Famous Deaths on November 1

• 921 Richard, Duke of Burgundy
• 955 Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, dies from an illness at 34 or 36
• 1296 Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)

• 1391 Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
• 1399 John V, French Duke of Brittany, dies at 52
• 1535 Francesco Sforza, Italian ruler (Milan), dies
• 1546 Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies
• 1588 Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
• 1596 Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (Les Libertés de l’église gallicane), dies at 57
• 1631 Maria Maddalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany as consort of Cosimo II, dies at 42
• 1642 Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
• 1676 Gisbertus Voetius [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 87
• 1678 William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
• 1700 Carlos II, King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), dies at 38
• 1711 Christian Demelius, German composer and kapellmeister, dies at 68
• 1750 Gustaaf Willem, baron van Imhoff, Dutch statesman (Governor of Ceylon 1736-40, Governor of the Dutch East Indies 1743-50), dies at 45

• 1768 (Pieter) Pierre van Maldere, Flemish violinist and composer, dies at 39
• 1770 Alexander Cruden “Alexander the Corrector”, Scottish biblical scholar and eccentric, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible, dies at 71
• 1788 Johann Samuel Schröter, German organist, pianist and composer, dies at 35
• 1810 Georg Anton Kreusser, German composer, dies at 64
• 1814 Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
• 1817 Giovanni Zanotti, Italian composer, dies at 79
• 1825 Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, Portuguese composer, dies at 49
• 1835 William Motherwell, Scottish poet and civil servant, dies at 38
• 1841 Antoine Philippe Vischer, comte de Celles, Belgian-French politician, dies at 61
• 1844 August Ferdinand Haeser, German composer, dies at 45

• 1865 John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany), dies at 66
• 1877 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, American politician (Governor of Indiana), dies of a stroke at 56
• 1879 Zachariah Chandler, American merchant and politician (found Republican Party), dies at 65
• 1881 Jacques Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song), dies at 22
• 1888 Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian naturalist and explorer (East and Central Asia), dies of typhus at 49

• 1895 Aleksander Zarzycki, Polish composer (Warsaw Music Society), dies at 61

• 1907 Alfred Jarry, French writer (ubu Roi), dies at 33
• 1914 Christopher “Kit” Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
• 1922 Alfred Capus, French journalist and playwright, dies at 63
• 1925 Max Linder [Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle], French actor, comic and director (Seven Years Bad Luck: Max Prend un Bain), commits suicide at 41
• 1926 Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates), dies at 72
• 1926 Wilfred Flowers, English cricket all-rounder (8 Tests; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 69
• 1927 Florence Mills [Winfrey], American cabaret singer, dancer and comedian, known as ‘the Queen of Happiness’, dies of tuberculosis at 31
• 1935 Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat, dies at 72
• 1938 Francis Jammes, French poet and writer (Jammisme), dies at 69
• 1941 Camille Melloy [the Paepe], Belgian priest and poet (Requiem), dies at 50
• 1942 Hugo Distler, German organist, choral conductor and composer, commits suicide at 34
• 1947 Man o’ War, American thoroughbred racehorse (Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes 1920), dies from a heart attack at 30
• 1949 Leslie Gay, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test; Cambridge Uni, Hampshire CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (3 caps; Cambridge Uni), dies at 78
• 1950 Leslie Coffelt, American White House Police officer, killed in the line of duty at 40 [1]
• 1955 Dale Carnegie, American writer and public speaker (How to Win Friends & Influence People), dies at 66
• 1955 W H van Eemlandt [Haasse], author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies
• 1956 Lajos Asztalos, Hungarian chess player (International Chess Master 1950), dies at 67

• 1957 Charlie Caldwell, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Williams, Princeton), dies at 56
• 1959 Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66
• 1961 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist and author, dies at 97
• 1961 Joan McCracken, American stage and screen actress, dancer and comedienne (Oklahoma!; Claudia: Story of a Marriage), dies of a heart attack at 43
• 1962 Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican auto racer (youngest F1 driver ever to race for Ferrari), dies in practice accident at 20
• 1962 Wintter Haynes Watts, American composer, dies at 78
• 1963 Elsa Maxwell, American author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80
• 1964 Henry “Doc” Carlson, American Basketball Hall of Fame collegiate coach (University of Pittsburgh, 1922-53: 367–248 [.597]), originated figure 8 play, dies at 70
• 1967 Benita Hume, British actress (Tarzan Escapes, High Treason, Halls of Ivy), dies at 61
• 1968 Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (1944–45, 1963, 1964–65 dies at 80
• 1971 Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer (The Eternal Woman), dies at 95

• 1974 Ralf Harolde, American actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off), dies at 75
• 1975 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77
• 1975 Norbert Rosseau, Belgian composer, dies at 67
• 1975 Philip James, American composer, conductor (New Jersey Symphony, 1922-29; Bamberger Little Symphony, 1929-36), and educator (NYU, 1934-56), dies at 85
• 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, journalist, novelist (Ragazzi di vita), and film director (Teorema; Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte), murdered at 53
• 1976 Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungarian actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies of a heart attack at 58
• 1977 Franco Albini, Italian Rationalist architect, industrial and furniture designer (Albini desk), dies at 72
• 1978 Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red), dies at 63
• 1979 Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (1953-61), dies of a stroke at 82
• 1982 James Broderick, American actor and director (Dog Day Afternoon, Family), dies of cancer at 55
• 1982 King Vidor, American film director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas), dies of a heart ailment at 88
• 1982 Leighton Lucas, British composer and conductor, dies at 79
• 1983 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96
• 1984 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74
• 1985 Arnold Pihlak, Estonian soccer forward (44 caps; FK Austria Wien), dies at 83

• 1986 Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), dies at 57
• 1986 Sippie Wallace [Beulah Belle Thomas], American blues singer (“Women Be Wise”), dies on her 88th birthday
• 1987 René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec, dies at 65
• 1989 Louis Barron, American composer and electronic music pioneer (with his wife Bebe – Forbidden Planet), dies at 69
• 1990 Ray Pohlman, American session upright and electric bass guitarist and arranger (The Wrecking Crew), and jazz guitarist, dies of heart failure at 60
• 1992 Jeremias Chitunda, vice-chairman (Angolese Unita-rebellion), dies
• 1993 A. N. Sherwin-White, English ancient historian, dies at 82
• 1993 Anatoli Voronov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63
• 1993 George Sheehan, American doctor, athlete and author (“Running & Being: The Total Experience,” NY Times best seller), dies of prostate cancer at 74
• 1993 Severo Ochoa, Spanish-American physician and biochemist (Nobel 1959), dies at 88
• 1994 Jan Wegter, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64
• 1994 Noah Beery Jr, American actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot, Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), dies of a cerebral thrombosis, at 81
• 1994 Richard Krautheimer, American art historian and Byzantinist, dies at 97
• 1994 Syd Dernley, British hangman (1949-54), dies at 73
• 1995 Alun Pask, Welsh rugby union flanker (26 caps; British Lions 8 caps; Abertillery), dies at 58
• 1995 Brian Lenihan, Sr,Irish politician (Member of Parliament (Teachta Dála), 1961-73 and 1977-95), dies at 64
• 1995 Desmond Shawe-Taylor, British critic and writer (co-author of The Record Guide), dies at 88
• 1995 James Ralph Darling, teacher, dies at 96
• 1995 Lex Hixon, American Sufi author and religious teacher, dies at 53
• 1996 J. R. [Junius Richard] Jayawardene, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (1978-89) and 7th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90
• 1996 Maati Bouabid, Prime Minister of Morocco (1979-83), dies at 68
• 1999 Jean Coutu, French-Canadian actor (Panic, And Hope to Die), dies at 74
• 1999 Theodore Hall, American physicist and Atomic Spy for the Soviet Union, dies at 74

• 2000 Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
• 2000 George Armstrong, English soccer winger and manager (Arsenal 500 games; Kuwait 1988-89), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 56
• 2001 John Romanides, Greek Eastern Orthodox priest and professor, dies at 74
• 2001 Warren Amling, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Ohio State), dies at 76
• 2003 Joji “George” Kawaguchi Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 76
• 2003 Kent Kennan, American composer, dies at 90
• 2004 Mac Dre [Andre Louis Hicks], American rapper and hip hop pioneer, dies at 34
• 2004 Terry Knight, American rock producer and singer (Grand Funk Railroad), murdered by his daughter’s boyfriend defending her during a domestic dispute at 61
• 2005 (Lyle) “Skitch” Henderson, British-American pianist and orchestra leader (NBC Radio; NBC Television; New York Pops), dies at 87
• 2005 Manuel Castillo, Andalusian classical pianist and composer, dies at 75
• 2005 Michael Piller, American screenwriter and television producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), dies of cancer at 57
• 2006 Adrienne Shelly, American actress and director (The Unbelievable Truth), murdered at 40
• 2006 Bettye Ackerman, American actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey), dies at 82
• 2006 William Styron, American novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie’s Choice), dies at 81
• 2007 Paul Tibbets, US Air Force Brigadier General and pilot of B-29 “Enola Gay” over Hiroshima, dies at 92
• 2007 S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2008 Jacques Piccard, Swiss deep sea explorer (one of the first to explore the Mariana Trench), dies at 86
• 2008 Jimmy Carl Black [Inkanish], American rock drummer (Mothers Of Invention, 1965-69; Muffin Men, 1993-2008), dies of lung cancer at 70
• 2008 Nathaniel Mayer, American R&B singer (“Village of Love”; “Leave Me Alone”), dies after multiple strokes at 64
• 2008 Shakir Stewart, American record executive (Def Jam), dies of a self-inflicted gun wound at 34
• 2008 Yma Sumac [Chavarri], Peruvian-American 5 octave soprano and exotica singer (Omar Khayyam), dies at 85
• 2010 Charlie O’Donnell, American radio and TV game show announcer (American Bandstand; Wheel of Fortune, 1975-80, & 1989-2010), dies of congestive heart failure at 78 [1]
• 2010 Ed Litzenberger, Canadian NHL right wing (Stanley Cup 1961-4), dies at 78
• 2010 Ernesto Presas, Filipino martial artist (b. 1945)
• 2011 André Hodeir, French classical and jazz violinist, and composer, dies at 90
• 2011 Dorothy Howell Rodham, Mother of US First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, dies at 92
• 2012 Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1983; Atlanta Braves), dies during apparent home robbery at 55
• 2012 Welton Taylor, American microbiologist, inventor and civil rights activist (developed tests for salmonella), dies at 92 [1]
• 2013 John D Hughes, British economist, educator, and administrator (Principal of Ruskin College-Oxford, 1979-89), dies at 88
• 2014 Jackie Fairweather, Australian triathlete (ITU World Championships gold 1996), commits suicide at 46
• 2014 Wayne Static [Wells], American musician (Static-X), dies at 48
• 2015 Fred Thompson, US senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire), dies at 73
• 2016 (Martin) “Bap” Kennedy, Irish singer-songwriter (“Moonlight Kiss”; “Sailor’s Revenge”), dies of pancreatic cancer at 54
• 2016 Massimo Mongai, Italian science fiction writer, known for “Memorie di un cuoco d’astronave”, dies at 65
• 2017 Katie Lee, American folk singer, environmentalist and author (Colorado River Songs), dies at 98
• 2017 Ray Robinson, American magazine editor and biographer (Lou Gehrig), dies of a stroke at 96
• 2018 Amal Hussain, Yemeni famine victim who raised world’s awareness, dies aged 7
• 2019 Pierre Gabaye, French pianist and neo-classical and jazz composer (Prix de Rome, 1956), dies at 89
• 2020 Billy Tubbs, American college basketball coach (Southwestern Uni, Lamar Uni, Uni of Oklahoma, Texas Christian Uni), dies from leukemia at 85
• 2021 Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist (father of cognitive behavioural therapy), dies at 100 [1]
• 2021 Alan Igglesden, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets; 4 ODIs; Kent CCC), dies from complications of a brain tumour at 57
• 2021 Nelson Freire, Brazilian classical pianist, dies at 77
• 2021 Pat Martino [Azzara], American jazz guitarist (DownBeat Guitar Player of the Year, 2004), dies of chronic respiratory disorder at 77
• 2022 Dida, elephant “Queen” of Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, dies of natural causes aged about 65 [1]
• 2022 Joe Tarsia, American audio engineer and studio owner (Sigma Sound Studio), dies at 88 [1]
• 2022 Norman D. Shumway, American politician (Rep-R-California, 1979-91), dies at 88
• 2022 Romano Mazzoli, American politician (Rep-D-KY, 1971-95), dies at 89
• 2022 Takeoff [Kirsnick Ball], American rapper (Migos), shot and killed at 28 [1]
• 2022 Wilson Kiprugut, Kenyan athlete (Olympic bronze 800m 1964; silver 1968), dies at 84
• 2023 Ady Barkan, American lawyer and activist (Be a Hero PAC), dies of ALS complications at 39
• 2023 Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter who blew up a Soviet war monument at age 15, dies at 93
• 2023 Bob Knight, American College Basketball HOF coach (Indiana University, 1971-2000 – NCAA Division I C’ship 1976, 81, 87; Olympic gold 1984; Army; Texas Tech), dies at 83
• 2023 Erich Zakowski, German master mechanic-executive (founder, CEO Zakspeed racing team 1968-90), dies at 89

November 1 Highlights