Deaths November 22 | History by KabAstro

Blackbeard (c. 1680-1718)

Notorious English pirate who operated in the West Indies and eastern coast of North America, dies in battle at 38

1751 Anton Englert, German composer and organist, dies at 77
1758 Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
1773 Robert Clive, English explorer and founder (British Empire in India), dies at 49
1776 Johann Caspar Simon, German organist and composer, dies at 75
1781 Jan Ekels the Elder, Amsterdam painter and cartoonist, dies at 57
1782 John Barueth, vicar/pamphleter, dies
1782 John de Mol, Dutch porcelain manufacturer, dies at 56
1783 John Hanson, American Continental Congressman and 1st US President under Articles of Confederation, dies at 68
1794 John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1799 Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed
1803 Bernardus Bosch, Dutch vicar and poet, dies at 57
1813 Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer, dies at 63
1825 Anne Bailey (née Herris), British-American revolutionary war scout and messenger, and pioneer woman, known as 'Mad Anne", dies at 85
1826 Pavel Lambert Mašek, Czech composer, dies at 65
1852 August Alexander Klengel, German pianist and composer, dies at 69
1859 Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75
1871 Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned

Henry Wilson (1812-1875)

American politician, 18th Vice President (Republican: 1873-75) and Senator (Massachusetts 1855-73), dies of a stroke at 63

1886 William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
1890 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
1893 James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826)
1896 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer and inventor (Ferris Wheel), dies of typhoid fever at 37
1896 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, Polish composer, dies at 65
1896 Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), dies at 64

British composer (The Golden Legend; Onward, Christian Soldiers), major-generally remembered for his comic operas with W.S. Gilbert (The Pirates of Penzance:, H.M.S Pinafore; The Mikado), dies of heart failure at 58

1901 Aleksandr Kovalevsky, Russian biologist (founded comparative embryology and experimental histology and identified a common pattern of embryological development in all multi-cellular animals), dies at 61
1902 Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG - supplied the German Navy), dies of suspected suicide after being outed as a homosexual in Italian newspapers and in the German Social Democratic magazine Vorwärts
1902 Septimus Winner, American songwriter ("Listen To The Mockingbird"), dies at 75
1904 Theophile E A de Bock, painter/etcher, dies
1906 Ernst Josephson, Swedish painter, dies at 55
1907 Asaph Hall, American astronomer who discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos & Deimos), dies at 78

Jack London (1876-1916)

American activist and author (Call of the Wild), dies at 40

1917 Teoberto Maler, German-born explorer (b. 1842)
1919 Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (Patagonia), and museum founder (he La Plata Museum of Natural History), dies at 67
1920 Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
1923 Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker), and namesake of a lunar crater, dies at 83
1924 Herman Heijermans, Dutch writer (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies at 59
1926 Darvish Khan, Iranian classical tar (Persian lute) player, dies in a vehicle accident at 54
1932 William Walker Atkinson, American author (b. 1862)
1936 Louis Apol, Dutch painter, etcher and literary, dies at 86
1940 Wacław Rawicz [Berent], Polish biologist and writer, dies at 67
1941 Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist, dies of illness at 55
1941 Werner Mölders, German ace fighter pilot (b. 1915)

Lorenz Hart (1895-1943)

American lyricist, usually to music of Richard Rodgers ("I Could Write A Book"; "My Funny Valentine"), dies of pneumonia from exposure after drinking heavily in NYC at 48

1943 Pietro Alessandro Yon, Italian organist and composer, dies at 57
1944 Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist, cosmologist and mathematician (stars), dies at 61
1944 George Clausen, English painter, dies at 92
1946 Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (South Africa's Test), dies
1946 Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (Reich Minister of Justice 1942-45), dies at 57
1953 Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad, dies at 69
1954 Andrej J. Vysjinski, Russian lawyer and UN ambassador, dies at 70
1954 Moroni Olsen, American actor (Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White), dies at 65
1954 Roderick McMahon, Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882)
1955 Guy Ropartz, French composer, dies at 91 (b. 1864)

Shemp Howard (1895-1955)

American actor and comedian (3 Stooges), dies of a heart attack at 60

1956 Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 74
1956 Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney, dies at 77

Molla Mallory (1884-1959)

American-Norwegian tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1915-18, 20-22, 26), dies at 75

1959 Sam M. Lewis [Levine] American singer and lyricist ("Street of Dreams"; "Just Friends"; "Dinah"), dies at 74
1960 Fred Van Eps, American banjoist and banjo maker, dies at 81
1962 René Coty, French politician and President of France (1954-59), dies at 80 [1]

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

English author (Brave New World), dies at 69

1963 Bikram Singh, Indian Army Lt-General (Kashmir), killed in a helicopter crash in Poonch district, at 52

C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

British author (The Chronicles of Narnia), dies of renal failure at 64

1963 Daulet Singh, Indian Lt-General, killed in a helicopter crash in Poonch district
1963 Erlic Pinto, Indian air vice marshal (Annexation of Goa), killed at 42 in a helicopter crash in Poonch district
1963 J. D. Tippit, American police officer, murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald at 39, shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

35th President of the United States (1961-63) and Senator (D-Mass), assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas at 46

1963 Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1963 William R. Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87
1966 Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez, 1st Prime Minister of Dutch Antilles, dies at 59
1967 Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer and librarian, dies at 86
1967 Pavel Korin, Russian painter (Farewell to Rus), dies at 75
1969 Acario Cotapos, Chilean composer, dies at 80
1971 (Edward Elzear) "Zez" Confrey, American jazz pianist and composer ("Kitten on the Keys"; "Dizzy Fingers."), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 76
1971 Walter Sande, American actor (To Have and Have Not), dies of a heart attack at 65
1975 François de Roubaix, French film score composer, dies in diving accident at 36
1976 Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59
1977 Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies
1980 Herbert Wade, cricketer (South African batsman and captain 1935-36), dies
1980 Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77

Mae West (1893-1980)

American stage and screen actress, writer (She Done Him Wrong; I'm No Angel), and singer (Way Out West), dies in Hollywood at 87

1980 Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
1981 Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74
1981 Hans Krebs, German-British doctor and research biochemist specializing in metabolic reactions (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1953), dies at 81 [1]
1981 Jack Fingleton, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 1,189 runs @ 42.46, 5 x 100s), dies at 73
1982 Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80

Jean Batten (1909-1982)

New Zealand aviator (first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936), dies at 73

1982 Max Deutsch, Austrian-French composer, dies at 90
1983 Michael Conrad, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Hill Street Blues - "Sgt. Phil Esterhaus"), dies of cancer at 58
1986 (Benjamin) "Scatman" Crothers, American singer, musician ("I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird"), and actor (Chico and the Man - "Louie"; The Shining), dies of lung cancerat 76
1986 Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1947), dies at 65
1986 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, dies at 73
1986 Robert Whitney, American conductor (Louisville Orchestra, 1937-67), educator (University of Louisville, 1956-71), and composer, dies at 82
1987 Ted Taylor, American R&B singer ("Stay Away From My Baby"), dies in a car crash at 58
1988 Erich Fried, Austrian-British writer, dies at 67
1988 Janet Ertel, crooner, dies
1988 Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (Casa Luis Barragán; Pritzker Prize - 1980), dies at 86

Raymond Dart (1893-1988)

Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus africanus), dies at 95 [1]

1989 C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
1989 Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon
1989 Vijay Rajindernath, Indian cricketer wicket keeper, dies at 61
1991 Jac de Jong [Jacobus Hendrik de Jong], Dutch entrepreneur and politician (Nedac-Sorbo), dies
1992 Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81
1992 Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), dies at 87

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)

British novelist and essayist (A Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76

1994 Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies
1994 John Michael Grimes, British set designer (Philby, Burgess and MacLean), dies at 70
1994 L V Johnson, American session soul and R&B guitarist and Chicago blues singer-songwriter ("Don't Cha Mess with My Money, My Honey or My Woman"), dies at 47
1994 Norma Donaldson, American singer and actress (Poetic Justice; 5 Heartbeats), dies at 68
1995 Ambrose Sam, American Creole accordionist, dies at 76
1995 Edna Deane, British ballroom dancer, choreographer and drama teacher, dies at 90
1995 John Putz, journalist, dies at 89
1995 Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist (National Welfare Rights Association), dies at 69
1995 Norman Potter, English cabinetmaker, designer and writer, dies at 72
1996 Maria Casares [Pérez], Spanish-French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice), dies at 73
1996 Mark Lenard, American actor (Mr Spock's dad Sarek - Star Trek), dies of cancer at 72
1996 Terence Donovan, English fashion photographer, film and video director, commits suicide at 60
1997 Harry Kissin, Baron Kissin, British businessman and President (GPG), dies at 85
1997 Joanna Moore [Dorothy Cook] American actress (Bronk; The Hindenburg), dies of lung cancer at 63

Michael Hutchence (1960-1997)

Australian rock vocalist (INXS - "Devil Inside": "New Sensation"), and actor (Dogs in Space), commits suicide at 37

1998 Stu Unger, American poker player (b. 1953)
2000 Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)

Emil Zátopek (1922-2000)

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

2001 Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
2001 Norman Granz, American jazz record producer (Verve Records; Pablo Records), and impresario (Jazz at the Philharmonic), dies of cancer at 83
2002 Adele Jergens, American actress (Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man), dies at 84
2002 Arne Mellnäs, Swedish contemporary classical composer (Aura; Capricorn Flakes; Rolando furioso), and educator (Royal College of Music, 1963-83), dies at 69
2002 C. S. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), dies at 88
2002 Parley Baer, American radio, film and television character actor (Gunsmoke; The Andy Griffith Show - "Mayor Stoner"), dies at 88
2003 Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), dies at 88
2005 Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (youngest to ride winner of English Grand National on Battleship 1938), dies at 84
2006 Gilles Grégoire, Quebec politician (co-founder of the Parti Québécois), dies at 80
2006 Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2006 Ria Beckers, Dutch politician and leader of the progressive Christian party PPR, dies at 67
2007 Maurice Béjart, Father of the Ballet Renewal(b. 1929)
2007 Reg Park, British bodybuilder (Mr Universe 1951, 58, 65), dies at 79
2007 Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer, 1st producer of Doctor Who, dies at 71
2008 MC Breed, American hip hop artist (b. 1971)
2010 Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist (b. 1914)
2010 Jean Cione, American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (b. 1928)
2011 Lana Peters [Svetlana Stalina], Stalin's daughter, dies at 85
2011 Lynn Margulis, American biologist (serial endosymbiotic theory), dies at 73
2011 Paul Motian, American jazz drummer (Bill Evans Trio; Keith Jarrett), composer, and bandleader (Electric Bebop Band), dies of bone marrow cancer at 80
2011 Ray Flockton, Australian cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's), dies at 81
2012 Bryce Courtenay, South African-born Australian novelist, dies from stomach cancer at 79
2012 David Allyn [Albert DiLello], American jazz singer (Boyd Raeburn Band), dies at 93 [1]
2013 Reg Simpson, English cricket batsman (27 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 156no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 93
2014 Alvin Brehm, American musician and composer, dies at 89
2015 Kim Young-sam, politician and activist - President of South Korea (1993-98), dies at 87
2017 Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone, dies of brain cancer at 55
2017 John Hendricks, American lyricist and singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), dies at 96
2018 Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st African-American mayor of a major US city (Hartford), dies at 87
2018 Imrat Khan, Indian sitar and surbahar player and composer, dies of a stroke at 83
2018 Willie Naulls, American basketball small forward (NBA C'ship 1964, 65, 66 Boston Celtics; 4 × NBA All-Star; NY Knicks), dies from respiratory failure at 84
2019 Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer, dies at 111
2019 Eddie Duran, American jazz guitarist (Vince Guaraldi; Cal Tjader; Benny Goodman), dies at 94
2019 Stephen Cleobury, British organist and music director (King's College - Cambridge, 1982-2019), dies of cancer at 70
2020 Doris de Agostini-Rossetti, Swiss alpine skier (Downhill World Cup 1982/1983), dies at 62
2020 Maurice Setters, English soccer wing half (West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Stoke City) and manager (Doncaster Rovers), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 83
2020 Ray Prosser, Welsh rugby union prop (22 caps Wales, 1 British & Irish Lions; Pontypool) and coach (Pontypool RFC 1969-87), dies at 93
2021 Doug Jones, American baseball relief pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies), dies from COVID-19 at 64
2022 Edward Kellett-Bowman, British businessman and politician (Member of European Parliament, 1979-84 & 1988-99), dies at 90
2022 Greg Bear, American sci-fi author (Eon, Eternity), dies following surgery at 71 [1]
2022 Pablo Milanés, Cuban Nueva Trova singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yolanda; Yo Me Quedo), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
2023 Jean Knight [Caliste], American soul, funk, and R&B singer ("Mr. Big Stuff"), and nurse, dies at 80 [1]