Famous Deaths on November 21

• 1011 Reizei, 63rd Emperor of Japan (967-9), dies at 62
• 1361 Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
• 1481 Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87

• 1555 Georg Agricola [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61
• 1566 Annibale Caro, Italian writer and poet (Lettere familiare), dies at 59
• 1579 Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier
• 1580 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, Governor of Brussels, executed
• 1610 Benedict van Canfield [William Fish], English missionary, dies
• 1652 Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer, dies at 67
• 1695 Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
• 1710 Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer, dies at 72
• 1730 François de Troy, French portrait artist
• 1775 John Hill, British writer
• 1782 Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor of the automaton (Flute Player), dies at 73 [1]
• 1811 Heinrich von Kleist, German writer, dramatist and poet (Penthesilea, The Marquise of O), dies in a suicide pact at 34
• 1813 William Russell, English composer and organist, dies at 36

• 1830 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian pioneering dramatist (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon), dies of tuberculosis at 42
• 1844 Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (b. 1769)
• 1863 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 74
• 1866 Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, French politician and historian, dies at 84
• 1870 Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69
• 1875 Friedrich Albert Lange, German philosopher and socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
• 1881 Ami Boué, French Huguenot geologist considered to be one of the first producers of a geological map of the world, dies at 87
• 1882 Sergey Nechayev, Russian Nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary), dies at 35
• 1899 Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
• 1907 Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
• 1907 Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust’s early Tests), dies

• 1920 Caryl Florio [William James Robjohn], English-American composer, dies at 77
• 1922 Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
• 1924 Florence Harding, American First Lady (b. 1860)
• 1925 Robert Wrenn, American tennis player (US Open 1893-94, 1896-97), dies at 52
• 1928 Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
• 1932 Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman law) and historian, dies at 68
• 1932 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies at 60
• 1938 Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist, composer (Java Suite; Triakontameron; 53 Studies on Chopin’s Études), and pedagogue, dies of stomach cancer at 68
• 1940 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
• 1941 George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor, dies at 73
• 1941 Henrietta Vinton Davis, African-American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker, dies at 81
• 1941 Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif

• 1945 Ellen Glasgow, American novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942), dies at 72
• 1945 Jimmy Quinn, Scottish soccer striker (11 caps; Celtic 272 games, 188 goals), dies at 67
• 1945 Robert Benchley, American humorist (My 10 years in a Quandary), dies at 56
• 1952 Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
• 1952 William Green, American trade union leader and president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52), dies at 79
• 1953 Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
• 1954 Karol Rathaus, German-Austrian composer, dies at 59
• 1954 Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 69
• 1956 Jean Desmet, Dutch early film distributor and cinema owner dies at 80
• 1957 Francis Burton Harrison, American-Filipino statesman, Governor General of the Philippines (1913-21), dies at 83

• 1963 Artur Lemba, Estonian concert pianist, composer (Sabina), and piano teacher (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1908-20), dies at 67
• 1963 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
• 1963 Pierre Blanchar, Algerian actor and director (Magnificent Sinner; Wooden Crosses; Pastoral Symphony), dies from a brain tumor at 71
• 1963 Robert Stroud, American murderer, convict, and ornithologist dubbed “Birdman of Alcatraz”, dies at 73
• 1967 C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (b. 1896)
• 1967 Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
• 1969 Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
• 1969 Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and novelist (The Magic Pudding), dies at 90 [1]

• 1970 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey (Montreal Canadiens) and lacrosse player, dies at 83
• 1972 Karel Haba, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 74
• 1973 Thomas Pelly, American politician, dies at 71
• 1974 Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84
• 1975 Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
• 1976 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), dies at 88
• 1980 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
• 1981 Harry Von Zell, American radio announcer and actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), dies of cancer at 75
• 1982 Ditta Pásztory-Bartók, Hungarian concert pianist, and second wife of composer Béla Bartók, dies at 79
• 1982 John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
• 1982 Lee Patrick, American stage and screen actress (The Maltese Falcon; Topper (TV series) – “Henrietta”), dies of a heart attack at 80
• 1985 Ramnath Kenny, Indian cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies at 55
• 1986 Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
• 1986 Jerry Colonna, American actor (Jerry Colonna Show, Alice in Wonderland, Road to Singapore), dies at 82
• 1986 Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican actor (The Warriors), dies of AIDS at 28
• 1987 Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79

• 1991 Daniel Mann [Chugerman], American stage and screen director (The Rose Tattoo; The Teahouse Of The August Moon; Butterfield 8), dies of heart failure at 79
• 1991 David “Sonny” Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
• 1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 25 wickets; Trinidad), dies at 74
• 1991 Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
• 1992 Kaysone Phomvihane, Prime Minister and President of Laos (1975-91), dies at 71
• 1992 Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies at 73

• 1993 Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59
• 1995 Dorothy Jeakins, American film and theatre costume designer (Samson and Delilah), dies at 81
• 1995 George Ivan Smith, ustralian radio correspondent, UN diplomat and spokesman, dies at 80
• 1995 Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
• 1995 Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), dies of a heart attack at 60
• 1995 Smilin’ Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71
• 1996 Abdus Salam, Pakistani theoretical physicist (1979 Noble Prize for Physics – electroweak unification theory), dies at 70
• 1996 Bernard Rose, British organist, soldier, composer, and academic, dies at 80
• 1996 Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), dies at 92
• 1997 Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies
• 1997 Robert Simpson, British classical composer, and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 76
• 1999 Alvin Cash [Welch], American pop singer (“Twine Time”; “The Philly Freeze”), and actor, dies of ulcer complications at 60
• 1999 Eddie Maxwell [Cherkose], American lyricist (Breathless) and actor, dies of natural causes at 87
• 1999 Quentin Crisp [Denis Charles Pratt], British author, actor, and raconteur (The Naked Civil Servant), dies at 90 [1] [2]
• 2000 Manfred Langer, Austrian-Dutch owner of the Amsterdam discotheque iT, dies of cancer at 42 [1] [2]
• 2001 Gardner McKay, American actor and author (Adventures in Paradise, Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles), dies at 69
• 2001 Robert Bly, American poet (Loving a Woman in Two Worlds), and writer (Iron John: A Book About Men), dies at 94 [1]
• 2001 Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
• 2002 Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
• 2002 Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan, dies from cardiac arrest at 47
• 2003 Teddy Randazzo, American pop singer-songwriter (I’m on the Outside Looking In), dies at 68
• 2005 Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (b. 1896)
• 2005 Bill D’Angelo, American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale, 1987-90), dies of a drug overdose at 43
• 2005 Hugh Sidey, American journalist (Life; Time), and author (Hugh Sidey’s Portraits of the Presidents), dies of an apparent heart attack at 78
• 2006 Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese Cabinet minister (assassinated) (b. 1972)
• 2006 Robert Lockwood Jr., American blues guitarist, dies at 91
• 2006 Věroslav Neumann, Czech composer and music educator, dies at 75
• 2007 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
• 2007 Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricket batsman (25 Tests, 1 x 100; Otago CA), dies at 75
• 2007 Tom Johnson, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1947-65 (5 x Stanley Cups – Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins), and executive (Bruins – 2 x Stanley Cups), dies of heart failure at 79
• 2009 Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1), dies at 83
• 2010 David Nolan, American political activist (b. 1943)
• 2010 José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, Brazilian composer, dies at 67
• 2010 Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American visual artist and co-founder of DuSable Museum of African American History, dies at 95
• 2010 Norris Church Mailer, American model and widow of Norman Mailer (b. 1949)

• 2011 Arghyris Kounadis, Greek composer of opera and film music (The Bewitched Music Stands), dies at 87
• 2013 Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L’Oeil écoute – The Eye Listens), dies at 86
• 2013 Maurice Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler, dies at 84
• 2013 Vern Mikkelsen, American HOF basketball player, dies at 85
• 2014 Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist, researcher and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry, dies at 84
• 2015 Bob Foster, American boxer (world light-heavyweight champion 1968-74), dies at 76
• 2015 Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican film, theater, television, and voice actor (El Vampiro), dies at 86
• 2015 Joseph Silverstein, American violinist, concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1955-84), dies of complications after a heart attack at 83 [1]
• 2015 Ken Johnson, American baseball pitcher (only pitcher to lose a complete game 9-inning no-hitter 1964), dies at 82
• 2017 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67
• 2017 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
• 2018 Devin Lima [Harold Lima], American singer (LFO), dies of cancer at 41
• 2019 Andrée Lachapelle, French-Canadian stage and screen actress (The Last Escape), dies via assisted suicide while suffering from cancer at 88
• 2019 Gahan Wilson, American author and cartoonist known as the “Michelangelo of the Macabre”, dies at 89 [1]
• 2020 Dena Dietrich, American actress (“Mother Nature” in Chiffon margarine commercials), dies at 91
• 2020 Ricky Yacobi, Indonesian soccer striker (31 caps; Arseto Solo, Matsushita), dies from a heart attack at 57
• 2021 Gordon Crosse, British contemporary classical composer (Grace of Todd; Purgatory; Changes), and educator, dies at 84
• 2022 Jeremy Lloyds, English cricket umpire (5 Tests, 18 ODIs, 1 T20I) and all-rounder (Somerset CCC, Orange Free State, Gloucestershire CCC), dies at 68
• 2022 Jürgen Nöldner, German soccer midfielder (30 caps East Germany; ASK Vorwärts Berlin 285 games) and journalist (Neue Fußballwoch, Kicker), dies at 81
• 2022 Kálmán Mészöly, Hungarian soccer defender (61 caps; Vasas SC 279 games) and manager (Hungary, Turkey, Fenerbahçe SK), dies at 81
• 2022 Wilko Johnson [John Wilkinson], British guitarist, singer and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood, 1971-77 – “She Does It Right”), dies of cancer at 75
• 2023 Chad Allan [Allan Kowbel], Canadian pop-rock singer and musician (The Expressions/The Guess Who, 1962-65; Brave Belt), and television personality, dies at 80 [1]
• 2023 Georges Perroud, Swiss soccer forward (18 caps; FC Sion, Servette FC), dies at 82
• 2023 Lothar Buchmann, German soccer manager (VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Kickers Offenbach, Karlsruher SC), dies at 87
• 2024 Alice Brock, American restaurateur, visual artist, and inspiration for Arlo Guthrie’s song “Alice’s Restaurant” dies at 83 [1] [2]
• 2024 Kathleen Wharton, New Zealand rugby league second-rower (14 Tests; NRLW NZ Warriors), dies at 41
• 2024 Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (14 Tests, BB 7/99; Pakistan railways CC, Punjab Uni CC), dies at 78

November 21 Highlights