| 2010 | Famous Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland dies in Switzerland at age 83, after a lengthy illness |
| 1998 | Richard Denning, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 84 |
| 1996 | Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80 |
| 1996 | Edith Tilton Penrose, economist, dies at 81 |
| 1996 | Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74 |
| 1996 | Terry Patchett, politician, dies at 56 |
| 1996 | William Vickrey, economist, dies at 82 |
| 1994 | Maja Bulgakova, Ukranian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62 |
| 1994 | Nic Jonk, sculptor/painter (Nereus on Zeepaard), dies at 66 |
| 1992 | Theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies |
| 1992 | Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist and writer (Liner, Cannon), dies |
| 1990 | Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 |
| 1990 | Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56 |
| 1990 | Anatole Broyard, American Critic |
| 1989 | Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53 |
| 1988 | Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90 |
| 1988 | Wayland Flowers, ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48 |
| 1986 | Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51 |
| 1985 | Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer |
| 1981 | Brooks Hays, American Politician |
| 1978 | Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in New York City |
| 1977 | Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66 |
| 1976 | Connie Boswell, actress (Artists and Models), dies at 68 |
| 1971 | Chester Conklin, actor (Greed, Modern Times), dies at 83 |
| 1971 | Ralph J Bunche, 1st black U.S. diplomat (Nobel 1950), dies at 67 |
| 1970 | Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1965 | Dorothea Lange, American Photographer |
| 1963 | Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47 |
| 1963 | Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73 |
| 1961 | Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74 |
| 1960 | Richard Cromwell, actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50 |
| 1959 | Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64 |
| 1958 | Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91 |
| 1942 | Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1933 | Josef Hofmiller, writer, dies |
| 1925 | Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71 |
| 1907 | Adolf Furtwangler, Germany archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies at 53 |
| 1897 | Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35 |
| 1896 | Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 |
| 1893 | Barthelemy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter, dies at 77 |
| 1891 | Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland |
| 1850 | Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 |
| 1839 | Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88 |
| 1837 | Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 |
| 1812 | Jurriaan F de Frederici, Dutch governor-general (Suriname), dies at 60 |
| 1809 | Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis and Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35 |
| 1779 | Casimir Pulaski, General, dies |
| 1705 | Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 |
| 1666 | Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies |
| 1617 | Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 |
| 1598 | Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies |
| 1531 | Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies |
| 1424 | Jan Zizka, Czechoslovakian (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 |
| 1347 | Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies |
| 1303 | Boniface VIII, Benedetto Gaetani, lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies |
| 965 | Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 |
| 732 | Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies |
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