Famous Deaths for 4th November 2026

1841 – Adriaan van der Hoop Jr, Dutch poet and literary critic (Hugo and Elvire, The journey to Tervuren), dies at 39
1924 – Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient, dies at 79
1965 – Krsto Odak, Croatian composer, dies at 77
1968 – Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author, dies at 78
1982 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker; Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 22
1995 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (Difference and Repetition), dies at 70
1999 – Charles Wintour, English editor (The Evening Standard), dies at 82
2011 – Norman Ramsey, American physicist who worked on the atomic bomb and Nobel Prize recipient (1989), dies at 96
2012 – Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77
2020 – Ken Hensley, British rock songwriter, keyboardist, and singer (Uriah Heep, 1970-80 – “Easy Livin'”; Blackfoot, 1982-84), dies at 75

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