1937 – August de Boeck, Flemish composer, dies at 72
1955 – Alice Joyce, actress (Song O’ My Heart), dies at 65
1970 – Jean Giono, French writer (Le Hussard sur le toit), dies at 75
1978 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter, actor, director and composer (Le Far West, Pain in the A__), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 49
1995 – Kukrit Pramoj, Thai politician (13th Prime Minister of Thailand) and scholar, dies at 84
1996 – Harvey Vernon [Chet Smith], American actor (Teen Wolf, Jasper-Carter Country), dies at 69
1996 – Alan Charles Downes, founder member of Independent Television News and cameraman, dies at 58
1997 – Arthur Tracy, American radio personality (The Street Singer), dies at 98
2007 – Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (b. 1922)
2014 – Jan Hooks, American comedienne and actress (SNL, Designing Women), dies of throat cancer at 57