Famous Deaths on this Day in History Deaths in History for Monday 25th November 2013 ◀ Oct November Dec ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Deaths 1 - 111 of 111 311 - Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr 992 - Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV, dies 1120 - William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England (b. 1104) dies in White Ship tragedy trying to save his illegitimate half-sister Countess of Perche while crossing the English Channel 1326 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264) 1374 - Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. 1329) 1456 - Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle 1560 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. 1466) 1626 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566) 1640 - Giles Farnaby, composer, dies 1686 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (b. 1638) 1694 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605) 1700 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643) 1748 - Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. 1674) 1750 - Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77 1755 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76 1773 - Carl Hockh, composer, dies at 66 1785 - Richard Glover, British poet (b. 1712) 1815 - Johann Peter Saloman, composer, dies at 70 1830 - Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56 1854 - John G Lockhart, [scorpion], English biographer, dies at 60 1865 - Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies 1881 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794) 1883 - Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76 1885 - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27 1885 - Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office 1887 - Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 1895 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68 1899 - Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73 1901 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62 1913 - Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies 1914 - Davorin Jenko, composer, dies at 79 1920 - Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1892) 1923 - Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83 1923 - Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies 1935 - Maria H Mina Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72 1941 - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (Peoples Front), dies 1944 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/baseball commisioner, dies at 78 1947 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. 1876) 1948 - Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61 1948 - Kanbun Uechi, karate master (b. 1877) 1949 - Luther Bill Robinson, Bojangles famed tap dancer, dies at 71 1950 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873) 1950 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873) 1951 - Raden Mas Noto Suroto, Indonesian poet (Wayang Songs), dies at 63 1952 - Antonio Guarnieri, composer, dies at 72 1952 - Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer, dies at 71 1958 - Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82 1961 - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866) 1964 - Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90 1965 - Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890) 1967 - Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77 1968 - Marcel Labey, composer, dies at 93 1968 - Phil Lord, actor (Studs Place), dies at 89 Author Upton Beall SinclairAuthor Upton Beall Sinclair (1968) 1968 - Upton Beall Sinclair, US author (Jungle), dies at 90 1968 - Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. (b. 1908) 1970 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45 1971 - Hank Mann, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 84 1972 - Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79 1972 - Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886) 1973 - Laurence Harvey, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of cancer at 45 1973 - Albert DeSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed to death in prison 1974 - Nick Drake, rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26 1974 - Rosemary Lane, actress (Chatterbox, 4 Wives), dies at 61 1974 - [Sithu] U Thant, UN Sec-General (1961-72), dies in NY of cancer at 65 1975 - Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry), dies 1977 - Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzies Raiders), dies at 65 1978 - Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934) 1980 - George Raft, NYC, actor (Scarface), dies at 85 1981 - Jack Albertson, actor (Chico & the Man), dies at 74 1982 - Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in NYC of a heart attack at 73 1985 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926) 1985 - Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(b. 1909) 1987 - Anton F Pieck, illustrator (1001 Nights), dies at 92 1987 - Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65 1989 - Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, MLiss), dies 1989 - Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General, dies 1989 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907) 1990 - Bill Vukovich, Indie 500 driver, dies in crash at 27 1991 - Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella), dies at 86 Novelist Anthony BurgessNovelist Anthony Burgess (1993) 1993 - Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76 1993 - Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun), dies of diabetes at 77 1994 - Arthur Ballard, artist, dies at 79 1994 - Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69 1995 - Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist, dies at 92 1996 - Hugh Joseph Charles James LEtang, medical writer, dies at 79 1996 - Michael Economides, restaurateur, dies at 86 1996 - Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser, dies at 87 1997 - Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54 1997 - Fenton Robinson, US blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62 1997 - Hastings Kamuzu Band, PM/Pres of Malawi (1964-66/66-94), dies 1997 - Barbara, French singer (b. 1930) 1998 - Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906) 1998 - Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933) 2000 - Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1917) 2001 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. 1941) 2002 - Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (b. 1926) 2005 - George Best, former footballer dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures (Manchester United, Northern Ireland) 2005 - Richard Burns, English WRC champion (b. 1971) 2006 - Sean Bell, American shooting victim (b. 1983) 2006 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931) 2006 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920) 2006 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979) 2006 - Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919) 2006 - Phyllis Fraser, American actress and childrens book publisher (b. 1916) 2010 - Bernard Matthews, British poultry industry figure (b. 1930) 2010 - Peter Christopherson English musician and video director/designer (b. 1955) 2010 - Alfred Balk, American magazine editor and journalist (b. 1930) 2010 - C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933) 2011 - Tom Wicker, American journalist and author, dies at 85 2012 - Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician, dies at 81 2012 - Dinah Sheridan, English actress, dies at 92 > Search Famous Deaths in History
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