1949 – Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
1957 – Henry Février, French composer, dies at 81
1961 – Julián Bautista, Spanish orchestral and film score composer, and conductor, dies at 60
1967 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (Gone With The Wind; A Streetcar Named Desire), dies of tuberculosis at 53
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (Versos humanos), dies at 90
1996 – (James Woodie) J.W. Alexander, American gospel and soul music songwriter, singer, and producer (Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Solomon Burke), dies of prostate cancer at 80
2004 – Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (1990-91), dies at 80
2020 – Abdelmajid Tlemçani, Tunisian soccer striker (54 caps; Espérance Sportive de Tunis), dies at 82
2021 – Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), dies at 85