Famous Deaths on November 16

• 1240 Ibn al-‘Arabi, Muslim mystic and philosopher (The Meccan Revelations), dies at 75
• 1240 Saint Edmund of Abingdon, English bishop (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233-40), dies

• 1328 Prince Hisaaki, 8th Japanese shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate (1289-1308), dies at 52
• 1512 Gerbrand Mockema, Fries rebel, beheaded
• 1512 Jemme Herjuwsma, Fries rebel, beheaded
• 1548 Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44
• 1603 Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies
• 1613 Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
• 1628 Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
• 1667 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, dies at 34
• 1668 Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79
• 1695 Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625)
• 1706 Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, Dutch admiral and buccaneer, dies at 64
• 1706 Godfried Schalcken, Dutch painter, etcher and engraver, dies at about 63
• 1724 Jack Sheppard, English burglar and prison escapee known as “Honest Jack”, hanged at 22
• 1745 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier, dies at 80
• 1766 Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), dies at 81
• 1773 John Hawkesworth, English writer
• 1775 Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, dies at 28
• 1779 Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist, first scientific description of Niagara Falls, dies at 63
• 1785 Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, dies at 76
• 1790 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
• 1797 King Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744) Reigns 1786-97
• 1802 André Michaux, French botanist, dies at 56
• 1806 Moses Cleaveland, American politician and founder of Cleveland, Ohio, dies at 52
• 1808 Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
• 1831 Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, German countess, grandmother of Queen Victoria and her husband Albert, dies at 74
• 1831 Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian army General (Napoleanic Wars) and military theorist (Vom Kriege (On War)), dies of cholera at 51
• 1835 Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
• 1836 Christian Hendrik Persoon, Cape Colony-born pioneering mycologist, dies at 75
• 1869 Hamiora Pere is hanged for treason at the Terrace Gaol, Wellington – only New Zealander ever to be executed for treason
• 1884 František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian military physician and medicinal lecturer, dies at 49

• 1893 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), dies of natural causes at 87
• 1907 Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma, dies at 59
• 1908 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (7th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia), dies at 78
• 1909 Francis Thome, French composer, dies at 59
• 1911 Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1922 Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
• 1924 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel’sky, Russian composer, dies at 78
• 1924 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
• 1932 Carry van Bruggen [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51
• 1934 Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland, dies at 82
• 1934 Carl von Linde, German engineer and chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, dies at 92
• 1934 Joachim Ringelantz, writer, dies
• 1935 Kurt Schindler, German-born American composer, dies at 53
• 1939 Pierce Butler, American jurist, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1923-39), dies at 73
• 1942 Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpreß, A Star Fell from Heaven), dies from a heart attack at 38
• 1943 Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
• 1944 Charles Kelleway, Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 3 x 100s, 52 wickets, 24 catches), dies at 58
• 1945 Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Kohtalon Vaaka), dies of tuberculosis at 43
• 1948 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American Inventor (electrostatic precipitator), dies at 71
• 1950 “Dr. Bob” Smith, American physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, dies of colon cancer at 71
• 1953 Sol Hoʻopiʻi [Kaʻaiʻai], Native Hawaiian acoustic and electric lap steel guitar virtuoso, dies of diabetes related kidney failure at 50
• 1954 Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist, dies at 80
• 1955 Tomasz Arciszewski, 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London (1944-47), dies at 88
• 1958 J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67
• 1958 Samuel Hopkins Adams [Warner Fabian], American journalist and muckraker (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
• 1959 Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American dairy industry pioneer (involved in the American Dairy Science Association), dies at 85

• 1961 Samuel Rayburn, American politician (US Representative (D) from Texas, 1913-61; Speaker of the House for 17 years), dies of pancreatic cancer at 79
• 1964 Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
• 1964 John Emery, American actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59

• 1965 Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
• 1965 Harry Blackstone Sr., American magician, dies at 80
• 1965 William Thomas Cosgrave, Irish politician and Fine Gael party leader (President of the Irish Free State, 1922-32), dies at 85

• 1968 Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74
• 1968 Paul Coates, American columnist (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 48
• 1971 Charlie Dell, American actor and comedian (Pickle in the Middle), dies at 90
• 1971 Edie Sedgwick, American actress (Andy Warhol) and socialite, dies of alcohol and barbiturate intoxication at 28
• 1972 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
• 1973 Alan Watts, writer/popularizer of Zen, dies in Calif
• 1974 Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91
• 1975 Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83
• 1978 Claude Dauphin, French actor (Barbarella, April in Paris, Deported), dies at 75
• 1979 Bert Baston, American College Football Hall of Fame end (University of Minnesota), dies at 84
• 1980 Imogen Hassall, English actress (Countess of Cleavage-Carry on Loving), suicide at 37
• 1980 John Cade, Australian psychiatrist, discovered the psychiatric benefits of lithium in 1949, dies at 68
• 1980 O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41
• 1981 Morgan Conway, American actor (Dick Tracy, Brother Orchid), dies at 78
• 1982 Al Haig, American bebop jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Stan Getz; Chet Baker), dies of a heart attack at 60
• 1982 Arthur Askey, British actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train), dies at 82
• 1982 Lenny Murphy [Hugh Leonard Murphy], leader of Belfast’s notorious Shankill Butchers, killed at 30
• 1982 Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Russian Mathematician (topology), dies at 86
• 1984 Leonard Rose, American concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51), dies at 66
• 1984 Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
• 1985 John Sparkman, American politician (Sen-D-Alabama 1946-79, Rep-D-Alabama 1937-46), dies at 85
• 1985 Stuart Chase, American writer and economist (The Tragedy of Waste), dies at 97
• 1986 Siobhán McKenna [Cionnaith], Irish stage actress (Saint Joan, The Chalk Garden), dies of lung cancer at 63
• 1987 Jim Brewer, American baseball relief pitcher (World Series 1965; MLB All Star 1973; LA Dodgers), dies of injuries suffered in car accident at 50
• 1987 Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore’s national anthem, dies at 80
• 1988 Lotte Stam-Beese, German-Dutch architect and urban planner who helped reconstruct Rotterdam after the war, dies at 85
• 1989 Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit priest, philosopher and human rights activist, assassinated during the Salvadoran Civil War at 59 [1]
• 1989 Rose Murphy, American jazz singer and pianist (“Busy Line”), dies at 76
• 1991 Ralph Marrero, American actor (Dawn of the Dead; The Babe; Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33
• 1991 Wallace Berry, American-Canadian composer, educator, and music theorist, dies at 63
• 1993 Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
• 1993 Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
• 1994 Dan J. Smith, British harmonica player and gospel singer-songwriter, dies at 83
• 1994 Dino Valenti [Chester Powers, Jr.], American rock guitarist and singer (Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Fresh Air”), dies at 57
• 1994 Doris Speed, British actress dubbed ‘The Queen Mother of Soap’ (Annie Walker in “Coronation Street”), dies at 95
• 1994 Harvey Watkin, Sr, American gospel singer (The Canton Spitituals), dies at 64
• 1994 John Boylan, American actor (Twin Peaks, Sleepless in Seattle), dies at 82
• 1995 Gwyn A. Williams, Welsh historian and socialist, dies at 70
• 1996 George Byatt, Scottish playwright (The Clyde Is Red), dies at 73
• 1996 Jack Popplewell, British composer and playwright (If I Should Fall In Love Again), dies at 87
• 1996 John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, dies at 88
• 1997 George Petrie, American actor (Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Honeymooners), dies from a lymphoma on his 85th birthday
• 1997 Georges Marchais, French political leader (French Communist Party), dies at 77
• 1997 Headley Keith, South African cricket batsman (8 Tests @ 21.19; Natal), dies at 70
• 1998 David Lane, British Conservative politician and CEO (Commission for Racial Equality), dies at 76
• 1999 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (Nobel 1978 – discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping), dies at 71
• 2000 DJ Screw [Robert Earl Davis Jr.], American hip-hop DJ and rapper (Screwed Up Click), dies of codeine overdose coupled with mixed drug intoxication at 29
• 2000 Joe C. [Joseph Calleja], American rapper (hype man for Kid Rock), dies at 26
• 2001 Jack Rothstein, British concert violinist (London Czech Trio), conductor (Viennese Orchestra of London), and session player (The Beatles – “I Am the Walrus”; “Within You Without You”; Paul McCartney – “Here Today”), dies at 75
• 2001 Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
• 2003 Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
• 2004 Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker in Iraq, abducted at 59 (presumed dead)
• 2004 Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1944-52: Baltimore Symphony), 1952-59, dies at 98
• 2005 Bob van Toll, Dutch actor and director (Pastorale 1943), dies at 62
• 2005 Donald Watson, English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
• 2005 Henry Taube, Canadian-born American chemist, (1983 Nobel Prize – mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions), dies at 89
• 2005 Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92
• 2006 Geoff Griffin, South African cricket fast bowler (2 Tests; first RSA Test hat-trick 1960; throwing controversy), dies at 67
• 2006 John Veale, English composer (Panorama; The Purple Plain), dies at 84

• 2006 Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist, dies at 76
• 2007 Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1942, 45, 47, 48, 49 Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 91
• 2007 Gene Golub, American mathematician known for his work on numerical analysis, dies at 75
• 2007 Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
• 2007 Harold Alfond, American businessman and founder of Dexter Shoe Company, dies at 93
• 2007 Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author, dies at 61
• 2008 Ralph “Rusty” Gill, American singer (Polka Time), dies at 89
• 2008 Reg Varney, English actor (On the Buses), dies at 92
• 2009 Edward Woodward, British actor (Breaker Morant; Wickerman; The Equalizer), and pop singer (“The Way You Look Tonight”), dies at 79
• 2009 Jeff Clyne, British acoustic and electric jazz bassist, dies of a heart attack at 72
• 2009 Robert J. Frankel, American thoroughbred race horse trainer (5 x Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer; US Champion Trainer by earnings 1993, 2002, 03), dies from leukemia at 68
• 2010 Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (Olympic gold 5½m Class 1952), dies at 97
• 2010 Donald Nyrop, American airline executive (b. 1912)
• 2010 Ronni Chasen, American film publicist (b. 1946)
• 2010 Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)
• 2012 Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby union fullback (17 Tests; Auckland RU), dies at 91
• 2013 Arne Pedersen, Norwegian soccer inside forward (40 caps; Fredrikstad), dies at 82
• 2013 Chris Argyris, American business theorist and educator, dies at 90
• 2014 Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer (Los Angeles Times, 1965-80), television host, and educator, dies at 88
• 2014 Ian Craig, Australian cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests; NSW), dies from cancer at 79
• 2015 Bert Olmstead, Canadian Hockey HOF left wing (Stanley Cup, Montreal Canadiens 1953, 56, 57, 58; Toronto Maple Leafs 1962), dies from stroke complications at 89
• 2015 David Canary, American actor (Bonanza, All My Children), dies at 77
• 2015 Stephen Birmingham, American author (Real Lace: America’s Irish Rich, dies at 86
• 2016 Jay Forrester, American engineer, invented random-access magnetic core memory, dies at 98
• 2016 Melvin Laird, American politician (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73), dies at 94
• 2017 Ann Wedgeworth, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (Chapter Two; Scarecrow; Evening Shade), dies at 83
• 2017 Ferdie Pacheco, American physician (cornerman for Mohammad Ali) and boxing analyst (NBC, Showtime), dies at 89
• 2018 Flemming Nielsen, Danish soccer midfielder (26 caps, Olympic silver 1960; Atalanta, Morton FC), dies at 84
• 2018 William Goldman, American screenwriter and author (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), dies at 87
• 2019 Terry O’Neill, British fashion and celebrity photographer, dies of prostate cancer at 81
• 2020 Antonis Georgiadis, Greek soccer manager (Greece, South Africa; AEK Athens, Olympiacos), dies at 87
• 2022 Gerhard Rodax, Austrian soccer striker (20 caps; FF Admira Wacker, Atlético Madrid, SK Rapid Wien), dies at 57
• 2022 Mick Goodrick, American jazz guitarist (Liberation Music Orchestra), and pedagogue (The Advancing Guitarist), dies from complications of Parkinson’s Disease at 77
• 2022 Robert Clary [Widerman], French-American actor (Hogan’s Heroes – “Cpl LeBeau”; Days of Our Lives), singer, author, artist, lecturer, and Holocaust survivor, dies at 96 [1]
• 2023 A. S. Byatt [Antonia Susan Byatt], English novelist (Possession), dies at 87 [1]
• 2023 Bobby Ussery, American thoroughbred horse racing HOF jockey (Preakness Stakes 1960; Kentucky Derby 1967), dies of heart failure at 88
• 2023 George Brown, American R&B and funk drummer (Kool & the Gang – “Celebration”), dies of lung cancer at 74 [1]
• 2023 Johnny Green, American basketball power forward (NBA All-Star 1962, 63, 65, 71; NY Knicks, Baltimore Bullets, SD Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Cincinnati Royals/KC-Omaha Kings), dies at 89
• 2023 Thomas J. Bliley Jr., American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1981-2001), dies at 91

November 16 Highlights