Famous Deaths on November 23

• 615 Columbanus, Irish monastery founder, poet and saint (Poenitentiale), dies
• 947 Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
• 955 Edred, King of England (946-955), dies at 32

• 1249 Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies
• 1407 Louis, duke of Orleans, brother of King Charles VI, assassinated in Paris by forces of the Duke of Burgundy, John the Fearless
• 1457 Ladislaus V (“the Posthumus”), Árpád dynasty and King of Bohemia (1453-57), King of Hungary and Croatia (1440-44), and Duke of Austria (1440-57), dies at 17
• 1503 Bona of Savoy, Italian Duchess of Milan, dies at 54
• 1503 Margaret of York (Margaret of Burgendy), wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 57
• 1511 Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (successfully captured Pavagadh and Junagadh forts in battles), dies at 66
• 1511 Princess Anne of York, 5th daughter of King Edward IV, dies at 36
• 1558 Charles, Earl of Lalaing, land guardian of the Netherlands, dies at 52
• 1572 Il Bronzino [Agnolo di Cosimo], Italian mannerist artist (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) and poet, dies at 69
• 1585 Thomas Tallis, English composer, dies at 80
• 1613 Charles Philippe of Croÿ, Marquis of Havré, Spanish-Netherlands military general and confident to King Philip II of Spain, dies at 64
• 1616 Richard Hakluyt, English writer who promoted the colonization of America (b. 1552)
• 1682 Claude Lorrain, French painter known for his landscapes (b. 1604)

• 1694 Jean Talon, French official in New France (1st Intendent of New France, organized 800 ‘Kings Daughters’), dies at 68
• 1709 Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch-English earl of Portland, dies at 60
• 1752 Conrad Michael Schneider, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 79
• 1763 Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier who commanded Austrian imperial forces (b. 1673)
• 1769 Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek reforming Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia who abolished serfdom, dies in captivity at 58
• 1787 Anton Schweitzer, German composer, dies at 52
• 1804 Richard Graves, English writer (The Spiritual Quixote), dies at 89
• 1806 Roger Newdigate, British politician (sat in the House of Commons 1742-80), dies at 87
• 1807 Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician, dies at 60
• 1814 Elbridge Gerry, American politician signer of Declaration of Independence, 5th Vice-President of the US (under James Madison, 1813-14), and namesake of “gerrymander”, dies at 70
• 1817 William C. C. Clairborne, American military officer, and politician (US Senator from Louisiana, 1817; 1st Governor of Louisiana, 1812-16), dies of a liver ailment at about 42 [birthdate disputed]
• 1826 Johann Bode, German astronomer (Titius–Bode Law), dies at 79
• 1829 Ritta and Christina Parodi, Sardinian siamese twins, die at 8 months
• 1848 Alfred Julius Becher, Austrian journalist and composer, dies at 45
• 1848 John Barrow, 1st Baronet, English statesman and founder of the Royal Geographical Society, dies at 84
• 1853 Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, Spanish choirmaster and composer, dies at 67

• 1853 Friedrich Schneider, German keyboardist, composer, and conductor, dies at 67
• 1864 Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German-Russian astronomer, dies at 71
• 1865 Josef Leopold Zvonař, Czech organist and composer, dies at 41
• 1865 René E. de Russy, West Indian US brigadier general, dies at about 75
• 1872 Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), American poet/Comanche chief, dies
• 1890 William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-90) and the last male King until 2013, dies at 73
• 1902 Walter Reed, U.S. Army physician and bacteriologist who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever, dies at 51
• 1910 Hawley Harvey Crippen [Dr Crippen], American homeopath and first killer to be caught with the aid of wireless telegraphy, dies by hanging at 48
• 1911 Bernard Tancred, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Northern Cape), dies at 46
• 1916 Eduard Napravnik, Czech conductor and composer, dies at 77
• 1916 Leonard Moon, English cricket batsman (4 Tests, Cambridge University CC, Middlesex CCC), dies in WWI action at 38
• 1920 Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader “Mad Molla”, dies
• 1923 Urmuz [Demetru Dem. Demetrescu-Buzău], Romanian writer (Bizarre Pages), commits suicide at 40
• 1926 Frederic Ayres, American composer (From the Plains), dies at 50
• 1927 Stanisław Przybyszewski, Polish writer and dramatist (Homo Sapiens, Zur Psychologie des Individuums), dies at 59
• 1929 Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer, dies at 29

• 1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor and pianist, dies at 46
• 1932 Percy Pitt, English composer (BBC), dies at 63
• 1934 E. A. Wallis Budge, English orientalist and museum curator (British Museum), dies at 77
• 1934 Giovanni Brunero, Italian road cyclist (Giro d’Italia General classification 1921, 22, 26), dies at 39
• 1935 Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, dies at 65
• 1937 George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist, dies at 79
• 1937 Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, ploymath and writer, dies at 78
• 1937 Louis Victor Saar, Dutch-American composer, dies at 68
• 1938 August Kiehl, Dutch actor (Op hoop van zegen, De kribbebijter), dies at 84
• 1940 Catharina van Rennes, Dutch composer, dies at 82
• 1943 Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74
• 1946 Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered

• 1948 Stanner E.V. Taylor, American director and screenwriter (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
• 1948 Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Soviet composer who composed the anthem used by Azerbaijan during the Soviet period, dies at 63
• 1949 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and jurist, dies at 71
• 1952 Aaro A. Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer and poet, dies at 59
• 1952 Albert van Raalte, Dutch conductor (AVRO – Dutch Radio Orchestra, 1928-40), dies at 62
• 1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61
• 1962 Gloria Gordon, English actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81
• 1962 H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
• 1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch-English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
• 1965 Frank Debenham, Australian geographer and geologist, dies at 81
• 1966 Seán T. O’Kelly, Irish politician and President of Ireland (1945-59), dies at 84
• 1967 Freddie Martin, West Indian cricket batsman, (9 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), dies at 74
• 1969 (Donnell) “Spade” Cooley, American Western swing fiddler, bandleader, and television personality (“Shame On You”), dies of a heart attack during the intermission of a performance at 58
• 1970 Yusuf bin Ishak, Malay 1st President of Singapore (1965-70), dies in office at 60
• 1972 Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), dies of cancer at 56
• 1973 Claire Dodd, American actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64
• 1973 Constance Talmadge, American comedienne and actress (Intolerance; Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75
• 1973 Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), dies at 73
• 1973 Paul Newlan, American actor (Capt Grey in “M Squad”), dies at 70
• 1973 Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83
• 1974 Cornelius Ryan, Irish war reporter and historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54
• 1974 Páll Ísólfsson, Icelandic organist and composer, dies at 81

• 1979 Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter (“Crayon Angels”; “Jesus Was A Cross Maker”), dies of a drug overdose at 35
• 1979 Merle Oberon, British actress (That Uncertain Feeling, Wuthering Heights), dies from a stroke at 68
• 1979 Richard Rovere, American political journalist (Goldwater Caper), dies at 64
• 1980 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman and captain (10 Tests, 327 runs; Natal), dies at 75
• 1980 Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
• 1982 “Reverend” Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
• 1982 Adoniran Barbosa [João Rubinato], Brazilian samba singer, songwriter and comic radio actor, dies at 72
• 1983 Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
• 1983 Sybold van Ravesteyn, Dutch architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht), dies at 94
• 1983 Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (Armaan), dies at 45
• 1987 Alton Adams, American composer (1st black bandmaster in the United States Navy), dies at 98
• 1987 Marcia Henderson, American actress (Aldrich Family -“Kathleen”; Peter Pan), dies of lupus at 58
• 1989 Armand Salacrou, French playwright, dies at 90
• 1990 Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
• 1990 Nguyen Van Tam, Prime Minister of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
• 1990 Renate Rubinstein, German-Dutch author and columnist (Tamar), dies at 61

• 1991 Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82
• 1991 Klaus Kinski [Naksynski], German-Polish actor (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65
• 1992 Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
• 1992 Roy Acuff, American country fiddler, singer (“Wabash Cannonball”; Grand Ole Opry), and music publisher (Acuff-Rose Music), dies of congestive heart failure at 89
• 1992 Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76
• 1993 Gerarda Rueter, Dutch sculptor, dies at 89
• 1993 Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
• 1994 (Frederick) “Erick” Hawkins, American modern ballet dancer, and choreographer (Martha Graham Dance Company, 1939-51; Erick Hawkins Dance Company, 1951-94), dies at 85
• 1994 Art Barr, American professional wrestler, dies at 28
• 1994 Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70
• 1994 Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (with Bobby Hart: The Monkees – “Last Train to Clarksville”, “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”), and singer (Boyce & Hart – “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight”), commits suicide at 55
• 1995 Bernard Oliver, American engineer at HP and inventor (first hand-held calculators, SETI, Pulse Code Modulation), dies at 79 [1]
• 1995 Frank Hammond, American umpire, world’s 1st professional tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
• 1995 Junior Walker [Autry Mixon, Jr], American tenor saxophonist (“Shotgun”; “(I’m a) Road Runner”), dies of cancer at 64
• 1995 Louis Malle, French film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
• 1996 Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35
• 1996 George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85
• 1996 Idries Shah, Indian author and Sufi teacher, dies at 72
• 1996 Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist, dies at 53
• 1996 Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84
• 2001 Bo Belinsky, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1962; LA Angels), dies from bladder cancer at 64
• 2001 Mary Whitehouse, English social activist who opposed social liberalism and the mainstream British media, dies at 91
• 2001 O. C Smith, American jazz singer (Little Green Apples), dies at 69
• 2002 Boudewijn Büch, Dutch writer (The Madhouse) and television host (The World of Bodewijn Büch), dies at 53
• 2002 Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
• 2003 Patricia Burke, English actress (Forbidden), dies at 86
• 2004 Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928)
• 2005 (John) “Fritz” Richmond, American folk musician (washtub bass and jug), and recording engineer, dies of lung cancer at 66 [1]
• 2005 Beverly Tyler, American singer and actress (Fireball, The Youngest Profession, Big Town), dies at 78
• 2005 Constance Cummings, American-British Tony Award-winning stage (Wings; Long Day’s Journey Into Night), and screen (Blithe Spirit; Glamour) actress, dies at 95
• 2005 Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
• 2006 Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer, dies at 43
• 2006 Anita O’Day [Colton], American jazz singer, dies at 87

• 2006 Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
• 2006 Philippe Noiret, French actor (Nuovo cinema Paradiso, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino), dies at 76
• 2006 Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 2007 Óscar Sánchez, Bolivian soccer defender (78 caps; Club The Strongest, Club Bolivar), dies at 36
• 2007 Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union utility back (13 Tests; Auckland, Counties) and All Black selector 1969-71, dies at 71
• 2008 Richard Hickox, British organist, musical director, and conductor (City of London Sinfonia, 1971-2008; London Symphony Chorus, 1976-91), dies of a heart attack at 60
• 2009 Richard Graham Meale, Australian composer (Three Miró Pieces; Voss), dies at 77
• 2010 Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actress (b. 1937)
• 2010 James Tyler, American musicologist and author (b. 1940)
• 2010 Joyce Howard, British film actress (b. 1922)
• 2011 Carlos Moorhead, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), dies at 89
• 2011 Jim Rathmann, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1960; Race of Two Worlds at Monza, 1958), dies after a seizure at 83
• 2011 Montserrat Figueras, Catalan soprano and early music advocate (Hespèrion), dies at 69
• 2011 Oscar Griffin Jr, American journalist and 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 78

• 2014 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player, dies at 98
• 2014 Marion Barry, American politician, Mayor of the District of Columbia, 1979-91, 95-99, civil rights activist, arrested in drugs sting, dies at 78
• 2015 Douglass North, American economist, (Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 1993), dies at 95
• 2016 Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel In Fawlty Towers), dies at 86
• 2016 Joe Esposito, American author and friend of Elvis, dies at 78
• 2016 Larry Hosford, American folk singer-songwriter (The King Takes The Queen), dies at 73
• 2016 Peggy Kirk, American golfer, (Titleholders Championship 1949), dies at 95
• 2016 Ralph Branca, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1947–49; pitched “Shot Heard Round the World”), dies at 90
• 2017 Carol Neblett, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-93), dies at 71
• 2017 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP), dies at 93
• 2018 Nicolas Roeg, English cinematographer and director (Aria, Eureka), dies of natural causes at 90
• 2019 Barbara Hillary, American adventurer, 1st black woman to reach the North Pole, dies at 88
• 2019 Cathy Small Long, American politician (Rep-D-LA, 1985-8, dies at 95
• 2019 Walter Spink, American professor and world expert on South Asian art and architecture (Ajanta caves), dies at 91
• 2020 Abby Dalton, American actress (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 88
• 2020 Anele Ngcongca, South African soccer defender (53 caps; Genk), dies in a car accident at 33

• 2020 Hal Ketchum, American country singer (Small Town Saturday Night), dies at 67
• 2020 Karl Dall, German comedian, television host, and singer, dies at 79
• 2021 Andrew Vachss, American crime author and child protection attorney, dies at 79
• 2021 Bill Virdon, American baseball outfielder, manager, coach (NL Rookie of the Year 1955; World Series 1960; Gold Glove 1962), dies at 90
• 2022 David Johnson, English soccer forward (8 caps; Liverpool FC, Ipswich Town, Everton, Manchester City), dies at 71
• 2023 Paul Sait, Australian rugby league utility (7 Tests, 9 World Cup; NSWRL Premiership 1970, 71 South Sydney), dies at 76
• 2023 Rubens Minelli, Brazilian soccer manager (SC Internacional, SE Palmeiras, SC Corinthians, Santos FC, Al-Hilal SFC, Saudi Arabia), dies at 94
• 2024 Chuck Woolery, American TV game show host (Love Connection, 1983-94; Wheel of Fortune, 1975-81), radio host, and country singer, dies of respiratory failure at 83
• 2024 Fred Harris, American politician (US Senator from Oklahoma, 1964-73), dies at 94
• 2024 Jean Jourden, French cyclist (UCI World C’ship gold Road race 1961), dies at 82

November 23 Highlights