1880 – George Brown, Birtish-Canadian journalist, publisher (Toronto Globe), Premier of Canada West (Liberal: 1858) and one of the Fathers of Confederation, dies at 61 after being shot in the leg on March 25
1919 – James Reese Europe, American ragtime and early jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader in New York, and with the military in France during WWI, dies of a stab wound (received during an argument with one of his drummers), at 38
1957 – Heinrich Campendonk, German painter and wood carver, dies at 67
1968 – Harold Gray, American comic strip artist who created “Little Orphan Annie” (1924), dies at 74
1990 – Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life and Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion – Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), dies at 74
1997 – Willy Hess, Swiss musicologist, composer and famous Beethoven scholar, dies at 90
2001 – William T. Stearn, British botanist, dies at 90
2009 – Chuck Daly, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (2-time NBA champion Detroit Pistons), dies of pancreatic cancer at 78
2018 – Omar Daoud, Libyan footballer, dies in a traffic collision at 35
2019 – Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), dies at 76