1776 – Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies
1809 – Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, French composer, dies at 56
1880 – Guilherme Cossoul, Portuguese composer, dies at 52
1902 – Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop, poet (Anykščių šilelis) and dialectologist, dies at 67
1974 – Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. September 10, 1903)
1982 – Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, dies at 98
1992 – Stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36
1993 – Mart Kempers, Dutch graphic artist and sculptor, dies at 69
2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish procyclist (b. 1975)
2021 – Aleksandr Timoshinin, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union double sculls 1968, 72), dies at 73
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 25th November 2023
1885 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (D), dies 8 months after taking office at 66
1923 – Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83
1944 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American federal judge (1905-22), Baseball HOF executive and 1st MLB Commissioner (1920-44), dies at 78
1973 – Laurence Harvey [Larushka Skine], Lithuanian-born South African actor (Alamo, Romeo and Juliet), dies of cancer at 45
1993 – Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83
1997 – Barbara [Monique Andrée Serf], French singer (“L’Aigle noir”), dies at 67
2011 – (Henry) Lee “Shot” Williams, American blues singer (“I Like Your Style”), dies ar 73
2016 – Alexander Yossifov, Bulgarian conductor and composer (Back To The Beginning), dies at 76
2019 – Iain Sutherland, Scottish folk-soft rock vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist (Sutherland Brothers and Quiver – “Arms of Mary”; “(I Don’t Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway”), dies at 71
2022 – Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter (“Fame”; “Flashdance…What A Feeling”), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab), dies at 63
Famous Deaths for 24th November 2023
1857 – Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39), dies at 62
1972 – Hall Overton, American jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 52
1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1991 – Freddie Mercury [Farrokh Bulsara], British singer-songwriter (Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”), dies of AIDS at 45
1991 – Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], American drummer (Kiss, 1980-91), dies of heart cancer at 41
1992 – Hans de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
1995 – Woytec Lowski [Woiciech Wiesidlowski], Polish dancer and ballet master, dies at 56
2008 – Ryōhei Hirose, Japanese composer who incorporated both traditional and western instrumentation, dies at 78
2015 – Oļģerts Grāvītis, Latvian-Soviet composer, dies at 89
2019 – Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Chilean composer, dies at 100
Famous Deaths for 23rd November 2023
1916 – Leonard Moon, English cricket batsman (4 Tests, Cambridge University CC, Middlesex CCC), dies in WWI action at 38
1935 – Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, dies at 65
1980 – Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
1993 – Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, dies at 89
1993 – Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
1996 – Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84
2008 – Richard Hickox, English conductor and music director, dies of a heart attack at 60
2009 – Richard Graham Meale, Australian composer (Three Miró Pieces; Voss), dies at 77
2016 – Ralph Branca, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1947–49; pitched “Shot Heard Round the World”), dies at 90
2017 – Carol Neblett, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-93), dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 22nd November 2023
1751 – Anton Englert, German composer and organist, dies at 77
1896 – Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), dies at 64
1920 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
1963 – Bikram Singh, Indian Lt-General (Kashmir), killed in a helicopter crash in Poonch district
1963 – Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1989 – C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
1993 – Anthony Burgess, British novelist and essayist (A Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76
2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech distance runner (4 x Olympic gold 1948, 52), dies of a stroke at 78
2003 – Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), dies at 88
2007 – Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer, 1st producer of Doctor Who, dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 21st November 2023
1844 – Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (b. 1769)
1920 – Caryl Florio [William James Robjohn], English-American composer, dies at 77
1928 – Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
1932 – Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies at 60
1941 – Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
1991 – Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
1992 – Kaysone Phomvihane, Prime Minister and President of Laos (1975-91), dies at 71
1995 – Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), dies of a heart attack at 60
2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
2022 – Kálmán Mészöly, Hungarian soccer defender (61 caps; Vasas SC 279 games) and manager (Hungary, Turkey, Fenerbahçe SK), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 20th November 2023
1887 – Louis Gallait, Belgian historical painter (Egmont and Receiver), dies at 77
1898 – John Fowler, English engineer (engineer for London Metropolitan Railway – world’s 1st underground railway), dies at 81
1939 – Désiré Pâque, Belgian organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 72
1962 – Jasper McLevy, American politician (Socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1933-57), dies at 84
1986 – William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher, dies at 76
1993 – Emile Ardolino, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning director (He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’; Dirty Dancing; Sister Act), dies of AIDs at 50
2003 – David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935)
2020 – Ken Schinkel, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NY Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins 636 NHL games) and coach (Pittsburgh Penguins 1972-77), dies at 87
2021 – Ray McLoughlin, Irish rugby union prop (40 caps Ireland, 3 British and Irish Lions; Barbarians RFC, London Irish RFC), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 19th November 2023
1495 – Alfonso II, King of Naples (1494-95), dies
1931 – Frederic Cliffe, English composer, dies at 74
1973 – Cyril Allcott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 113 runs @ 22.6, 6 wickets; Auckland), dies at 77
1983 – Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist, dies at 79
1990 – Georgy Flyorov, Soviet-Russian physicist (spontaneous fission, Soviet atomic bomb project), dies at 77
1995 – Gwen Swire, British social worker, dies at 61
1996 – Denis Jenkinson, British motor racing journalist, dies at 74
2003 – Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)
2004 – Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
2012 – Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 18th November 2023
1822 – Anton Teyber, Austrian composer, dies at 66
1950 – Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60
1986 – Gia Carangi, American model (AIDS) (b. 1960)
1993 – Fritz Feld, German actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus, Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93
1999 – Doug Sahm, American roots-rock and Tex-Mex musician (Sir Douglas Quintet – “Mendocino”; Texas Tornadoes – “Adios Mexico”), dies of a heart attack at 58
2003 – Ken Brett, American baseball player, dies at 55
2005 – Harold J Stone, American actor (Spartacus, The Wrong Man), dies at 92
2015 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union winger (youngest ever All Black, 63 internationals), dies of a heart attack linked to kidney disease at 40
2015 – Mal Whitfield, American track athlete (Olympic 3 gold, silver and bronze 1948, 52), dies at 91
2021 – Slide Hampton [Locksley Wellington Hampton], American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 17th November 2023
1494 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian scholar and Renaissance philosopher (Oration on the Dignity of Man), dies under mysterious circumstances, possibly poisoned, at 31
1512 – Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1600 – Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after defeat at Battle of Sekigahara (b. 1542)
1826 – Louise Reichardt, German composer, dies at 47
1848 – Joseph Bernard Cannaert “Olim”, Flemish lawyer, dies at 80
1862 – Alexey Verstovsky, Russian composer, dies at 63
1905 – Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and son of Leopold I, dies at 68
1985 – Jimmy Ritz [Samuel Joachim], American vaudevillian, actor and comedian (Ritz Brothers – The Gorilla;, Hi’ya, Chum; Straight, Place and Show), dies of heart failure at 81
1989 – Gus Farace, American gangster (b. 1960)
1991 – John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80