Famous Deaths on November 13

• 867 Saint Nicholas I, “the Great”, Italian Pope (858-67), dies at 67
• 1003 Gunhilde, daughter of Danish king Harald Bluetooth, killed in the St Brice’s Day massacre of Danes in England, prompting her brother Sweyn Forkbeard to swear revenge [1]
• 1004 Abbo of Fleury [Floriacensis], French abbott and saint, dies

• 1093 Malcolm III (Canmore, “Big Head”) King of Scots, dies in battle at Alnwick, Northumberland. Historical figure Shakespeare’s character based on.
• 1143 King Fulk of Jerusalem (1131-1143), dies in a hunting accident
• 1314 Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
• 1319 Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies
• 1345 Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
• 1359 Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, dies
• 1460 Henry the Navigator, Portuguese Prince who sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery, dies at 66
• 1606 Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician, wrote the first book on sports medicine “De Arte Gymnastica”, dies at 76
• 1619 Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter, dies at 64
• 1620 Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of William of Orange, dies at Fontainebleau. at 65
• 1624 Thomas Erpenius [van Erpe], Dutch orientalist and Arabist (grammar), dies at 40
• 1650 Thomas May, English poet, dramatist, and Renaissance historian (b. 1595)
• 1689 Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70

• 1726 Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle, repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain, and mother of George II, dies at 60

• 1771 Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor and theatre director (Die Oberpfalz), dies at 61
• 1779 Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61
• 1810 Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Italian-French noble, Queen consort (in exile) of France (1795-1810), dies of edema complications at 57
• 1829 Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125′ dive into Genesse Falls
• 1841 Caroline of Baden, Queen of Bavaria, dies at 65
• 1849 William Etty, English painter best known for paintings of nudes, dies at 62
• 1861 Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet, friend of Matthew Arnold, dies at 42
• 1862 Ludwig Uhland, German writer, dies at 75
• 1863 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general, dies after being wounded in the Battle of Bristoe Station at 45
• 1867 Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist, dies at 61

• 1869 Iskandar Ali Mirza, Bengali-Pakistani general and 1st President of Pakistan (1956-58), dies of a heart attack at 70
• 1876 Pietro Antonio Coppola, Italian composer, dies at 82
• 1883 J. Marion Sims, American physician and surgical pioneer (vesicovaginal operation) who experimented on enslaved women, dies from heart attack at 70
• 1893 Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 78
• 1896 Antonio Peña y Goñi, Spanish composer, dies at 50
• 1902 Evander McNair, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82

• 1903 Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
• 1909 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1888-91), dies at 70
• 1916 Frederik Septimus Kelly, Australian-British composer and rower (Summer Olympic gold 1908), dies at 35
• 1928 Mark Lidzbarski, Polish-German philologist, dies at 60
• 1937 Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress and writer (Rocky Mountain Mystery, The Heart of Maryland), dies at 75
• 1939 George Nicholls Jr, actor (Finishing School), dies at 42
• 1939 Lois Weber, American film director who became the first American woman to direct a full feature-length film (The Merchant of Venice) and the first to own her own studio, dies of a stomach ulcer at 60
• 1942 Daniel J. Callaghan, US Admiral (Medal of Honor), dies during the Battle of Guadalcanal at 52
• 1942 Douglas H Fox, US captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle
• 1942 Norman Scott, US admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies
• 1944 Paul Graener, German Romantic composer, dies at 72
• 1944 Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician (21st Premier of the Republic of China 1932-35), dies at61
• 1951 Hugo Leichtentritt, German Jewish composer and musicologist, dies at 77
• 1951 Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71
• 1951 Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (Skazi), dies at 71
• 1952 Margaret Wise Brown, American author of children’s books (Goodnight Moon; The Runaway Bunny), dies of an embolism at 42 [1]
• 1954 Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60
• 1954 Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German general (led the “blitzkrieg”, 1st Panzer Group on Eastern Front), dies in a Russian prison at 73
• 1957 Antonin Zapotocky, Czech communist politician (President of Czechoslovakia 1953-57), dies in office at 72
• 1958 Bart van der Leck, Dutch painter, and co-founder of the De Stijl movement, dies at 81
• 1961 Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897)
• 1961 Wally Brown, American actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57
• 1963 Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
• 1967 Harriet Cohen, British pianist, dies at 71
• 1967 Pierre Moulaert, Belgian composer, dies at 60
• 1973 Bruno Maderna, Italian conductor, and avant garde composer (Quadrivium; Satyricon), dies of lung cancer at 53

• 1973 Lila Lee, American actress (Midnight Girl, Blood & Sand), dies of stroke at 68
• 1974 Karen Silkwood, American nuclear lab technician and labor union activist killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances at 28
• 1974 Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor and director (Bicycle Thieves, Sciuscià), dies at 73
• 1975 Olga Bergholz, Soviet and Russian poet, writer, and journalist, dies at 65
• 1975 R. C. Sherriff, English playwright (Journey’s End), dies at 79
• 1977 Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (b. 1944)
• 1978 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), dies at 90
• 1979 Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
• 1982 Babette Deutsch, American poet (Honey Out of the Rock; Animal, Vegetable, Mineral), novelist, and literary critic, dies at 87 [1]
• 1982 Chesney Allen, English actor (Flanagan and Allen), dies at 88
• 1982 Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
• 1982 Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of Quebec, dies at 71
• 1983 Alvin “Junior” Samples, American comedian and country singer (Hee Haw), dies of a heart attack at 57
• 1984 (Mauritus) “Mauk” de Braauw, Dutch politician (Chairman of DS’70, 1973-75; Minister of Higher Education and Science Policy, 1971-72), dies at 59
• 1984 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
• 1985 G. Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (Edison Laboratories; Armed Forces Radio Service; Nuremberg Trials; National Voice Library), dies at 87
• 1986 Rolando Olalia, Philippines worker’s union leader, murdered
• 1986 Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, dies at 71
• 1986 Thierry Le Luron, French humorist, dies at 34
• 1988 Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor (Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-1960), dies at 82
• 1988 Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (Beer Barrel Polka), dies at 86
• 1989 Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1938-89), dies at 83
• 1989 Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
• 1990 Charlie Carpenter, dies at 77
• 1991 Cyril Poitier, actor (Uptown Saturday Night), dies of cancer at 80
• 1991 Hanson Baldwin, US military historian, dies at 88
• 1992 Alan Balsam, US movie editor (Divine Madness), dies
• 1992 Bobby McClure, American gospel (The Soul Stirrers) and soul singer (“Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing”), dies from a stroke at 50
• 1992 Gregory Markopoulos, German/American director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies at 61
• 1992 Lucrecia Perez, Dominicans in Spain (Racist Murder), dies at 33
• 1992 Maurice Ohana, French classical pianist and composer, dies at 79
• 1992 Ronnie Bond, British drummer (Troggs – “Wild Thing”; “Love Is All Around”), dies at 52
• 1993 Jose Toirkens, journalist (Slogan, NRC), dies at 48
• 1993 Rufus “Freight Train” Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler, dies from a heart attack at 60
• 1994 Frank Singleton, English newspaper librarian (The Guardian, 1957-92), dies at 67
• 1994 Joseph H. Hazen, US Lawyer/producer/VP (Warner Bros), dies at 96
• 1994 Lewis Bingham Keeble, British-born town planner, dies at 79
• 1994 Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist, dies at 70
• 1995 Ralph Hunsecker Blane, American songwriter (with HughMartin – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”; “The Trolley Song”), dies at 81
• 1996 Bill Doggett, American jazz and blues Hammond B-3 organist (“Honky Tonk”; “Funky Whistler”), pianist and arranger (The Inkspots; Ella Fitzgerald), dies of a heart attack at 80
• 1996 Jack Ryland, American rock bassist (Three Dog Night, 1973-75 – “The Show Must Go On”; “Play Something Sweet”), dies at 45
• 1996 Kenneth Watkins, British woodland conservationist and founder (The Woodland Trust), dies at 86
• 1996 Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925)
• 1997 André Boucourechliev, Bulgarian-French composer, dies at 72
• 1997 Dawud M. Mu’Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
• 1997 John Elwyn, British painter, dies at 80
• 1998 Doug Wright, English cricket spin bowler (34 Tests, 108 wickets; Kent), dies at 84
• 1998 Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
• 1998 Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
• 1998 Valerie Hobson, British actress (Great Expectations), dies at 81
• 1998 William “Red” Holzman, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (New York Knicks 14 seasons), dies leukemia at 78
• 1999 Don “Sugarcane” Harris, American rock guitarist and electric violin pioneer (Don & Dewey; Frank Zappa), dies of pulmonary disease at 61 [1]
• 1999 Donald Mills, American jazz and pop singer and vocal trombone (The Mills Brothers – “Paper Doll”, “Up A Lazy River”, “The Glow-Worm”), dies of pneumonia at 84
• 1999 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets; 5/109 in Test debut 1958; Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 67
• 2001 Margaret “Peggy” Mount, British actress (Oliver!, Panic in the Parlor), dies following a stroke at 86
• 2001 Marius Flothuis, Dutch composer, (Kleine Suite for 12 Harps; Espressioni Cordiali), artistic director (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1955–74), musicologist (Mozart), and music critic, dies at 87
• 2001 Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, dies of an aortic aneurysm at 64 [1]
• 2002 Michael “Mike” Stewart, American music producer and guitarist (We Five – Let’s Get Together), commits suicide at 57
• 2002 Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925)
• 2003 Kellie Waymire, American actress (Six Feet Under), dies at 36
• 2004 John Balance [Geoffrey Rushton], British poet and industrial rock musician (Coil; Psychic TV), falls to his death from a second floor balcony at 42
• 2004 Ol’ Dirty Bastard [Russell Jones], American rapper (Wu Tang Clan), dies of a drug overdose at 35
• 2004 Thomas Foglietta, American politician and diplomat (US Representative for Pennsylvania, 1981-97; Ambassador to Italy, 1997-2001), dies from surgery complications at 75
• 2005 Eddie Guerrero, Mexican pro wrestler (WWE Championship 2004; WWE Tag Team C’ship x 4), dies of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at 38
• 2005 Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933)
• 2007 John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
• 2007 Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
• 2007 Montague “Monty” Westmore, American 3rd generation make-up artist (Westmore family), dies of prostate cancer at 84
• 2007 Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman, dies at 47
• 2010 Allan Sandage, American astronomer (b. 1926)
• 2010 Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
• 2010 Nathan Oliveira, American painter (Seated Figure with Pink Background), sculptor, and printmaker, dies at 81
• 2012 David Durk, American police detective who worked with Frank Serpico to expose NYPD corruption, dies of a cardiac arrest at 77
• 2012 Earl Ferrers, 13th Earl Ferrers, British minister of state (Department of Environment), dies at 83
• 2013 Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), dies of kidney failure at 83
• 2013 Carlena Williams, American session and touring vocalist (Ike & Tina Turner Revue; Humble Pie; Pink Floyd; The Carpenters; Donna Summer), dies at 71
• 2013 Hans-Jürgen Heise, German writer, dies at 83
• 2013 Todd Christensen, American football tight end (Super Bowl XV, XVIII; First-team All-Pro 1983, 85, 86; 5 × Pro Bowl; Oakland/LA Raiders) and sportscaster (NBC Sports, ESPN, CBS Sports Network), dies from complications during liver transplant surgery at 57
• 2014 Alvin Dark, American baseball shortstop (MLB All-Star 1951, 52, 54; World Series 1954 NY Giants) and manager (World Series 1974 Oakland A’s), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 92

• 2016 Leon Russell, American musician and singer-songwriter (Carny), dies at 74

• 2017 Janet Lupo, American model, dies at 67
• 2020 Jan Konopásek, Czech-American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator, dies at 88
• 2020 Jim Pace, American auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1996), dies from COVID-19 at 59
• 2020 Paul Hornung, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1956, Notre Dame; Pro Bowl 1959, 60; Green Bay Packers), dies from dementia complications at 84

• 2020 Viden Apostolov, Bulgarian soccer defender (22 caps; PFC Botev Plovdiv 429 games), dies at 79
• 2021 Ed Bullins, American playwright (The Taking of Miss Janie), and civil rights activists (Black Panthers), dies of complications of dementia at 86
• 2021 Ernie Michie, Scottish rugby union lock (15 caps; 2 caps British & Irish Lions; Barbarians FC; London Scottish RUFC, Leicester Tigers RUFC), dies at 88
• 2021 Phil Margo, American rock vocalist (Tokens – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”), dies after suffering a stroke at 79
• 2021 Sam Huff, American College / Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker (5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1958, 59; NY Giants, Washington Redskins), dies from dementia complications at 87
• 2021 Wilbur Smith, British-South African novelist (When the Lion Feeds, War Cry, River God), dies at 88
• 2022 Barbara Joan Love, American lesbian activist and co-founder of Identity House, dies at 85 due to complications of cancer and Parkinson’s disease
• 2022 Frederick Swann, American church and concert pipe organist (Riverside Church, NYC, 1952-82; Robert Shuller’s Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power), dies of cancer at 91
• 2022 Jerry Holland, Irish rugby union lock (3 Tests; Munster RUFC) and coach (Munster RUFC 1994-97), dies at 66
• 2022 Kevin Beardmore, English rugby league hooker (14 caps GB, 1 England; Castleford RLFC 247 games), dies at 62
• 2023 Joel Spiegelman, American pianist, harpsichord player, composer, music educator (Sarah Lawrence), and poet, dies at 90
• 2024 Luis Ernesto Tapia, Panamanian soccer forward (77 caps; Alianza FC, Provincia de Panama Metro), dies from a heart attack at 80
• 2024 Shel Talmy, American record producer (The Kinks; The Who; The Easybeats; Pentangle), dies of complications following a stroke at 87 [1]
• 2024 Theodore Olson, American attorney (42nd Solicitor General of the United States, 2001-04), dies of a stroke at 84 [1]

November 13 Highlights