Deaths November 18 | History by KabAstro

1827 Wilhelm Hauff, German writer, dies at 24
1841 Georg Christoph Grosheim, German composer, dies at 77
1851 Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80
1852 Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60
1854 Edward Forbes, English Naturalist and pioneer in the field of biogeography, dies of an illness at 39
1883 Wilhelm Siemens, German-British physicist and inventor (open-hearth furnace), dies at 60

Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886)

21st President of the United States (1881-85), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 57

1887 Eduard Marxsen, German pianist and composer, dies at 81
1887 Gustav Fechner, German psychologist and physicist (Weber–Fechner law), dies at 86
1887 Heinrich Panofka, German violist and composer, dies at 80
1889 William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68
1904 Justus van Maurik, Dutch author and cigar manufacturer, dies at 58
1909 Renee Vivien, British-born poet, wrote in French, dies at 32
1917 Henry Spiekman, Dutch journalist and politician (co-founder Social Democratic Workers' Party), dies of leukemia at 43
1918 Reggie Schwartz, English cricket spin bowler (20 Tests South Africa, 55 wickets, BB 6/47) and rugby union fly half (3 Tests England), dies from Spanish flu at 43
1919 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (Riemann–Hurwitz formula), dies at 60
1919 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Dutch socialist politician (1st Socialist MP in parliament), dies at 72
1922 Marcel Proust, French intellectual and author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51
1929 Henricus van de Wetering, Archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78
1941 Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (Labour Party), dies at 74
1941 Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet who wrote in French, dies inside a mental hospital at 61
1941 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist and chemist (Nobel Prize, 1920), dies at 77 [1]
1946 Donald Meek, Scottish-American stage and screen actor (You Can't Take It With You; Stagecoach), dies of leukemia at 68
1946 John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
1946 Johnny Lush, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1904-10 (Philadelphia Phillies, St . Louis Cardinals 2 no-hitters - 1 official, 1 rain-shortened), dies at 61
1950 Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60
1951 Johan van Maarseveen, Dutch Minister of Justice and Internal minister, dies at 57
1951 Václav Kálik, Czech composer, dies at 60
1951 Will Vodery, African-American theater and film arranger, orchestrator (Showboat; Ziegfeld's Follies; Blackbirds), and composer (From Dixie to Broadway), dies at 66
1952 Paul Éluard, French communist and poet, dies at 56
1953 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), dies at 52
1958 Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1910), dies
1959 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician, dies at 65
1959 Arthur Q Bryan, American voice actor, comedian and radio personality (Beulah, The Devil Bat), dies from a heart attack at 60
1961 Clarence "Bud" Pinkston, American diver (Olympic gold 10m platform, silver 3m springboard 1920), dies at 61
1962 Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63

Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

Danish physicist who expanded quantum physics (Nobel Prize 1922), dies at 77

1965 Henry A. Wallace, American editor and politician (33rd US Vice-President 1941-45, founded Progressive Party), dies at 77 [1]
1966 Béla Tardos, Hungarian composer (A beke napja alatt (Under the Sun of Peace), dies at 56
1966 Jean-Pierre Peugeot III, French auto manufacturer (Peugeot), dies at 70
1968 Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger], American film producer (Cleopatra), dies at 74

Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969)

American businessman, diplomat and father of JFK, RFK and Teddy, dies at 81

1969 Léon Jongen, Belgian organist, composer, and academic, dies at 85
1969 Ted Heath, British jazz trombonist, composer, and big bandleader, dies at 67
1970 Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
1971 (Herman) "Junior" Parker, American blues and soul singer and musician (Mystery Train), dies during brain tumor surgery at 39
1972 Danny Whitten, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Crazy Horse; Rod Stewart - "I Don't Want To Talk About It"), dies of a methaqualone overdose at 29
1972 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, Ecuadorian composer and musicologist, dies at 90
1976 Man Ray, American artist (Dada), dies at 86
1977 Davey O'Brien, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1938, Texas Christian University; NFL: Philadelphia Eagles), dies from cancer at 60
1977 Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (Dictator of the Austrian Federal State), dies at 79
1977 Victor Francen, Belgian actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89

Jim Jones (1931-1978)

American pastor and leader of the Peoples Temple cult (Jonestown Massacre), commits suicide at 47

1978 Lennie Tristano, American jazz pianist (The New Tristano), dies of a heart attack at 59
1978 Leo Ryan, American teacher and politician (U.S. House of Representatives from California, 1973-78), assassinated at 53 in Jonestown, Guyana
1979 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball pitcher (MLB record career double plays [79] 1938-64) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), dies of a heart attack at 78
1980 Conn Smythe, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs 1927-61; Stanley Cup x 8), dies of heart failure at 85
1982 Donald Dillaway, American stage and screen actor (Min and Bill; Platinum Blonde), dies at 79
1982 Heinar Kipphardt, German writer and playwright (In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer), dies at 60
1983 Hilton Smith, American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 x NgL All Star; Monroe Monarchs, Kansas City Monarchs), dies at 76
1983 Ivan Albright, American painter (Door, Window), dies at 86
1984 Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping), dies at 77
1986 Gia Carangi, American model (AIDS) (b. 1960)
1986 Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian conductor, composer, musicologist and professor, dies at 87

Jacques Anquetil (1934-1987)

French road cyclist (Tour de France 1957, 61-64; first 5-time winner), dies of stomach cancer at 53

1989 Henry de Vries, Dutch painter and poet (Toovertuin), dies at 83
1990 Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies
1991 Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
1992 Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), dies from stroke at 82
1992 Herman Musaph, Dutch Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, dermatologist and sexologist, dies at 76
1992 Superman, fictional character, killed by Doomsday at 54
1993 Fritz Feld, German actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus, Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93

Cab Calloway (1907-1994)

American singer, bandleader ("Minnie the Moocher"; "The Jumpin' Jive"), writer, radio host, and actor (The Blues Brothers), dies at 86

1994 Christopher Joyce, British photographer, dies at 51
1994 Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
1995 Miron Grindea, Romanian-born literary editor (ADAM International Review), dies at 86
1995 Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer
1996 David Herbert, English publisher (The Herbert Press), dies at 69 [1]
1996 Douglas Guest, British organist, choir master (Westminster Abbey, 1963-81), conductor, and composer (For the Fallen), dies at 80 [1]
1996 John Vassall, British spy and civil servant (spied for Soviet Union), dies at 72
1997 Joyce Wethered, British golfer (English Ladies' champion 1920–24), dies at 96
1998 Norma Connolly, American actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital, The Young Marrieds), dies at 71

Doug Sahm (1941-1999)

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

1999 Paul Bowles, American novelist (The Sheltering Sky), translator, and composer, dies at 88
2002 James Coburn, American actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven), dies at 74
2002 Kim Gallagher, American athlete (Olympic silver 800m 1984; bronze 1988), dies of colon cancer at 38

Ken Brett (1948-2003)

American baseball player, dies at 55

2003 Michael Kamen, American composer and arranger (film scores to Brazil and Mr. Holland's Opus; Pink Floyd), dies from a heart attack at 55
2004 Cy Coleman [Seymour Kaufman], American jazz pianist, songwriter ("Witchcraft"; "The Best Is Yet to Come"), and Tony Award-winning composer (The Will Rogers Follies; Sweet Charity), dies of cardiac arrest at 75
2005 Harold J Stone, American actor (Spartacus, The Wrong Man), dies at 92
2009 Bill Narum, American counter-culture figure, illustrator and rock poster and album art designer (ZZ Top), dies at 62
2009 Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), dies at 74
2009 Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
2010 Brian G. Marsden, British astronomer (Smithsonian's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 1978-2006), dies at 73
2011 David Langdon, English newspaper and magazine cartoonist (Sunday Mirror), dies at 97 [1]
2011 Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 69
2012 Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian Woman Grandmaster of chess, dies from brain cancer at 55
2012 Philip Ledger, British organist, composer, conductor, and academic (King's College Cambridge), dies of cancer at 74
2014 Dave Appell, American musician, arranger, musical director (Ernie Kovacs), record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn), and songwriter, dies at 92
2015 Erik Lotichius, Dutch composer (Anaitalrax), dies at 86
2015 Jim Slater, British financier and writer, dies at 86

Jonah Lomu (1975-2015)

New Zealand rugby union winger (youngest ever All Black, 63 internationals), dies of a heart attack linked to kidney disease at 40

2015 Mal Whitfield, American track athlete (Olympic 3 gold, silver & bronze 1948, 52), dies at 91
2016 Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant), dies at 96
2016 Sharon Jones, American soul singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings), dies of cancer at 60
2017 Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), dies from endometrial cancer at 61
2017 Malcolm Young, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (founding member of AC/DC), dies at 64
2017 Mother Flawless Sabrina [Jack Doroshow], American LGBT activist and drag queen who was a pioneer for transgender people and drag queens, dies at 78
2018 Jerry Frankel, American Broadway producer, dies at 88
2018 Larry Pickering, Australian political cartoonist and illustrator, dies of lung cancer at 76
2019 Michael Putland, British portrait photographer and photojournalist who focused on musicians (Disc & Music Echo magazine; album cover art), dies of prostate cancer at 72
2020 Adam Musiał, Polish soccer defender (34 caps; Wisła Kraków) and manager (Wisła Kraków, Lechia Gdańsk, Stal Stalowa Wola), dies at 71
2020 Pim Doesburg, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (8 caps; Eredivisie record 687 games; Sparta, PSV), dies at 77
2021 Dzyanis Kowba, Belarusian soccer defensive midfielder (36 caps; PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara 247 games), dies from complications of COVID-19 at 42
2021 Kim Suominen, Finnish soccer midfielder (39 caps; TPS, FF Jaro), dies at 52
2021 Slide Hampton [Locksley Wellington Hampton], American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger, dies at 89
2022 Ned Rorem, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra; Evidence of Things Not Seen), and author (The Paris Diary), dies at 99 [1]
2023 David Del Tredici, American pianist, Neo-Romantic composer, and 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner (In Memory of a Summer Day), dies of Parkinson's disease at 86 [1]
2023 Ruud Geels, Dutch soccer striker (20 caps; Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles, Club Brugge, Ajax, Anderlecht, Sparta, PSV, NAC), diess at 75