Famous Deaths on 30th November

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1016 - Edmund II, Ironsides, King of the Saxons (1016), dies at 27
1519 - Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85
1528 - Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded
1580 - Richard Farrant, English composer
1626 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer
1631 - Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies
1646 - John C Lichthart, admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45
1654 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
1675 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605)
1678 - Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67
1679 - Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45
1694 - Marcello Malpighi, father of microscopic anatomy, dies
1700 - Artus II Quellinus [Quellien/"the Young], Flemish sculptor, dies at 75
1703 - Nicolas de Grigny, composer, dies at 31
1705 - Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)
1718 - Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway at 36
1761 - John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
1764 - Dieudonne Raick, composer, dies at 61
1765 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1777 - Jean-Marie Leclair, composer, dies at 74
1792 - Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57
1798 - Friedrich Fleischmann, composer, dies at 32
1813 - Friedrich August Baumbach, composer, dies at 60
1824 - Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer, dies at 87
1830 - Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Ital Pope (1829-30), dies at 69
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
1893 - Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68
1897 - Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64
Writer/Poet Oscar WildeWriter/Poet Oscar Wilde (1900) 1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46
1901 - Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
1904 - Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer, dies at 64
1909 - Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/translator, dies at 53 [NS=Dec 13]
1931 - John Hyatt Brewer, composer, dies at 75
1931 - Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer, dies at 46
1933 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
1934 - Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
1935 - Fernando A N Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47
1938 - Corneliu Codreanu, Romania fascist/putschist (Iron Guard), dies
1940 - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
1944 - Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79
1947 - Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies
1948 - Franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64
1954 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)
1955 - Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59
1957 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
1958 - Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
1961 - Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80
1964 - Don Redman, 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 Azner, composer, dies at 70
1973 - Bruce Yarnell, LA California, actor (Outlaws), dies at 35
1976 - Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
1977 - Terrence Rattigan, British writer and playwright (b. 1911)
1979 - Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69
1979 - Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1981 - Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72
1983 - George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1986 - Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies
1987 - Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89
Author James BaldwinAuthor James Baldwin (1987) 1987 - James Baldwin, writer (Go Tell it on the Mountain), dies at 63
1987 - Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74
1989 - Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59
1990 - Hilde Spiel, writer, dies at 78
1990 - Horst Bienek, German author, dies
1990 - Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at 75
1991 - P G Z (Zin) Harris, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ 1962-65), dies
1992 - Jorge Donn, dancer, dies after long illness at 45
1993 - Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies
1993 - Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)
1994 - Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67
1994 - Guy Debord, situationist, dies at 63
1994 - Irwin Kostal, US arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83
1994 - Lionel Stander, US blacklisted actor (Hart to Hart), dies at 86
1995 - Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
1995 - June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist, dies at 66
1995 - William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
1995 - Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972)
1996 - Dan Flavin, minimalist sculptor, dies at 63
1996 - Koji Kobayashi, industrialist, dies at 89
1996 - Paul Derrick, co-operator/Christian socialist, dies at 80
1996 - Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], entertainer (Tip Toe), dies at 71
1997 - Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37
1997 - Kathy Acker, writer, dead Cancer Died, dies at 54
1997 - Ron Gulliford, educationalist, dies at 76
1999 - Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
2002 - Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
2003 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
2004 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920)
2005 - Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
2006 - Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
2006 - Rafael Buenaventura, Former BSP Governor (b. 1938)
Motorcycle Daredevil Robert Motorcycle Daredevil Robert (2007) 2007 - Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, at 69
2007 - Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (b. 1948)
2008 - Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2010 - Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
2010 - Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
2010 - Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
2010 - Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
2011 - William L. Waller, American politician and ex-Governor of Mississippi, dies at 85
2011 - Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, referred to as King Leka I by Albanian monarchists (b. 1939)

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