Famous Deaths on November 8

• 397 Martin of Tours (St Maarten), Roman bishop and Christian patron saint of warriors, dies at about 81
• 618 St Deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies
• 955 Pope Agapetus II (946-955)

• 1111 Otto II, Count of Habsburg, one of the founders of the Habsburg family, murdered
• 1171 Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (1120-71), dies at about 63
• 1195 Conrad III of Hohenstaufen, king of Germany and Italy, dies (b. 1093 or 1094)
• 1226 Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39
• 1228 Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies
• 1246 Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180)
• 1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42
• 1494 Melozzo da Forli, Italian painter, dies at about 56
• 1517 Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies
• 1527 Jerome Emser, German theologian and antagonist of Martin Luther, dies at 50
• 1578 Johann Walter, German Lutheran composer, dies at 51
• 1590 Joost Jansz Bilhamer, Dutch master builder and cartographer, dies at about 49
• 1595 Petrus Opmeer, Dutch church historian and humanist (Historia Martyrum), dies at 69

• 1599 Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer and Catholic priest, dies at 71
• 1600 Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562)

• 1609 Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Electress of Brandenburg, by marriage, dies at 44
• 1638 Johann H. Alsted, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 50
• 1658 Pieter Floriszoon, Dutch admiral, dies at sea in the Battle of the Sound at about 50
• 1658 Witte de With, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at sea in the Battle of the Sound, at age 59

• 1694 Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer, law historian and polemist, dies at 58
• 1719 Michel Rolle, French mathematician (Rolle’s theorem), dies at 67
• 1757 Pierre Prowo, German composer, dies at 60
• 1773 Friedrich Wilhelm, baron von Seydlitz, Prussian general, dies at 52
• 1793 Madame Roland [Marie-Jeanne Phlippon], French revolutionary (member of the Girondist faction), executed by guillotine at 39
• 1805 Francois-Thomas de Baculard d’Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87
• 1811 Charles Ferdinand Bentinck, Dutch military officer (Governor of Suriname 1809-11), dies at 47
• 1817 Andrea Appiani, Italian royal painter (Napoleon), dies at 63
• 1828 Thomas Bewick, English wood-engraver and illustrator (A History of British Birds, Aesop’s Fables), dies at 75
• 1830 Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), dies at 53
• 1833 Maximilian Stadler, Austrian pianist and composer and Benedictine monk, dies at 85
• 1858 George Peacock, English mathematician (algebraic theory), dies at 67
• 1860 Charles Fellows, English Archaeologist who discovered ruins of the cities of ancient Lycia and brought to Lycian marbles to England, dies at 61
• 1864 Juan van Halen, Dutch-Spanish officer and adventurer (fought for Russia and in the Belgium Revolution), dies at 76
• 1873 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Spanish poet and comic playwright, dies at 76
• 1876 Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen consort of Spain (1870-73), dies at 29
• 1877 Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Queen consort of Saxony (1854-73), dies at 75
• 1880 Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, dies at 66
• 1885 Johannes Kneppelhout [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist and author, dies at 71
• 1886 Fred Archer, English jockey (record 13 x GB Champion flat racing jockey 1874–86; 21 x British Classic Race wins; 5 x French Classic Race wins), commits suicide at 29

• 1890 Caesar Franck, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonic Variations), dies at 67
• 1893 Francis Parkman, American historian and author (Oregon Trail), dies at 70
• 1894 Michael “King” Kelly, American Baseball HOF utility (NL batting champion 1884, 86; NL runs scored 1884–86, Chicago White Sox) and manager (Boston Beaneaters, Reds; Cincinnati KK’s), dies from pneumonia at 36
• 1901 Mary Ann Bickerdyke, American army nurse (union), dies at 84
• 1905 Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter, dies at 35
• 1908 Victorien Sardou, French playwright, several of which were adapted as operas (Fedora, Tosca; Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
• 1908 William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist, Inventor and Electrical Engineer, dies at 60
• 1909 Charles Bordes, French composer, dies at 46
• 1909 Eduard de Hartog, Dutch composer, dies at 80
• 1911 Samuel Wilks, British physician and founding father of clinical science, dies at 87
• 1917 Colyn Blythe, English cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies at 38 fighting during WW I

• 1920 Salomon Anski, Russian-Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57
• 1921 Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet, playwright, and translator (Hájnikova Žena / The Gamekeeper’s Wife), dies at 72 [1] [2] [3]
• 1924 Sergei Lyapunov, Russian pianist and composer (Lezghinka), dies at 64
• 1928 Mauritz Stiller [Moshe Stiller], Swedish actor and director (The Saga of Gösta Berling, Erotikon), dies from an infective pleurisy at 45
• 1933 Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1929-33), assassinated at 50 by Abdul Khaliq during a graduation ceremony at a high school in Kabul
• 1934 Carlos Chagas, Brazilian sanitary physician, dies at 55
• 1934 James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher and Psychologist, dies at 73
• 1935 Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian pioneering aviator (1st transpacific flight), disappears on a flight over the Andaman Sea at 38
• 1935 Hans Windisch, German New Testament scholar, dies at 54
• 1941 Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83
• 1944 Walter Nowotny, Austrian-born fighter pilot ace (258 aerial victories for Luftwaffe), dies in a plane crash at 23
• 1945 August von Mackensen, German field marshal (WWI), dies at 95
• 1949 Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest and writer (Maria Magdalena -1928), dies at 75
• 1952 Claude Carter, South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests, 28 wickets, BB 6/50; Natal, Transvaal), dies at 71
• 1953 Ivan Bunin, Russian poet and novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco-Nobel 1933, dies at 83
• 1953 John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66
• 1959 Frank Sherman Land, American founder of the Order of DeMolay, dies at 69

• 1963 Simon Jurovsky, Slovak composer and conductor, dies at 51
• 1965 Dorothy Kilgallen, American newspaper columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist (New York Evening Journal, The Voice of Broadway; “What’s My Line?”), dies at 52
• 1966 Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynaecologist (developed 1st reliable pregnancy test), dies at 75
• 1968 James “Kokomo” Arnold, American blues slide guitarist, and singer, dies at 67 [or 72]
• 1968 Wendell Corey, American actor (Rear Window, 11th Hour, Peck’s Bad Girl), dies from a liver ailment at 54
• 1969 Dave O’Brien [Fronabarger], American actor and writer (Reefer Madness, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid), dies from a heart attack at 57
• 1969 Kam Tong, Chinese American actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song), dies at 62
• 1969 Vesto Slipher, American astronomer who provided the first evidence to support the expanding-universe theory, dies at 93
• 1970 Huw T. Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician, dies at 77
• 1970 Napoleon Hill, American writer and philosopher (Think and Grow Rich), dies at 87
• 1974 Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer, piano player, and songwriter (“Since I Met You Baby”, “I Almost Lost My Mind”), known as “The Baron of the Boogie”, dies of lung cancer at 60
• 1976 Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player (French C’ship 1934, 36), dies in a car accident at 67

• 1977 Georg Wüst, German Oceanographer (provided first complete understanding of the temperature, salinity and deep-current structure of the Atlantic Ocean), dies at 87
• 1978 Norman Rockwell, American artist and illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84
• 1979 Edward Ardizzone, British war artist and illustrator known for “Tim All Alone”, dies at 79
• 1979 Sydney Tafler, English actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63
• 1979 Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of French President Charles de Gaulle, dies at 79

• 1983 James Booker, American R&B and jazz piano player and organist (“Gonzo”), dies of renal failure due to chronic alcohol and heroin abuse at 43
• 1983 Mordecai Kaplan, American Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism, dies at 102
• 1983 Robert Agnew, American silent movie director, dies at 84 of kidney failure
• 1984 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian composer, dies at 81
• 1985 Masten Gregory, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1961, 65 [Jochen Rindt]), dies at 53
• 1985 Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish road cyclist (Tour de France 1927-28), dies at 86
• 1986 Beatrice Kay, American vaudevillian, singer (“Mention My Name In Sheboygan”), and actress (Calvin and the Colonel; Underworld U.S.A.), dies at 79

• 1988 Kingman Brewster, American educator and president of Yale University, dies at 69
• 1989 Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67
• 1990 Anya Seton, American author (Katherine), dies at 86
• 1990 Grampy Davis, American actor, dies of a heart attack at 87
• 1991 Frances Faye, American cabernet singer and actress (Pretty Baby), dies after a stroke ay 79
• 1991 John Kirkpatrick, American pianist (Concord Sonata) and musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies at 86
• 1992 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic silver 1952), dies at 65
• 1992 Keith “Red” Mitchell, American jazz double bassist, composer, and lyricist (Hampton Hawes; André Previn), dies from a stroke at 65
• 1994 Marianne Straub, Swiss-born English textile designer and weaver (Festival of Britain, Piccadilly line seat pattern), dies at 85
• 1994 Michael O’Donoghue, American comedy writer (SNL), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 54
• 1995 Country Dick Montana [Daniel McLain], American rock drummer and vocalist (The Beat Farmers – “Happy Boy”), dies on stage during a performance in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada at age 40
• 1995 Neil Blaney, Irish politician, dies at 73
• 1996 Edward Albert Radice, British economist, dies at 89
• 1996 Gino Marinuzzi, Jr., Italian-American conductor, symphonic and film score composer (Le Carrosse d’or), and electronic music pioneer (Fonosynth), dies at 76
• 1996 Peter Fowler, British physicist who studied cosmic rays and radiation, dies at 73
• 1998 Jean Marais, French actor (Donkey Skin, Orpheus), dies of cardio-vascular disease at 84
• 1998 Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician, dies at 43
• 1998 Rumer Godden, English author (Thursday’s Children), dies at 90
• 1998 Stuart Sutherland, British psychologist, educator (Sussex University), and writer (Breakdown), dies of a heart attack at 71
• 1999 Francis D. Foley, American Rear Admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal), dies at 89
• 1999 Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (Olympic gold, 1924,1928; World Championship gold, 1922, 1926), dies at 100
• 1999 Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 58
• 1999 Yuri Malyshev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11), dies at 58
• 2000 Brian Boydell, Irish composer, dies at 83
• 2002 Jaun Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher, dies at 70
• 2003 Bob Grant [Robert St Clair Grant], British actor, comedian and writer (on the Buses), dies at 71
• 2003 C. Z. Guest, American socialite (b. 1920)
• 2003 Guy Speranza, American heavy metal singer (Riot, 1975-81), dies of pancreatic cancer at 47
• 2004 Bruno Bettinelli, Italian composer and teacher (Musica per archi), dies at 90
• 2004 Chandler Harper, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1950), dies of pneumonia at 90
• 2004 Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (World #3 1976-81; Pot Black 1972, 73, 80), dies at 75
• 2004 Peter Mathers, English-born Australian novelist (b. 1931)
• 2005 Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (Oi Kyries tis avlis), dies of lung cancer at 76
• 2005 David Westheimer, American novelist (Von Ryan’s Express), dies at 88
• 2006 Annette Rogers, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1932, 36), dies at 93
• 2006 Basil Poledouris, American film score composer, dies of cancer at 61
• 2006 Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist, dies at 65
• 2006 Lyudmila Buldakova, Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1968, 72), dies at 68
• 2007 Aad Nuis, Dutch writer and politician, dies at 74
• 2007 Chad Varah, English founder of charity The Samaritans (b. 1911)
• 2007 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary, dies in a car accident at 64
• 2009 Patrick Howard-Dobson, British general (last Chief of Staff at British Far East Command in Singapore), dies at 88
• 2009 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist (b. 1916)
• 2010 Alex Fagan, American law enforcement official (San Francisco Chief of Police), dies at 60
• 2010 Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine naval officer and National Reorganization Process figure (b. 1925)
• 2010 Jack Levine, American social realist painter, dies at 95
• 2010 Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (b. 1961)
• 2011 Bil Keane, American cartoonist (The Family Circus), dies at 89
• 2011 Ed Macauley, American Basketball Hall of Fame center (7-time NBA All Star), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 83
• 2011 Heavy D [Dwight Errington Myers], Jamaican-American rap artist, dies at 44
• 2011 Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist, dies at 70
• 2012 Lee MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (AL President 1974-83; Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees), dies at 95
• 2012 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), dies from natural causes at 96
• 2014 Don Paul, 89, American football player, dies at 89
• 2014 Philip M. Crane, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1969-2005), dies at 84
• 2015 Andrei Yakoulevich Eshpai, Soviet composer, dies at 90
• 2018 Milan Chvostek, Canadian television producer known for “The Nature of Things”, dies at 86

• 2020 Howie Meeker, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing, coach, broadcaster (NHL All Star 1947-49; Stanley Cup 1947, 48, 49, 51; Toronto Maple Leafs) and politician (Canada MP), dies at 97
• 2020 Miro Steržaj, Slovenian 9-pin bowler and politician, dies of COVID-19 at 87
• 2020 Oscar Benton, Dutch blues singer and guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij), dies at 71
• 2021 Cecilia Robinson, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2 x 100s; Kent WCT), dies at 97
• 2021 Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricket administrator (Secretary & Chief Executive Marylebone Cricket Club; CEO South Australian Cricket), dies from multiple myeloma at 58
• 2021 Margo Guryan, American jazz and pop pianist, songwriter, and singer (“I’m on My Way to Saturday”; “Take a Picture”), dies at 84
• 2021 Rinus Bennaars, Dutch soccer midfielder (15 caps; Feyenoord Rotterdam), dies at 90
• 2022 Dan McCafferty, Scottish rock vocalist (Nazareth – “Love Hurts”), dies at 76
• 2022 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer and songwriter (The Smurf Song), dies at 87
• 2022 Jeff Cook, American country music guitarist, singer and fiddler (Alabama – “Mountain Music”), dies at 73
• 2022 Lee Bontecou, American sculptor and printmaker, dies at 91 [1]
• 2022 Mario Conti, Scottish clergyman (Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, 2002-12; Bishop of Aberdeen, 1977-2002), dies at 88
• 2022 Tom Owen [Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, 2000-10 – “Tom”), dies at 73
• 2023 Dale Reid, Scottish golfer (21 x Ladies European Tour wins; Ladies European Tour Order of Merit 1984, 87), dies from cancer at 64
• 2023 Valentina Ponomaryova, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 6 backup), dies at 90
• 2024 Rachid Mekhloufi, Algerian soccer striker (4 caps France, 10 Algeria; Saint-Étienne 294 games) and manager (Algeria 1971–72, 75–79), dies at 88

November 8 Highlights