1678 – Erasmus Quellinus II, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 70
1723 – Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies
1935 – Lidj Jasu [Iyasu], Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-16), dies under mysterious circumstances under guard at 39
1965 – Friedrich Wildgans, Austrian composer, dies at 52
1968 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, dies at 62
1978 – Gene Tunney, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1926-28), dies at 80
1994 – Shorty Rogers [Milton Rajonsky], American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, arranger, and composer, dies of melanoma at 70
2017 – Robert De Cormier, American conductor and musical director (The Belafonte Folk Singers), dies at 95
2017 – Paul Buckmaster, British Grammy Award-winning artist, arranger, conductor and composer, dies at 71
2018 – Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Irish pianist, composer and educator (University of Limerick), dies at 67