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Deaths November 2011

November 30, 2011 by · Comments Off on Deaths November 2011 

Deaths November 2011, Deaths in History for Wednesday 30th November 2011
1016 – Edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27
1016 – Edmund II of England
1519 – Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85
1528 – Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded
1580 – Richard Farrant, English composer
1626 – Thomas Weelkes, English composer
1631 – Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies
1646 – John C Lichthart, admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45
1654 – John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
1675 – C?cilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605)
1678 – Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67
1679 – Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45
1694 – Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy, dies
1700 – Artus II Quellinus [Quellien/”the Young], Flemish sculptor, dies at 75
1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, composer, dies at 31
1705 – Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)
1718 – Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), killed in battle at 36
1761 – John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
1764 – Dieudonne Raick, composer, dies at 61
1765 – George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1777 – Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74
1792 – Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57
1798 – Friedrich Fleischmann, composer, dies at 32
1813 – Friedrich August Baumbach, composer, dies at 60
1824 – Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer, dies at 87
1830 – Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Ital Pope (1829-30), dies at 69
1841 – Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch govt official, dies at 73
1864 – Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1864 – John Adams, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 39
1864 – Otto French Strahl, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 33
1864 – Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
1893 – Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68
1897 – Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64
1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46
1901 – Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
1904 – Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer, dies at 64
1909 – Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/translator, dies at 53 [NS=Dec 13]
1931 – John Hyatt Brewer, composer, dies at 75
1931 – Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer, dies at 46
1933 – Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
1934 – Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
1935 – Fernando A N Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47
1938 – Corneliu Codreanu, Romania fascist/putschist (Iron Guard), dies
1940 – Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
1944 – Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79
1947 – Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies
1948 – Franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64
1954 – Wilhelm Furtw?ngler, German conductor (b. 1886)
1955 – Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59
1957 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
1958 – Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
1961 – Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80
1964 – Don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1967 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies
1972 – Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
1972 – Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
1972 – Valentin Ruiz Azner, composer, dies at 70
1973 – Bruce Yarnell, LA Calif, actor (Outlaws), dies at 35
1976 – Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
1977 – Terrence Rattigan, British writer and playwright (b. 1911)
1979 – Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69
1979 – Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1981 – Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72
1983 – George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1986 – Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies
1987 – Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89
1987 – James Baldwin, writer (Go Tell it on the Mountain), dies at 63
1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74
1989 – Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59
1990 – Hilde Spiel, writer, dies at 78
1990 – Horst Bienek, German author, dies
1990 – Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at 75
1991 – P G Z (Zin) Harris, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ 1962-65), dies
1992 – Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45
1993 – Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies
1993 – Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)
1994 – Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67
1994 – Guy Debord, situationist, dies at 63
1994 – Irwin Kostal, US arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83
1994 – Lionel Stander, US blacklisted actor (Hart to Hart), dies at 86
1995 – Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
1995 – June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist, dies at 66
1995 – William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
1995 – Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)
1996 – Dan Flavin, minimalist sculptor, dies at 63
1996 – Koji Kobayashi, industrialist, dies at 89
1996 – Paul Derrick, co-operator/Christian socialist, dies at 80
1996 – Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], entertainer (Tip Toe), dies at 71
1997 – Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37
1997 – Kathy Acker, writer, dead Cancer Died, dies at 54
1997 – Ron Gulliford, educationalist, dies at 76
1999 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
2002 – Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
2003 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
2004 – Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920)
2005 – Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
2006 – Rafael Buenaventura, Former BSP Governor (b. 1938)
2007 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938)
2007 – Engin Ar?k, Turkish nuclear physicist (b. 1948)
2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2010 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
2010 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
2010 – Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)

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