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Famous People Who Died in November 1999

  • Nov 1 Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
  • Nov 1 Theodore Hall, American physicist and Atomic Spy for the Soviet Union, dies at 74

Walter Payton (1954-1999)

Nov 1 American Pro Football HOF running back (NFL MVP 1977; 9 x Pro Bowl; 5 x First Team All Pro; Chicago Bears), dies of Cholangiocarcinoma at 45

  • Nov 3 Ian Bannen, Scottish character actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park), dies in a car crash at 71
  • Nov 4 Charles Wintour, English editor (The Evening Standard), dies at 82
  • Nov 4 Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist and publisher, dies at 84
  • Nov 4 Malcolm Marshall, West Indian cricket fast bowler (81 Tests, 376 wickets @ 20.94, BB 7/22; Barbados, Hampshire CCC, Natal), dies from colon cancer at 41
  • Nov 8 Francis D. Foley, American Rear Admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal), dies at 89
  • Nov 8 Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (Olympic gold, 1924,1928; World Championship gold, 1922, 1926), dies at 100
  • Nov 8 Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 58
  • Nov 10 Robert Kramer, American actor and director (Milestones), dies of meningitis at 60
  • Nov 11 Jack Plimsoll, South African cricket fast bowler (1 Test, BB 3-143; manager RSA team to England 1965), dies at 82
  • Nov 11 Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923)
  • Nov 11 Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b. 1961)
  • Nov 11 Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (led Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1st to cross Antarctica via South Pole), dies at 91
  • Nov 12 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr., English thoroughbred horse owner (Bed O' Roses, Native Dancer), dies at 87
  • Nov 13 Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American rock guitarist and electric violin pioneer (Don & Dewey; Frank Zappa), dies of pulmonary disease at 61 [1]
  • Nov 13 Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 84
  • Nov 13 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets; 5/109 in Test debut 1958; Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 67
  • Nov 16 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (Nobel 1978 - discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping), dies at 71

Doug Sahm (1941-1999)

Nov 18 American roots-rock and Tex-Mex musician (Sir Douglas Quintet - "Mendocino"; Texas Tornadoes - "Adios Mexico"), dies of a heart attack at 58

  • Nov 18 Paul Bowles, American novelist (The Sheltering Sky), translator, and composer, dies at 88
  • Nov 19 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American magazine editor, painter and photographer (639), dies at 87
  • Nov 20 Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and 5 x prime minister of Italy, dies at 91
  • Nov 21 Alvin Cash [Welch], American pop singer ("Twine Time"; "The Philly Freeze"), and actor, dies of ulcer complications at 60
  • Nov 21 Eddie Maxwell [Cherkose], American lyricist (Breathless) and actor, dies of natural causes at 87
  • Nov 21 Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (b. 1908)
  • Nov 24 (Roger) Hilary Minster, British character actor ('Allo 'Allo!), dies of cancer at 55
  • Nov 27 Alain Peyrefitte, French politician (Minister of Justice, 1977-81; Minister of Information, 1962-66) and writer (The Immobile Empire), dies at 74
  • Nov 27 Hiro Matsuda [Yasuhiro Kojima], Japanese professional wrestler, dies of cancer at 62
  • Nov 27 Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, American electric and Chicago blues pianist, organist, and bass guitar player (Muddy Waters; Junior Wells; Elmore James), dies at 72
  • Nov 28 Bethel Leslie, American entertainer (Capt Newman MD, Rabbit Trap), dies at 70
  • Nov 28 N. V. M. González, Filipino novelist, short story writer, and, poet, dies at 84
  • Nov 29 Gene Rayburn [Jeljenić], American radio performer and TV game show host (Match Game), dies of heart failure at 81