combs, American politician and TV and radio commentator (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
1982 – Yuri Kasakow, Russian writer, dies at 55
1986 – Cary Grant [Archibald Alexander Leach], British-born American actor (Arsenic and Old Lace, North by Northwest), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 82
1994 – Ronald “Buster” Edwards, British Great Train Robber turned flower-seller, found hanged at 63
2007 – Tom Terrell, American musicologist, NPR reviewer and deejay, dies at 57
2015 – Joe Marston, Australian soccer defender (1954 FA Cup Final), dies at 89
2019 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1982-87), dies at 101
2019 – Seymour Siwoff, American sports statistician (president and CEO Elias Sports Bureau 1952-2019), dies at 99