1566 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan and the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1530-1566), dies at 71 [or Sep 6]
1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French statesman (First Minister of State, 1661-83; Minister of the Navy, 1689-83), dies at 64
1988 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), dies at 81
1995 – John Megna, American actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies of AIDS-related complications at 42
1995 – Francis Showering, English brewer, dies at 83
2001 – Justin Wilson, American Cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips) and humorist, dies at 87
2003 – C. H. Sisson, British author (Christopher Homm), dies at 89
2015 – (Frederick) “Denny” Greene, American singer (Sha Na Na, 1968-84), dies from cancer at 66
2015 – Patricia Canning Todd, American tennis player (French National C’ship singles 1947; French doubles and mixed doubles 1948; Wimbledon doubles 1947), dies at 93
2016 – Hugh O’Brian, American actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), dies at 91