1967 – Joe Orton, EBritish actor and dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears), is murdered by his partner Kenneth Halliwell at 34
1969 – Wojciech Frykowski, Polish writer (murdered) (b. 1936)
1990 – Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies
1991 – Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies
1992 – Christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30
1995 – Willem Noordhoek, photographer, dies at 78
2000 – Nicholas Markowitz-kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood (b. 1984)
2004 – David Raksin, American composer renown for his work in film and TV (Laura, Modern Times), dies at 92
2005 – Judith Rossner, American novelist (b. 1935)
2017 – Al McCandless, American Republican politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), dies at 90