Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - November 23, 2024

1407 Louis, duke of Orl‚ans, murdered

1992 Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68

1993 Herv‚ Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75

1996 Sayed Idries Shah, thinker, dies at 72

1962 Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81

1996 Mohamed Amin, cameraman, dies at 53

1499 Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged

1752 Conrad Michael Schneider, composer, dies at 79

1558 Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Neth, dies at 52

1932 Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63

1848 Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45

1996 Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84

1976 Andr‚ Malraux, [Berger], author (Conquerors)/min of Culture, dies

1974 Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54

1948 Stanner E V Taylor, US director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71

1910 Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed

1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies

1952 Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59

1457 Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17

1920 Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies

1853 Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer, dies at 67

0615 Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies

1916 Eduard Napravnik, composer, dies at 77

1709 Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60

1990 Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74

1952 Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62

1990 Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37

1971 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies

1902 Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies

1973 Sessue Hayakawa, actor (Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83

1979 Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68

1995 Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66

1973 Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64

1990 Nguyen Van Tam, PM of Vietnam (1952-53), dies

1992 Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies

1967 Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies

1911 Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies

1993 Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, sculptor, dies at 89

1996 George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85

1982 "Reverend" Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47

1974 Pall Isolfsson, composer, dies at 81

1994 William Donald Campbell, diarist/Ornithologist, dies at 89

1916 Leonard Moon, cricketer (WW I 4 Tests for England 1905-06), dies

1994 Tommy Boyce, US songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55

1814 Elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70

1949 Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies

1613 Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havr‚/earl of Fontenoy, dies at 64

1750 Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55

1991 Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65

1943 Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies

1890 Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73

1996 Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35

1865 Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41

1972 Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56

1946 Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered

1937 Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68

1970 Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60

1787 Anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52

1991 Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82

1994 Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70

1992 Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76

1994 Erick Frederick Hawkins, US dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85

1980 Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54

1962 Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62

1872 Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, dies

1995 Junior Walker, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 64

1973 Constance Talmadge, US comedienne (Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75

1927 S Przybyszewski, writer, dies

1995 Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63

1934 Albert Funke KЃppes, political cartoonist, dies

1585 Thomas Tallis, composer, dies

1948 Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 63

1973 Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut's Tomb), dies at 40

1940 Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82

1993 Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69

1980 Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies

1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61

1926 Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50

1973 Paul Newlan, actor (Capt Grey-M Squad), dies

1938 August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84

1853 Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67

1914 Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70

1965 Franc Debenham, Australian geographer/geologer, dies at 81

1249 Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies

1865 Ren‚ E de Russy, West Indian/US brig-general, dies at about 75

1990 Renate Rubinstein, author/columnist (Tamar), dies

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