1603 – William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
1819 – Ann C Coleman, American socialite and fiancée of lawyer and future US President James Buchanan, dies of a laudanum overdose at 23
1966 – Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer, dies at 79
1975 – Frank Signorelli, American swing jazz pianist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band; Joe Venuti’s Blue Four), and songwriter (Stairway to the Stars), dies at 74
1982 – Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song Against Death), dies at 87
2001 – Michael Carver, British soldier (b. 1915)
2002 – Stan Rice, American painter, educator, and poet (b. 1942)
2012 – Patrick Moore, English astronomer, author and TV presenter (The Sky at Night), dies from an infection at 89
2014 – Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress (Miss America 1959, Diff’rent Strokes), dies from breast cancer at 77
2018 – (Arie) “Aat” Veldhoen, Dutch visual artist, dies at 84
