Deaths November 23 | History by KabAstro

1694 Jean Talon, French official in New France (1st Intendent of New France, organized 800 'Kings Daughters'), dies at 68
1709 Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch-English earl of Portland, dies at 60
1752 Conrad Michael Schneider, German composer and organist, dies at 79
1763 Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier who commanded Austrian imperial forces (b. 1673)
1769 Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711)
1787 Anton Schweitzer, German composer, dies at 52
1804 Richard Graves, English writer (The Spiritual Quixote), dies at 89
1806 Roger Newdigate, British politician (sat in the House of Commons 1742-80), dies at 87
1807 Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician, dies at 60
1814 Elbridge Gerry, American politician signer of Declaration of Independence, 5th Vice-President of the US (under James Madison, 1813-14), and namesake of "gerrymander", dies at 70
1826 Johann Bode, German astronomer (Titius–Bode Law), dies at 79
1829 Ritta and Christina Parodi, Sardinian siamese twins, die at 8 months
1848 Alfred Julius Becher, Austrian journalist and composer, dies at 45
1848 John Barrow, 1st Baronet, English statesman and founder of the Royal Geographical Society, dies at 84
1853 Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, Spanish choirmaster and composer, dies at 67

1853 Friedrich Schneider, German keyboardist, composer, and conductor, dies at 67
1864 Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German-Russian astronomer, dies at 71
1865 Josef Leopold Zvonař, Czech organist and composer, dies at 41
1865 René E. de Russy, West Indian US brigadier general, dies at about 75
1872 Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), American poet/Comanche chief, dies
1890 Willem III, King of the Netherlands (1849-90), dies at 73
1902 Walter Reed, U.S. Army physician and bacteriologist who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever, dies at 51
1910 Hawley Harvey Crippen [Dr Crippen], American homeopath and first killer to be caught with the aid of wireless telegraphy, dies by hanging at 48
1911 Bernard Tancred, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Northern Cape), dies at 46
1916 Eduard Napravnik, Czech conductor and composer, dies at 77
1916 Leonard Moon, English cricket batsman (4 Tests, Cambridge University CC, Middlesex CCC), dies in WWI action at 38
1920 Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
1923 Urmuz [Demetru Dem. Demetrescu-Buzău], Romanian writer (Bizarre Pages), commits suicide at 40
1926 Frederic Ayers, American composer, dies at 50
1927 Stanisław Przybyszewski, Polish writer and dramatist, dies at 59

1929 Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer, dies at 29
1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor and pianist, dies at 46
1932 Percy Pitt, English composer (BBC), dies at 63
1934 E. A. Wallis Budge, English orientalist and museum curator (British Museum), dies at 77
1934 Giovanni Brunero, Italian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia General classification 1921, 22, 26), dies at 39
1935 Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, dies at 65
1937 George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
1937 Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, ploymath and writer, dies at 78
1937 Louis Victor Saar, Dutch-American composer, dies at 68
1938 August Kiehl, Dutch actor (Op hoop van zegen, De kribbebijter), dies at 84
1940 Catharina van Rennes, Dutch composer, dies at 82
1943 Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74
1946 Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered

Hack Wilson (1900-1948)

American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (MLB single season record 191 RBI 1930; NL HR leader 1926–28, 30; NL RBI leader 1929, 30; Chicago Cubs), dies of internal haemorrhaging at 48

1948 Stanner E.V. Taylor, American director and screenwriter (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
1948 Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Soviet composer who composed the anthem used by Azerbaijan during the Soviet period, dies at 63
1949 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and jurist, dies at 71
1952 Aaro A. Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer and poet, dies at 59
1952 Albert van Raalte, Dutch conductor (AVRO - Dutch Radio Orchestra, 1928-40), dies at 62
1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61
1962 Gloria Gordon, English actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81
1962 H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch-English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
1965 Frank Debenham, Australian geographer and geologist, dies at 81
1966 Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician and President of Ireland (1945-59), dies at 84
1967 Freddie Martin, West Indian cricket batsman, (9 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), dies at 74
1969 (Donnell) "Spade" Cooley, American Western swing fiddler, bandleader, and television personality ("Shame On You"), dies of a heart attack during the intermission of a performance at 58
1970 Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60
1971 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Victoria CA), dies at 66
1972 Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), dies of cancer at 56
1973 Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64
1973 Constance Talmadge, US comedienne (Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75
1973 Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), dies at 73
1973 Paul Newlan, actor (Capt Grey-M Squad), dies
1973 Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut's Tomb), dies at 40
1973 Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83
1974 Cornelius Ryan, Irish war reporter and historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54
1974 Páll Ísólfsson, Icelandic organist and composer, dies at 81

André Malraux (1901-1976)

French novelist and art historian (La Condition Humaine), dies at 75

1979 Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter ("Crayon Angels"; "Jesus Was A Cross Maker"), dies of a drug overdose at 35
1979 Merle Oberon, British actress (That Uncertain Feeling, Wuthering Heights), dies from a stroke at 68
1979 Richard Rovere, American political journalist (Goldwater Caper), dies at 64
1980 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman and captain (10 Tests, 327 runs; Natal), dies at 75
1980 Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
1982 "Reverend" Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
1983 Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
1983 Sybold van Ravesteyn, Dutch architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht), dies at 94
1983 Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (Armaan), dies at 45
1987 Alton Adams, American composer (1st black bandmaster in the United States Navy), dies at 98
1987 Marcia Henderson, American actress (Aldrich Family -"Kathleen"; Peter Pan), dies of lupus at 58
1989 Armand Salacrou, French playwright, dies at 90
1990 Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
1990 Nguyen Van Tam, Prime Minister of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
1990 Renate Rubinstein, German-Dutch author and columnist (Tamar), dies at 61

Roald Dahl (1916-1990)

British author (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG), dies at 74

1991 Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82
1991 Klaus Kinski [Naksynski], German-Polish actor (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65
1992 Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
1992 Roy Acuff, American country fiddler, singer ("Wabash Cannonball"; Grand Ole Opry), and music publisher (Acuff-Rose Music), dies of congestive heart failure at 89
1992 Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76
1993 Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, dies at 89
1993 Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
1994 (Frederick) "Erick" Hawkins, American modern ballet dancer, and choreographer (Martha Graham Dance Company, 1939-51; Erick Hawkins Dance Company, 1951-94), dies at 85
1994 Art Barr, American professional wrestler, dies at 28
1994 Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70
1994 Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (Boyce & Hart; The Monkees), commits suicide at 55
1995 Bernard Oliver, American engineer at HP and inventor (first hand-held calculators, SETI, Pulse Code Modulation), dies at 79 [1]
1995 Frank Hammond, American umpire, world's 1st professional tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
1995 Junior Walker [Autry Mixon, Jr], American tenor saxophonist ("Shotgun"; "(I'm a) Road Runner"), dies of cancer at 64
1995 Louis Malle, French film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
1996 Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35
1996 George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85
1996 Idries Shah, Indian author and Sufi teacher, dies at 72
1996 Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist, dies at 53
1996 Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84
2001 Bo Belinsky, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1962; LA Angels), dies from bladder cancer at 64
2001 Mary Whitehouse, English social activist who opposed social liberalism and the mainstream British media, dies at 91
2001 O. C Smith, American jazz singer (Little Green Apples), dies at 69
2002 Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
2003 Patricia Burke, English actress (Forbidden), dies at 86
2004 Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928)
2005 (John) "Fritz" Richmond, American folk musician (washtub bass and jug), and recording engineer, dies of lung cancer at 66 [1]
2005 Beverly Tyler, American singer and actress (Fireball, The Youngest Profession, Big Town), dies at 78
2005 Constance Cummings, American-British Tony Award-winning stage (Wings; Long Day's Journey Into Night), and screen (Blithe Spirit; Glamour) actress, dies at 95
2005 Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
2006 Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer, dies at 43
2006 Anita O'Day [Colton], American jazz singer, dies at 87

Betty Comden (1917-2006)

American lyricist ("On The Town"; "Just In Time") and playwright, dies of a heart failure at 89

2006 Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
2006 Philippe Noiret, French actor (Nuovo cinema Paradiso, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino), dies at 76
2006 Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
2007 Joe Kennedy, American MLB baseball pitcher. 2001-07 (Tampa Bay Devil Rays and 4 other teams), dies of hypertensive heart disease at 28
2007 Óscar Sánchez, Bolivian soccer defender (78 caps; Club The Strongest, Club Bolivar), dies at 36
2007 Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union utility back (13 Tests; Auckland, Counties) and All Black selector 1969-71, dies at 71
2008 Richard Hickox, British organist, musical director, and conductor (City of London Sinfonia, 1971-2008; London Symphony Chorus from 1976-91), dies of a heart attack at 60
2009 Richard Graham Meale, Australian composer (Three Miró Pieces; Voss), dies at 77
2010 Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actress (b. 1937)
2010 James Tyler, American musicologist and author (b. 1940)
2010 Joyce Howard, British film actress (b. 1922)
2011 Carlos Moorhead, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), dies at 89
2011 Jim Rathmann, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1960; Race of Two Worlds at Monza, 1958), dies after a seizure at 83
2011 Montserrat Figueras, Catalan soprano and early music advocate (Hespèrion), dies at 69
2011 Oscar Griffin Jr, American journalist and 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 78

Larry Hagman (1931-2012)

American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas), dies of complications from throat cancer at 81

2014 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player, dies at 98
2015 Douglass North, American economist, (Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 1993), dies at 95
2016 Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel In Fawlty Towers), dies at 86
2016 Joe Esposito, American author and friend of Elvis, dies at 78
2016 Larry Hosford, American folk singer-songwriter (The King Takes The Queen), dies at 73
2016 Peggy Kirk, American golfer, (Titleholders Championship 1949), dies at 95
2016 Ralph Branca, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1947–49; pitched “Shot Heard Round the World”), dies at 90
2017 Carol Neblett, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-93), dies at 71
2017 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP), dies at 93
2018 Nicolas Roeg, English cinematographer and director (Aria, Eureka), dies of natural causes at 90
2019 Barbara Hillary, American adventurer, 1st black woman to reach the North Pole, dies at 88
2019 Cathy Small Long, American politician (Rep-D-LA, 1985-8, dies at 95
2019 Walter Spink, American professor and world expert on South Asian art and architecture (Ajanta caves), dies at 91
2020 Abby Dalton, American actress (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 88
2020 Anele Ngcongca, South African soccer defender (53 caps; Genk), dies in a car accident at 33

David Dinkins (1927-2020)

American politician (1st African American Mayor of NYC 1990-93), dies at 93 [1]

2020 Hal Ketchum, American country singer (Small Town Saturday Night), dies at 67
2021 Bill Virdon, American baseball outfielder, manager, coach (NL Rookie of the Year 1955; World Series 1960; Gold Glove 1962), dies at 90
2022 David Johnson, English soccer forward (8 caps; Liverpool FC, Ipswich Town, Everton, Manchester City), dies at 71
2023 Paul Sait, Australian rugby league utility (7 Tests, 9 World Cup; NSWRL Premiership 1970, 71 South Sydney), dies at 76
2023 Rubens Minelli, Brazilian soccer manager (SC Internacional, SE Palmeiras, SC Corinthians, Santos FC, Al-Hilal SFC, Saudi Arabia), dies at 94

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