Famous Deaths on November 26

• 399 Siricius, Pope (384-99) and Saint whose feast day is November 26, dies at about 65
• 666 Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)
• 1126 Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated

• 1252 Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France, regent to son Louis IX, dies at 64
• 1267 Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies
• 1326 Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)

• 1621 Radulph Agas, English surveyor (C. 1540)
• 1639 John Spottiswoode, Scottish historian (b. 1565)
• 1651 Henry Ireton, English general and parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40
• 1653 Maximilian Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 51
• 1674 Philip Julius van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, dies at 37
• 1688 Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L’amant Indiscreet), dies at 53
• 1689 Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and classical scholar famous for his collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions, dies at 54
• 1717 Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
• 1719 John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
• 1776 Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies
• 1778 Jean-Noël Hamal, Walloon composer, and music director (Saint-Lambert Cathedral), dies at 68
• 1780 James Steuart, Scottish economist, wrote first systematic treatise on economics in English, dies at 73
• 1807 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800), dies at 62
• 1809 Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, French composer, dies at 56
• 1810 Nicolas Etienne Framery, French composer, dies at 65
• 1821 Friedrich Heine, German composer, dies at 57
• 1822 Johann Baptist Henneberg, Austrian composer, dies at 53
• 1836 John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder who created macadam road surface (asphalt), dies at 80
• 1851 Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal, 10th Prime Minister of France, dies at 82
• 1854 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (set out official Dutch Spelling), dies at 80
• 1855 Adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56
• 1857 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German Romantic poet (That Freier), dies at 69
• 1866 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, dies at 59
• 1866 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck), dies at 72
• 1880 Guilherme Cossoul, Portuguese composer, dies at 52
• 1882 Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian conservative statesman and Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850-88), dies at 77

• 1885 Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (ozone), dies at 71
• 1892 Charles Lavigerie, French Catholic cardinal, dies at 67
• 1896 Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (The Angel in the House), dies at 73
• 1902 Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop, poet (Anykščių šilelis) and dialectologist, dies at 67
• 1917 Leander Starr Jameson, British colonial politician (led Jameson raid in attempt to overthrow Boer Transvaal government, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1904-08), dies at 64
• 1918 Charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies
• 1920 Howard Taylor, American tennis player (US National C’ships doubles 1879; singles 1884, 86, 87, 88 runner-up), dies at 55
• 1923 Alexander Amfiteatrov, Russian-Italian journalist, newspaper editor, novelist, and historian, dies at 60
• 1925 Johannes Haarklou, Norwegian organist, composer, and educator, dies at 78
• 1925 Vajiravudh, 6th King of Siam from the Chakri dynasty (1910-25), dies at 44
• 1926 John M Browning, American weapons manufacturer, dies at 71
• 1927 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch cabaret singer and comedian (“M’n Eerste” – “My First”; “The French Governess”), killed along with his wife by her jilted lover at 47

• 1929 Michele Esposito, Italian composer who worked in Ireland, dies at 74
• 1933 Edward Julius Biedermann, American organist and composer, dies at 84
• 1934 Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman, dies at 68
• 1938 Henry Schultz, American economist (econometrics), dies at 45
• 1940 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, English newspaper (Daily Mail and Daily Mirror), dies at 72
• 1941 Ernest Lapointe, French Canadian politician, Attorney General of Canada (1935-41), dies at 65
• 1941 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (Trold, der vejrer kristenblod), dies at 80
• 1943 Edward H “Butch” O’hare, US pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle
• 1944 Edward Johnston, British craftsman regarded as the father of modern calligraphy (Johnston typeface), dies at 72
• 1950 Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German romantic novelist whose novels sold 80 million copies, dies at 83
• 1952 Sven Hedin, Swedish scientist and explorer who travelled and mapped Central Asia (Central Asia Atlas), dies at 87
• 1954 Bill Doak, American baseball pitcher (NL ERA leader 1914, 21; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 63

• 1957 Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies at 80
• 1957 Billy Bevan, Australian actor (Terror by Night, White Sin), dies at 70
• 1959 Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (In a Monastery Garden), dies at 84
• 1960 Helen Hellwig, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1894), dies at 86
• 1961 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, Russian-Soviet pianist, composer, and teacher, dies at 86
• 1962 Albert Sarraut, French Radical politician, Prime Minister of France (1933 and 1936), dies at 90
• 1963 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), dies at 81
• 1965 Wild Bill Elliott [Gordon Nance], American actor (Beyond the Sacramento), dies of cancer at 60
• 1966 Harold Burrage, American R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter (“Got to Find a Way; “Hi, Ho Silver”), dies of heart failure at 35
• 1966 Siegfried Kracauer, writer, dies at 77
• 1967 Albert Warner, Polish-American film producer, executive, and co-founder of Warner Bros., dies at 83
• 1968 Arnold Zweig, German Jewish anti-fascist and author (Erziehung vor Verdun; Der große Krieg der weißen Männer), dies at 81
• 1970 B O Davis Sr, 1st African American general, dies at 93 in Chicago
• 1971 Joe Adonis, US crime-syndicate boss in NY & NJ, dies at 68
• 1972 R. P. Keigwin, English academic, dies at 89
• 1973 Charles Evans Whittaker, American Supreme Court justice (1957-62), dies at 72
• 1973 John Rostill, British rock bassist (The Shadows, 1963-70 – “The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt”), and songwriter (“If You Love Me, Let Me Know”), dies of barbiturate poisioning at 31
• 1974 Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. September 10, 1903)
• 1978 Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (The Frank Rosolino Sextet), kills himself after shooting his sons at 52
• 1979 Marcel L’Herbier, French director and screenwriter (El Dorado), dies at 91
• 1980 Pete DePaolo, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1925; first driver to average over 100mph at Indy, recording 101.13mph), dies at 82
• 1980 Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Foul Play, Doctor’s Wife), commits suicide at 53
• 1981 Max Euwe, Dutch World Chess Champion (1935-37), dies at 80
• 1982 Dan Tobin, American stage and screen character actor (I Married Joan; Perry Mason), dies at 72
• 1982 Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, dies at 98
• 1985 Ransom Sherman, American comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87
• 1985 Sylvain Poons, Dutch stage actor and singer (Blue Jackets), dies at 89
• 1986 Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48
• 1987 Emmanuel Bondeville, French composer, dies at 89
• 1987 Thomas G Lanphier Jr, US WW II pilot, dies at 71
• 1988 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), dies at 72
• 1988 Bent Peter Rasch, Danish canoeist (Olympic gold C-2 1000m 1952), dies at 54
• 1989 Ahmed Abdallah, president of Comores, dies
• 1990 Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher, dies at 94
• 1991 Bob Johnson, collegiate and NHL ice hockey coach (University of Wisconsin Badgers, 1966-82; US Olympic team, 1976; Calgary Flames, 1982-87; Pittsburgh Penguins, 1990-91), dies of brain cancer at 60
• 1991 Dehl Berti, Chiricahua Apache actor (Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Guns of Paradise), dies of a heart attack at 70
• 1991 Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (Douglas Aircraft), dies at 83
• 1991 François Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies at 64
• 1992 Stephen Burks, American actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36
• 1993 César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist and composer (Brasilia Symphony), dies at 79
• 1993 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death
• 1993 Mart Kempers, Dutch graphic artist and sculptor, dies at 69
• 1994 Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71
• 1994 David Bache, British car designer (Rover), dies at 69
• 1994 Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
• 1994 Nimrod Workman, American folk singer, dies at 99
• 1994 Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish politician and resistance fighter, dies at 80
• 1995 Charles Warrell, English schoolteacher and creator of the I-Spy books, dies at 106
• 1995 David Briggs, American record producer (Neil Young; Nils Lofgren), dies of lung cancer at 51
• 1995 Max Fernandez, businessman/politician, dies at 52
• 1995 Sydney D. English pacifist and academic, dies at 79
• 1995 Terri Jewell, writer, dies at 40
• 1996 Dame Joan Hood Hammond, Australian operatic soprano, dies at 84
• 1996 Hans Klein, German politician (Vice President Bundestag 1990-96), dies at 65
• 1996 May Moxon, Scottish dance producer, dies at 91
• 1996 Michael Bentine, English author and comedian (Reluctant Jester, The Goons), dies at 74
• 1996 Paul Rand, graphic designer, dies at 82
• 1997 Francis Paudras, designer and jazz fan, dies at 62
• 1998 Jonathan Kwitny, American reporter (b. 1941)
• 2001 Joe Modise, South African military leader and politician (Commander of uMKhonto we Sizwe, 1965-90; Minister of Defence, 1994-99), dies of cancer at 72
• 2001 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish Sami writer (The Sun, My Father) and musician, dies at 58
• 2002 Polo Montañez, Cuban son cubano singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from injuries suffered in a car crash at 47
• 2002 Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur, and horse breeder, dies of a heart attack at 87
• 2003 Meyer Kupferman, American composer (Infinites), clarinetist, and educator (Sarah Lawrence College, 1951-94), dies of heart failure at 76 [1]
• 2003 Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper (Slow Motion), shot to death by an assailant at 26
• 2003 Stefan Wul, French sci-fi author (The Temple of the Past), dies at 81

• 2005 Stan Berenstain, American children’s author (The Berenstain Bears), dies at 82
• 2006 Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
• 2006 Enrique Antonio “Tony” Silvester, Panamanian-American R&B singer-songwriter (The Main Ingredient – “Everybody Plays the Fool”), dies of multiple myeloma at 65
• 2006 Graham Roope, English cricket batsman (21 Tests, 7 x 50; Surrey CCC, Berkshire CCC, Griqualand West), dies of a heart attack at 60
• 2006 Isaac Gálvez, Spanish procyclist (b. 1975)
• 2006 Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
• 2006 Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host (b. 1933)
• 2006 Stephen Heywood, American architect, builder, and subject of documentary film “So Much So Fast”, dies of complications of ALS at 37
• 2007 Herb McKenley, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 400m relay 1952; 3 x silver 1948, 52), dies at 85
• 2007 Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian television comedy writer, dies at 94
• 2007 Silvestre Herrera, Mexican-born American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. (b. 1917)
• 2008 De’Angelo Wilson, American actor (DJ Iz-8 Mile) and rapper, commits suicide at 29
• 2010 Palle Huld, Danish actor (b. 1912)
• 2012 Joseph Murray, American surgeon and pioneer of organ transplantation (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990), dies from a stroke at 93 [1] [2]
• 2012 Stephanie Forrester, American fictional character in daytime soap “The Bold and the Beautiful”, played by Susan Flannery, dies of cancer at 69
• 2013 (Arieh) “Arik” Einstein, Israeli pop-rock singer-songwriter (The High Windows), and actor (Sallah Shabati), dies of a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm at 74
• 2013 Araucaria [John Galbraith Graham], British crossword compiler (The Guardian) and priest, dies at 92
• 2013 Tony Musante, American actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide), dies from complications following surgery at 77
• 2014 Frankie Fraser, English gangster who spent 42 years in jail, dies of complications related to surgery at 90
• 2014 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian NHL hockey left winger, 1961-69, 4X Stanley Cup champ (Montreal Canadiens), and French-language broadcaster, 1971-97, dies of heart failure at 75
• 2015 Alexander Kholminov, Russian composer, dies at 90
• 2015 Ronnie Bright, American doo-wop bass vocalist (Johnny Cymbal – “Mr. Bass Man”; The Coasters, 1968-2009), dies at 77
• 2016 Fritz Weaver, American actor (Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin), dies at 90
• 2017 Julia Mullock, American architect, artist, and (disputed) princess of Korea, dies at 90

• 2018 Charles Huxtable, English Commander-in-Chief of British land armies (1988-90), dies at 87 [1]
• 2019 Gary Rhodes, British restaurateur and television chef, dies at 59
• 2019 Ken Kavanagh, Australian motorcycle road racer (5 x GP wins; first Australian to win a Grand Prix race), dies at 95
• 2020 Dimitar Largov, Bulgarian soccer midfielder (20 caps; Slavia Sofia 220 games), dies at 84
• 2020 Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician and Imam, Prime Minister of Sudan (1966-67, 1986-89), dies of COVID-19 at 84 [1]
• 2021 Aleksandr Timoshinin, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union double sculls 1968, 72), dies at 73
• 2021 Doug Cowie, Scottish soccer defender (20 caps; Dundee FC 341 games), dies at 95

• 2022 Brian Hogan, English rugby league forward (5 Tests; St. Helens, Wigan, Bradford Northern, Widnes), dies at 74
• 2022 Charles Wolf, American basketball coach (Cincinnati Royals 1960-63, Detroit Pistons 1963-64), dies at 96
• 2022 David Murray, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (19 Tests, 3 x 50, 62 dismissals; Barbados), dies at 72
• 2022 Doddie Weir, Scottish rugby union lock (61 Tests; Newcastle Falcons RFC, Border Reivers RFC), dies from motor neurone disease at 52
• 2022 Louise Tobin, American big band singer (Benny Goodman; Ziggy Elman), dies at 104 [1] [2]
• 2024 Jan Furtok, Polish soccer striker (36 caps; GKS Katowice, Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 62
• 2024 Jim Abrahams, American comedy screenwriter and director (Airplane!; Hot Shots; Top Secret; The Naked Gun), dies at 80 [1] [2]

November 26 Highlights