Famous Deaths for 4th November 2021

1890 – Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
1937 – Rogelio del Villar, Spanish composer, dies at 61
1980 – Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer, 1st female in Canada to get bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, dies at 75
1992 – Regina Carrol, American actress (Jessi’s Girl), dies of cancer at 49
1995 – Edward “Eddie” Egan, American actor (The French Connection, Joe Forrester), dies of cancer at 65
2003 – Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
2005 – Len Barnard, Australian jazz drummer (“The Naked Dance”; Galapagos Duck), dies at 76
2006 – Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), dies at 95
2012 – Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77
2016 – Eddie Harsch [Hawrysch], Canadian keyboardist (Bulldog; The Black Crowes – “Hard To Handle”), dies at 59

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