Famous Deaths on 29th November

Deaths 1 - 117 of 117

561 - Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
917 - Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies
1253 - Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 - Clement IV, [Guido Fulcodi], Pope (1265-68), dies
1314 - Philip IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), (b. 1268)
1330 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287)
1342 - Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
1378 - Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (Univ of Prague), dies
1530 - Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal,adviser and Lord Chancellor, (1514-29) to England's King Henry VIII (approx. 60)
1577 - Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (b. 1543)
1590 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1595 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1626 - Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (c. 1580)
1632 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, dies at 36
1643 - Claudio Giovanni Monteverdi, Italian composer (L'arianna), dies at 76
1643 - William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
1646 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
1661 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
1682 - Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62
1695 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
1699 - Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
1759 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
1775 - Lorenzo Somis, composer, dies at 87
1780 - Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63
1797 - Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)
1813 - Giambattista Bodoni, Ital stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73
1843 - Marco Santucci, composer, dies at 81
1865 - Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman, dies at 69
1872 - Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies
1872 - Giovanni Tadolini, composer, dies at 83
1872 - Horace Greeley, US founder/publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61
1895 - Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93), dies at 62
1918 - Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40
1921 - Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60
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1925 - Karl Flodin, composer, dies at 67
1927 - George Giffen, cricketer (251 FC games, 11758 runs, 1023 wkts), dies
1939 - Philipp Scheidemann, German MP (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1952 - Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies
1952 - Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/US chemist, dies at 85
1953 - Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
1953 - Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
1953 - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies
1954 - George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
1954 - Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60
1959 - Fritz Brun, composer, dies at 81
1959 - Hans Henny Jahnn, writer, dies at 64
1962 - Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ
1964 - Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60
1967 - Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47
1970 - Robert Ruthenfranz, composer, dies at 65
1971 - Heinz Tiessen, composer, dies at 84
1972 - Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
1974 - Haroldson L Hunt, US multi-millionaire, dies at 85
1974 - Ouida Bergere, scriptwriter, dies at 88
1974 - James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
1976 - Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43
1976 - Judith Lowry, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...), dies at 86
1977 - George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
1978 - Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74
1980 - Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and devout member of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 83
1981 - Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43
1981 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (b. 1895)
1982 - Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
1984 - Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
1985 - Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
1986 - Cary Grant, actor (Charades), dies in Davenport Iowa at 82
1986 - Herb Vigran, actor (Vampire, Mark of Vampire), dies
1987 - Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), dies at 81
1987 - Irene Handl, actress (Riding High, Morgan), dies at 85
1989 - Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, dies at 56
1989 - George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, dies
1991 - Frank Yerby, US writer (Health Card, The Dahomean), dies at 75
1991 - Ralph Bellamy, actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday), dies at 87
1992 - Cary Scott Lowenstein, dancer/singer, dies of AIDS at 30
1992 - Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy), dies at 78
1992 - Robert F Simon, US actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83
1992 - Robert Shayne, US actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92
1992 - Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1993 - JRD Tata, Indies industrialist (Air-India), dies at 89
1994 - Muhammad Ali Araki, ayatollah of Iran, dies
1994 - Ronald "Buster" Edwards, robber, dies at 63
1994 - Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/US composer/son of Igor S, dies at 84
1995 - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79
1995 - Stone Cates, fictional character on General Hospital, dies of AIDS
1996 - Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
1997 - Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city, dies at 79
1998 - Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
1998 - Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1999 - Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
2001 - Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
2001 - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2001 - John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
2002 - Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
2002 - George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
2003 - Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 - Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (b. 1891)
2004 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2004 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929)
2005 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
2005 - David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2006 - Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
2007 - Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
2007 - James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
2007 - Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007 - Roger Bonham Smith, Former chairman and CEO of General Motors (b. 1925)
2007 - Tom Terrell, musicologist, NPR reviewer, deejay (b. 1950)
2008 - Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
2009 - Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
2010 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
2010 - Mario Monicelli, Italian film director (b. 1915)
2010 - Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (b. 1940)
2010 - Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
2010 - Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)
2012 - Merv Pregulman, American NFL player, dies at 90

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