Famous Deaths on November 24

• 654 Kōtoku, 36th Emperor of Japan (645-54), dies at 57 or 58 (b. 596)
• 1072 Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1063-72) in Persia, assassinated at 43 [some sources cite date as December 15]
• 1192 Albert of Louvain, Flemish Bishop of Liège and saint, murdered by German knights at 27

• 1468 Jean de Dunois, the “Bastard of Orléans”, French soldier who fought with Joan of Arc, illegitimate son of the Duke of Orleans, dies at 66
• 1531 Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
• 1555 French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
• 1571 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist and bishop (Bohemian brothers, translated New Testament into Czech), dies at 48
• 1572 John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
• 1583 René de Birague, Italian-French lieutenant-general, chancellor and cardinal, dies at 77 [1]
• 1615 Sethus Calvisius, German composer, dies at 59
• 1650 Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer, dies at 83
• 1674 Franciscus van Enden, Flemish Jesuit and free thinker, executed at 72
• 1693 William Sancroft, 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 76
• 1715 Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, German-born Queen of Sweden by marriage to Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 79
• 1722 Johann Adam Reincken, German organist and composer, dies at 99
• 1741 Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)

• 1770 Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French writer and historian (A Chronological Abridgement of the History of France), dies at 85 [1]
• 1775 Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (18th & last Superior General of the Society of Jesus), dies at 72
• 1781 James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
• 1793 Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723)
• 1801 Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal, served under empress Maria Theresa, dies at 76
• 1801 Philip Hamilton, American poet and son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, shot in a duel with George Eacker at 19

• 1822 Karl Jacob Wagner, German composer, dies at 50
• 1827 Herman Warner Muntinghe, Dutch lawyer, jurist (Cheif of Supreme Court of Dutch East Indies, 1908-19), and colonial director, dies at 54
• 1838 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, German composer, dies at 65
• 1840 Cornelis Rudolph Theodorus Krayenhoff, Dutch hydraulic engineer (began Defense Line of Amsterdam), cartographer and soldier, dies at 82
• 1842 Pehr Frigel, Swedish composer, dies at 92

• 1857 Henry Havelock, British soldier (War in Afghanistan 1838-39), dies at 62
• 1863 Claudius Charles Wilson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia at 32
• 1866 Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist known for “The Deceit of Women”, dies at 62
• 1870 Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (Les Chants de Maldoror), dies at 24
• 1880 Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer (Le Diable amoureux; Le Nuit de Noël), and educator (Conservatoire de Paris), dies at 73
• 1890 August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat (U.S. Minister to the Netherlands 1853-57), dies at 76
• 1891 Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English statesman and Viceroy of India (1876-1880), dies at 60
• 1898 Bartel Wilton, Dutch ship builder, dies at 70
• 1899 Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta’a’ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
• 1901 Heinrich Urban, German violinist, composer, and teacher of Wanda Landowska and Ignace Jan Paderewski, dies at 64
• 1903 Charles Dupee Blake, American composer, dies at 56
• 1914 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish People Party, dies at 44
• 1916 Hiram Maxim, American-British inventor (Maxim gun, 1st automatic machine gun), dies at 76
• 1916 John Francis Barnett, British composer, dies at 79
• 1923 Michel de Klerk, Dutch architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
• 1929 Francis E. Warren, American politician (1st Governor of Wyoming, 1890; US Senator from Wyoming, 1890-93 & 1895-1929), and US Civil War veteran (Union), dies at 85

• 1940 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish unionist politician and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1921-1940), dies of natural causes at 69
• 1940 Saionji Kinmochi, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1906-1908, 1911-1912), dies at 90
• 1943 Doris Miller, American US Navy cook and Pearl Harbor hero (Navy Cross), killed in action in Battle of the Gilbert Islands at 24 [1]
• 1943 Martin Raschke, German author and publisher dies at 38
• 1943 Reina Prinsen Geerligs, Dutch aspiring poet who became an anti-fascist resistance fighter, murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp at 22
• 1944 EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
• 1944 Václav Štěpán, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 54
• 1946 Alfonso Broqua, Uruguayan composer, dies at 70
• 1946 László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor, dies of leukemia at 51
• 1948 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64
• 1953 George Alexander Russell, American organist, composer and the first Frick Professor of Music for Princeton University, dies at 73
• 1953 Robert Lightfoot, English Anglican theologist and exegetist (St John’s Gospel), dies at 70
• 1956 Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor, dies in a plane crash at Orly Airport, Paris at 36

• 1958 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British lawyer and politician who helps form League of Nations (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
• 1959 Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests; NSW; Eastern Suburbs; ARL ‘Immortal’; Dally M Medal) and rugby union utility (2 caps), dies from heart failure at 76
• 1959 Lyman Bryson, American educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
• 1959 Yuri Nikolayevich Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
• 1960 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
• 1960 Salomon “Sam” de Wolff, Dutch zionist and socialist theorist, dies at 82
• 1961 Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
• 1962 James J Kilroy, American army tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60

• 1964 (Edwin) “Buster” Pickens. American blues pianist (Texas Alexander; Lightnin’ Hopkins), shot dead by his cousin during a barroom argument at 48
• 1965 Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
• 1967 Arnold J d’ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
• 1967 Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
• 1970 Evgeni Tikotsky, Polish-Belorussian composer, dies at 76
• 1972 Alexander Smallens, Russian-born American conductor, dies at 83
• 1972 Hall Overton, American jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 52
• 1973 John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
• 1980 George Raft, American actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 79
• 1980 Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (Pulitzer Prize, 1934 – The People’s Choice), dies at 83
• 1984 Godfrey Ridout, Canadian composer, dies at 66
• 1985 “Big” Joe Turner, American blues and R&B singer (“Shake, Rattle and Roll”), dies of heart failure at 74
• 1985 Cees Buddingh’, Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
• 1985 Maurice Podoloff, American attorney, professional sports administrator (AHL President, 1936-52; NBA President, 1946-63), and namesake of NBA regular season MVP Award, dies at 95
• 1987 Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
• 1988 Irmgard Seefried, German soprano, dies at 69
• 1989 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio personality and actor, dies at 85
• 1990 Bülent Arel, Turkish-American contemporary classical and electronic music composer (Stereo Electronic Music No.1), educator (Yale, 1961-70; SUNY Purchase, 1971-89), and visual artist, dies of multiple myeloma at 72

• 1990 Fred Shero, Canadian Hockey HOF coach (Stanley Cup 1974, 75 Philadelphia Flyers; NY Rangers), dies at 65
• 1990 Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
• 1990 Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer during the Great Depression, dies at 80
• 1990 Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
• 1991 Anton Furst, American production designer (Batman), dies at 47
• 1991 Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], American drummer (Kiss, 1980-91), dies of heart cancer at 41

• 1992 Hans de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
• 1992 Henriette Puig-Roget, French pianist, organist (Oratory of the Louvre, 1935-79), and music educator (Conservatoire de Paris, 1957-79), dies at 82
• 1992 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer and actress (Bridge Too Far), dies at 85
• 1992 Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
• 1992 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, dies at 58
• 1993 Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (Ice Pickin’; Don’t Lose Your Cool; Showdown!), dies of cancer at 61
• 1993 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
• 1993 Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
• 1993 Madame Grès [Germaine Emilie Krebs], French haute couturier (Grès), dies at 89
• 1993 Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
• 1994 Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
• 1994 Paul Brunelle, Canadian country music singer-songwriter, and guitarist (“Cruel Destiny”), dies of cancer at 71
• 1995 Jeffrey Lynn [Ragnar Godfrey Lind], American actor (Four Daughters; The Roaring Twenties; BUtterfield 8), dies from natural causes at 86
• 1995 Leslie Kenneth O’Brien, Lord O’Brien of Lothbury, English governor of the Bank of England (1966-73), dies at 87
• 1995 Stuart Henry, Scottish disc jockey with Radio 1 and Top of the Pops, dies of MS at 53
• 1995 Woytec Lowski [Woiciech Wiesidlowski], Polish dancer and ballet master, dies at 56
• 1996 Edison Vasalievich Denisov, Russian avant-garde composer (Sun of the Incas), dies at 67
• 1996 Michael O’Hehir, Irish sports commentator and journalist, dies at 76
• 1996 Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (Poems to Eimhir and Other Poems), dies at 85
• 1998 John Alexander Hopps, Canadian scientist (co-developer of the first artificial pace-maker), dies at 79
• 1999 (Roger) Hilary Minster, British character actor (‘Allo ‘Allo!), dies of cancer at 55
• 2001 Melanie Thornton, American pop-dance singer (La Bouche – “Be My Lover”), dies in a plane crash near Zürich, Switzerland, at 34
• 2001 Robert Helps, American pianist, prodigy, pedagogue, and composer, dies of cancer at 73
• 2002 John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
• 2003 Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
• 2003 Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic known for “The Pound Era”, dies at 80
• 2003 Sir Anthony Hollis, British High Court Judge, Family Division (1982-97), dies at 76

• 2004 Arthur Hailey, English novelist (Hotel, Airport), dies at 84
• 2004 Wong Jim, Hong Kong TV theme song and Canto-pop songwriter, and actor, dies of lung cancer at 64
• 2005 Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita, American actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid), dies of kidney failure at 73
• 2006 (Juhani) “Juice” Leskinen, Finnish rock singer-songwrirter (“Musta aurinko nousee – Black Sun Rises”; “Marilyn”), and poet, dies from multiple medical issues at 56
• 2006 George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
• 2006 Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols], American actress, journalist, and co-founder of Beginner Books, dies following a fall at 90
• 2006 Robert McFerrin, Sr., American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1955-58; singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film “Porgy and Bess”), dies at 85 [1]
• 2006 Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
• 2007 Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer (Chief Justice of Canada 1990-2000), dies at 74
• 2007 William A O’Neal, American politician (Governor of Connecticut (D), 1980-91), dies of emphysema at 77
• 2008 Cecil H. Underwood, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
• 2008 Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian musician (Platinum Blonde -“Crying Over You”), dies of heart failure at 51
• 2008 Ryōhei Hirose, Japanese composer who incorporated both traditional and western instrumentation, dies at 78
• 2009 Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
• 2009 Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
• 2009 Hale Smith, American composer, dies at 84
• 2009 Kan Ishii, Japanese composer (Marimo), dies at 88
• 2009 Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008), dies at 74
• 2010 Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)
• 2011 Fjölnir Stefánsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 81
• 2011 Tatyana Shchelkanova, Soviet long jumper (Olympic bronze 1964), dies at 74
• 2012 Chris Stamp, British music producer, psychodrama therapist and manager (The Who; Jimi Hendrix), dies of cancer at 70
• 2012 Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (WBC super featherweight 1983-84, WBC lightweight 1985-87, WBO Jr. welterweight twice 1989-1992), dies from gunshot wounds at 50
• 2015 Oļģerts Grāvītis, Latvian-Soviet composer, dies at 89
• 2016 Florence Henderson, American stage and screen actress (The Brady Bunch – “Carol”), and singer, dies at 82
• 2016 Pauline Oliveros, American composer (Sound Patterns), dies at 84
• 2017 Carol Neblett, American soprano (New York City and Metropolitan Operas, 1969-83), dies at 71
• 2017 Mitch Margo, American rocker (The Tokens – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”), dies of natural causes at 70
• 2018 Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer, American potter and preserver of Cherokee culture, dies at 97
• 2018 David Defiagbon, Nigerian-Canadian boxer (Olympic silver 1996), dies at 48
• 2018 Harold Farberman, American percussionist, conductor, and composer (Medea), dies at 89
• 2018 Ricky Jay [Richard Potash], American magician and actor (Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay), dies at 72
• 2018 Sy Kattelson, American photographer of NY street life, dies at 95
• 2019 Anne “Biddy” Macfarlane (née Griffiths), British solicitor and 1st female appointed as Master of the Court of Protection, dies at 89
• 2019 Clive James, Australian television presenter, poet and critic, dies at 80
• 2019 John Simon, American author, literary and theater critic (NY Times), dies at 94
• 2019 Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Chilean composer, dies at 100
• 2020 Christophe Dominici, French rugby union winger (65 caps; Stade Français), dies from suicide at 48
• 2021 Frank Burrows, Scottish soccer defender (Swindon Town 297 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Cardiff, Swansea), dies at 77
• 2021 Guillermo Echevarría, Mexican swimmer (1,500m WR 16:28.1 1968), dies at 73
• 2021 Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author (Vroeger is dood), dies at 96
• 2021 Lisa Brown, American actress (Guiding Light, As the World Turns), dies at 67
• 2022 André Malherbe, Belgian motocross racer (FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion 1980, 81, 84), dies at 66
• 2022 Börje Salming, Swedish Hockey HOF defenseman (first European born & trained player to appear in 1,000 career NHL games; Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings; NHL All Star First Team 1977), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 71 [1]
• 2022 Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer, poet (Tumult), translator, and librettist, dies at 93
• 2022 Moisés Fuentes, Mexican boxer (WBO minimumweight title 2011-13; WBO interim junior flyweight title 2013-14), dies from a blood clot on the brain at 37
• 2023 Herb Klein, American businessman, lawyer, and politician (US Representative from New Jersey, 1993-95), dies at 93
• 2024 Barbara Taylor Bradford, British novelist (A Woman of Substance, Cavendon Hall), dies at 91
• 2024 Colin Renfrew, English archeologist known for the Anatolian hypothesis and work on radiocarbon dating, dies at 87
• 2024 Helen Gallagher, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, and actress (No, No, Nanette; Ryan’s Hope – “Maeve”), dies at 98
• 2024 Rico Carty, Dominican baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star & NL batting champion 1970 Atlanta Braves), dies at 85
• 2024 Siegfried Thiele, German composer, and pedagogue (University of Music and Theatre Leipzig 1964-2004), dies at 90

November 24 Highlights