Famous Deaths on November 21

1863 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 74
1866 Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, French politician and historian, dies at 84
1870 Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69
1875 Friedrich Albert Lange, German philosopher and socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
1881 Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)
1882 Sergey Nechayev, Russian Nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary), dies at 35
1899 Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
1900 J. J. Ferris, Australian cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880's), dies at 33
1907 Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
1907 Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies

Franz Joseph I (1830-1916)

Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1848-1916), dies of pneumonia after catching a cold taking a walk at 86

1920 Caryl Florio [William James Robjohn], English-American composer, dies at 77
1922 Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1924 Florence Harding, American First Lady (b. 1860)
1925 Robert Wrenn, American tennis player (US Open 1893-94, 1896-97), dies at 52
1928 Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
1932 Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman law) and historian, dies at 68
1932 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies at 60
1938 Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist, composer (Java Suite; Triakontameron; 53 Studies on Chopin's Études), and pedagogue, dies of stomach cancer at 68
1940 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
1941 George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor, dies at 73
1941 Henrietta Vinton Davis, African-American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator and public speaker, dies at 81
1941 Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif

J. B. M. Hertzog (1866-1942)

South African General and Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (1924-39), dies at 76

Alexander Patch (1889-1945)

American WWII general (Guadalcanal Campaign, Operation Dragoon), dies of pneumonia at 55

1945 Ellen Glasgow, American novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942), dies at 72
1945 Jimmy Quinn, Scottish soccer striker (11 caps; Celtic 272 games, 188 goals), dies at 67
1945 Robert Benchley, American humorist (My 10 years in a Quandary), dies at 56
1952 Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
1952 William Green, American trade union leader and president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52), dies at 79
1953 Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
1954 Karol Rathaus, German-Austrian composer, dies at 59
1954 Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 69
1956 Jean Desmet, Dutch early film distributor and cinema owner dies at 80
1957 Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)

Mel Ott (1909-1958)

American Baseball HOF right fielder and manager (12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; 6 × NL home run leader; NY Giants), dies of injuries sustained in an auto accident at 49

Max Baer (1909-1959)

American heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), dies of a heart attack at 50

1963 Artur Lemba, Estonian concert pianist, composer (Sabina), and piano teacher (St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1908-20), dies at 67
1963 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
1963 Pierre Blanchar, Algerian actor and director (Magnificent Sinner; Wooden Crosses; Pastoral Symphony), dies from a brain tumor at 71
1963 Robert Stroud, American murderer, convict, and ornithologist dubbed "Birdman of Alcatraz", dies at 73
1967 C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (b. 1896)
1967 Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
1969 Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
1969 Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and novelist (The Magic Pudding), dies at 90 [1]

C.V. Raman (1888-1970)

Indian physicist (Nobel Prize 1930 for light scattering), dies at 82

1970 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey (Montreal Canadiens) and lacrosse player, dies at 83
1972 Karel Haba, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 74
1973 Thomas Pelly, American politician, dies at 71
1974 Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84
1975 Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1976 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), dies at 88
1980 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
1981 Harry Von Zell, American radio announcer and actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), dies of cancer at 75
1982 John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
1982 Lee Patrick, American stage and screen actress (The Maltese Falcon; Topper (TV series) - "Henrietta"), dies of a heart attack at 80
1985 Ramnath Kenny, Indian cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies at 55
1986 Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
1986 Jerry Colonna, American actor (Jerry Colonna Show, Alice in Wonderland, Road to Singapore), dies at 82
1986 Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican actor (The Warriors), dies of AIDs at 28
1987 Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79

Carl Hubbell (1903-1988)

American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (9 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1933; NL MVP 1933, 36; NY Giants), dies at 85

1990 Dean Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1954)
1991 Daniel Mann [Chugerman], American stage and screen director (The Rose Tattoo; The Teahouse Of The August Moon; Butterfield 8), dies of heart failure at 79
1991 David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 25 wickets; Trinidad), dies at 74
1991 Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
1992 Kaysone Phomvihane, Prime Minister and President of Laos (1975-91), dies at 71
1992 Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies

Bill Bixby (1934-1993)

American actor, director and producer (Incredible Hulk; The Courtship of Eddie's Father; My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59

1993 Christopher Frank, director/actor (Annee Des Meduses), dies at 50
1993 Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59
1994 Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42
1995 Dorothy Jeakins, American film and theatre costume designer (Samson and Delilah), dies at 81
1995 George Ivan Smith, ustralian radio correspondent, UN diplomat and spokesman, dies at 80
1995 Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
1995 Peter Grant, English rock band manager (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin), dies of a heart attack at 60
1995 Smilin' Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71
1996 Abdus Salam, Pakistani theoretical physicist (1979 Noble Prize for Physics - electroweak unification theory), dies at 70
1996 Bernard Rose, British organist, soldier, composer, and academic, dies at 80
1996 Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), dies at 92
1997 Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies
1997 Robert Simpson, British classical composer, and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 76
1999 Alvin Cash [Welch}, American pop singer ("Twine Time"; "The Philly Freeze"), and actor, dies of ulcer complications at 60
1999 Eddie Maxwell [Cherkose], American lyricist (Breathless) and actor, dies of natural causes at 87
1999 Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (b. 1908)
2001 Gardner McKay, American actor and author (Adventures in Paradise, Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles), dies at 69
2001 Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
2002 Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
2003 Teddy Randazzo, American pop singer-songwriter (I'm on the Outside Looking In), dies at 68
2005 Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (b. 1896)
2005 Bill D'Angelo, American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale, 1987-90), dies of a drug overdose at 43
2005 Hugh Sidey, American journalist (b. 1927)
2006 Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese Cabinet minister (assassinated) (b. 1972)
2006 Robert Lockwood Jr., American blues guitarist, dies at 91
2006 Věroslav Neumann, Czech composer and music educator, dies at 75
2007 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
2007 Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricket batsman (25 Tests, 1 x 100; Otago CA), dies at 75
2007 Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
2009 Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1), dies at 83
2010 David Nolan, American political activist (b. 1943)
2010 José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, Brazilian composer, dies at 67
2010 Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American visual artist and co-founder of DuSable Museum of African American History, dies at 95
2010 Norris Church Mailer, American model and widow of Norman Mailer (b. 1949)

Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)

American sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums), dies at 85

2013 Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L'Oeil écoute - The Eye Listens), dies at 86
2013 Maurice Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler, dies at 84
2013 Vern Mikkelsen, American HOF basketball player, dies at 85
2015 Bob Foster, American boxer (world light-heavyweight champion 1968-74), dies at 76
2015 Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican film, theater, television, and voice actor (El Vampiro), dies at 86
2015 Ken Johnson, American baseball pitcher (only pitcher to lose a complete game 9-inning no-hitter 1964), dies at 82
2017 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67
2017 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
2018 Devin Lima [Harold Lima], American singer (LFO), dies of cancer at 41
2019 Gahan Wilson, American author and cartoonist known as the "Michelangelo of the Macabre", dies at 89 [1]
2020 Ricky Yacobi, Indonesian soccer striker (31 caps; Arseto Solo, Matsushita), dies from a heart attack at 57
2021 Gordon Crosse, British contemporary classical composer (Grace of Todd; Purgatory; Changes), and educator, dies at 84
2022 Jeremy Lloyds, English cricket umpire (5 Tests, 18 ODIs, 1 T20I) and all-rounder (Somerset CCC, Orange Free State, Gloucestershire CCC), dies at 68
2022 Jürgen Nöldner, German soccer midfielder (30 caps East Germany; ASK Vorwärts Berlin 285 games) and journalist (Neue Fußballwoch, Kicker), dies at 81
2022 Kálmán Mészöly, Hungarian soccer defender (61 caps; Vasas SC 279 games) and manager (Hungary, Turkey, Fenerbahçe SK), dies at 81
2022 Wilko Johnson [John Wilkinson], British guitarist, singer and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood, 1971-77 - "She Does It Right"), dies of cancer at 75