Famous Deaths on November 18

• 942 Odo of Cluny, 2nd Abbott of Cluny (924-42), saint and monastic reformer, dies
• 1154 Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)
• 1170 Albert I “the Bear”, 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70

• 1305 John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
• 1559 Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)
• 1590 George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)
• 1603 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of William Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliana van Stolberg, dies at 61
• 1630 Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
• 1678 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist, composer, and theorist (Musico prattico), dies at 36
• 1724 Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)
• 1771 Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer and organist, dies at 73
• 1785 Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)
• 1797 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant of the port of Bordeaux, dies at 78
• 1814 Aleijadinho ‘the Cripple’ [Antônio Francisco Lisboa], Brazilian architect and sculptor (São Francisco de Assis), dies at 76
• 1814 William Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)
• 1822 Anton Teyber, Austrian composer, dies at 66

• 1827 Wilhelm Hauff, German writer, dies at 24
• 1841 Georg Christoph Grosheim, German composer, dies at 77
• 1851 Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80
• 1852 Anton Bernhard Furstenau, German composer and flutist, dies at 60
• 1854 Edward Forbes, English Naturalist and pioneer in the field of biogeography, dies of an illness at 39
• 1883 Wilhelm Siemens, German-British physicist and inventor (open-hearth furnace), dies at 60

• 1887 Eduard Marxsen, German pianist and composer, dies at 81
• 1887 Gustav Fechner, German psychologist and physicist (Weber–Fechner law), dies at 86
• 1887 Heinrich Panofka, German violist and composer, dies at 80
• 1889 William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68
• 1904 Justus van Maurik, Dutch author and cigar manufacturer, dies at 58
• 1909 Renee Vivien, British-born poet, wrote in French, dies at 32
• 1917 Henry Spiekman, Dutch journalist and politician (co-founder Social Democratic Workers’ Party), dies of leukemia at 43
• 1918 Reggie Schwartz, English cricket spin bowler (20 Tests South Africa, 55 wickets, BB 6/47) and rugby union fly half (3 Tests England), dies from Spanish flu at 43
• 1919 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (Riemann–Hurwitz formula), dies at 60
• 1919 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Dutch socialist politician (1st Socialist Member of Parliament), dies at 72
• 1922 Marcel Proust, French intellectual and author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51
• 1929 Henricus van de Wetering, Archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78
• 1941 Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (Labour Party), dies at 74
• 1941 Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet who wrote in French, dies inside a mental hospital at 61
• 1941 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist and chemist (Nobel Prize, 1920), dies at 77 [1]
• 1946 Donald Meek, Scottish-American stage and screen actor (You Can’t Take It With You; Stagecoach), dies of leukemia at 68
• 1946 John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
• 1946 Johnny Lush, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1904-10 (Philadelphia Phillies, St . Louis Cardinals 2 no-hitters – 1 official, 1 rain-shortened), dies at 61
• 1950 Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60
• 1951 Johan van Maarseveen, Dutch Minister of Justice and Internal minister, dies at 57
• 1951 Václav Kálik, Czech composer, dies at 60
• 1951 Will Vodery, African-American theater and film arranger, orchestrator (Showboat; Ziegfeld’s Follies; Blackbirds), and composer (From Dixie to Broadway), dies at 66
• 1952 Paul Éluard, French communist and poet, dies at 56
• 1953 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), dies at 52
• 1958 Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1910), dies
• 1959 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician, dies at 65
• 1959 Arthur Q Bryan, American voice actor, comedian and radio personality (Beulah, The Devil Bat), dies from a heart attack at 60
• 1961 Clarence “Bud” Pinkston, American diver (Olympic gold 10m platform, silver 3m springboard 1920), dies at 61
• 1962 Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63

• 1965 Henry A. Wallace, American editor and politician (33rd US Vice-President 1941-45, founded Progressive Party), dies at 77 [1]
• 1966 Béla Tardos, Hungarian composer (A beke napja alatt (Under the Sun of Peace), dies at 56
• 1968 Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger], American film producer (Cleopatra), dies at 74

• 1969 Léon Jongen, Belgian organist, composer, and academic, dies at 85
• 1969 Ted Heath, British jazz trombonist, composer, and big bandleader, dies at 67
• 1970 Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
• 1971 (Herman) “Junior” Parker, American blues and soul singer and musician (Mystery Train), dies during brain tumor surgery at 39
• 1972 Danny Whitten, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Crazy Horse; Rod Stewart – “I Don’t Want To Talk About It”), dies of a methaqualone overdose at 29
• 1972 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, Ecuadorian composer and musicologist, dies at 90
• 1976 Man Ray, American artist (Dada), dies at 86
• 1977 (Theodora) “Teddi” King, American pop standards and jazz vocalist, dies from complications of lupus at 48
• 1977 Davey O’Brien, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1938, Texas Christian University; NFL: Philadelphia Eagles), dies from cancer at 60
• 1977 Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (Dictator of the Austrian Federal State), dies at 79
• 1977 Victor Francen, Belgian actor (J’Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89

• 1978 Lennie Tristano, American jazz pianist (The New Tristano), dies of a heart attack at 59
• 1978 Leo Ryan, American teacher and politician (U.S. House of Representatives from California, 1973-78), assassinated at 53 in Jonestown, Guyana
• 1979 Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball pitcher (MLB record career double plays [79] 1938-64) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), dies of a heart attack at 78
• 1980 Conn Smythe, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs 1927-61; Stanley Cup x 8), dies of heart failure at 85
• 1981 Fredric Wertham, German-born American psychiatrist and author, dies at 86
• 1982 Donald Dillaway, American stage and screen actor (Min and Bill; Platinum Blonde), dies at 79
• 1982 Heinar Kipphardt, German writer and playwright (In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer), dies at 60
• 1983 Hilton Smith, American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 x NgL All Star; Monroe Monarchs, Kansas City Monarchs), dies at 76
• 1983 Ivan Albright, American painter (Door, Window), dies at 86
• 1984 Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping), dies at 77
• 1986 Gia Carangi, American model (AIDS) (b. 1960)
• 1986 Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian conductor, composer, musicologist and professor, dies at 87

• 1989 Henry de Vries, Dutch painter and poet (Toovertuin), dies at 83
• 1990 Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies
• 1991 Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
• 1992 Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), dies from stroke at 82
• 1992 Herman Musaph, Dutch Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, dermatologist and sexologist, dies at 76
• 1992 Superman, fictional character, killed by Doomsday at 54
• 1993 Fritz Feld, German actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus, Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93

• 1994 Christopher Joyce, British photographer, dies at 51
• 1994 Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
• 1995 Miron Grindea, Romanian-born literary editor (ADAM International Review), dies at 86
• 1995 Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer
• 1996 David Herbert, English publisher (The Herbert Press), dies at 69 [1]
• 1996 Douglas Guest, British organist, choir master (Westminster Abbey, 1963-81), conductor, and composer (For the Fallen), dies at 80 [1]
• 1996 John Vassall, British spy and civil servant (spied for Soviet Union), dies at 72
• 1997 Joyce Wethered, British golfer (English Ladies’ champion 1920–24), dies at 96
• 1998 Norma Connolly, American actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital, The Young Marrieds), dies at 71

• 1999 Paul Bowles, American novelist (The Sheltering Sky), translator, and composer, dies at 88
• 2002 James Coburn, American actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven), dies at 74
• 2002 Kim Gallagher, American athlete (Olympic silver 800m 1984; bronze 1988), dies of colon cancer at 38
• 2003 Michael Kamen, American composer and arranger (film scores to Brazil and Mr. Holland’s Opus; Pink Floyd), dies from a heart attack at 55

• 2004 John Arnold, British judge and President of the Family Division of the High Court (1979-88), dies at 89
• 2005 Harold J Stone, American actor (Spartacus, The Wrong Man), dies at 92
• 2009 Bill Narum, American counter-culture figure, illustrator and rock poster and album art designer (ZZ Top), dies at 62
• 2009 Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), dies at 74
• 2009 Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 2010 Brian G. Marsden, British astronomer (Smithsonian’s Minor Planet Center (MPC), 1978-2006), dies at 73
• 2011 David Langdon, English newspaper and magazine cartoonist (Sunday Mirror), dies at 97 [1]
• 2011 Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 69
• 2012 Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Soviet-American chess Woman Grandmaster, dies from brain cancer at 55
• 2012 Philip Ledger, British organist, composer, conductor, and academic (King’s College Cambridge), dies of cancer at 74
• 2014 Dave Appell, American musician, arranger, musical director (Ernie Kovacs), record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn), and songwriter, dies at 92
• 2015 Erik Lotichius, Dutch composer (Anaitalrax), dies at 86
• 2015 Jim Slater, British financier and writer, dies at 86

• 2015 Mal Whitfield, American track athlete (Olympic 3 gold, silver & bronze 1948, 52), dies at 91
• 2016 Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant), dies at 96
• 2016 Sharon Jones, American soul singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings), dies of cancer at 60
• 2017 Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), dies from endometrial cancer at 61
• 2017 Malcolm Young, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (founding member of AC/DC), dies at 64
• 2017 Mother Flawless Sabrina [Jack Doroshow], American LGBT activist and drag queen who was a pioneer for transgender people and drag queens, dies at 78
• 2018 Jerry Frankel, American Broadway producer, dies at 88
• 2018 Larry Pickering, Australian political cartoonist and illustrator, dies of lung cancer at 76
• 2019 Michael Putland, British portrait photographer and photojournalist who focused on musicians (Disc & Music Echo magazine; album cover art), dies of prostate cancer at 72
• 2020 Adam Musiał, Polish soccer defender (34 caps; Wisła Kraków) and manager (Wisła Kraków, Lechia Gdańsk, Stal Stalowa Wola), dies at 71
• 2020 Pim Doesburg, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (8 caps; Eredivisie record 687 games; Sparta, PSV), dies at 77
• 2021 Dzyanis Kowba, Belarusian soccer defensive midfielder (36 caps; PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara 247 games), dies from complications of COVID-19 at 42
• 2021 Kim Suominen, Finnish soccer midfielder (39 caps; TPS, FF Jaro), dies at 52
• 2021 Slide Hampton [Locksley Wellington Hampton], American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger, dies at 89
• 2022 Ned Rorem, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra; Evidence of Things Not Seen), and author (The Paris Diary), dies at 99 [1]
• 2023 David Del Tredici, American pianist, Neo-Romantic composer, and 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner (In Memory of a Summer Day), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 86 [1]
• 2023 Ruud Geels, Dutch soccer striker (20 caps; Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles, Club Brugge, Ajax, Anderlecht, Sparta, PSV, NAC), diess at 75
• 2024 Charles Dumont, French songwriter (“Non, je ne regrette rien”, “Mon Dieu”), and singer, dies at 95
• 2024 Karl Kohn, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and educator (Pomona College), dies at 98

November 18 Highlights