1634 – William Noy, English jurist (b. 1577)
1969 – Sharon Tate, American actress (Valley of Dolls), murdered by Manson’s gang at 26
1978 – Johan Daisne [Thiery], Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66
1980 – P K “Perker” Lee, Australian cricketer (Australian bowler 1931-33, 2 Tests), dies at 75
1992 – William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), dies at 87
1996 – Ruth Holland, British journalist (BMJ), dies in the Watford rail crash at 54
1996 – Kenneth Fleetwood, English fashion designer (Hardy Amies, dressed Queen Elizabeth II), dies at 65
1996 – James Whitman McLamore, American businessman and 1st CEO of Burger King who created The Whopper, dies at 70
2000 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician and leader of Egypt’s Wafd Party, dies at 88
2016 – Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, British peer and its 3rd richest Britain, dies at 64