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Famous People Who Died in November 2000

  • Nov 1 Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
  • Nov 1 George Armstrong, English soccer winger and manager (Arsenal 500 games; Kuwait 1988-89), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 56
  • Nov 2 Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw & Cavendish, British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, dies at 76
  • Nov 3 Robert Sherlaw Johnson, British composer, pianist, music scholar, and campanologist. dies at 68
  • Nov 5 Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b.1926)
  • Nov 5 Jimmie Davis, American singer and songwriter ("You Are My Sunshine"), dies at 101
  • Nov 5 Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Special Friendships), dies at 93
  • Nov 5 Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
  • Nov 6 David Brower, American environmentalist and president (Sierra Club), dies at 88
  • Nov 6 Eddy Bruma, Surinamese politician, lawyer and writer, dies at 75
  • Nov 6 Herbert Brün, German composer, dies at 82
  • Nov 6 L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei), dies at 92
  • Nov 7 Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910)
  • Nov 7 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark, Wife of King Frederik IX, ruler of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 90
  • Nov 8 Brian Boydell, Irish composer, dies at 83
  • Nov 9 Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne), dies at 85
  • Nov 10 Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1969-72), and 3-time President of the National Assembly, dies at 85
  • Nov 11 Hugo Pos, Surinamese-Dutch poet and writer, dies at 86
  • Nov 12 Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader, dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 87
  • Nov 12 John Bury, British stage designer who worked with Peter Hall, dies at 75
  • Nov 12 Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, (b. 1928)
  • Nov 14 Robert Trout, American newscaster (ABC), dies at 91
  • Nov 15 Gene Gutchë [Romeo Eugene Gutschë], German-American composer (Akhenaten; Bongo Divertimento), dies at 93
  • Nov 16 DJ Screw [Robert Earl Davis Jr.], American hip-hop DJ and rapper (Screwed Up Click), dies of codeine overdose coupled with mixed drug intoxication at 29
  • Nov 16 Joe C. [Joseph Calleja], American rapper (hype man for Kid Rock), dies at 26
  • Nov 17 Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
  • Nov 20 Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (Iijoki), dies at 81
  • Nov 20 Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (Ping), dies in a car accident at 42
  • Nov 22 Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)

Emil Zátopek (1922-2000)

Nov 22 Czech distance runner (4 x Olympic gold 1948, 52), dies of a stroke at 78

  • Nov 25 Florizel Glasspole, 3rd Governor-General of Jamaica (1973-91), dies at 91
  • Nov 25 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player, dies at 83
  • Nov 27 Dorothy Woolfolk, American comic book editor (Kryptonite), dies at 87
  • Nov 27 Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
  • Nov 27 Willie Cunningham, Scottish soccer right back (8 caps; Airdrieonians FC, Preston North End 437 games), dies at 75
  • Nov 28 Henry B. González, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1961-99), dies at 84
  • Nov 28 Liane Haid, Austrian actress (Lady Hamilton), dies at 105
  • Nov 29 Lou Groza, American football placekicker & offensive tackle (9 × Pro Bowl; 4 × First-team All-Pro; Cleveland Browns), dies from a heart attack at 76
  • Nov 30 Jānis Kalniņš, Latvian-Canadian organist, composer (Ugunī; New Brunswick Rhapsody), and conductor (Latvian National Opera, 1933–1944), dies at 96
  • Nov 30 Scott Smith, Canadian rock bassist (Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"), drowns in sailing accident near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at 45