1813 – Etienne Ozi, French composer, dies at 58
1880 – Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer (Tales of Hoffman), dies at 61
1924 – Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75
1965 – Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, Swedish composer, dies at 79
1983 – Earl Tupper, American-born Costa Rican inventor and businessman (Tupperware), dies of a heart attack at 76
1985 – Brian Keenan, American rock drummer (The Chamber Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 42
2002 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2004 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (Caddyshack), dies at 82
2004 – William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 nominee), dies at 62
2010 – Mary Leona Gage, American beauty pageant winner and actress (b. 1939)