Historical Deaths

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - November 22, 2024

1944 Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies

1896 George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies

1871 Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned

1994 Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies

1995 Francis Joan Frances Will, actress, dies at 75

1980 Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77

1994 John Michael Grimes, set Designer, dies at 70

1718 Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast

1992 Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81

1963 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87

1826 Pavel Lambert Masek, composer, dies at 65

1981 Jack Fingleton, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 1189 runs), dies

1594 Martin Frobisher, English vice-admiral/explorer, dies

1980 Herbert Wade, cricketer (S African batsman & captain 1935-36), dies

1963 John F Kennedy, 35th pres (1961-63), assassinated in Dallas at 46

1980 Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orch leader (Ol‚ Guapa), dies at 72

1969 Acario Cotapos, composer, dies at 80

1996 Maria Casar‚s, actress (Orpheus, Rebel Nun), dies at 73

1906 Earnest Josephson, Swedish painter, dies

1996 Mark Lenard, actor (Sarek-Star Trek), dies of cancer at 68

1955 Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91

1825 Ann Bailey, pioneer, dies

1946 Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (S Africa's Test), dies

1852 August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69

1963 NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies

1936 Louis F H Apol, painter/etcher/literary, dies at 86

1986 Scatman Crothers, actor (Shining, Zapped), dies at 76

1963 Claude Floquet, cricketer (Test for S Africa), dies

1997 Tom Blackburn, writer, dies at 71

1982 Max Deutsch, composer, dies at 90

1993 Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59

1986 Robert Sutton Whitney, composer, dies at 82

1994 Norma Donaldson, US singer/actress (Staying Alive), dies at 68

1859 Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75

1996 Terence Daniel Donovan, photographer, dies at 60

0950 Lotharius, King of Italy (947-50), dies

1989 Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon

1943 Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer, dies at 57

1943 Lorenz Hart, lyricist, dies in NY

1980 Mae West, actress (She Done Him Wrong), dies in Hollywood at 87

1782 John Barueth, vicar/pamphleter, dies

1963 C[live] S[taples] Lewis, [Hamilton], author (Silver Chair), dies at 64

1902 Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide

1955 Shemp Howard, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 60

1982 Enny, [Engelina] de Leeuwe, actress (Anatevka), dies at 84

1900 Arthur S Sullivan, England, composer (Mikado, Ivanhoe), dies at 58

1963 Aldous L Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69

1994 L V Johnson Singer, dies

1995 John Putz, journalist, dies at 89

1982 Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80

1782 John de Mol, porcelein manufacturer, dies

1986 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, dies at 73

1781 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57

1967 Edvin Kallstenius, composer, dies at 86

1781 Fr‚d‚ric Ph‚lypeaux, French earl of Maurepas, dies

1991 Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies

1803 Bernardus Bosch, Dutch vicar/patriot, dies at 57

1247 Robin Hood, dies (from "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hood")

1979 Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63

1995 Ambrose Sam, creole accordionist, dies at 76

1904 Th‚ophile E A de Bock, painter/etcher, dies

1890 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77

1963 Bikram Singh, Indies Lt-General (Kashmir), dies

1940 Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67

1997 Michael Hutchence, rocker (INXS), commits suicide at 37

1617 Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies

1995 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90

1902 Septimus Winner, composer, dies at 75

1963 Daulet Singh, Indies Lt-General, dies

1992 Sterling Holloway, US actor (Golddiggers of 1933, Batman), dies at 87

1983 Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58

1896 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer, dies at 65

1988 Janet Ertel, crooner, dies

1995 Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer, dies at 72

1924 Herman Heijermans Jr, author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies

1954 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70

1813 Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer, dies at 63

1954 Moroni Olsen, actor (Possessed), dies at 65

1971 Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65

1981 Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74

1987 Ted Taylor, rock vocalist, dies

1966 Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies

1773 Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48

1716 G˜sbert Cuper, classical/regent, dies at 72

0365 Felix II, Italian anti-pope, dies

1989 Rajindernath, Indian cricketer wicketkeeper (1 Test), dies

1997 Joanna Moore, actress (Bronx, Hindenburg), dies at 63

1976 Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59

1916 Jack London, author, dies at 40

1988 Erich Fried, writer, dies at 67

1956 Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies

1799 Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed

1776 Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75

1977 Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies

1751 Anton Englert, composer, dies at 77

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