Famous Deaths on November 30

Charles XII (1682-1718)

King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot in battle invading Norway at Fortress of Fredriksten, dies at 36

1761 John Dollond, British optician and owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens, dies at 55
1764 Dieudonne Raick, composer, dies at 61
1765 George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1777 Jean-Marie Leclair le cadet (the younger), French composer, dies at 74
1786 Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish military leader and colonial administrator (Spanish Governor of Louisiana and Cuba, 1777-83, Viceroy of New Spain, 1785-6), dies of typhus at 40
1792 Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57
1798 Friedrich Fleischmann, German composer, dies at 32
1813 Friedrich August Baumbach, German composer, dies at 60
1824 Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, German-Scottish cellist and composer, dies at 87
1830 Pius VIII [Francesco Saverio Castiglioni], Italian 253rd Pope (1829-30), dies at 69
1836 Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (fluid mechanics), dies at 71
1837 Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary, dies at 50
1841 Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73
1864 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1864 John Adams, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at about 39
1864 Otto French Strahl, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1864 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1878 George Henry Lewes, English philosophical writer (Life of Goethe), dies at 61
1893 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68
1894 Joseph E. Brown, American attorney and politician (42nd Governor of Georgia), dies at 73
1897 Abraham Carel Wertheim, Dutch banker and philanthropist, dies at 64

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Irish playwright and novelist (Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray), dies of cerebral meningitis in Paris at 46

1901 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
1904 Aldine Silliman Kieffer, American composer, dies at 64
1909 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet and translator, dies at 53 [NS=Dec 13]
1930 Mother [Mary Harris] Jones, American labor organizer (cofounded Industrial Workers of the World), dies at 93
1931 John Hyatt Brewer, American composer, dies at 75
1931 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, French composer, dies at 46

Arthur Currie (1875-1933)

Canadian army officer (1st Canadian commander of Canadian Corps, WWI), dies from pneumonia complications at 57

1934 Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)

Portuguese writer, poet (The Book of Disquiet), and translator, dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 47 [1] [2]

1938 Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (founder and leader of the Iron Guard), dies at 39
1940 Fritz Volbach, German conductor, musicologist and composer (Raffael), dies at 78
1942 Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart], American Western actor (Just Pals, Forbidden Trails, War Horse), dies in a fire at 50

Albert B. Fall (1861-1944)

American Senator (R-New Mexico 1912-21) and US Secretary of the Interior (1921-23), convicted for his part in the Teapot Dome scandal, dies at 83

1944 Antoine Mariotte, French composer (Paysage maritime), dies at 68
1944 Max Halbe, German playwright (Jugend), dies at 79
1947 Ernst Lubitsch, German actor, producer and film director (To Be or Not to Be, Love Parade, Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies from a heart attack at 55
1948 Franco Vittadini, Italian composer, dies at 64
1954 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer, dies at 68
1955 Josip Slavenski, Croatian composer, dies at 59
1957 Beniamino Gigli, Italian lyric tenor (La Gioconde - "Enzo"; Metropolitan Opera, 1920-32),dies of pneumonia at 67
1957 Dick McPartland, American jazz guitarist, dies at 52
1958 Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
1961 Stanislaw Kazuro, Polish composer, dies at 80
1962 Max Vasmer, German-Russian linguist (La Tertulia de Pombo), dies at 76
1964 Don Redman, American jazz musician and orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64
1967 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies
1972 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
1972 Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
1972 Valentin Ruiz Aznar, Spanish choirmaster, composer, and priest, dies at 70
1973 Bruce Yarnell, American actor (Outlaws) and singer, dies when single‐engine plane he was piloting crashes into northern Los Angeles county (California) mountain slope at 37 [1]
1974 Bert Gordon [Barney Gorodetsky], American comedian, dies at 79
1976 Fritz Rasp, German actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
1977 Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet (Seobe), dies at 84

Terence Rattigan (1911-1977)

British playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version), dies at 66

1979 Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69
1979 Zeppo Marx [Herbert Manfred Marx], American comedian and actor (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1981 Robert H. Harris, American actor (Jake-The Goldbergs, Mirage), dies at 70

George Headley (1909-1983)

West Indies cricket batsman (22 Tests; 2,190 runs @ 60.83; 10 x 100), dies at 74

1983 Richard Llewellyn, Welsh novelist (How Green Was My Valley), dies at 76
1985 Phil Tucker, American film director (Robot Monster), dies at 58
1987 Arthur H. Dean, American lawyer, ambassador and presidential advisor (1963 nuclear test ban treaty), dies at 89 [1]
1987 Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist (Kronkel), dies at 74
1988 Charlie Rouse, American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist (Thelonious Monk Quartet; Sphere), dies of lung cancer at 64
1989 Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59
1990 Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, dies at 78
1990 Norman Cousins, American editor (Saturday Review) and peace activist, dies at 75
1991 Zin [Parke Gerald Zinzan] Harris, New Zealand cricketer (9 Tests for NZ 1962-65), dies at 64
1992 Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45
1993 Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies
1993 David Houston, American country music singer (Almost Persuaded), dies at 57
1993 Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)
1994 Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67
1994 Connie Kay, American jazz drummer (Modern Jazz Quartet), dies of a cardiac arrest at 67
1994 Guy Debord, situationist, dies at 63
1994 Irwin Kostal, American orchestra leader and arranger (West Side Story; The Sound Of Music; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), dies at 83
1994 Lionel Stander, American blacklisted actor (Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours), dies at 86
1995 Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicket-keeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
1995 June Rosemary Thorndycraft, teacher and trade unionist, dies at 66
1995 Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)
1995 William Roerick, American actor (The Wasp Woman, Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
1996 Koji Kobayashi, industrialist, dies at 89
1996 Tiny Tim [Herbert Khaury], American musician ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips"), dies of a heart attack at 64
1997 Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37
1997 Kathy Acker, American experimental novelist (Blood and Guts in High School), dies at 54
1997 Ronald Gulliford, English educationalist (Dean of the Faculty of Education, Birmingham University 1979-81), dies at 76
1998 Margaret Walker, American poet and novelist of the Chicago Black Renaissance (For My People), dies at 83
2000 Jānis Kalniņš, Latvian-Canadian organist, composer (Ugunī; New Brunswick Rhapsody), and conductor (Latvian National Opera, 1933–1944), dies at 96
2000 Scott Smith, Canadian rock bassist (Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"), drowns in sailing accident near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at 45
2002 Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
2003 Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (1st female English Channel 1926), dies at 98
2004 Bill Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (28 caps; Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur), dies at 73

Pierre Berton (1920-2004)

Canadian author (War of 1812), dies of heart failure at 84

2005 Jean Parker [Luise-Stephanie Zelinska], American actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women), dies of complications from a stroke at 90
2006 Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
2006 Rafael Buenaventura, Former BSP Governor (b. 1938)
2007 Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist, dies at 59

Evel Knievel (1938-2007)

American motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon), dies of pulmonary disease at 69

2008 Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2008 Naomi Datta, British geneticist and bacteriologist (pioneer in investigating the development of resistance to antibiotics by bacteria), dies at 86
2010 Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
2010 Monty Sunshine, British jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Petite Fleur), dies at 82
2010 Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
2010 Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
2010 Sri Daya Mata [Faye Wright], American spiritual figure (Self-Realization Fellowship), dies at 96 [1]
2011 J. Blackfoot [Colbert], American soul singer ("Soul Children"; "Taxi"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
2011 Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, referred to as King Leka I by Albanian monarchists (b. 1939)
2011 William L. Waller, American politician and ex-Governor of Mississippi, dies at 85
2012 I. K. [Inder Kumar] Gujral, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1997-98), dies at 92
2012 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi), dies at 78
2013 Jean Kent [Joan Summerfield], British actress (Caravan, Bond Street), dies from complications from a fall at 92
2013 John Zochonis, British industrialist (PZ Cussons) and philanthropist, dies at 84
2013 Paul Crouch, American televangelist (Trinity Broadcasting Network), dies at 79

Paul Walker (1973-2013)

American actor (The Fast and the Furious), dies in a car accident at 40

2013 Tabu Ley Rochereau [Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu], African musician (Orchestre Afrisa International), dies at 76
2014 Fred Catherwood, British politician, Vice President of the European Parliament (1989-1992), dies at 89
2014 Go Seigen [Wu Qingyuan], Chinese-born Japanese Go master considered the greatest Go player in the 20th century, dies of natural causes at 100
2015 Eldar Ryazanov, Russian film director and screenwriter (Carnival Night), dies at 88
2015 Marcus Klingburg, Israeli epidemiologist and soviet spy, dies at 97
2015 Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Manga artist (GeGeGe no Kitarō), dies at 93
2016 Aleksei Maslennikov, Russian tenor (Bolshoi Theater, 1953-88), dies at 87
2016 Alice Drummond, American actress (Awakenings), dies at 88
2016 Kamilló Lendvay, Hungarian composer (Pezzo Concertanto), conductor, and educator, dies at 78
2017 Jim Nabors, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, USMC), and singer ("Back Home Again in Indiana"), dies from health complications at 87

Marina Popovich (1931-2017)

Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer and test pilot (102 world records), dies at 86

George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)

41st US President (R, 1989-93) and 43rd US Vice President (R, 1981-89), dies at 94

2021 C. Herbert Oliver, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Inter-Citizens Committee), dies at 96
2021 Erwin Wilczek, Polish soccer midfielder, forward (16 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 81
2021 John Sillett, English soccer defender (Chelsea, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle) and manager (Coventry City FA Cup 1987), dies at 85
2021 Pamela Helen Stephen, British Mezzo-soprano, dies at 57
2021 Phil Dwyer, Welsh soccer defender (10 caps; Cardiff City 471 games), dies at 68
2021 Ray Kennedy, English soccer midfielder, forward (17 caps; Arsenal, Liverpool), dies from Parkinson's disease at 70
2021 Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Indian poet and film and theater lyricist ("Vidhata Thalapuna"), dies of lung cancer at 66

Christine McVie (1943-2022)

British rock keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, 1970-98, 2014-2022 - "Don't Stop"; "You Make Loving Fun"; solo - "Got A Hold On Me"), dies at 79 [1]

Jiang Zemin (1926-2022)

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1989-2002) and President of the People's Republic of China (1993-2003), dies of leukemia and multiple organ failure at 96

2022 John Hadl, American College Football HOF quarterback (Uni of Kansas; 4 x AFL All-Star; Pro Bowl 1972, 73; First Team All Pro 1973; AFL C'ship 1963; SD Chargers; LA Rams), dies at 82
2022 Murray Halberg, New Zealand athlete (Olympic gold 5000m 1960; WR 2 miles: 8:30.0 1961; WE 3 miles: 13.10.0 1961), dies at 89

November 30 Highlights