1799 – Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist, dies at 68
1907 – R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901), dies
1944 – Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70
1951 – María Montez [Vidal], Dominican actress known as The Queen of Technicolor (Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 39
1969 – Everett McKinley Dirksen, (Sen-R), dies at 73
1996 – Niccolo Castiglioni, composer, dies at 64
1997 – Derek Taylor, Beatles publicist, dies of cancer at 65
2001 – Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
2003 – Warren Zevon, American rock singer-songwriter and musician (Werewolves of London, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Excitable Boy), dies of pleural mesothelioma at 56
2018 – Mac Miller [Malcolm McCormick], American rapper and music producer (Best Day Ever), dies of a drug overdose at 26