1965 – Bessie Barriscale, American actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies at 81
1973 – Elmer Layden, College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Notre Dame legendary 4-horsemen, 1st NFL Commissioner), dies at 70
1987 – Thor Thorvaldsen, Norwegian yachtsman (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), dies at 78
1992 – Nico Booken, Dutch director (Jewish Labor Social), dies at 72
1996 – David McCampbell, US Navy captain, fighter pilot, and Medal of Honor recipient (WWII, Pacific theatre, downed 34 Japanese planes), dies at 86
2003 – Robert McCloskey, American children’s book writer and illustrator (Make Way For Ducklings), dies at 88
2010 – Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor, and K-pop and J-pop singer, takes his own life at 32
2015 – Leonard Starr, American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 89
2016 – Geoffrey Hill, English poet, dies at 84
2022 – Bill Squires, American track and field coach (Greater Boston Track Club: Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, Greg Meyer; Boston State College 1965-78), dies at 89