Famous Deaths for 29th November 2020

1590 – Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1643 – William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer, dies at 81
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor, dies from a heart attack at 78
1993 – Jack Longland, British director of education (Derbyshire), dies at 88
1995 – Irene Ighodar, Sierra Leonean doctor and social reformer, dies at 79
2001 – John Knowles, American writer (Morning in Antibes), dies at 75
2003 – Larry Booker (Moondog Spot), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies of a heart attack at 51
2009 – Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), dies at 61

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Famous Deaths for 28th November 2020

1290 – Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
1716 – Gisbert Cuper, Dutch classicist and historian, dies at 72
1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
1927 – C. E. A. Wichmann, German-Dutch geologist, dies at 76
1959 – Lester Vail, American actor (Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage), dies at 60
1964 – Charles Meredith, American actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
1993 – Camillo Togni, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 71
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun), dies of pneumonia at 84
2016 – Grant Tinker, American TV executive (Chairman of NBC), dies at 90

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Famous Deaths for 27th November 2020

1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79
1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
1975 – Ross McWhirter, English Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50
1977 – John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
1978 – George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (1976-78) shot and killed by Dan White aged 49
1988 – Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1996 – George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
2000 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
2011 – Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
2012 – Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (Major League Baseball Players Association 1966-1982), dies at 95

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Famous Deaths for 26th November 2020

1651 – Henry Ireton, English general and parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40
1719 – John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
1851 – Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal, 10th Prime Minister of France, dies at 82
1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), dies at 81
1974 – Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. September 10, 1903)
1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80
1982 – Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, dies at 98
1986 – Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48
1995 – David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51
2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian, the oldest person in the world following the death of Yone Minagawa of Japan on August 13, 2007, dies at 115

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Famous Deaths for 25th November 2020

1803 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey), dies at 83
1883 – Ludwig Erk, German composer and folk song collector, dies at 76
1894 – Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist, dies at 82
1916 – Inez Milholland, American suffragist (National Woman’s Party), labor lawyer and socialist, dies at 30 after suffering from pernicious anemia
1950 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat, dies at 77
1981 – Morris Kirksey, American 4 X 100m (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 86
1983 – Anton Dolin [Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-kay], British dancer (Girl From Petrovka), dies at 79
1989 – Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1997 – Hastings Kamuzu Band, PM/President of Malawi (1964-66/66-94), dies
2012 – Dinah Sheridan, British actress (Genevieve, The Railway Children, Don’t Wait Up), dies at 92

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Famous Deaths for 24th November 2020

1781 – James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1943 – Martin Raschke, German author and publisher dies at 38
1961 – Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
1962 – James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1993 – Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
1993 – Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
1994 – Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
1995 – Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
1996 – Michael James O’Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76
2018 – David Defiagbon, Nigerian-Canadian boxer (Olympic silver 1996), dies at 48

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Famous Deaths for 23rd November 2020

1872 – Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), American poet/Comanche chief, dies
1937 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
1943 – Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74
1989 – Armand Salacrou, French playwright, dies at 90
1992 – Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
1994 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (Boyce and Hart, Monkees), commits suicide at 55
1994 – Art Barr, American professional wrestler, dies at 28
2007 – Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer (b. 1971)
2012 – Larry Hagman, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas), dies of complications from throat cancer at 81
2017 – Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP), dies at 93

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Famous Deaths for 22nd November 2020

1318 – Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271)
1594 – Martin Frobisher, English privateer, explorer (Canada) and later vice-admiral who helped defeat the Spanish Armada, dies aged between 55 and 59
1782 – John de Mol, porcelein manufacturer, dies
1890 – Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
1954 – Andrej J. Vysjinski, Russian lawyer and UN ambassador, dies at 70
1963 – Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1979 – Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63
1982 – Max Deutsch, Austrian-French composer, dies at 90
2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2018 – Imrat Khan, Indian sitar and surbahar player and composer, dies of a stroke at 83

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Famous Deaths for 21st November 2020

1775 – John Hill, British writer
1953 – Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
1963 – Robert Stroud, American convict “Birdman of Alcatraz”, dies at 73
1970 – Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist (Nobel Prize 1930 for light scattering), dies at 82
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1991 – Prior Jones, West Indian cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52), dies at 74
1995 – Peter Grant, English rock band manager, dies at 60
2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L’Oeil écoute – The Eye Listens), dies at 86

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Famous Deaths for 20th November 2020

1591 – Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
1669 – Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit priest and scientist, dies at 52
1889 – August Ahlqvist, Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi), dies at 63
1959 – Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), dies at 73
1978 – Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter (founded the scuola metafisica art movement), dies at 90
1991 – Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies at 82
2003 – James “Jim” Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies from emphysema at 83
2005 – James King, American tenor, dies at 80
2009 – H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), dies at 83

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