1908 – Alexander P. Stewart, American Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), dies at 86
1934 – Earnest L. Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1950 – Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center), dies at 57
1961 – Charles Coburn, American actor (Around the World in 80 Days, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 84
1991 – Alan Wheatley, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies from a heart attack at 84
1994 – Lindsay Anderson, British director (Thursday’s Children; If …), dies at 71
1995 – Sterling Morrison, American musician (Velvet Underground), dies at 53
2002 – J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
2013 – Lotfollah “Lotfi” Mansouri, Persian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, 1976-88; introduced opera surtitles, 1983; San Francisco Opera, 1988-2001), dies at 84
2024 – Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese politician, Foreign Minister of Guyana (1972-75) and Commonwealth Secretary-General (1975-90), dies at 95