Famous Deaths on November 19

• 496 Pope Gelasius I, Catholic Pope (492-496) of Berber extraction, and writer (Doctrine of the Two Powers), dies at about 86 [birth details murky]
• 498 Anastasius II, Pope (496-98) referred to by Dante in his Inferno XI, 8-9, dies
• 1272 David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies

• 1316 Jean I, King of France and Navarre, (Nov 15-19, 1316), dies at 5 days old
• 1389 Dimitri Ivanovitch “Donskoi”, monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39
• 1472 Bessarion, Byzantine Greek Catholic bishop and famed Greek scholar who revived work of Plato and donated his library to Venice, dies at about 69
• 1478 Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
• 1557 Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-48), dies at 63
• 1577 Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
• 1630 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44
• 1649 Caspar Schoppe, German scholar and controversialist, dies at 73
• 1665 Nicholas Poussin, French classical painter (Seven Sacraments), dies at 71
• 1672 John Wilkins, English Anglican clergyman and Bishop of Chester (1668-72), dies at 58
• 1692 Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Dutch-German prince and Field Marshall (commanded Dutch States Army and German forces), dies at 72
• 1692 Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (2nd Poet Laureate 1689-92), dies at about 50
• 1703 Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies

• 1719 Jean Deutz van Assendelft, Dutch merchant and Amsterdam regent, dies at 64
• 1723 Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
• 1749 Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian late Baroque violinist and composer, dies at 68
• 1772 William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
• 1773 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician, dies at 51
• 1785 Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer, dies at 65
• 1795 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, dies at 62

• 1804 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian opera composer, dies at 75
• 1806 Shah Alam II, 17th Mughal Emperor (1760-1806), dies at 78
• 1822 Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
• 1825 Jan Václav Voříšek, Czech pianist, organist, and composer, dies of respiratory arrest at 34

• 1850 Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician (b. 1780)
• 1854 Alberich Zwyssig, Swiss composer (Swiss National Anthem), dies at 46
• 1868 Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
• 1880 Bernard ter Haar, Dutch poet (Herbert and Clara) and church historian, dies at 74
• 1883 Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German engineer and inventor (laid undersea cables), dies at 60

• 1897 William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian at Amherst College, dies at 87
• 1899 (Maria) Catharina Beersmans, Belgian stage actress (Medea; The Empty Cradle; The Bad Shepherds), dies at 55
• 1899 John William Dawson, Canadian geologist, dies at 79
• 1908 Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor, dies at 79
• 1910 Rudolf Fittig, German chemist (synthesizing organic compounds), dies at 74
• 1911 Ramon Caceres, President of the Dominican Republic (1906-11), murdered at 44
• 1915 Joe Hill [Joel Hägglund], Swedish-American labor activist and protest songwriter (“The Preacher and the Slave”; “There Is Power in a Union”), executed at Sugar House Prison in Salt Lake City, Utah for murder at 36
• 1915 Solomon Schechter, Moldavian-American Talmudic scholar and rabbi, dies at about 64
• 1917 Basil Grieve, English cricket batsman (2 Tests), dies at 53
• 1922 Frank Bacon, American playwright, actor and author (Lightnin’), dies from a heart attack at 58
• 1923 Frans Netscher, Dutch author and journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59
• 1924 Lee Stack, British Army Major-General, Egyptian Army Sirdar, and Governor-General of Sudan (1917-24), assassinated by student demonstrators in Cairo at 56
• 1924 Thomas Ince, American actor and silent film director who pioneered the Western genre, dies of heart failure at 44
• 1928 Achille Simonetti, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 71
• 1929 Arthur Henry Mann, English organist and composer (Kings College Cambridge, Church of England Hymnal), dies at 79
• 1931 Frederic Cliffe, English composer, dies at 74
• 1931 Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet, dies in a plane crash at 34
• 1933 Enrique José Varona, Cuban author, dies at 84
• 1935 Freddie Calthorpe, English cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies of cancer at 43
• 1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle
• 1938 Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher, dies at 72
• 1940 Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist, dies at 75
• 1942 Bruno Schulz, Polish writer (The Street of Crocodiles), shot and killed by German Nazi at 50
• 1942 Édouard Combe, Swiss composer, dies at 76
• 1943 André Antoine, French actor and stage manager (founded Théâtre-Libre), dies at 85
• 1948 Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer of travel literature (Life on Puka Puka), dies at 52
• 1949 James Ensor, Flemish painter and etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89
• 1950 Thomas Wood, English composer, dies at 57
• 1951 Pete Hill, American Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL lifetime batting average: .326) and manager (Detroit Stars, Baltimore Black Sox), dies at 69
• 1954 Walter Bartley Wilson, English founding member of Cardiff City F.C., dies at 84
• 1956 Francis L Sullivan, British actor (Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Missing Rembrandt), dies from a lung ailment at 53
• 1959 Edward C. Tolman, American psychologist (behaviorism), dies at 73
• 1959 Gerard J. Arbous, actor and publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83
• 1959 Joseph Charbonneau, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal, dies at 67
• 1960 Phyllis Haver, American actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
• 1961 Dorothy Heyward (née Kuhns), American playwright (Porgy), and novelist, dies at 71
• 1963 Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50
• 1967 Charles J. Watters, US Army chaplain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
• 1967 João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands), dies at 59
• 1971 Bill Stern, American sportscaster (first televised college football game), dies of a heart attack at 64
• 1973 Cyril Allcott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 113 runs @ 22.6, 6 wickets; Auckland), dies at 77
• 1974 George Brunies, American musician (b. 1902)
• 1974 Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (Harriet the Spy), dies at 46
• 1975 Roger D. Branigin, American politician (b. 1902)
• 1976 Basil Spence, Scottish architect (Coventry Cathedral), dies at 69
• 1976 Wayne Millner, American NFL Hall of Fame football end, 1936-45 (Boston/Washington Redskins), and US Navy WWII veteran, dies of a heart attack at 63
• 1977 William “Sonny” Criss, American bebop jazz saxophonist (Jazz U.S.A.), commits suicide while suffering from stomach cancer at 50
• 1980 Andreas Nezertis, Greek composer, dies at 82
• 1981 Griffiths Mxenge, South African anti-apartheid activist, murdered at 46
• 1982 Erving Goffman, American sociologist (Asylums), dies at 60
• 1982 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer (“Como golondrinas”; “Enamorada”), and actress, dies of a heart attack at 70
• 1983 Peter Coffield, American actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
• 1983 Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist, dies at 79
• 1983 Tom Evans, British rock guitarist, bass player, and singer-songwriter (Badfinger – “Come and Get It”; “Without You”: “Maybe Tomorrow”), commits suicide at 36
• 1984 George D. Aiken, American politician (Senator-R-Vermont, 1941-75), dies at 92
• 1985 Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Perry], American actor (Miracle in Harlem) 1st African American film star, dies of pneumonia 83
• 1988 Christina Onassis, Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress of the Onassis fortune, only daughter of Aristotle Onassis, dies of heart failure at 37
• 1990 Georgy Flyorov, Soviet-Russian physicist (spontaneous fission, Soviet atomic bomb project), dies at 77
• 1990 Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War), dies at 89
• 1991 Reggie Nalder, Austrian actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80
• 1992 Bobby Russell, American songwriter (“Honey”; “Little Green Apples”), dies at 52
• 1992 Diane Varsi, American actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54
• 1992 Dorothy Walker Bush, American mother of President George H. W. Bush, dies at 91
• 1993 Dorothy Revier, American actress (Sally on the Subway), dies at 89
• 1994 Dedrick Gobert, American actor (Boyz ‘n the Hood), shot to death at 22
• 1994 Julian Symons, British crime writer and poet, dies at 82
• 1994 Li Yuan-chia, Chinese artist, dies at 65
• 1995 Bruce Trent [William Butters], British stage singer and actor (Stars In Battledress; The Burning Boat), dies at 83
• 1995 Martha Hill, American modern dancer and teacher (Juilliard), dies at 94
• 1995 Shirley Bergeron, American Cajun singer and guitarist, dies at 62
• 1996 Denis Jenkinson, British motor racing journalist, dies at 74
• 1996 Edward Kassner, Austrian-born music publisher, dies at 76
• 1996 Ian Bancroft, British civil servant (Head of the UK Civil Service), dies at 73
• 1996 Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, Indian journalist and diplomat (The Problem with India), dies at 90
• 1997 Christina Corrigan, American obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13
• 1997 Durlyn Eddmonds, American murderer, executed at 45
• 1997 Mary Bernheim, English biochemist who discovered monoamine oxidase, and professor (Duke Medical School), dies at 95
• 1997 Walter Stewart, American murderer, executed at 42
• 1998 “Alan J Pakula, American filmmaker (All the President’s Men; Sophie;s Choice; Klute), dies in a car accident at 70 [1]
• 1998 Earl Kim, Korean-American composer, dies at 78
• 1998 Glenn Reeves, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and radio deejay (“Heartbreak Hotel”), dies of cancer at 67
• 1998 Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist, invented the Fujita scale for rating tornadoes, dies at 78
• 1999 Alexander Liberman, Russian-American magazine editor, painter and photographer (639), dies at 87
• 2001 Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter, stained glass artist, and major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene, dies at 77
• 2002 George Fullerton, South African cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51), dies at 79
• 2003 Greg Ridley, British rock bassist (Spooky Tooth; Humble Pie), dies of pneumonia at 56
• 2003 Ian Geoghegan, Australian racing driver (b. 1940)
• 2004 Helmut Griem, German actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 John R. Vane, English pharmacologist (Nobel 1982), dies at 77
• 2004 Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b. 1914)
• 2004 Terry Melcher (né Terrence Jorden), American record producer (The Byrds; Paul Revere & the Raiders), musician (The Rip Chords), and son of Doris Day, dies of melanoma at 62
• 2005 Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)
• 2006 Edward Ford, courtier in the Royal Household of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 96
• 2007 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, dies at 91
• 2007 Jim Ringo, American Pro Football HOF center (7 × First-team All-Pro; 10 × Pro Bowl; Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Buffalo Bills 1976–77), dies at 75
• 2007 Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer (Quiet Riot), dies of an overdose at 53
• 2007 Mike Gregory, English rugby league footballer, dies from progressive muscular atrophy at 43
• 2008 Carole Caldwell Graebner, American tennis player (US Open doubles 1965, Australian Open doubles 1966), dies of cancer at 65
• 2008 Clive Barnes, British-American drama critic (NY Times, 1978-2008; NY Post, 1965-77), dies of liver cancer at 81
• 2009 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Nederlandse Opera, 1950-70), dies at 84
• 2010 Pat Burns, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame coach (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins; Stanley Cup 2002-03 New Jersey Devils), dies from cancer at 58
• 2011 Basil D’Oliveira, English cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 2,484 @ 40.06, 47 wickets), dies form Parkinson’s disease at 80
• 2011 John Neville, English theatre and film actor, dies at 86
• 2011 Michael Hastings, British playwright, dies at 74
• 2012 Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), dies at 79
• 2012 Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82
• 2013 Charlotte Zolotow, American author and publisher of children’s books (When the Wind Stops), dies at 98
• 2013 Frederick Sanger, British biochemist (worked out structure of insulin, developed Sanger sequencing to sequence complete genome, Nobel Prize 1958, 1980), dies at 95

• 2014 Ralph “Riff” West, American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), dies at 64
• 2015 Armand [Herman van Loenhout], Dutch singer (Blommenkinders), dies at 69
• 2015 Rex Reason, American actor (This Island Earth, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), dies at 86

• 2017 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; Royal Family), dies at 86

• 2017 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who’s Julie, M-M-Mel), dies of respiratory failure at 85
• 2020 André Quilis, French rugby union flanker (5 caps; RC Narbonne), dies at 79
• 2020 Jake Scott, American College Football Hall of Fame safety (Uni of Georgia; 5×Pro Bowl; 2×First-team All-Pro; Super Bowl 1972 [MVP], 73; Miami Dolphins), dies from head injuries in a fall at 75
• 2021 Don Kojis, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1968, 69; Detroit Pistons, SD Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics), dies at 82
• 2021 Hank Von Helvete [Hans-Erik Husby], Norwegian punk rock singer (Turbonegro), dies at 46
• 2022 Danny Kalb, American blues guitarist (The Blues Project), dies at 80
• 2022 Fausto Razzi, Italian composer, choral director, and educator, dies at 90
• 2023 Hannes Strydom, South African rugby union lock (21 Tests; Eastern Province, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Super Rugby Cats), dies in a car accident at 58
• 2023 Joss Ackland, British actor (To Kill a Priest, White Mischief), dies at 95 [1]
• 2023 Rosalynn Carter (née Smith), American activist and First Lady (1977-81), dies at 96 [1]
• 2024 Roy Christian, New Zealand rugby league centre (32 Tests; Auckland RL, Otahuhu RLFC), dies at 81

November 19 Highlights