1968 - Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85
1969 - Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43
1971 - George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies
1973 - Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82
1974 - David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87
1976 - James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
1976 - Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
1977 - Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered
1978 - Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84
1978 - Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
1980 - Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79
1980 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies
1982 - Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
1983 - Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies
1984 - Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50
1984 - Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
1985 - Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1986 - Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
1987 - Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82
1989 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51
1989 - William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies
1990 - Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36
1991 - Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72
1991 - Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93
1992 - Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56
1995 - Charles Drain, singer, dies at 65
1995 - Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author, dies at 80
1995 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84
1996 - Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84
1996 - Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at 85
1997 - ?, raped comatose woman who bore a child 1 year earlier, dies at 30
1997 - Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92