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Famous People Who Died in November 1993

  • Nov 1 A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911)
  • Nov 1 Anatoli Voronov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63
  • Nov 1 George Sheehan, American doctor, athlete and author ("Running & Being: The Total Experience," NY Times best seller), dies of prostate cancer at 74
  • Nov 1 Severo Ochoa, Spanish-American physician and biochemist (Nobel 1959), dies at 88
  • Nov 2 P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees & Hope), dies at about 86
  • Nov 3 Aidan Crawley, British journalist and politician (Labour MP 1945-51), dies at 85
  • Nov 3 Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire), dies in California fire at 41
  • Nov 3 John Lupton, American actor (Tom-Broken Arrow), dies at 65
  • Nov 3 Leon Theremin, Russian-Soviet electronic musical instrument inventor, dies at 97
  • Nov 3 William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70
  • Nov 4 Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, murdered at 78
  • Nov 4 Cliff Young, American pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
  • Nov 4 Ely Landau, American television and film producer (Play of the Week; Long Day's Journey into Night; King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis), dies of stroke at 73
  • Nov 4 Jose L. Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56
  • Nov 5 Maurice Cranston, English philosopher and political scientist (John Locke biographies), dies at 73
  • Nov 7 Adelaide Hall, American-English musical theatre, cabaret, and jazz singer (Cotton Club; "Creole Love Call" with Duke Ellington), dies at 92 [1]
  • Nov 7 Charles Aidman, American actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
  • Nov 9 Gerald Thomas, English director (Carry on), dies at 72
  • Nov 9 Stanley Myers, English television and film composer (The Deer Hunter), dies of cancer at 63
  • Nov 10 Wensley Pithey, South-African actor (Oliver!, The Saint, Little Women), dies at 79
  • Nov 11 Erskine Hawkins, American trumpeter, big band leader, and composer ("Tuxedo Junction:' "After Hours"), dies at 79

H. R. Haldeman (1926-1993)

Nov 11 Nixon's White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, dies at 67

  • Nov 11 Olavi Pesonen, Finnish composer, dies at 84
  • Nov 12 Bill Dickey, American Baseball HOF catcher (11 × MLB All-Star; 7 × World Series; NY Yankees) and manager (NY Yankees), dies at 86
  • Nov 12 Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), dies at 71
  • Nov 13 Jose Toirkens, journalist (Slogan, NRC), dies at 48
  • Nov 13 Rufus "Freight Train" Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler, dies from a heart attack at 60
  • Nov 14 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
  • Nov 15 Evelyn Venable, American model and actress (Death Takes a Holiday, Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80
  • Nov 15 Luciano Liggio, Italian mafia leader/painter, dies
  • Nov 15 Mouin Shabaita, Palestinian al-Fatah commandant, murdered
  • Nov 15 Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
  • Nov 16 Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
  • Nov 16 Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
  • Nov 17 Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician, dies at 67
  • Nov 18 Fritz Feld, German actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus, Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93
  • Nov 19 Dorothy Revier, American actress (Sally on the Subway), dies at 89
  • Nov 20 Christopher Frank, British-French novelist (La Nuit américaine), screenwriter (That Most Important Thing: Love), and film director (L'Année des méduses), dies at 50
  • Nov 20 Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
  • Nov 20 Emile Ardolino, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning director (He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'; Dirty Dancing; Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50

Bill Bixby (1934-1993)

Nov 21 American actor, director and producer (Incredible Hulk; The Courtship of Eddie's Father; My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59

  • Nov 21 Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)

Nov 22 British novelist and essayist (A Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76

  • Nov 23 Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, dies at 89
  • Nov 23 Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
  • Nov 24 Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (Ice Pickin'; Don't Lose Your Cool; Showdown!), dies of cancer at 61
  • Nov 24 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
  • Nov 24 Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
  • Nov 24 Madame Grès [Germaine Emilie Krebs], French haute couturier (Grès), dies at 89
  • Nov 24 Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
  • Nov 25 Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83
  • Nov 25 Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun), dies of diabetes at 77
  • Nov 26 César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist and composer (Brasilia Symphony), dies at 79
  • Nov 26 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death
  • Nov 26 Mart Kempers, Dutch graphic artist and sculptor, dies at 69
  • Nov 27 Jerry Hunt, American experimental composer and video artist, commits suicide at 49
  • Nov 28 Abu Rish, Palestinian PLO-leader, dies at 23
  • Nov 28 Camillo Togni, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 71
  • Nov 28 Garry Moore, TV host (I've Got A Secret), dies of emphysema at 78
  • Nov 28 Jerry Edmonton, Canadian rock drummer (Steppenwolf), dies at 47
  • Nov 28 Kenneth Connor, English comedian and actor, best known for his "Carry On" films, dies of cancer at 75
  • Nov 28 Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
  • Nov 29 J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (Air-India, Tata Group), dies at 89
  • Nov 29 Jack Longland, British director of education (Derbyshire), dies at 88
  • Nov 30 Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies
  • Nov 30 David Houston, American country music singer (Almost Persuaded), dies at 57
  • Nov 30 Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)