Famous Deaths on November 4

• 1203 Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies
• 1411 Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
• 1652 Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician and Jesuit priest, dies at 55

• 1658 Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)
• 1674 Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72
• 1698 Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician and physicist, dies at 73
• 1702 John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies
• 1702 Thomas Eisenhut, German Kapellmeister, organist, musicologist and priest,dies at 58
• 1704 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and professor of theology, dies at 50
• 1768 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher and astronomer, dies at 57
• 1781 Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (Die Mädcheninsel), dies at 60
• 1791 Maj. General Richard Butler, American soldier dies in battle against Native American forces during St. Clair’s Defeat, at 48
• 1801 William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress, dies at 89
• 1830 Frédéric de Merode, Belgian nobleman, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37
• 1837 Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69
• 1841 Adriaan van der Hoop Jr, Dutch poet and literary critic (Hugo and Elvire, The journey to Tervuren), dies at 39 [1] [2]

• 1850 Gustav Schwab, German writer, dies at 58
• 1853 Alexander Stadtfeld, German composer, dies at 27
• 1856 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter, dies at 62
• 1869 George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and the Peabody Institute, dies at 74
• 1890 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
• 1890 Joseph B. Palmer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 65
• 1890 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, Polish classical composer (Over the Precipice; You Are My Dream), dies at 46
• 1893 Cornelis Eliza van Koetsveld, Dutch writer and preacher, dies at 86
• 1893 Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)
• 1895 Eugene Field “Poet of Childhood”, American poet, writer and journalist (Little Boy Blue), dies at 45
• 1898 (Charles) Jerome Hopkins, American composer, pianist, critic, and musical education advocate, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 62
• 1904 Jack Brown, English cricketer (8 Tests for England 1894-99), dies at 35
• 1906 John H. Ketcham, American politician (b. 1832)
• 1908 Tomés Estrada Palma, Cuban politician, 1st president of Cuba (1902-06), dies at 73
• 1917 Chocolat [Rafael Padilla], Afro-Cuban clown, dies at 52
• 1918 Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator, 1st President of Cornell University, dies at 85

• 1921 Takasji Hara, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-21), assassinated by right wing fanatic at 65
• 1924 Gabriel Urbain Fauré, French organist, composer (Requiem; Ballade), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1905-20), dies at 79
• 1924 Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient, dies at 79
• 1931 Buddy Bolden, African-American early jazz musician, dies at 54
• 1932 Belle Bennett, American actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask), dies of cancer at 41
• 1933 John Jay Chapman, American poet, and writer (Learning & Other Essays), dies at 71
• 1934 Alfred Gilbert, English sculptor and goldsmith (Eros statue in Piccadilly), dies at 80
• 1935 Miklós Radnai, Hungarian composer (Symphony of the Magyars), music writer, and critic, dies at 43
• 1937 Rogelio del Villar, Spanish composer, dies at 61
• 1939 Charles Arnold Tournemire, French organist and composer, dies at 69

• 1942 Marcel Barger, Dutch Jewish cabaret performer, killed at Auschwitz at 51

• 1953 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American pianist and philanthropist, dies at 89
• 1954 Stig Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31

• 1957 Joseph Canteloube, French composer and musicologist (collected French folksongs), dies at 78
• 1957 Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1897)
• 1965 Krsto Odak, Croatian composer, dies at 77
• 1967 June Thorburn, British actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), dies in plane crash at 36
• 1968 Michel Kikoine, Lithuanian-French expressionist painter (Paysage Cezannien), dies at 76
• 1968 Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author, dies at 78
• 1968 Vern Stephens, American baseball shortstop (8 x MLB All Star; AL HR leader 1945; 3×AL RBI leader; St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox), dies of a heart attack at 48 [some source cite 11/03]
• 1969 Carlos Marighela, Brazilian politician and guerilla, shot by police at 57
• 1969 Ferenc Szabó, Hungarian composer (Lúdas Matyi, Légy jó mindhalálig), dies at 66
• 1972 Max Shachtman, American Trotskyist, socialist leader and writer, dies at 68
• 1973 Karl H. Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75
• 1974 Bert Patenaude, American soccer forward (4 caps; scorer of first hat-trick in World Cup history, 1930), dies at 65
• 1974 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter and son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62
• 1975 Sheila Ryan, American actress (Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54
• 1980 Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer, 1st female in Canada to get bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, dies at 75
• 1982 Dominique Dunne, American actress (Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker; Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 22
• 1982 Jacques Tati [Tatischeff], French film director, mime, and actor (Mon Oncle; Playtime; Trafic),dies of a pulmonary embolism at 75
• 1982 Talfryn Thomas, Welsh character actor (Dad’s Army -“Cheeseman”; Dr. Who), dies of a heart attack at 60
• 1984 Merie Earle [Ireland], American film and television character actress (The Waltons – “Maude Gormley”), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
• 1985 Cus D’Amato, American boxing manager (Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, José Torres), dies of pneumonia at 77
• 1986 Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
• 1986 Zlatan Vauda, Slovene composer and conductor (RTB Children’s Choir, 1953-86), dies at 86
• 1987 Raphael Soyer, Russian-born American artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87
• 1992 Andre Demedts, Belgian Flemish writer (Neerslag der dagen (Depression of the Days)), dies at 86
• 1992 Regina Carrol, American actress (Jessi’s Girl), dies of cancer at 49
• 1993 Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, murdered at 78
• 1993 Cliff Young, American pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
• 1993 Ely Landau, American television and film producer (Play of the Week; Long Day’s Journey into Night; King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis), dies of stroke at 73
• 1993 Jose L. Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56
• 1994 Alexander Hardie Williamson, British designer (Kilner jar, Nonik beer mug), dies at 87 [1]
• 1994 Fred “Sonic” Smith, American guitarist (MC5 – “Kick Out the Jams”), dies of heart failure at 46
• 1994 Sam Francis, American painter (Basel Mural), dies at 71
• 1995 Edward “Eddie” Egan, American actor (The French Connection, Joe Forrester), dies of cancer at 65
• 1995 Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (Difference and Repetition), dies at 70
• 1995 Marti Caine [Lynne Stringer], British comedienne, singer and television host, dies of lymphatic cancer at 50
• 1995 Paul Eddington, British actor (Devil Rides Out, Yes Minister), dies at 68

• 1996 Robert Rapoport, American social anthropologist, dies at 72
• 1997 George Chambers, Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago (1981-86), dies at 69
• 1997 Richard Hooker [H. Richard Hornberger Jr.], American surgeon and author of M*A*S*H, dies of leukemia at 73 [1]
• 1998 Marion Donovan, American prominent female entrepreneur, inventor, and National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee, dies from heart disease at 81
• 1999 Charles Wintour, English editor (The Evening Standard), dies at 82
• 1999 Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist and publisher, dies at 84
• 1999 Malcolm Marshall, West Indian cricket fast bowler (81 Tests, 376 wickets @ 20.94, BB 7/22; Barbados, Hampshire CCC, Natal), dies from colon cancer at 41
• 2001 Edward Boland, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1953-89), dies at 90
• 2002 Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (Yor, the Hunter from the Future), dies at 72
• 2003 Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
• 2003 Ken Gampu, South African actor (b. 1929)
• 2003 Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (deeply engaged with issues that were central to the visual arts), dies at 89
• 2005 Len Barnard, Australian jazz drummer (“The Naked Dance”; Galapagos Duck), dies at 76
• 2005 Milt Holland [Milton Olshansky], American drummer, percussionist, ethno-musicologist, and tinkle-ist (Peter Pan film – Tinkerbell’s tinkle; Bewitched – Samantha’s nose tinkle), dies at 88
• 2005 Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist, dies after being beaten by her husband at 24
• 2005 Sheree North, American actress and singer, dies at 73
• 2006 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (Cheaper by the Dozen), dies at 98
• 2006 Frank Calder, Canadian politician (British Columbia’s first indigenous cabinet minister), dies at 91
• 2006 Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), dies at 95
• 2007 Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2008 Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician (Secretary of the Interior, January-November, 2008), dies in a Mexico City plane crash at 37

• 2009 Hubertus Brandenburg, Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (b. 1923)
• 2010 Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer, dies of cancer at 50

• 2011 Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer (b. 1919)
• 2012 Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77
• 2013 Hakon Barfod, Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion, dies at 87
• 2014 George E. Slusser, American scholar, writer and Sci-Fic critic, dies at 75
• 2015 Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (E.T.), dies of cancer at 65
• 2016 Eddie Harsch [Hawrysch], Canadian keyboardist (Bulldog; The Black Crowes – “Hard To Handle”), dies at 59
• 2016 Hubert van Herreweghen, Belgian poet, dies at 96
• 2017 Gilbert Rogin, American journalist and author (The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated), dies at 87
• 2018 Selma Engel [Saartje Wijnberg], Dutch born Jew, the first to tell of Nazi Sobibor extermination camp, dies at 96
• 2020 Ken Hensley, British rock songwriter, keyboardist, and singer (Uriah Heep, 1970-80 – “Easy Livin'”; Blackfoot, 1982-84), dies at 75
• 2021 Lionel Blair, Canadian-British choreographer, tap dancer, actor, and television presenter (Give Us A Clue), dies at 92
• 2021 Mario Lavista, Mexican composer and writer, dies at 78
• 2021 Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale), American businesswoman and politician (Governor of Delaware (D), 2001-09), dies at 86
• 2022 Dave Butz, American College Football HOF defensive tackle (Purdue Uni; Super Bowl 1982, 87; First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl 1983; St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Redskins), dies at 72
• 2022 Dow Finsterwald, American golfer (PGA Championship 1958; PGA Player of the Year 1958), dies at 93
• 2022 Michael Doyle, Irish-American priest (Pastor of Sacred Heart – Camden, 1974-2020), poet. and anti-war activist (Camden 28), dies at 88 [1] [2]
• 2024 Murray Sinclair, Canadian and Anishinaabe senator and lawyer, led the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, dies at 73 [1]
• 2024 Tyka Nelson, American R&B singer (“Marc Anthony’s Tune”), dies at 64

November 4 Highlights