1627 – Louis Hébert, French apothecary, kings attorney and colonist of New France, dies at 51 or 52
1906 – Pierre-Lambert Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal Primate of Belgium, dies at 78
1963 – Wilson Kettle, of Newfoundland, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendants
1991 – Lillian Bond, English-American actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83
1995 – John Smith, American actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men), dies at 63
1997 – Jim Boyd, American boxer (Olympic gold light-heavyweight, 1956), dies at 66
2013 – Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack and Womack – “Teardrops”), dies at 64
2022 – Heinz Werner Zimmermann, German contemporary sacred music composer (Prosalieder; Missa profana), and educator, dies at 91
2023 – B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize, 2018), dies at 95
2023 – Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne and Shirley – “Shirley; American Graffiti), dies at 75
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