1918 – Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends), dies at 30
1962 – Harriet Ware (Krumbhaar), American concert pianist, composer (Women’s Triumphal March; The Rose Is Red; The Varying Shore), and music educator, dies at 84
1974 – Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60
1977 – Gaus, an orangutan who lived to be 59
1979 – Allen Tate, American poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems), dies at 79
1987 – Larry French, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1940; Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 79
2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball infielder, manager (8-time World Series champion; NY Yankees, Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 84
2009 – Eluana Englaro, an Italian woman who lived in a persistent vegetative state for 17 years (b. 1970)
2015 – Claude Ruel, Canadian NHL coach (Stanley Cup 1968-69, Montreal Canadiens), dies at 76
2018 – Reginald “Reg” E Cathey, American actor (The Wire, Oz, House of Cards), dies of lung cancer at 59