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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1999. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.


November 1999


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Minoru Chiaki was a Japanese actor who appeared in eleven of Akira Kurosawa's films, including ''Rashomon'', ''Seven Samurai'', ''Throne of Blood'', and ''The Hidden Fortress''. He was also one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors. He attended, but did not grad ...
, 82, Japanese actor. * Jean Coutu, 74, Canadian actor. *
Edmund Dell Edmund Emanuel Dell (15 August 1921 – 1 November 1999) was a British politician and businessman. Early life Dell was born in London, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. In the Second World War he served in the Royal Artillery, reaching the r ...
, 78, British politician and businessman. *
Bhekimpi Dlamini Prince Bhekimpi Alpheus Dlamini (26 November 1924 – 1 November 1999) was Prime Minister of Swaziland from 25 March 1983 to 6 October 1986. Dlamini was a Swazi politician known to be pro-South African and traditionalist. He was elected as P ...
, 74, Southern African politician,
Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
of Swaziland (1983–1986). *
Theodore Hall Theodore Alvin Hall (October 20, 1925 – November 1, 1999) was an American physicist and an atomic spy for the Soviet Union, who, during his work on United States efforts to develop the first and second atomic bombs during World War II ...
, 74, American physicist and spy for the Soviet Union,
renal cancer Kidney cancer, also known as renal cancer, is a group of cancers that starts in the kidney. Symptoms may include blood in the urine, lump in the abdomen, or back pain. Fever, weight loss, and tiredness may also occur. Complications can include spr ...
. *
Thomas H. Jukes Thomas Hughes Jukes (August 26, 1906 – November 1, 1999) was a British-born American biologist known for his work in nutrition, molecular evolution, and for his public engagement with controversial scientific issues, including DDT, vitamin ...
, 93, British-American biologist. *
Walter Payton Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1953Although most sources at the time of his death gave Payton's birth year as 1954, reliable sources subsequently state he was born in 1953. – November 1, 1999) was an American football running back who played ...
, 45, American gridiron football player, cholangiocarcinoma. *
Héctor Pellegrini Héctor Pellegrini (6 August 1931 – 1 November 1999) was an Argentine film actor. Pellegrini came to fame in the 1961 acclaimed film ''Alias Gardelito'' and made over 50 appearances mostly in film between 1961 and 1988. Partial filmography * ...
, 68, Argentine film actor. *
Franca Scagnetti Franca Scagnetti (17 May 1924 – 1 November 1999) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1969 and 1999. She was born and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography * ''Ehi amigo, sei morto!'' (1970) - Nathaniel' ...
, 75, Italian film actress. * John Sears, 63, American
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...
racing driver. * William Sheldon, 92, Irish politician and farmer.


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Milan Antal Milan Antal (1935–1999) was a Slovaks, Slovak astronomer. While working at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and at the Toruń Centre for Astronomy from 1971–1988, he discovered 17 minor planets, including the asteroid 1807 Slovakia and the three ...
, 64, Slovak
astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...
. *
Jackie Davis Jackie Davis (December 13, 1920 – November 2, 1999) was an American soul jazz singer, organist and bandleader. He is notable for his contributions in bringing the Hammond organ to the forefront of jazz and pop, preceding the better-known Jim ...
, 78, American
soul jazz Soul jazz or funky jazz is a subgenre of jazz that incorporates strong influences from hard bop, blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues. Soul jazz is often characterized by organ trios featuring the Hammond organ and small combos including ten ...
singer, organist and bandleader, stroke. *
Demetrio B. Lakas Demetrio Basilio Lakas Bahas (August 29, 1925 in Colón, PanamaNovember 2, 1999 in Panama City) was the 27th President of Panama from December 19, 1969 to October 11, 1978. Early life and education The son of Greek immigrants, Lakas was born in ...
, 74, Panamase politician,
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
(1969–1978), heart disease. * Atputharajah Nadarajah, 36, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, shot. * Hans-Joachim Preil, 76, East German comedian. * Hardie Scott, 92, American politician. *
Mitar Subotić Mitar Subotić "Suba" ( sr-Cyrl, Митар Суботић Суба; June 23, 1961 – November 2, 1999), also known as Rex Ilusivii (Latin for ''The King of Illusions''), was a Serbian-born musician and composer who was set to become one of Brazi ...
, 38, Serbian-Brazilian musician and composer, fire. *
William van Straubenzee Sir William Radcliffe van Straubenzee (27 January 1924 – 2 November 1999) was a British Conservative Party politician. Background The family name had come to the United Kingdom when Philip William Casimir van Straubenzee, a Belgian captain ...
, 75, British politician. * Richard Voliva, 87, American wrestler and coach.


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Ian Bannen Ian Edmund Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish actor with a long career in film, on stage, and on television. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in '' The Flight of the Phoenix'' (1965), the first ...
, 71, Scottish actor, car accident. * William J. Brown, 59, American lawyer and politician. *
Alan Heusaff Alan Heusaff, also Alan Heussaff (23 July 1921 in Saint-Yvi, Finistère – 3 November 1999 in Galway) was a Breton nationalism, Breton nationalist, linguist, dictionary compiler, prolific journalist and lifetime campaigner for solidarity betwe ...
, 78, Breton nationalist, linguist, and journalist. * Vilen Kalyuta, 69, Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer. * Keizo Saji, 80, Japanese businessman and art patron.


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* Daisy Bates, 84, American
civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life o ...
activist, publisher and journalist. *
Alvin Coox Alvin David Coox, (pronounced "cooks"; March 8, 1924, Rochester, New York – November 4, 1999, San Diego, California) was an American military historian and author known for his award-winning book, ''Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia''. Coox studie ...
, 75, American military historian and author. *
Zvi Griliches Hirsh Zvi Griliches ( ; 12 September 1930 – 4 November 1999) was an economist at Harvard University. The works by Zvi Griliches mostly concerned the economics of technological change, including empirical studies of diffusion of innovations and ...
, 69, American economist and holocaust survivor. * Ernest J. Kump, 87, American architect, author and inventor. *
Malcolm Marshall Malcolm Denzil Marshall (18 April 1958 – 4 November 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket ...
, 41, West Indian cricketer, colon cancer. * Cornel Popa, 64, Romanian football player. * Maybelle Reichardt, 92, American discus thrower and Olympian. *
David Shaber David Shaber (1929 – November 4, 1999) was an American screenwriter and theatre producer, who wrote the screenplays for '' The Warriors'', '' Nighthawks'', '' Rollover'', '' Last Embrace'' and '' Flight of the Intruder''. He also wrote the fi ...
, 70, American screenwriter ('' The Warriors'', '' Nighthawks'', '' Flight of the Intruder''), aneurysm. * Henri Van Kerckhove, 73, Belgian road cyclist. *
Fred Wallner Frederick William "Fred" Wallner (born April 28, 1928November 4, 1999) was an American football guard who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and one season (1960) with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League ( ...
, 71, American gridiron football player. * Charles Wintour, 82, British newspaper editor. * Zainuddin, 47, Indian actor and comedian, respiratory complications.


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* Antonio Fraguas Fraguas, 93, Spanish historian,
ethnographer Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...
, anthropologist, and geographer. *
James Goldstone James Goldstone (June 8, 1931 – November 5, 1999) was an American film and television director whose career spanned over thirty years. Career Goldstone was noted for the momentum and "fifteen-minute cliffhangers" that he brought to TV pilots ...
, 68, American film and television director. *
Noureddin Kianouri Noureddin Kianouri ( fa, نورالدین کیانوری; 1915–1999) was an Iranian construction engineer, Urban planner Professor of Bauakademie der DDR in Berlin and a communist political leader. He studied first at University of Tehran unti ...
, 94, Iranian architect and political leader. *
Richard Marius Richard Curry Marius (July 29, 1933 – November 5, 1999) was an American academic and writer. He was a scholar of the Reformation, novelist of the American South, speechwriter, and teacher of writing and English literature at Harvard Univer ...
, 66, American academic and writer, pancreatic cancer. *
Colin Rowe Colin Rowe (27 March 1920 – 5 November 1999), was a British-born, American-naturalised architectural historian, critic, theoretician, and teacher; he is acknowledged to have been a major theoretical and critical influence, in the second h ...
, 79, British-American architectural historian.


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* Sleim Ammar, 72, Tunisian neuropsychiatrist and poet. *
José María Caffarel José María Caffarel Fábregas (10 November 1919 – 6 November 1999) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1957 and 1998. He was born in Barcelona and died in Madrid, Spain. Selected filmography * '' The ...
, 79, Spanish film actor. *
Laurence Decore Laurence George Decore (born Lavrentiy Dikur; June 28, 1940 – November 6, 1999) was Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He was of Ukrainian descent. He was mayor of Edmonton, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and ...
, 59, Canadian lawyer and politician, cancer. *
Regina Ghazaryan Regina Tadevosi Ghazaryan ( hy, Ռեգինա Թադևոսի Ղազարյան; April 17, 1915 in Yerevan – November 6, 1999 in Yerevan) was an Armenian painter and public figure. Known as a friend and benefactor of Yeghishe Charents, she is cred ...
, 84, Armenian painter and public figure. *
George V. Higgins George V. Higgins (November 13, 1939 – November 6, 1999) was an American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, raconteur and college professor. He authored more than thirty books, including ''Bomber's Law,'' ''Trust,'' and ''Kennedy for the De ...
, 59, American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, and raconteur, heart attack. *
Rob Hoeke Rob Hoeke (9 January 1939 – 6 November 1999) was a Dutch singer, pianist, composer and songwriter most famous for his renditions in the field of Boogie-woogie releasing over 20 albums. Besides that he played and recorded in a musical variety of ...
, 60, Dutch singer, pianist, composer and songwriter. * Anthony "Sooty" Jones, 46, American rock bassist (" Humble Pie").


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* Tom Briggs, 80, English football player. *
Allan Felder Allan Wayne Felder (May 26, 1943 – November 7, 1999) was an American songwriter. He had many successes with songs created during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s – frequently collaborating with Norman Harris, Bunny Sigler Walter "Bunny" Si ...
, 56, American songwriter. * Joe Lang Kershaw, 88, American politician and civics teacher, congestive heart failure. * Walter McDonald, 96, Canadian politician. *
Primo Nebiolo Primo Nebiolo (14 July 1923 – 7 November 1999) was an Italian sports official, best known as president of the worldwide athletics federation IAAF. Primo Nebiolo was the ideator of the IAAF Continental Cup. Biography As an active athlete i ...
, 76, Italian sports official and IAAF president, heart attack.


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Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography Born in ...
, 58, American
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
trumpet player and composer, liver cancer. *
Gwen Gordy Fuqua Gwen Fuqua (born Gwendolyn Gordy; November 26, 1927 – November 8, 1999) was an American businesswoman, songwriter and composer, most notably writing hit songs such as " Lonely Teardrops", " All I Could Do Was Cry" and "Distant Lover". She acq ...
, 71, American songwriter and composer, cancer. *
Jerry Kerr John 'Jerry' Kerr (1 June 1912 – 8 November 1999) was a Scottish football player and manager, best known as manager of Dundee United from 1959 to 1971. He is credited with taking the club from third bottom of the Scottish League to being an ...
, 87, Scottish football player and manager. * Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev, 58, Soviet
cosmonaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
. * Richard Martin, 51, American academic, curator, and art and fashion historian, melanoma. * Rob Nieuwenhuys, 91, Dutch writer. *
Harry Riebauer Harry Riebauer (4 July 1921 – 8 November 1999) was a German film and television actor. Riebauer was born in Reichenberg (Liberec, Czechoslovakia) in a Sudetengerman family. Active in acting from 1950 through 1990, one of his many roles w ...
, 78, German film and television actor. *
Leon Štukelj Leon Štukelj (; 12 November 1898 – 8 November 1999) was a Slovene professional gymnast. He was an Olympic gold medalist and athlete who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics. He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history. Štukelj is o ...
, 100, Yugoslav gymnast and Olympic gold medalist, heart attack.


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Herb Abramson Herbert C. Abramson (November 16, 1916 – November 9, 1999) was an American record executive, record producer, and co-founder of Atlantic Records. Life and career Abramson was born in 1916 to a Jewish family in Brooklyn. He studied to be a den ...
, 82, American record producer and executive. * Marjorie Gladman, 91, American tennis player. *
Huang Huoqing Huang Huoqing (; 1901 – November 9, 1999) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. Biography Huang Huoqing was born in Zaoyang County, Hubei in 1901. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1926. After the foundation of the Peo ...
, 98, Chinese politician. *
Mabel King Mabel Elizabeth King (née Washington; December 25, 1932 – November 9, 1999) was an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Mabel "Mama" Thomas on the ABC sitcom ''What's Happening!!'' from its premiere in 1976 until the end o ...
, 66, American actress and singer,
diabetes Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ...
. *
Wolf Ruvinskis Wolf Ruvinskis (October 31, 1921 – November 9, 1999), born Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics, was a Latvian-Mexican actor and professional wrestler. He was married to dancer Armida Herrera. Born to a Latvian mother and a Ukrainian father, of Jewish back ...
, 78, Mexican actor and professional wrestler, cardiovascular disease. * Dick Todd, 85, American NFL football player and coach.


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Stasys Antanas Bačkis Stasys Antanas Bačkis (born: February 10, 1906 – November 10, 1999) was a Lithuanian diplomat and civil servant who served as an assistant in the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1930 until 1938, Head of the Lithuanian Embassy in Pa ...
, 93, Lithuanian diplomat and civil servant. *
Felix Galimir Felix Galimir (May 20, 1910, Vienna – November 10, 1999, New York) was an Austrian-born American violinist and music teacher. Born in a Sephardic Jewish family Vienna; his first language was Ladino. Allan Kozinn,"Felix Galimir, 89, a Viol ...
, 89, Austrian-American violinist. *
Robert Kramer Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939 – November 10, 1999), born in New York and educated at Swarthmore College and Stanford University, was an American film director, screenwriter and actor who directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999, most of them ...
, 60, American film director, screenwriter and actor, meningitis. *
Eric Langton Eric Kemp Langton (27 September 1907 – 1999) was an English motorcycle speedway who won the Star Riders' Championship in 1932, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. League career Born in Leeds, England in 1907, Langton began hi ...
, 92, English motorcycle speedway rider. * Thomas McKinney, 72, Northern Irish rugby player. *
Jean Potts Jean Catherine Potts (November 17, 1910 – November 10, 1999) was an American award-winning mystery novelist. Early life Potts was born in St. Paul, Nebraska, graduated from St. Paul High School, studied at the Denver Women's College, a ...
, 88, American mystery novelist.


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Mary Kay Bergman Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the lead female voice actress on '' South Park'' from the show's 1997 debut until her death. Th ...
, 38, American voice actress ('' South Park'', ''
Scooby-Doo ''Scooby-Doo'' is an American animated media franchise based on an animated television series launched in 1969 and continued through several derivative media. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are ...
'', '' The New Adventures of Zorro''), suicide by gunshot. *
Frank Bowyer Francis "Frank" Bowyer (10 April 1922 – 11 November 1999) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for Stoke City. Career Bowyer was born in Chesterton, Staffordshire and played for Stoke-on-Trent schools before joining S ...
, 77, English footballer. *
Maurice Dugowson Maurice Dugowson (23 September 1938 – 11 November 1999) was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1975 film ''Lily, aime-moi'' was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, his film '' F comme ...
, 61, French film director and screenwriter. *
Vivian Fuchs Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs ( ; 11 February 1908 – 11 November 1999) was an English scientist-explorer and expedition organizer. He led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which reached the South Pole overland in 1958. Biography Fuchs ...
, 91, British explorer. * Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka, 62, Nigerian
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
prelate. *
Daniel Ivernel Daniel Ivernel (3 June 1920 – 11 November 1999) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1947 and 1981. Filmography References External links * 1920 births 1999 deaths French male film actors People from Versai ...
, 79, French film actor, suicide. *
Choi Moo-ryong Choi Moo-ryong (February 25, 1928 – November 11, 1999) was South Korean actor, producer, and director who is father of Choi Min-soo Biography Choi was born in Paju, Gyeonggi province, Korea. Choi was one of popular actors of the 1960s along wi ...
, 71, South Korean actor. * Sathyavani Muthu, 76, Indian politician. *
Thomas Pitfield Thomas Baron Pitfield (5 April 190311 November 1999) was a British composer, poet, artist, engraver, calligrapher, craftsman, furniture builder and teacher. Life He was born in Bolton to elderly parents whose strict Victorian values and la ...
, 96, British composer, poet, artist, engraver, and
calligrapher Calligraphy (from el, link=y, καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "t ...
. *
Jack Plimsoll John Bruce Plimsoll (27 October 1917 – 11 November 1999) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * ...
, 82, South African cricketer. *
Lodewijk Prins Lodewijk Prins (27 January 1913, Amsterdam – 11 November 1999) was a Dutch chess player and referee of chess competitions. Prins was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and was made an International Arbiter in 1960. In 1982 FI ...
, 86, Dutch
chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
player and chess referee. *
Jacobo Timerman Jacobo Timerman (6 January 1923 – 11 November 1999), was a Soviet-born Argentine publisher, journalist, and author, who is most noted for his confronting and reporting the atrocities of the Argentine military regime's Dirty War during a perio ...
, 76, Soviet-Argentine publisher, journalist, and author, heart attack.


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* Eulalie Minfred Banks, 104, American illustrator of children's books. *
Gaby Casadesus Gaby Casadesus (August 9, 1901 – November 12, 1999) was a French classical pianist and teacher born in Marseilles, France. She was married to the French pianist Robert Casadesus and their son Jean was also a notable pianist. Biography Born ...
, 98, French classical pianist and teacher. *
Pituka de Foronda Maria de las Mercedes Mariana y María del Carmen de Foronda y Pinto (16 July 1914 – 12 November 1999), better known as Pituka de Foronda, was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1937 to 1996. Filmography Re ...
, 81, Spanish actress. *
Sven Hjertsson Sven Hjertsson (7 March 1924 – 12 November 1999) was a Swedish footballer who played as a defender. He was also part of Sweden's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommar ...
, 75, Swedish football player. * Aang Kunaefi, 76, Indonesian military officer and diplomat. *
Mohammad Mohammadullah Mohammad Mohammadullah ( bn, মোহাম্মদ মুহম্মদুল্লাহ; 21 October 1921 – 12 November 1999) was the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Mohammadullah became the Acting President on 24 Decemb ...
, 78, Bangladeshi politician,
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
(1973–1975). *
Konrad Petzold Konrad Petzold (26 April 1930, Radebeul - 12 November 1999, Kleinmachnow) was a German film director, writer and actor. Biography Born the youngest of six children in a poor family, he was the son of a worker and a housewife. After an interns ...
, 69, German film director, writer and actor. * Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II, 87, British-American racehorse owner and member of the
Vanderbilt family The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthr ...
.


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* John Benson Brooks, 82, American
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer. * Germaine Dieterlen, 96, French anthropologist. * Donald Mills, 84, American singer (
The Mills Brothers The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed the Four Mills Brothers, and originally known as the Four Kings of Harmony, were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies an ...
),
pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severi ...
. *
Tony Rumble Anthony David Magliaro (November 6, 1956 – November 13, 1999) was an American professional wrestler and manager, known by the ring name Boston Bad Boy Tony Rumble. He competed on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic independent circuit during th ...
, 43, American professional wrestler and manager, heart attack. *
John Stapp Colonel John Paul Stapp (July 11, 1910 – November 13, 1999), M.D., Ph.D., was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans. He was a ...
, 89,
United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...
officer, flight surgeon and physician. *
Barbara Jean Wong Barbara Jean Wong (March 3, 1924 – November 13, 1999) was an American actress, primarily on the radio. Early life and career Wong was a fourth-generation Chinese-American born in Los Angeles, California, to produce market owners Thomas and Ma ...
, 75, American actress.


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* Rut Bryk, 83, Finnish ceramist. * Orazio Costa, 88, Italian theatre
pedagogist Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken a ...
and director. *
Brian Ó Cuív Brian Ó Cuív (1916 – 14 November 1999) was a Celtic scholar who specialised in Irish history and philology. Life Ó Cuív was professor of Celtic Studies at University College Dublin and later at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Hi ...
, 83, Irish historian and
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...
scholar. *
Lucile Fairbanks Lucile Fairbanks (1917–1999) was an American actress who appeared in 11 movies from 1939 to 1942, playing a lead role in ''A Fugitive from Justice'' (1940) and '' Passage from Hong Kong'' (1941). Personal She was the niece of Douglas Fairbank ...
, 82, American actress. *
Bert Jacobs Bert Jacobs (March 5, 1941 – November 14, 1999) was a Dutch football manager, who played for HFC Haarlem. Jacobs was a football trainer at a young age, worked for Roda JC, FC Utrecht, Fortuna Sittard, Vitesse Arnhem, RKC Waalwijk and Sportin ...
, 58, Dutch football manager, cancer. *
Minna Keal Minna Keal, ''née'' Mina Nerenstein (22 March 1909 – 14 November 1999) was a British composer. After early compositions as a student, she only returned to composing at the end of her life. Aged 80 when her music was first performed at the Pro ...
, 90, British composer. *
Benjamin I. Schwartz Benjamin Isadore Schwartz (December 12, 1916 – November 14, 1999) was an American academic, political scientist, and sinologist who wrote on a wide range of topics in Chinese politics and intellectual history. He taught at Harvard his entire ...
, 82, American academic, author and sinologist. *
György Sebők György Sebők (November 2, 1922 – November 14, 1999) was a Hungarian-born American pianist and professor at the Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. He was known worldwide as a soloist with major ...
, 77, Hungarian-American pianist and academic. *
Jimmy Sidle James Corbin Sidle (February 7, 1942 – November 14, 1999) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at Auburn University and was selected by the ...
, 57, American gridiron football player, heart failure. *
Harbaksh Singh Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh, VrC (1 October 1913 – 14 November 1999) was a senior General Officer in the Indian Army. As the Western Army Commander, Singh commanded the Indian Army forces and played a key role during the Indo-Pakistani W ...
, 86,
Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...
senior officer. *
Peter Wildeblood Peter Wildeblood (19 May 1923 – 14 November 1999) was an Anglo-Canadian journalist, novelist, playwright and gay rights campaigner. He was one of the first men in the UK publicly to declare his homosexuality. Early life Peter Wildeblood was ...
, 76, Anglo-Canadian journalist, novelist, playwright and gay rights campaigner.


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* Jean-Marie Adiaffi, 58, Ivorian writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. *
Sir Harry Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Morton Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet, (18 July 1911 – 15 November 1999) was a Great Britain, British equestrianism, equestrian champion. He was born the second son of a colliery owner, Sir David Llewellyn, 1st Baronet. Background A y ...
, 88, British equestrian, Olympic champion (
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
). *
P. K. van der Byl Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl (11 November 1923 – 15 November 1999) was a Rhodesian politician who served as his country's Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1979 as a member of the Rhodesian Front (RF). A close associate of Pr ...
, 76, Rhodesian politician. * Fikri Elma, 65, Turkish football player. * Lucien Jasseron, 85, French football player. *
Gene Levitt Eugene Levitt (May 28, 1920 – November 15, 1999) was an American television writer, producer and director. Life and career Levitt was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Charles and Teresa Levitt. He had an older sister, Betty Ruth. His mot ...
, 79, American television writer, producer and director, prostate cancer. * Maynard Lyndon, 92, American architect. *
Norio Taniguchi was a professor of Tokyo University of Science. He coined the term '' nano-technology'' in 1974 N. Taniguchi, "On the Basic Concept of 'Nano-Technology'," Proc. Intl. Conf. Prod. Eng. Tokyo, Part II, Japan Society of Precision Engineering, 1974 ...
, 87, Japanese academic who coined the term '' nano-technology''.


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* Bill Burgoyne, 52, New Zealand rugby league player. *
Harry Gibbs Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, (7 February 191725 June 2005) was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981. He was known as one of Australia's leading federalist ...
, 79, British boxing referee. *
H. Clay Earles Henry Clay Earles (August 11, 1913 – November 16, 1999) was the founder and chairman of the board of Martinsville Speedway, a NASCAR stock car racing track that Earles built in 1947 in Ridgeway, Virginia that was one of the circuit's first pa ...
, 86, American
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...
team owner. * Desmond Domnique Jennings, 28, American serial killer,
execution by lethal injection Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, Neuromuscular-blocking drug, paralytic, and potassium chloride, potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main ...
. *
Jay Moloney James David "Jay" Moloney (November 14, 1964 – November 16, 1999) was an American Hollywood talent agent. Moloney was a top Creative Artists Agency (CAA) agent and a protégé of CAA founder Michael Ovitz. He committed suicide at age 35. Ear ...
, 35, American Hollywood
talent agent A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, and other professionals in various entertainment or sp ...
, suicide by hanging. *
Daniel Nathans Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping. Early life a ...
, 71, American microbiologist.


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* Leif Anderson, 74, Swedish
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
expert, journalist and radio personality. *
Faubion Bowers Faubion Bowers (January 29, 1917 – November 17, 1999) was an American academic and writer in the area of Asian Studies, especially Japanese theatre. He also wrote the first full-length biography of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. During t ...
, 82, American academic and writer. * Edmund Fryde, 76, Polish-British historian. *
Cowboy Jimmy Moore James William Moore (September 14, 1910 – November 17, 1999), known as "Cowboy Jimmy Moore", was a world-class American pocket billiards (pool) player originally from Troup County, Georgia, and for most of his life a resident of Albuquerque, N ...
, 89, American
pocket billiards Pool is a classification of cue sports played on a table with six pockets along the , into which balls are deposited. "Pool billiards" is sometimes hyphenated and/or spelled with a singular "billiard". The WPA itself uses "pool-billiard" in ...
(pool) player. * Enrique Urkijo, 39, Spanish singer, songwriter, and guitarist, drug overdose.


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Evgeny Belosheikin Yevgeni Vladimirovich Belosheikin (Евгений Белошейкин) (April 17, 1966 – November 18, 1999) was a professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for the HC CSKA Moscow and SKA Leningrad. He al ...
, 33, Russian ice hockey player, suicide. *
Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...
, 88, American migrant composer, author, and translator, heart failure. *
Beatrice Colen Beatrice Colen (January 10, 1948 – November 18, 1999) was an American television and film actress. Her most famous roles were Marsha Simms on ''Happy Days'' and Etta Candy on ''Wonder Woman''. Early life Colen was born to Anne and Bruce D Cole ...
, 51, American actress (''
Happy Days ''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most su ...
'', ''
Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...
'', '' Lifeguard''), lung cancer. * Sarath Dassanayake, 57, Sri Lankan composer, film producer and a musician. * Stephen Greene, 82, American artist. *
Jay Heard Jehosie "Jay" Heard (January 17, 1920 – November 18, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. A native of Athens, Georgia, he was a left-handed pitcher who stood tall and weighed . He pitched two games in Major League Baseball for t ...
, 79, American baseball player. * Horst P. Horst, 93, German-American fashion photographer. * Vittorio Miele, 72, Italian painter. * Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine, 72, German noble. *
Doug Sahm Douglas Wayne Sahm (November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in San Antonio, Texas. Sahm is regarded as one of the main figures of Tex-Mex music, and as an important per ...
, 58, American musician and singer-songwriter, heart attack. *
James Tinn James Tinn (23 August 1922 – 18 November 1999) was a British Labour Party politician. Tinn was educated at Ruskin College and Jesus College, Oxford and became a teacher. He was a branch secretary of the National Union of Blastfurnacemen and ...
, 77, British politician. *
Gladys Yang Gladys Yang (; 19 January 1919 – 18 November 1999) was a British translator of Chinese literature and the wife of another noted literary translator, Yang Xianyi. Biography She was born Gladys Margaret Tayler at the Peking Union Medical Col ...
, 80, British translator of Chinese literature.


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Yvette Cauchois Yvette Cauchois (; 19 December 1908 – 19 November 1999) was a French physicist known for her contributions to x-ray spectroscopy and x-ray optics, and for pioneering European synchrotron research. Education Cauchois attended school in ...
, 90, French
physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
, infectious disease. *
Alexander Liberman Alexander Semeonovitch Liberman (September 4, 1912 – November 19, 1999) was a Ukrainian-American magazine editor, publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor. He held senior artistic positions during his 32 years at Condé Nast Publicati ...
, 87, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor. * Plínio Marcos, 64, Brazilian writer, actor, journalist and playwright, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. * John McCue, 77, English footballer. *
Antonis Migiakis Antonis Migiakis ( el, Aντώνης Mηγιάκης; born 23 October 1911 – 19 November 1999) was a star forward for Greek football team Panathinaikos in the 1930s. He is probably best remembered for his memorable performance in his team's 8 ...
, 88, Greek football player. * Arthur W. Saha, 76, American speculative fiction editor and
anthologist In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically catego ...
, cancer.


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* Yuri Chesnokov, 47, Soviet football player. * Amintore Fanfani, 91, Italian politician and statesman,
prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
(1954, 1958-1959, 1960-1963, 1982-1983, 1987). * Ludwig Hamm, 77, German politician and member of the
Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Common ...
. *
Sadao Hasegawa was a Japanese graphic artist known for creating homoerotic fetish art. His works are noted for their extensive detail, elaborate fantasy settings, and for their juxtaposition of elements from Japanese, Balinese, Thai, Tibetan Buddhist, Afric ...
, 54, Japanese graphic artist, suicide by hanging. * Arthur Hewson, 84, Australian politician. *
Sufia Kamal Begum Sufia Kamal (20 June 1911 – 20 November 1999) was a Bangladeshi poet, feminist leader, and political activist. She took part in the Bengali nationalist movement of the 1950s and civil society leader in independent Bangladesh. She led fe ...
, 88, Bangladeshi poet and political activist. * Germaine Ribière, 82,
French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...
member during World War II.


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* Alphonse Antoine, 84, French road bicycle racer. * Margaret E. Chisholm, 78, American librarian and educator. *Quentin Crisp, 90, British writer (''The Naked Civil Servant (book), The Naked Civil Servant''), illustrator, actor and socialite, heart attack. *Ralph Foody, 71, American actor (''Home Alone''), cancer. *Marie Kraja, 88, Albanian opera singer. *Serge Lang (skiing), Serge Lang, 79, French journalist and skiing executive, heart attack. *Josef Lux, 43, Czech politician,
pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severi ...
. *Horacio Gómez Bolaños, Horacio Gómez Bolaños prieto, 69, Mexican actor and brother of Chespirito, heart attack. *Toshio Sakai, 59, Japanese news photographer and Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, Pulitzer Prize winner, heart attack.


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*Ibrahim Böhme, 55, East German politician and Stasi informer. *Flávio Costa, 93, Brazilian football player and manager. *Moira Dunbar, 81, Scottish-Canadian glaciologist. *Efim Etkind, 81, Soviet philologist and translation theorist. *Abdelkader Hachani, 42, Algerian Islamic leader, murdered. *Patrick Moten, 42, American songwriter and musician, cancer.


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*Oddmund Andersen, 83, Norwegian football player. *Leyla Badirbeyli, 79, Soviet and Azerbaijani actress. *Micheál Cranitch, 86, Irish Fianna Fáil politician. *Baldur Möller, 85, Icelandic
chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
master. *Patrick Palmer (British Army officer), Patrick Palmer, 66, British Army officer. *Phoebe Snetsinger, 68, American birder, road traffic accident.


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*Howard Biggs, 83, American pianist, songwriter and arranger. *Joseph Farrell (politician), Joseph Farrell, 94, Irish Fianna Fáil politician. *Fernando Fernández (actor), Fernando Fernández, 83, Mexican actor, singer and director. *Sarah Gainham, 84, British novelist and journalist. *Gregor Höll, 88, Austrian skier and Olympian. *David F. Kessler, David Kessler, 93, British publisher and author. *Mario Mathieu, 82, Argentine cyclist. *Matéo Maximoff, 82, French writer and evangelical pastor. *Hilary Minster, 55, English character actor, cancer. *Christian Pedersen (cyclist), Christian Pedersen, 79, Danish cyclist. *Ambrose Rayappan, 98, Indian
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
archbishop. *Howie Young, 62, Canadian ice hockey player and actor.


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*Didier Anzieu, 76, French psychoanalyst and academic. *William Benedict, 82, American actor. *Oddvar Berrefjord, 81, Norwegian jurist and politician. *Pierre Bézier, 89, French engineer, CAD/CAM pioneer and namesake of Bézier curves. *Valentín Campa, 95, Mexican railway union leader and politician. *Richard M. Eakin, 89, American zoologist and professor. *T. V. Kochubava, 43, Indian writer, heart attack. *Lucile Petry Leone, 97, American nurse. *Dumisani Maraire, 54, Zimbabwean musician, stroke. *Antonio Raxel, 77, Mexican actor. *Jesse Renick, 82, American basketball player. *Ray Timgren, 71, Canadian ice hockey player. *Gordon Wren, 80, American ski jumper and Olympian.


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*Louisette Bertholle, 94, French cooking teacher and writer. *George L. Engel, 85, American internist and psychiatrist, heart failure. *Angelika Hurwicz, 77, German actress and theatre director. *Clifford Jarvis, 58, American hard bop and free jazz drummer. *John L. Kelley, 82, American mathematician. *Paul Kozlicek, 62, Austrian football player. *Ashley Montagu, 94, British-American anthropologist. *Henry Nemo, 90, American musician, songwriter, and actor. *John Skelton (sculptor), John Skelton, 76, British letter-cutter and sculptor.


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*Jeanne Chall, 78, American psychologist, writer, and educator, heart failure. *William S. Heckscher, William Sebastian Heckscher, 94, German art historian and academic. *I-Roy, 55, Jamaican DJ, heart failure. *Hiro Matsuda, 62, Japanese-American professional wrestler and trainer, prostate cancer. *Arturo Fernández (footballer), Arturo Fernández Meyzán, 93, Peruvian footballer. *Alain Peyrefitte, 74, French scholar and politician, cancer. *Robert Theobald, 70, American economist and futurist author, esophageal cancer. *Elizabeth Gray Vining, 97, American librarian, tutor and author. *Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Johnny Walker, 72, American blues pianist and organist.


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*Robert Bingham (writer), Robert Bingham, 33, American writer, drugs overdose. *Dick Errickson, 87, American baseball player. *N. V. M. Gonzalez, 84, Filipino novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. *Peter Karvaš, 79, Slovakian writer. *Bethel Leslie, 70, American actress and screenwriter, cancer. *Abdur Razzaq (professor), Abdur Razzaq, Bangladeshi scholar, academic and intellectual.


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*Germán Arciniegas, 98, Colombian historian, author and journalist,
pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severi ...
. *John Berry (film director), John Berry, 82, American film director. *Suzy Carrier, 77, French film actress. *Herbert Freudenberger, 73, German-American psychologist, kidney disease. *Kaoru Iwamoto, 97, Japanese Go (game), Go player and writer. *Bill Jennings (ice hockey), Bill Jennings, 82, Canadian ice hockey player. *Curtis Knight, 70, American musician, cancer. *Michael O'Halloran (British politician), Michael O'Halloran, 66, Irish-born British politician. *Sid Patterson, 72, Australian track cyclist, liver cancer. *Gene Rayburn, 81, American radio personality and game show host, heart failure. *Kazuo Sakamaki, 81, Japanese naval officer. *Lewis Hastings Sarett, 81, American organic chemist and inventor of cortisone.


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*Carlos Hugo Christensen, 84, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. *Philip Elman, 81, American lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice. *Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Don Harris, 61, American blues and rock and roll violinist and guitarist, pulmonary disease. *Huang Hsin-chieh, 71, Taiwanese politician and legislator, heart attack. *Gheorghe Popescu I, 80, Romanian football player and manager. *Al Schroll, 67, American baseball player. *M. N. Srinivas, 83, Indian sociologist and social anthropologist. *Sam Treiman, 74, American theoretical physicist, leukemia. *Ulrich Wildgruber, 62, German actor. *Vladimir Yashchenko, 40, Soviet high jumper and world record holder, cirrhosis.


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