Famous Deaths on November 16

Louis Riel

1885 Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader and "Father of Manitoba", hanged for treason at 41

1890 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
1893 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), dies of natural causes at 87
1907 Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma, dies at 59
1908 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian politician (7th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia), dies at 78

1909 Francis Thome, French composer, dies at 59
1911 Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
1922 Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
1924 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78
1924 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
1932 Carry van Bruggen, [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51
1934 Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland, dies at 82
1934 Joachim Ringelantz, writer, dies
1934 Carl von Linde, German engineer and chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, dies at 92
1935 Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
1939 Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1866)
1942 Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpreß, A Star Fell from Heaven), dies from a heart atack at 38
1943 Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1944 Charles Kelleway, Australian cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies at 58
1945 Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Kohtalon Vaaka), dies at 43
1948 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American Inventor (electrostatic precipitator), dies at 71
1950 "Dr. Bob" Smith, American physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, dies of colon cancer at 71
1954 Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist, dies at 80
1955 Tomasz Arciszewski, 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London (1944-47), dies at 88
1957 Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67
1958 Warner Fabian, [S Adams], American author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
1958 J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67

Clark Gable

1960 Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies at 59

1961 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
1964 Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69

1964 John Emery, American actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59
1964 Piet Moeskops, Dutch track cyclist (world sprint champion 1921-24, 26), dies at 71
1965 Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
1965 William Thomas Cosgrave, President of the Irish Free State, dies at 85
1965 Harry Blackstone Sr., American magician, dies at 80

Cluny MacPherson

1966 Cluny MacPherson, Canadian inventor of the gas mask, dies at 87

1968 Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74
1971 Charlie Dell, American actor and comedian (Pickle in the Middle), dies at 90
1971 Edie Sedgwick, American actress (Andy Warhol) and socialite, dies at 28
1972 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
1973 Alan Watts, writer/popularizer of Zen, dies in Calif
1974 Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91
1975 Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83
1978 Claude Dauphin, French actor (Barbarella, April in Paris, Deported), dies at 75
1980 Imogen Hassall, English actress (Countess of Cleavage-Carry on Loving), suicide at 37
1980 O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41
1981 Morgan Conway, American actor (Dick Tracy, Brother Orchid), dies at 78
1982 Arthur Askey, British actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train), dies at 82
1982 Lenny Murphy, Leader of Belfast's notorious Shankill Butchers (b. 1952)
1982 Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Russian Mathematician (topology), dies at 86
1984 Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
1984 Leonard Rose, American concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51), dies at 66
1985 John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85
1985 Stuart Chase, American writer and economist (The Tragedy of Waste), dies at 97
1986 Siobhán McKenna [Cionnaith], Irish stage actress (Saint Joan, The Chalk Garden), dies of lung cancer at 63
1987 Jim Brewer, Major League Baseball relief pitcher (b. 1937)
1987 Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907)
1988 Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Neth architect, dies at about 85
1989 Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
1991 Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33

1993 Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
1993 Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
1994 Chester Dino Powers Valenti, singer/Songwriter, dies at 57
1994 Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer, dies at 83
1994 David Rayner, cyclist, dies
1994 Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street), dies at 95
1994 Harvey Watkins, gospel Singer, dies at 64
1994 John Boylan, American actor (Twin Peaks, Sleepless in Seattle), dies at 82
1994 Dino Valenti, [Chester "Chet" Powers], American rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), dies at 57
1995 Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist, dies at 70
1996 George Byatt, Scottish playwright (The Clyde Is Red), dies at 73
1996 Jack Popplewell, British composer and playwright (If I Should Fall In Love Again), dies at 87
1996 John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, dies at 88
1997 George Petrie, American actor (Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Honeymooners), dies from a lymphoma on his 85th birthday
1997 Georges Marchais, French political leader (French Communist Party), dies at 77
1997 Russ "Mad Monk" Meyer, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 74
1998 David Lane, British Conservative politician and CEO (Commission for Racial Equality), dies at 76
1999 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (Nobel 1978 - discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping), dies at 71
2000 DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
2000 Joe C. [Joseph Calleja], American rapper (hype man for Kid Rock), dies at 26
2001 Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
2003 Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
2004 Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker in Iraq, abducted at 59 (presumed dead)
2004 Massimo Freccia, Italian-American composer, dies at 98
2005 Preston Robert Tisch, American NFL co-owner (NY Giants), dies at 79
2005 Donald Watson, English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
2005 Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2005 Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92
2005 Bob van Toll, Dutch actor and director (Pastorale 1943), dies at 62

Milton Friedman

2006 Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize Economics 1976, dies at 94

2006 Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist (b. 1930)
2006 John Veale, English composer, dies at 84
2007 Harold Alfond, American businessman and founder of Dexter Shoe Company , dies at 93
2007 Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
2007 Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author, dies at 61
2008 Reg Varney, British actor (On The Buses) (b. 1916)
2008 Ralph "Rusty" Gill,, American singer (Polka Time), dies at 89
2009 Edward Woodward, British singer and actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman), dies at 79
2009 Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
2009 Robert J. Frankel, American thoroughbred race horse trainer, dies at 68
2010 Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)
2010 Donald Nyrop, American airline executive (b. 1912)
2010 Ronni Chasen, American film publicist (b. 1946)
2010 Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (b. 1913)
2012 Bob Scott, New Zealand Rugby player, dies at 91
2013 Arne Pedersen, Norwegian soccer inside forward (40 caps; Fredrikstad), dies at 82
2013 Chris Argyris, American business theorist and educator, dies at 90
2014 Ian Craig, Australian cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests), dies from cancer at 79
2015 Stephen Birmingham, American author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich, dies at 86
2015 Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 89
2015 David Canary, American actor (Bonanza, All My Children), dies at 77
2016 Melvin Laird, politician (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73), dies at 94
2016 Jay Forrester, American engineer, invented random-access magnetic core memory, dies at 98
2018 William Goldman, American screenwriter and author (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), dies at 87