Famous Deaths on November 2

1804 Armand-Gaston Camus, French revolutionary and Chairman of the Council of 500, dies at 64
1807 Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)
1845 Chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55
1852 Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general, dies at 70
1863 Theodore Judah, American civil engineer (1st transcontinental railroad), dies of yellow fever at 37
1874 Thomas Anderson, Scottish chemist (discovered pyridine), dies at 55
1875 James W. W. Birch, 1st British resident in Perak, Malaysia is speared to death while in the bath-house of his boat, SS Dragon at 49
1877 Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal, dies at 93
1882 Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, dies at 61
1884 Auguste Vaucorbeil, French composer, dies at 62
1887 Swedish Nightingale [Jenny Lind], Swedish soprano, dies at 67
1893 Daniel Payne, American bishop, reformer and educator (African Methodist Episcopal Church), dies at 82
1895 Jack 'The Nonpareil' Dempsey, Irish boxer (first holder of World Middleweight Championship 1886-90), dies from tuberculosis at 32
1898 George Goyder, English surveyor-general of South Australia, dies at 72
1905 Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements), dies at 88
1909 Wilhelm Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81
1914 Jack Sheridan, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (World Series 1905, 07-08, 10), dies from effects of sunstroke at 52
1915 Isaac Rice, German-American businessman (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium, Electric Boat Company), dies at 65
1920 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73
1925 Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65

1930 Oliver Perry Hay, American paleontologist, dies at 84
1931 Arthur James Cook, British trade union leader (coal miners), dies of cancer at 47
1931 Henry Musgrove, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test 1885), dies at 72
1935 Jock "Herbie" Cameron, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (26 Tests; 51 dismissals, 10 x 50; Eastern Province, Transvaal, Western Province), dies of typhoid fever at 30
1936 Martin Lowry, English chemist (Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory), dies at 62
1937 Maude Valérie White, French-born English composer, dies at 82
1941 Simon Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
1944 Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)
1945 Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
1949 Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (rep-NY 1918-21), dies at 77

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Irish dramatist (Pygmalion, Nobel Prize for Literature 1925), dies at 94

1952 Maire O'Neill, Irish actress (Juno & the Paycock, Glamorous Night), dies
1956 Jacob Weinberg, Russian-born Jewish composer, dies at 77
1956 Leo Baeck, German rabbi (President of World Union for Progressive Judaism), dies at 83
1957 Ted Meredith, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m in world record 1:51.9s 1912), dies at 64
1958 Adam von Ahn Carse, composer, dies at 80
1960 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek-American pianist, conductor (Minneapolis Symphony, 1937-49; New York Philharmonic, 1949-58), and composer, dies of heart failure at 64
1961 James Thurber, American humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66
1962 Felice Lattuada, Italian composer and educator (Civica Scuola di Musica, Milan, 1935-62), dies at 80

Ngô Đình Diệm (1901-1963)

President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63), assassinated in a coup at 62

1966 Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist, dies at 73
1966 Peter Debye, Dutch-American physical chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1936 for investigations of dipole moments, X-rays, and light scattering in gases), dies at 82
1966 Sadao Araki, Japanese general, Minister of War (1931-34), dies at 89
1968 Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, dies at 56
1969 (Wilmore) "Slick" Jones, American jazz drummer (Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet), dies at 62
1969 Marion Lloyd Vince, American fencer (National champion 1928, 31), dies at 63
1970 Johannes Urzidil, German-Bohemian poet and historian, dies at 74
1970 Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75
1971 Martha Vickers [MacVicker], American actress (Alimony; The Man I Love; Ruthless), dies of esophageal cancer[at 46
1973 Earl Neale, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Virginia; NFL: Philadelphia Eagles) and MLB outfielder (Cincinnati Reds), dies at 81
1977 Hans Erich Nossak, German writer, dies at 76
1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
1980 Edith Bunker, character on "All in the Family", dies

Willie Sutton (1901-1980)

American bank robber, dies at 79

1981 Kenneth Oakley, English Anthropologist, paleontologist and geologist whose method for the relative dating of fossils using fluorine content was instrumental in exposing the Piltdown Man hoax, dies at 70
1982 Lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher.
1984 Margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electrocuted in 22 years
1985 Fred Enke, American College basketball coach (University of Arizona 1925–1961, record 522–344), dies at 88
1986 Paul Frees [Solomon Hersh Frees], American voice actor (voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), dies at 66
1989 Hermann Bengtson, German historian (Greeks Ancient Times), dies at 80
1991 Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx NY at 72
1991 Irwin Allen, American film and television producer (Land of the Giants; The Poseidon Adventure), dies at 75
1991 Mort Shuman, American singer, and songwriter, with Doc Pomus ("Viva Las Vegas"; "Save The Last Dance For Me"), dies of cancer at 54
1992 Hal Roach, silent film producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100
1993 P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees & Hope), dies at about 86
1994 David Feinberg, American AIDS activist and author, dies at 37
1994 Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter, dies at 73
1995 Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Colombian politician (helped write Colombian Constitution), assassinated at 76
1995 Bill Blair, American auto racer (NASCAR pioneer; 54 top-10 finishes), dies at 84
1995 Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82
1995 Gilbert "Gil" Lamb, American actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High), dies at 91
1995 Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russian Orthodox Priest, dies at 68
1995 Ollie Harrington, American cartoonist (Bootsie), dies at 83
1996 Christ Prater, English screenprinter, dies at 72
1996 Eva Cassidy, American singer, dies of cancer at 33

Toni Stone (1921-1996)

American baseball second baseman (first woman to play in men's Negro League), dies at 75

1997 G. Harry Stine, American science fiction writer, dies at 69
1997 Roy McMillan, American baseball infielder, coach and manager (MLB All Star 1956-57; Gold Glove 1957-59; Cincinnati Reds), dies of heart failure at 68
1998 Vincent Winter, Scottish child actor, dies at 50
2000 Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw & Cavendish, British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, dies at 76
2002 Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
2002 Tonio Selwart [Antonio Selmair-Selwart], German actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja), dies from natural causes at 106
2003 Frank McCloskey, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana (1983-95), dies at 64
2003 Jimmy Quillen, American politician (Rep-R-TN, 1963-97), dies at 87
2004 Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch road cyclist (World Road Race Champion 1978; Amstel Gold Race 1974, 85), dies from a heart attack at 53
2004 Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (Submission), dies at 47

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004)

1st President of the United Arab Emirates, dies at 85

2005 Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian soccer midfielder and manager (Bologna; Atalanta, Italy 1974 World Cup), dies at 86
2007 Charmaine Dragun, Australian broadcast journalist, takes her own life at 29
2007 Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer, dies at 101
2007 Michael Fitzalan-Howard, British General (Gold Stick-in-Waiting to the UK Monarch), dies at 91
2007 The Fabulous Moolah [Mary Lillian Ellison], American professional wrestler (World Champion, 1956-83), dies from a heart attack at 84
2007 Witold Kiełtyka, Polish heavy metal drummer (Decapitated), dies in a tour bus crash at 23
2009 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), dies of natural causes at 87
2010 Andy Irons, American surfer (ASP World Champion 2002-04), dies of heart attack due to acute mixed drug ingestion at 32
2010 Clyde King, American baseball pitcher, coach, manager and executive (Brooklyn Dodgers; New York Yankees), dies at 86
2011 Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
2011 Sid Melton [Sidney Meltzer], American actor (Green Acres, The Danny Thomas Show), dies from pneumonia at 94
2012 Milt Campbell, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1956), dies from prostate cancer and diabetes at 78
2013 Walt Bellamy, American Basketball HOF center (NBA All-Star 1962, 63, 64, 65; NBA Rookie of Year 1962; Chicago Packers/Zephyrs/Baltimore Bullets; New York Knicks; Olympic gold 1960), dies at 74
2014 (Bernard) "Acker" Bilk, British clarinetist who was part of the traditional jazz revival of the 1950s and 1960s, dies at 85
2015 Colin Welland, British screenwriter (Chariots of Fire) and actor (Straw Dogs), dies at 81
2015 David Stock, American composer (Rosewood Reflections), and conductor (Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, 1976-99), dies at 76 [1]
2015 Mike Davies, Welsh tennis player, entrepreneur and administrator (ED ATP; GM ITF; Grand Slam Cup creator), dies from mesothelioma at 79
2015 Raul Rekow, American percussionist and conguero (Santana, 1976-2013), dies of cancer at 61
2016 Bob Cranshaw, American jazz bassist (Blue Note Records; Sonny Rollins; Stanley Turrentine; Duke Pearson), dies of cancer at 83
2018 Glenn Schwartz, American rock guitarist (Pacific Gas & Electric -"Are You Ready?"), dies at 78
2018 Kitty O'Neil, American stuntwoman (The Bionic Woman) and racer (female land speed record), dies at 72
2018 Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer, popularized martial arts worldwide, dies at 91
2018 Roy Hargrove, American trumpeter, dies of kidney disease at 49
2019 Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor, dies at about 87
2020 Baron Wolman, American photographer, founding chief photographer for Rolling Stone, dies of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) at 83
2020 John Sessions, Scottish actor and comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway), dies of a heart attack at 67
2020 Nancy Darsch, American women's basketball coach (Ohio State Uni; assistant coach US Olympic gold 1984, 96; NY Liberty, Washington Mystics), dies of Parkinson's disease at 68
2021 Mohamed Soukhane, Algerian soccer defender (6 caps; Le Havre AC), dies at 90
2021 Ronnie Wilson, American R&B keyboardist (Gap Band - "Burn Rubber On Me"), dies at 73
2021 Tom Matte, American football running back (Super Bowl 1971; Pro Bowl 1968, 69; NFL rushing TD leader 1969; Baltimore Colts), dies at 82
2021 Tomas Leandersson, Swedish ten-pin bowler (FIQ World C'ships 1999; World Tenpin Team Cup 1994; World Games 1993), dies at 55
2022 Bubba Cascio, American race horse trainer (All American Futurity 1968, 70), dies at 90