Famous Deaths on 12th November

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607 - Pope Boniface III, dies after less than a year in office
1035 - Cnut (Canute) "The Great", King of Denmark. England, Norway and parts of Sweden. Reigned 1016-1035.
1094 - King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1202 - Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39
1434 - King Louis III of Naples
1555 - Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65
1558 - Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies
1567 - Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, Marshal of France, dies at 74
1595 - John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63
1600 - Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42
1606 - Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79
1606 - St. Nicholas Owen (martyr), one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
1667 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)
1671 - Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59
1722 - Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63
1739 - Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71
1742 - Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
1754 - Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58
1757 - Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
1802 - Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62
1823 - Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75
1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
1852 - Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22
1865 - Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)
1869 - Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies
1893 - Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80
1896 - Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84
1912 - Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58
Astronomer Percival Lowell (1916) 1916 - Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. 1855)
1921 - Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63
1925 - Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65
1937 - Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies
1939 - (Ernest YY) Oscar Tourniaire, actor (Bluejackets), dies at 59
1939 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)
1940 - Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34
1941 - Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed
1944 - Edgar Stillman Kelley, US composer (Gulliver), dies at 87
1944 - George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
1944 - Roy Agnew, composer, dies at 51
1947 - Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82
1948 - Umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81
1949 - Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological, dies at 64
1955 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
1956 - Gerhard Alexander, actor (One Zomerzotheid), dies at 49
1957 - Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78
1960 - John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies
1962 - Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68
1962 - Sid Tomack, actor (Gillis-Life of Riley, My Friend Irma), dies at 55
1965 - Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
1966 - Quincy Porter, US composer, dies at 69
1967 - Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58
1969 - Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77
1972 - Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92
1974 - Charles Quinlivan, actor (7 Guns to Mesa), dies at 50
1975 - Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69
1976 - Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82
1976 - Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)
1978 - Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71
1979 - Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85
1980 - Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85
1980 - Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident, dies at 42
1980 - Haya van Someren-Downer, Dutch MP, dies at 54
1984 - Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
1987 - Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75
1990 - Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81
1990 - Eve Arden, actress (Our Miss Brooks), dies at 82
1990 - Nico Haak, Dutch singer (Foxy Foxtrot), dies
1990 - Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered
1990 - Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet, dies at 81
1991 - Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack
1991 - Diane Brewster, actress (Courage of Black Beauty), dies at 60
1991 - Howard Brunner, dies of AIDS at 51
1991 - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, cardinal/archbishop of Montreal, dies at 87
1992 - Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81
1992 - David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
1993 - Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88
1993 - Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86
1993 - Harry Haldeman, Nixon's cabinet member (1968-73), dies
1994 - Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81
1994 - Katherine Elliots, doctor, dies at 75
1994 - Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer, dies at 88
1994 - Wilma Glodean Rudolph, US sprinter (Olympics-3 gold-60), dies at 54
1995 - Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85
1995 - Jack Mann, pilot/hostage, dies at 81
1995 - Marion Pitt, social worker/writer, dies at 56
1996 - Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72
1996 - Gwen Catley, soprano, dies at 90
1996 - John Qace Hardbattle, political activist, dies at 51
1997 - William Matthews, poet, dies at 55
1997 - Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
2000 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, (b. 1928)
2000 - Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)
2001 - Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
2003 - Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
2003 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
2003 - Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
2003 - Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic, Power Station) (b. 1954)
Actor Jonathan Brandis (2003) 2003 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
2004 - John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster (b. 1939)
2005 - William G. Adams, former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (b. 1923)
2006 - General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)
2007 - Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
2007 - Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)
2008 - Catherine Baker Knoll, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, (b. 1930)
2008 - Mitch Mitchell, English musician (b. 1947)
2010 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
2010 - Karl Plutus, Estonian jurist and centenarian (b. 1904)
2012 - Sergio Oliva, American body builder, dies at 71