The following folks died on this day in history.
1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
1826 – Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
1900 – Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
1910 – O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
1993 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
1999 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1925)
2004 – Ronald Reagan, American actor turned politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
2012 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2014 – Don Davis, American songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
2016 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
