1895 – Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor of a valve for steam engines, dies at 75
1920 – Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1937 – Howie Morenz, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Montreal Canadiens, 3-time Stanley Cup winner), dies of a heart attack at 34
1957 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer, chiefly of art songs, and conductor, dies at 70
1973 – Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, American rock singer, harmonica player, and occasional keyboardist (Grateful Dead, 1965-72), dies of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 27
1994 – John Ewart, Australian radio, stage, and screen actor (The Muddle-Headed Wombat.; The Picture Show Man), dies of throat cancer at 65
2006 – Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
2009 – Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle – “Shriek of Araby”), dies of complications of a stroke and pneumonia at 79
2014 – Jerry Corbitt, American guitarist, harmonica player, singer-songwriter, and record producer (The Youngbloods), dies of lung cancer at 71
2018 – Sir Wilson Harris, Guyanese author (Palace of the Peacock, Jonestown, The Ghost of Memory), dies of natural causes at 96