1877 – Hugh W. Mercer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
1954 – Alain LeRoy Locke, African-American writer and philosopher “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”, dies at 68
1974 – Phillips Tead, American character actor (The Front Page; Lightnin’; Fighting Blade; The Adventures of Superman – “Professor Pepperwinkle), dies at 80
1982 – Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
1991 – Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
2004 – Brian Williamson, Jamaican Gay Activist (b. 1945)
2004 – “Rosey” Roosevelt Brown, American football player, dies at 71
2006 – Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer, dies of heart failure at 60
2007 – Frankie Abernathy, American reality TV personality (The Real World: San Diego), dies of cystic fibrosis at 25
2024 – Frank Carroll, American figure skating coach (Linda Fratianne, Michelle Kwan, Evan Lysacek; World Figure Skating HOF), dies of cancer at 85