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Famous People Who Died in November 2002

  • Nov 2 Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
  • Nov 2 Tonio Selwart [Antonio Selmair-Selwart], German actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja), dies from natural causes at 106
  • Nov 3 (Anthony) "Lonnie" Donegan, British-Scottish singer-songwriter ( as "the King of Skiffle" ("Rock Island Line"; "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)"), known as the "King of Skiffle", dies after a heart attack at 71
  • Nov 3 John Habakkuk [Hrothgar Habakkuk], Welsh economic historian (Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1973–77), dies at 87
  • Nov 3 Jonathan Harris [Charasuchin], American stage and screen character actor (The Bill Dana Show - "Mr. Phillips"; Lost In Space - "Dr Zachary Smith"), dies at 87
  • Nov 4 Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (Yor, the Hunter from the Future), dies at 72
  • Nov 5 Billy Guy [Frank Phillips], American baritone pop singer (The Coasters, 1955-73 - "Charlie Brown"; "Youngblood"), and record producer, dies of cardiovascular disease at 66
  • Nov 5 Stan Burns, American television screenwriter (The Tonight Show, 1954-57; Get Smart; The Carol Burnet Show; The Flip Wilson Show; Dean Martin Roasts), dies of heart failure at 79

Vinnette Carroll (1922-2002)

Nov 5 American actress and 1st African-American woman to direct on Broadway (1972: Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope), dies of heart disease and diabetes at 80

  • Nov 6 Sid Sackson, American board game designer (Asquire), dies at 82
  • Nov 7 Charles Hambro, English banker, multi-millionaire and CEO (Hambros), dies at 72
  • Nov 7 Margaret "Peg" Phillips, American actress (Northern Exposure -"Ruth-Anne"; ER; 7th Heaven), dies of lung disease at 84
  • Nov 7 Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (b. 1923)
  • Nov 8 Jaun Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher, dies at 70
  • Nov 9 Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)
  • Nov 9 William Schutz, American psychologist (b. 1925)
  • Nov 10 Michel Boisrond, French film director and screenwriter, dies at 81
  • Nov 13 Michael “Mike” Stewart, American music producer and guitarist (We Five - Let's Get Together), commits suicide at 57
  • Nov 13 Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925)
  • Nov 14 Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing), dies at 87
  • Nov 14 Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), dies at 89
  • Nov 15 Myra Hindley, English murderess (murdered 5 small children with Ian Brady), dies at 60
  • Nov 15 Sohn Kee-chung, Korean athlete and long-distance runner, dies at 90
  • Nov 17 Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (b. 1915)
  • Nov 17 Leo P. Kelley, American sci-fi author (Dead Moon, Vacation in Space), dies at 74
  • Nov 18 James Coburn, American actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven), dies at 74
  • Nov 18 Kim Gallagher, American athlete (Olympic silver 800m 1984; bronze 1988), dies of colon cancer at 38
  • Nov 19 George Fullerton, South African cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51), dies at 79
  • Nov 21 Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
  • Nov 22 Adele Jergens, American actress (Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man), dies at 84
  • Nov 22 Arne Mellnäs, Swedish contemporary classical composer (Aura; Capricorn Flakes; Rolando furioso), and educator (Royal College of Music, 1963-83), dies at 69
  • Nov 22 C. S. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), dies at 88
  • Nov 22 Parley Baer, American radio, film and television character actor (Gunsmoke; The Andy Griffith Show - "Mayor Stoner"), dies at 88
  • Nov 23 Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
  • Nov 24 John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
  • Nov 25 Karel Reisz, Czech-British filmmaker and director (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; The French Lieutenant's Woman; Who'll Stop the Rain), dies at 76
  • Nov 26 Polo Montañez, Cuban son cubano singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from injuries suffered in a car crash at 47
  • Nov 26 Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur, and horse breeder, dies of a heart attack at 87
  • Nov 28 Dave "Snaker" Ray, American country blues musician, dies of lung cancer at 59
  • Nov 29 Daniel Gélin, French actor (Obsession; Napoléon; The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)), dies of kidney failure at 81
  • Nov 29 George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 75
  • Nov 30 Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)