Famous Deaths on November 7

1713 Elizabeth Barry, English restoration actress, dies at 55
1723 Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies
1766 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter (painted Louis XV's court), dies at 81
1802 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, Austrian composer, dies at 50
1817 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian composer, dies at 85
1827 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 76
1837 Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, murdered at 34
1857 Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, dies at 62
1859 Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, German kappelmeister and composer, dies at 61
1861 Isobel Gunn, Orkney women who disguised herself as a man to work for the Hudson Bay Company (one of the first women in Western Canada), dies at 81 [1]
1872 Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (b. 1833)
1876 Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American Reformed vicar (settled Holland, Michigan), dies at 65
1880 Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, German composer, conductor, and music theorist, dies at 72
1881 John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791)
1893 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India, dies at 37
1901 Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese modernizing politician and general (governor-general of Zhili province)), dies at 78

Butch Cassidy (1866-1908)

American train and bank robber, shot by Bolivian soldiers at 42

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)

British naturalist, explorer and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution through natural selection, dies at 90

1919 Hugo Haase, German socialist politician (SPD, USPD) and co-chair of the Council of the People's Deputies (1918-19), shot and killed in the Reichstag at 56
1922 Sam Thompson, American Baseball HOF right fielder (NL batting champion 1887 Detroit Wolverines; NL HR leader 1889, 1895 Philadelphia Quakers), dies at 62
1924 Hans Thoma, German painter, dies at 75
1935 Lidj Jasu [Iyasu], Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-16), dies under mysterious circumstances under guard at 39
1938 Ernst vom Rath, German diplomat, assassinated at 29, providing the pretext for Kristallnacht
1941 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet and writer (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
1943 Dwight Frye, American actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein), dies from a heart attack at 44
1944 Richard Sorge, German spy for the Soviet Union in Tokyo during World War II, hanged in Tokyo at 49
1945 Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
1956 Una Mae Carlisle, American jazz pianist and singer ("Walkin' By The River"), dies of pneumonia at 40
1957 Roy Worters, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1929; Vezina Trophy 1931; NY Americans), dies at 57
1958 Florence Walrath, American adoption agency founder (The Cradle), dies at 81

Victor McLaglen (1886-1959)

English actor (The Informer - Academy Award 1935), dies of a heart attack at 72

1960 A. P. Carter, American country-folk and gospel singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Carter Family), dies at 68

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

American diplomat (UN Commission on Human Rights), activist and First Lady of the United States (1933-45), dies at 78

1965 Friedrich Wildgans, Austrian composer, dies at 52
1967 John Nance Garner, American Democratic politician & lawyer (32nd Vice President of the U.S.), dies at 98
1967 Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
1967 Larry Kent, director (High Stakes), dies at 67
1968 Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, dies at 62
1968 Willem A. Wagenaar, Dutch journalist and author (3,000 meter), dies at 67
1972 Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), dies of a heart attack at 55
1974 Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), dies at 75
1974 Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American character actor (Salón México, The Fugitive, Littlest Outlaw), dies of cancer at 54
1974 Sandra Rivett, English nanny to John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, allegedly bludgeoned to death by Mr Lucan at 29 before he mysteriously disappeared
1975 John Carmel Heenan, British clergyman, Catholic Cardinal (Archbishop of Westminster, 1963-75), dies of a heart attack at 70
1978 Gene Tunney, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1926-28), dies at 80
1978 Janet Flanner, American journalist (New Yorker), dies at 86
1979 Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53

Steve McQueen (1930-1980)

American actor called "The King of Cool" during the 1960s (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape), dies of a heart attack after surgery at 50

1980 Wolfgang Weyrauch, German writer, dies at 73

Will Durant (1885-1981)

American author and historian (The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization), dies at 96

1982 Salvador Contreras, Mexican composer (Grupo de los cuatro), dies at 71
1983 David Alexandrovich Toradze, Soviet composer, dies at 61
1983 Germaine Tailleferre [Taillefesse], French composer (Le Marin du Bolivar; L'adieu du cavalier), dies at 91
1984 George Mathews, American stage and screen character actor (The Eve of St. Mark; Glynis - "Chick"), dies of heart disease at 73
1986 Tracy Pew, Australian musician (The Birthday Party) (b. 1957)
1988 Hans Baumann, German nationalist writer, dies at 74
1990 Josephine Wilson, British actress (The Lady Vanishes, We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86
1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian-British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet), dies of a stroke at 78
1991 Tom of Finland [Touko Laaksonen], Finnish fetish artist, dies at 71

Alexander Dubček (1921-1992)

Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, dies at 70 from injuries sustained in a car crash

1992 Henri Temianka, Scottish-born Polish composer (California Chamber Symphony), dies at 85
1992 Jack Kelly, American actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love), dies following a stroke at 65
1993 Adelaide Hall, American jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92
1993 Charles Aidman, American actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
1994 Carleton Young, American actor (Reefer Madness, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 89
1994 Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 83
1994 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), dies at 72
1994 Shorty Rogers [Milton Rajonsky], American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, arranger, and composer, dies of melanoma at 70
1995 Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79
1995 John Patrick, American screenwriter and playwright (Pulitzer Prize 1954), commits suicide at 90
1995 Melvin "Slappy" White, American comedian and actor, dies of a heart attack at 74
1996 Bryan Keith-Lucas, British political scientist, dies at 84
1996 Carmell Jones, American bebop jazz and session trumpet player (Bud Shank; Horace Silver), dies of heart failure at 60
1996 Claude Ake, political scientist, dies at 57
1996 Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian Lawyer and First Foreign Affairs Minister (b. 1918)
1996 Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer, dies at 81
1998 Margaret Gowing, English historian (Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy), dies at 77
2000 Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910)
2000 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark, Wife of King Frederik IX, ruler of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 90
2001 Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
2002 Charles Hambro, English banker, multi-millionaire and CEO (Hambros), dies at 72
2002 Margaret "Peg" Phillips, American actress (Northern Exposure -"Ruth-Anne"; ER; 7th Heaven), dies of lung disease at 84
2002 Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (b. 1923)
2004 Howard Keel, American actor, singer and president of the Screen Actors Guild (7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kate), dies of cancer at 87
2005 Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal (b. 1921)
2005 Harry Thompson, English-born comedian and novelist (b. 1960)
2006 (George) "Sonny" Cohn, American jazz trumpeter (Red Saunders, 1945-60; Duke Ellington, 1960-84), dies at 81
2006 Bryan Pata, American football defensive tackle (University of Miami) (murdered) (b. 1981)
2006 Jackie Parker, American College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame utility (Mississippi State University; Grey Cup 1954-56; Edmonton Eskimos), dies from throat cancer at 74
2006 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist (b. 1924)
2006 Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89
2006 Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder & captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), dies from lymph cancer at 80
2007 Earl Dodge, American politician (Prohibition Party) (b. 1932)
2008 Hedley Howarth, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (30 Tests, 86 wickets; Auckland CA), dies of cancer at 64

Joe Frazier (1944-2011)

American boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1964; undisputed world heavyweight champion 1970-73), dies of liver cancer at 67

2012 Carmen Basilio, American boxer (World Welterweight title 1955-56; Middleweight title 1957-58), dies from pneumonia at 85
2012 Cleve Duncan, American rocker (The Penguins - "Earth Angel"), dies at 78
2014 Gibson Kente, South African playwright and composer, dies at 82
2015 Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-born American actor (Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies of cancer at 68
2016 Janet Reno, first female US Attorney General (1993-2001), dies at 78

Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

Canadian writer and singer-songwriter ("Hallelujah"; "Death of Ladies Man"; Suzanne"), dies at 82

2017 Paul Buckmaster, British Grammy Award-winning artist, arranger, conductor and composer, dies at 71
2017 Pentti "Whitey" Glan, Finnish-Canadian touring and session drummer (Lou Reed; Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare"), dies if cancer at 71
2017 Robert De Cormier, American conductor and musical director (The Belafonte Folk Singers), dies at 95
2017 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), died when piloting a plane under influence of painkillers, sleeping pills at 40
2018 Francis Lai, French film music composer (Love Story), dies at 86
2018 Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Irish pianist, composer and educator (University of Limerick), dies at 67
2018 Oskar Rabin, Russian painter and dissident during Soviet era, dies at 90
2020 Cándido Camero, Cuban American percussionist (congo drum) and bandleader, dies at 99 [1]
2020 Norm Crosby, American comedian and "Master of the Malaprop" (Liar's Club), dies of heart failure at 93
2021 Dean Stockwell, American stage and screen actor (The Werewolf of Washington; Blue Velvet; Quantum Leap), dies at 85
2022 Leslie Phillips, British stage, screen, and radio actor (Carry On; Harry Potter films), dies at 98 [1]
2022 Michael Butler, American theatrical producer (Hair; Lenny), dies at 95