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Famous People Who Died in November 1998

  • Nov 2 Vincent Winter, Scottish child actor, dies at 50
  • Nov 3 Bob Kane, American comic artist and Batman co-creator, dies at 83
  • Nov 3 Martha O'Driscoll, American film actress, dancer and socialite (Young and Willing, Blonde Alibi), dies at 76
  • Nov 6 Sky Low Low [Marcel Gauthier], Canadian professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 70
  • Nov 7 Margaret Gowing, English historian (Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy), dies at 77
  • Nov 8 Jean Marais, French actor (Donkey Skin, Orpheus), dies of cardio-vascular disease at 84
  • Nov 8 Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician, dies at 43
  • Nov 8 Rumer Godden, English author (Thursday's Children), dies at 90
  • Nov 8 Stuart Sutherland, British psychologist, educator (Sussex University's Laboratory of Experimental Psychology), and writer (Breakdown), dies of a heart attack at 76
  • Nov 9 Ursula Reit [Reith], German actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), dies from natural causes at 84
  • Nov 10 Hal Newhouser, American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1945; AL MVP 1944, 45; Triple Crown 1945; Detroit Tigers), dies at 77
  • Nov 10 Mary Millar, English actress (Keeping Up Appearances), dies at 62
  • Nov 10 Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-British ballerina, dies at 66
  • Nov 11 Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (b. 1913)
  • Nov 11 Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Irish folk singer, harmonic player, and songwriter (The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - "Carrickfergus"), dies of lung ccancer at 76
  • Nov 12 Kenny Kirkland, American jazz pianist (Wynton Marsalis; Branford Marsalis) and funk keyboardist (Buckshot Lefonque), dies of congestive heart failure at 43
  • Nov 13 Doug Wright, English cricket spin bowler (34 Tests, 108 wickets; Kent), dies at 84
  • Nov 13 Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
  • Nov 13 Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
  • Nov 13 Valerie Hobson, British actress (Great Expectations), dies at 81
  • Nov 13 William "Red" Holzman, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (New York Knicks 14 seasons), dies leukemia at 78
  • Nov 15 Ludvik Danek, Czechoslovak discus thrower (b. 1937)
  • Nov 15 Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
  • Nov 16 David Lane, British Conservative politician and CEO (Commission for Racial Equality), dies at 76
  • Nov 17 Esther Rolle, Bahamian-American actress (Good Times; Maude), dies from complications of diabetes at 78
  • Nov 17 Weeb Ewbank, American NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets), dies at 91
  • Nov 18 Norma Connolly, American actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital, The Young Marrieds), dies at 71
  • Nov 19 "Alan J Pakula, American filmmaker (All the President's Men; Sophie;s Choice; Klute), dies in a car accident at 70 [1]
  • Nov 19 Earl Kim, Korean-American composer, dies at 78
  • Nov 19 Glenn Reeves, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and radio deejay ("Heartbreak Hotel"), dies of cancer at 67
  • Nov 19 Ted Fujita, Japanese-born American meteorologist (b. 1920)
  • Nov 20 Dick Sisler. American baseball utility (World Series 1946 St. Louis Cardinals; MLB All Star 1950), manager (Cincinnati Reds 1964–65) and coach (World Series 1967 St. L. Cardinals), dies at 78
  • Nov 20 Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician and dissident, assassinated at 52
  • Nov 20 Meredith Gourdine, American long jumper (Olympic silver 1952), dies at 69
  • Nov 22 Stu Unger, American poker player (b. 1953)
  • Nov 24 John Alexander Hopps, Canadian scientist (co-developer of the first artificial pace-maker), dies at 79
  • Nov 25 (Clerow) "Flip" Wilson, American Grammy Award-winning comedian, and Emmy Award-winning writer and TV personality (The Flip Wilson Show), dies of liver cancer at 64
  • Nov 25 Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906)
  • Nov 26 Jonathan Kwitny, American reporter (b. 1941)
  • Nov 27 Barbara Acklin, American soul singer ("Love Makes A Woman") and songwriter ("HAve You Seen Her"), dies of pneumonia at 55
  • Nov 28 Kerry Wendell Thornley, Co-founder of Discordianism, dies at 60
  • Nov 29 Frank Latimore, American actor (Guiding Light), dies at 73
  • Nov 29 George Van Eps, American seven-string jazz and session guitarist, dies of pneumonia at 85
  • Nov 29 Giant Haystacks [Martin Ruane], English professional wrestler, dies at 51
  • Nov 30 Margaret Walker, American poet and novelist of the Chicago Black Renaissance (For My People), dies at 83