Deaths November 19 | History by KabAstro

1703 Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies
1719 Jean Deutz van Assendelft, Dutch merchant and Amsterdam regent, dies at 64
1723 Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
1772 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
1773 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician, dies at 51
1785 Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer, dies at 65
1795 Thomas Linley the elder, English musician and tenor, dies at 62

Wolfe Tone (1763-1798)

Irish republican and revolutionary figure (United Irishmen), dies at 35 in unclear circumstances on the day he was to be hanged

1804 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian opera composer, dies at 75
1806 Shah Alam II, 17th Mughal Emperor (1760-1806), dies at 78
1822 Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
1825 Jan Václav Voříšek, Czech pianist, organist, and composer, dies of respiratory arrest at 34

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies from syphilis and typhoid fever at 31

1850 Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician (b. 1780)
1854 Alberich Zwyssig, Swiss composer (Swiss National Anthem), dies at 46
1868 Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
1880 Bernard ter Haar, Dutch poet (Herbert and Clara) and church historian, dies at 74
1883 Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German engineer and inventor (laid undersea cables), dies at 60

Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)

American poet ("Give us your tired & poor", "New Colossus" - on the base of Statue of Liberty), dies likely from Hodgkin's lymphoma at 38

1897 William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (b. 1810).
1899 (Maria) Catharina Beersmans, Belgian stage actress (Medea; The Empty Cradle; The Bad Shepherds), dies at 55
1899 John William Dawson, Canadian geologist, dies at 79
1908 Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor, dies at 79
1910 Rudolf Fittig, German chemist (synthesizing organic compounds), dies at 74
1911 Ramon Caceres, President of the Dominican Republic (1906-11), murdered at 44
1915 Joe Hill [Joel Hägglund], Swedish-American labor activist and protest songwriter ("The Preacher and the Slave"; "There Is Power in a Union"), executed at Sugar House Prison in Salt Lake City, Utah for murder at 36
1915 Solomon Schechter, Moldavian-American Talmudic scholar and rabbi, dies at about 64
1917 Basil Grieve, English cricket batsman (2 Tests), dies at 53
1922 Frank Bacon, American playwright, actor and author (Lightnin'), dies from a heart attack at 58
1923 Frans Netscher, Dutch author and journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59
1924 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered
1924 Thomas Ince, American film director (b. 1882)
1928 Achille Simonetti, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 71
1929 Arthur Henry Mann, English organist and composer (Kings College Cambridge, Church of England Hymnal), dies at 79
1931 Frederic Cliffe, English composer, dies at 74
1931 Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet, dies in a plane crash at 34
1933 Enrique José Varona, Cuban author, dies at 84
1935 Freddie Calthorpe, English cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies of cancer at 43
1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle
1938 Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher, dies at 72
1940 Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist, dies at 75
1942 Bruno Schulz, Polish writer (The Street of Crocodiles), shot and killed by German Nazi at 50
1942 Édouard Combe, Swiss composer, dies at 76
1943 André Antoine, French actor and stage manager (founded Théâtre-Libre), dies at 85
1948 Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer of travel literature (Life on Puka Puka), dies at 52
1949 James Ensor, Flemish painter and etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89
1950 Thomas Wood, English composer, dies at 57
1951 Pete Hill, American Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL lifetime batting average: .326) and manager (Detroit Stars, Baltimore Black Sox), dies at 69
1954 Walter Bartley Wilson, English founding member of Cardiff City F.C., dies at 84
1956 Francis L Sullivan, British actor (Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Missing Rembrandt), dies from a lung ailment at 53
1959 Edward C. Tolman, American psychologist (behaviorism), dies at 73
1959 Gerard J. Arbous, actor and publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83
1959 Joseph Charbonneau, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal, dies at 67
1960 Phyllis Haver, American actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
1961 Dorothy Heyward (née Kuhns), American playwright (Porgy), and novelist, dies at 71
1963 Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50
1967 Charles J. Watters, US Army chaplain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
1967 João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands), dies at 59
1971 Bill Stern, American sportscaster (first televised college football game), dies of a heart attack at 64
1973 Cyril Allcott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 113 runs @ 22.6, 6 wickets; Auckland), dies at 77
1974 George Brunies, American musician (b. 1902)
1974 Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (Harriet the Spy), dies at 46
1975 Roger D. Branigin, American politician (b. 1902)
1976 Basil Spence, Scottish architect (Coventry Cathedral), dies at 69
1976 Wayne Millner, American NFL Hall of Fame football end, 1936-45 (Boston/Washington Redskins), and US Navy WWII veteran, dies of a heart attack at 63
1977 William "Sonny" Criss, American bebop jazz saxophonist (Jazz U.S.A.), commits suicide while suffering from stomach cancer at 50
1980 Andreas Nezertis, Greek composer, dies at 82
1981 Griffiths Mxenge, South African anti-apartheid activist, murdered at 46
1982 Erving Goffman, American sociologist (Asylums), dies at 60
1982 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer ("Como golondrinas"; "Enamorada"), and actress, dies of a heart attack at 70
1983 Peter Coffield, American actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
1983 Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist, dies at 79
1983 Tom Evans, British rock guitarist, bass player, and singer-songwriter (Badfinger - "Come and Get It"; "Without You": "Maybe Tomorrow"), commits suicide at 36
1984 George D. Aiken, American politician (Senator-R-Vermont, 1941-75), dies at 92
1985 Lall Singh, Indian cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies at 75
1985 Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Perry], American actor (Miracle in Harlem) 1st African American film star, dies of pneumonia 83
1988 Christina Onassis, Greek heiress, daughter of Aristotle Onassis, dies of heart failure at 37
1990 Georgy Flyorov, Soviet-Russian physicist (spontaneous fission, Soviet atomic bomb project), dies at 77
1990 Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War), dies at 89
1991 Reggie Nalder, Austrian actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80
1992 Bobby Russell, American songwriter ("Honey"; "Little Green Apples"), dies at 52
1992 Diane Varsi, American actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54
1992 Dorothy Walker Bush, American mother of President George H. W. Bush, dies at 91
1993 Dorothy Revier, American actress (Sally on the Subway), dies at 89
1994 Dedrick Gobert, American actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22
1994 Julian Symons, British crime writer and poet, dies at 82
1994 Li Yuan-chia, Chinese artist, dies at 65
1995 Bruce Trent [William Butters], British stage singer and actor (Stars In Battledress; The Burning Boat), dies at 83
1995 Gwen Swire, British social worker, dies at 61
1995 Martha Hill, American modern dancer and teacher (Juilliard), dies at 94
1995 Shirley Bergeron, American Cajun singer and guitarist, dies at 62
1996 Denis Jenkinson, British motor racing journalist, dies at 74
1996 Edward Kassner, Austrian-born music publisher, dies at 76
1996 Ian Bancroft, British civil servant (Head of the UK Civil Service), dies at 73
1996 Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, Indian journalist and diplomat (The Problem with India), dies at 90
1997 Christina Corrigan, American obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13
1997 Durlyn Eddmonds, American murderer, executed at 45
1997 Walter Stewart, American murderer, executed at 42
1998 "Alan J Pakula, American filmmaker (All the President's Men; Sophie;s Choice; Klute), dies in a car accident at 70 [1]
1998 Earl Kim, Korean-American composer, dies at 78
1998 Glenn Reeves, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and radio deejay ("Heartbreak Hotel"), dies of cancer at 67
1998 Ted Fujita, Japanese-born American meteorologist (b. 1920)
1999 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American magazine editor, painter and photographer (639), dies at 87
2001 Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
2002 George Fullerton, South African cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51), dies at 79
2003 Greg Ridley, British rock bassist (Spooky Tooth; Humble Pie), dies of pneumonia at 56
2003 Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)
2004 Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
2004 John R. Vane, English pharmacologist (Nobel 1982), dies at 77
2004 Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b. 1914)
2004 Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
2005 Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)
2006 Edward Ford, courtier in the Royal Household of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 96
2007 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, dies at 91
2007 Jim Ringo, American Pro Football HOF center (7 × First-team All-Pro; 10 × Pro Bowl; Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Buffalo Bills 1976–77), dies at 75
2007 Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer (Quiet Riot), dies of an overdose at 53
2007 Mike Gregory, English rugby league footballer, dies from progressive muscular atrophy at 43
2008 Carole Caldwell Graebner, American tennis player (US Open doubles 1965, Australian Open doubles 1966), dies of cancer at 65
2009 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Nederlandse Opera, 1950-70), dies at 84
2010 Pat Burns, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame coach (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins; Stanley Cup 2002-03 New Jersey Devils), dies from cancer at 58
2011 Basil D'Oliveira, English cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 2,484 @ 40.06, 47 wickets), dies form Parkinson's disease at 80
2011 John Neville, English theatre and film actor, dies at 86
2011 Michael Hastings, British playwright, dies at 74
2012 Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), dies at 79
2012 Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82
2013 Charlotte Zolotow, American author and publisher of children's books (When the Wind Stops), dies at 98
2013 Frederick Sanger, British biochemist (worked out structure of insulin, developed Sanger sequencing to sequence complete genome, Nobel Prize 1958, 1980), dies at 95

Mike Nichols (1931-2014)

German-American film director (Catch 22, The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), dies from cardiac arrest at 83

2014 Ralph "Riff" West, American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), dies at 64
2015 Armand [Herman van Loenhout], Dutch singer (Blommenkinders), dies at 69
2015 Rex Reason, American actor (This Island Earth, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), dies at 86

Charles Manson (1934-2017)

American criminal, murderer and cult leader (Manson Family), dies of natural causes at 83

2017 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; Royal Family), dies at 86

Jana Novotna (1968-2017)

Czech tennis player (Wimbledon 1998; WTA Tour C'ship 1997), dies of cancer at 49

2017 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), dies of respiratory failure at 85
2020 André Quilis, French rugby union flanker (5 caps; RC Narbonne), dies at 79
2020 Jake Scott, American College Football Hall of Fame safety (Uni of Georgia; 5×Pro Bowl; 2×First-team All-Pro; Super Bowl 1972 [MVP], 73; Miami Dolphins), dies from head injuries in a fall at 75
2021 Don Kojis, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1968, 69; Detroit Pistons, SD Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics), dies at 82
2021 Hank Von Helvete [Hans-Erik Husby], Norwegian punk rock singer (Turbonegro), dies at 46
2022 Danny Kalb, American blues guitarist (The Blues Project), dies at 80
2022 Fausto Razzi, Italian composer, choral director, and educator, dies at 90
2023 Hannes Strydom, South African rugby union lock (21 Tests; Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Super Rugby Cats), dies in a car accident at 58
2023 Joss Ackland, British actor (To Kill a Priest, White Mischief), dies at 95 [1]
2023 Rosalynn Carter (née Smith), American activist and First Lady (1977-81), dies at 96 [1]