The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2009. 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 2009

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Zev Aelony Zev Aelony (February 21, 1938 – November 1, 2009) was an American activist involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He was an organizer of the civil rights student group Students for Integration, a CORE Soul Force Member, a Freedom Rider, an ...

, 71, American civil rights activist. *

Sakher Habash Yahya Sakher Habash ( ar, صخر حبش, 10 November 1939 – 1 November 2009), also known as Abu Nizar, was one of the Fatah founding leaders. Early years and education Habash was born in Bayt Dajan, near Jaffa, on 10 November 1939. He became a ...

, 69, Palestinian party official (

Fatah Fatah ( ar, فتح '), formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party and the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and ...

), stroke. *

Esther Hautzig Esther R. Hautzig ( he, אסתר האוציג, born October 18, 1930 – died November 1, 2009 in America) was a Polish-born American writer, best known for her award-winning book ''The Endless Steppe'' (1968). Esther Hautzig (previously known a ...

, 79, American Holocaust survivor and writer. *

Endel Laas Endel Laas (29 August 1915 in Tartu – 1 November 2009) was an Estonian forest scientist and professor. Laas specialised in forestry and taught at the University of Life Sciences for many years. In 1999 he was awarded the Order of the White Sta ...

, 94, Estonian forest scientist. * Manfred Losch, 70, German Olympic athlete. *

Seán Mac Fhionnghaile Seán McGinley (c. 1952 – 1 November 2009), known as Seán Mac Fhionnghaile, was an Irish actor from County Donegal. He was known primarily for his comic roles, particularly for his leading roles in the TG4 sitcoms '' C.U. Burn'' and ''Gleann ...

, 57, Irish actor, cancer. * Arturo Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Pasto. *

Alda Merini Alda Merini (21 March 1931, in Milan – 1 November 2009, in Milan) was an Italian writer and poet. Her work earned the attention and the admiration of other Italian writers, such as Giorgio Manganelli, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Pier Paolo Pasolini ...

, 78, Italian poet. *

Gopal Mishra Gopal Mishra (1933 – November 1, 2009) was an Indian journalist and columnist. Career Born in Bidyadharpur, Cuttack, Orissa in 1933, Mishra's career spanned five decades, starting with the Oriya daily ''Prajatantra'', followed by editorship of ...

, 77, Indian journalist. * Gus Mitges, 90, Canadian politician, MP for

Grey—Simcoe Grey—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Grey North, Grey—Bruce and Simcoe East ...

(1972–1988) and Bruce—Grey (1988–1993). *

Alan Ogg Raymond Alan Ogg (July 5, 1967 – November 1, 2009) was an American professional basketball player who spent three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers' career shot-blockin ...

, 42, American basketball player ( Miami Heat), complications from staphylococcal infection. *

Robert H. Rines Robert Harvey Rines (August 30, 1922November 1, 2009) was an American lawyer, inventor, musician, and composer. He is perhaps best known for his efforts to find and identify the Loch Ness Monster. Biography Rines was born August 30, 1922 in Boston ...

, 87, American scientist, inventor, composer and Loch Ness Monster expert, heart failure. *

Achim Stocker Achim Stocker (27 May 1935 – 1 November 2009) was the president of German football club SC Freiburg. Biography He worked 37 years as the chairman of SC Freiburg since 1972 and was the oldest and longest serving president in professional Germ ...

, 74, German football official, chairman of SC Freiburg, heart attack. * George Zoritch, 92, Russian-born American dancer.

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Haya bint Abdulaziz Al Saud Haya bint Abdulaziz Al Saud (1929 – 2 November 2009) was a member of the House of Saud. Early life Princess Haya was born in 1929. She was a daughter of King Abdulaziz and Mudhi who was an Armenian woman. Haya bint Abdulaziz was the second old ...

, 80, Saudi royal, sister of King Abdullah. *

Nien Cheng Nien Cheng or Zheng Nian (January 28, 1915 – November 2, 2009) is the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan (). She was a Chinese author who recounted her harrowing experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir ''Life and Death in Shanghai ...

, 94, Chinese author and political prisoner. *

Lou Filippo Lou Filippo (December 1, 1925 - November 2, 2009) was a professional boxer and later boxing judge. Filippo was born on December 1, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, attended Fremont High School in South Los Angeles, and served in the Navy during W ...

, 83, American boxing referee and judge, member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, stroke. *

Evelyn Hofer Evelyn Hofer (January 21, 1922 – November 2, 2009) was a German-American portrait and documentary photographer. Life and work Hofer was born in Marburg, Germany. The family moved to Geneva in 1933 in order to escape Nazism, and later to Mad ...

, 87, German-born photographer. * Brian James, 91, Australian actor, complications from a fall. * Shabtai Kalmanovich, 61, Russian former KGB spy, president of

WBC Spartak Moscow Region Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women. History It won the 2005–06 EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women ...

, shot. *

Keith Kettleborough Keith Frank Kettleborough (29 June 1935 – 2 November 2009) was an English professional footballer born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing for Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Newc ...

, 74, British footballer ( Sheffield United). *

José Luis López Vázquez José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre MML (11 March 1922, in Madrid – 2 November 2009, in Madrid) was a Spanish actor. Career José Luis López Vázquez was born in Madrid, Spain, on 11 March 1922. He originally worked in theater as a costume ...

, 87, Spanish actor. * Yael Lotan, 74, Israeli writer, editor and translator, liver cancer. *

Phil Lumpkin Phil Lumpkin (December 20, 1951 – November 2, 2009) was an American professional basketball player and high school basketball coach. Early life Lumpkin was born in Dayton, Ohio Ron Moeller Ronald Ralph Moeller (October 13, 1938 – November 2, 2009) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Baltimore Orioles (1956, 1958), Los Angeles Angels (1961 and 1963) and Washington Senators (1961–71), Washingto ...

, 71, American baseball player. *

Roman Moravec Roman Moravec (30 December 1950 – 2 November 2009) was a Slovak athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly know ...

, 58, Slovak Olympic athlete. *

Beverley O'Sullivan Beverley O'Sullivan (16 January 1981 – 2 November 2009) was an Irish singer and actress from Dublin. She was killed in a traffic collision in India in 2009. Biography O'Sullivan was born in the Donaghmede district of Dublin. As a child she ...

, 28, Irish singer, traffic collision. *

Amir Pnueli Amir Pnueli ( he, אמיר פנואלי; April 22, 1941 – November 2, 2009) was an Israeli computer scientist and the 1996 Turing Award recipient. Biography Pnueli was born in Nahalal, in the British Mandate of Palestine (now in Israel) and rec ...

, 68, Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award winner. *

Glenn Remick Glenn Wellington Remick (January 21, 1951 – November 2, 2009) was an American professional darts player. He founded a number of darting organizations in the United States, including the New England Darts Tournament Organization in 1980 and the ...

, 58, American founder of American Darters Association, member of National Darts Hall of Fame, amyloidosis. * Mark Smith, 49, British bassist ( The Waterboys) and record producer. *

Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg (1 August 1936 – 2 November 2009) was a British life peer and multi-millionaire businessman. Born in Belfast on 1 August 1936, he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Steinberg was the ...

, 73, British businessman and life peer. *

Lonnie Zamora The Lonnie Zamora incident was an alleged UFO sighting that occurred on April 24, 1964 near Socorro, New Mexico when Socorro police officer Lonnie Zamora claimed he saw two people beside a shiny object that later rose into the air accompanied b ...

, 76, American alleged UFO witness, heart failure.

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Charles August Charles J. August (January 28, 1919 – November 3, 2009) was an American businessman who founded Monro Muffler Brake. Biography August's career in automotive maintenance and repair began as a Midas Muffler franchisee in 1957 in Rochester, Ne ...

, 90, American businessman, founder of

Monro Muffler Brake Monro, Inc. is an automotive services company founded and headquartered in Rochester, New York, U.S. As of 2021, Monro has 1,288 locations making them the second-largest automotive services company in North America after Driven Brands by number o ...

. * Francisco Ayala, 103, Spanish novelist, natural causes. *

Archie Baird Archibald MacKechnie Baird (8 May 1919 – 3 November 2009) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Aberdeen and St Johnstone. He was also capped once by the Scotland national football team. Playing career Baird was born in Rutherglen. Having ...

, 90, Scottish footballer ( Aberdeen). * Carl Ballantine, 92, American actor ('' McHale's Navy''), natural causes. *

Brother Blue Hugh Morgan Hill (July 12, 1921 – November 3, 2009) who performed as Brother Blue, was an American educator, storyteller, actor, musician, and street performer based principally in the Boston area. After serving as First Lieutenant from 1 ...

, 88, American storyteller, performance artist. * Dodo Chichinadze, 84, Georgian actress. * Sir John Crofton, 97, British medical pioneer. * Jean B. Cryor, 70, American politician, cancer. * Shel Dorf, 76, American founder of San Diego Comic-Con, diabetes-related complications. *

Parry Gordon John Parry-Gordon (17 February 1945 – 3 November 2009) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for England and Lancashire, and at club level for Warringto ...

, 64, English rugby league player. * Tamás Lossonczy, 105, Hungarian abstract painter. *

Lorissa McComas Lorissa McComas (November 26, 1970 – November 3, 2009) was an American actress and Glamour photography, glamour model. Early life McComas graduated from Princeton High School (Sharonville, Ohio), Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio in ...

, 38, American softcore model and actress. *

Toshiyuki Mimura (September 19, 1948 – November 3, 2009) was a Japanese baseball player and manager of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Early life Mimura was born in Kaita, Hiroshima is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Aki District, Hiroshima, Aki D ...

, 61, Japanese baseball player and manager ( Hiroshima Toyo Carp). *

Alice S. Rossi Alice S. Rossi (September 24, 1922 – November 3, 2009) was a pioneering American feminist and sociologist. Biography Alice Emma Schaerr was born on September 24, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York. Rossi's scholarship focused on the status of women ...

, 87, American sociologist and feminist.

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* Win Aung, 65, Burmese politician and military officer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2004). * William H. Avery, 98, American politician, representative for Kansas (1955–1965), Governor of Kansas (1965–1967). * Sir Don Beaven, 85, New Zealand scientist and diabetes researcher, house fire. *

Ivan Biakov Ivan Ivanovych Biakov (russian: Иван Иванович Бяков; 21 September 1944 – 4 November 2009) was a Soviet biathlete. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team. He received another gold ...

, 65, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning biathlete (

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

) *

Hubertus Brandenburg Hubertus Brandenburg (17 November 1923 – 4 November 2009) was a Catholic bishop of Stockholm. He was ordained priest in Osnabrück on 20 December 1952. On 12 December 1974, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI as auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück. On ...

, 85, German-born Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (1977–1998). * Stefano Chiodi, 52, Italian footballer. *

Art D'Lugoff Art D'Lugoff (August 2, 1924 - November 4, 2009) in Brooklyn, New York, was an American jazz impresario. He opened The Village Gate, a jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, in 1958. D'Lugoff sought out the hottest talent, hosting prominent ...

, 85, American jazz nightclub owner ( The Village Gate), heart attack. *

Kabun Mutō was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Minister for Foreign Affairs for a brief period in 1993. Mutō was born in Kakamigahara, Gifu, Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture in 1926. He studied at the Kyoto U ...

, 82, Japanese politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1993), pancreatic cancer. *

Thomas P. O'Malley Thomas P. O'Malley (March 1, 1930 - November 4, 2009) was an American Jesuit and academic. O'Malley was the president of John Carroll University from 1980 until 1988 and Loyola Marymount University from 1991 until 1999. He later became a p ...

, 79, American academic, president of Loyola Marymount University (1991–1999), heart attack. * Antonio Pelle, 77, Italian

'Ndrangheta The 'Ndrangheta (, , ) is a prominent Italian Mafia-type organized crime syndicate and secret society, criminal society based in the peninsular and mountainous region of Calabria and dating back to the late 18th century. It is considered one of ...

boss, heart attack. * David Tree, 94, British actor.

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Peter Chen Bolu Peter Chen Bolu (23 May 1914 – November 5, 2009) was the Chinese bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daming. Biography Chen was born in 1914. He was first ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1944. He was imprisoned and sent to a ...

, 96, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Daming. * I. F. Clarke, 91, British literary scholar. * Roy Collins, 75, English cricketer. *

Adam Firestorm Adam Travis Dykes (November 25, 1976 – November 5, 2009) was a New Zealand-Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Adam Firestorm, who competed in North American independent promotions in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada d ...

, 32, New Zealand-born Canadian professional wrestler, suicide. * Luigi Fuin, 81, Italian footballer. * Félix Luna, 84, Argentinian historian. *

Lucien Maelfait Lucien Maelfait (30 July 1919 – 5 November 2009) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 2 ...

, 90, French cyclist. *

Barrie Rickards Professor Richard Barrie Rickards (1938–2009), was Emeritus Professor in Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy at the Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University and Life Fellow of Emmanuel College. He was best known for his work on Grapt ...

, 71, British palaeontologist and angler, cancer. * Winifred Tumim, Lady Tumim, 73, British charity executive and campaigner.

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Manuel Arvizu Manuel Arvizu O.F.M. (13 April 1919 – 6 November 2009) was a Mexican Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church Arvizu was born in Etzatlán Etzatlán is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an ...

, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop of Jesús María del Nayar. * Nick Counter, 69, American film executive and lawyer. * Dimitri De Fauw, 28, Belgian track cyclist, suicide. *

Abraham Escudero Montoya Abrahim Escudero Montoya (January 24, 1940 – November 6, 2009) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Palmira In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History ...

, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic Bishop of Palmira. *

Robert Hilborn Falls Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls, (April 24, 1924 – November 6, 2009) was Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces from 1977 to 1980. Military career Falls first joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 as a pilot and later transferred to ...

, 85, Canadian admiral, Chief of the Defence Staff (1977–1980). *

Waldo Hunt Waldo Henley Hunt (November 28, 1920 – November 6, 2009) was a prolific producer of pop-up books, having nearly singlehandedly revived the genre in the post-war era. Biography Intervisual Books, his company, created pop-up books of all var ...

, 88, American publisher. * Gylman Ilkin, 95, Soviet and Azerbaijani writer. *

Jacno Jacno (3 July 1957 in Paris – 6 November 2009) was a French musician. Born as Denis Quilliard, he was a founding member of the first French punk band The Stinky Toys. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former S ...

, 52, French musician, cancer. *

Otomar Krejča Otomar Krejča (23 November 1921 – 6 November 2009) was a Czech theatre director and dissident. Krejča was born in Skrýšov (now part of Pelhřimov), Czechoslovakia, on 23 November 1921. In 1956, he became a member of the Prague National Th ...

, 87, Czech theatre director. * Hans Lund, 59, American poker player, cancer. *

Antonio Rosario Mennonna Antonio Rosario Mennonna (May 27, 1906 – November 6, 2009) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death at the age of 103, he was the second-oldest bishop in the Church, behind Antoine Nguyên Van Thien. Born in ...

, 103, Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. *

Tommy Reis Thomas Edward Reis (August 6, 1914 – November 6, 2009) was a relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball in the 1938 season. He batted and threw right-handed. Born in Newport, Kentucky, Reis was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies ...

, 95, American baseball player. * Donald Rix, 78, Canadian pathologist and philanthropist. *

Manuel Solís Palma Manuel Solís Palma (3 December 1917 in Los Santos Province – 6 November 2009) was the acting president of Panama from 26 February 1988 to 1 September 1989, under the military rule of Manuel Noriega. He served as education minister in seve ...

, 91, Panamanian President (1988–1989), pulmonary edema. *

Ron Sproat Ronald Sproat (2 November 1932 – 6 November 2009 in Manhattan, New York) was an American screenwriter and playwright known for ''Dark Shadows''. Biography Career Sproat is best known for his work on ''Dark Shadows'', the 1960s ABC Daytime got ...

, 77, American television writer ('' Dark Shadows''), heart attack.

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* Yelena Bondarchuk, 47, Russian actress, breast cancer. * Gene D. Cohen, 65, American psychiatrist, prostate cancer. *

Bob Dillinger Robert Bernard Dillinger (September 17, 1918 – November 7, 2009) was an American professional baseball third baseman who appeared in 753 games in the major leagues (MLB) from 1946 through 1951 for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, P ...

, 91, American baseball player. *

Anselmo Duarte Anselmo Duarte Bento (; 21 April 1920 – 7 November 2009) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director. Early life Duarte was born in Salto, São Paulo on 21 April 1920. He was raised by his mother, alongside his six siblings. ...

, 89, Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director, complications from a stroke. *

Bernardo Garza Sada Bernardo Garza Sada (1930 – 7 November 2009) was a Mexican businessman who founded the Grupo ALFA conglomerate in 1974. He also served as ALFA's former president. Additionally, Garza Sada was a member of the company's board of directors for two ...

, 79, Mexican businessman, founder of ALFA. * Donald Harington, 73, American author, cancer. * Chris Harman, 66, British socialist journalist and activist. * Billy Ingham, 57, British footballer ( Burnley). * Joe Maross, 86, American actor, cardiac arrest. *

Alayna Morgan Alayna Marie Morgan (May 21, 1948 – November 7, 2009) was an American woman from Santa Rosa, California, who was renowned as one of the world's heaviest people, weighing an estimated 700lbs (50 stone) at her peak weight. She was once featured in ...

, 61, American obese woman. * Allan Mulder, 81, Australian politician, MP (1972–1975). * David C. Smith, 80, American historian.

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Ellen Ahrndt Ellen Ahrndt (November 8, 1922 – November 8, 2009) was an American second basewoman who played briefly in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the season. Ahrndt batted and threw right-handed. Sometimes she is credited a ...

, 87, American baseball player (

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the Uni ...

). * Hiley Edwards, 58, English cricketer ( Devon), cancer. *

Jerry Fuchs Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs (December 31, 1974 – November 8, 2009) was an American indie rock drummer, writer and graphic artist. Fuchs was a member of the bands Turing Machine, The Juan MacLean, !!! and Maserati and performed drums live with the ...

, 34, American drummer (

Maserati Maserati S.p.A. () is an Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer. Established on 1 December 1914, in Bologna, Italy, the company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. The company has been owned by Stellantis since 2021. Ma ...

!!! !!! ( ), also known as Chk Chk Chk, is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as the Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Pope Smashers. They are curr ...

), fall. * Armin Gessert, 46, German video game developer, heart attack. * Vitaly Ginzburg, 93, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. * Burleigh Hines, 74, American journalist. * Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson, 88, British army general. *

Karl Kroeber __NOTOC__ Karl Kroeber (November 24, 1926 – November 8, 2009) was an American literary scholar, known for his writing on the English Romantics and American Indian literature. He was the son of Theodora and Alfred L. Kroeber, both anthropologists ...

, 83, American literary scholar of Native American literature, cancer. *

Malcolm Laycock Malcolm Richard Laycock (1 November 1938 – 8 November 2009)Peter VacheObituary ''The Guardian'', 10 November 2009 was an English radio presenter who hosted jazz, big band, and dance band programmes for BBC Radio 2 and the BBC World Service. ...

, 71, British radio DJ. *

Igor Starygin Igor Vladimirovich Starygin (Russian:''Игорь Владимирович Старыгин'', 13 June 1946 in Moscow – 8 November 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. An alumnus of the Russian Academy of Theatre Ar ...

, 63, Russian actor, complications from a stroke.

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Sedley Andrus Francis Sedley Andrus LVO (26 February 1915 – 9 November 2009) was a long-serving English officer of arms who was Beaumont Herald of Arms Extraordinary. As such, he was a Royal officer of arms, though not a member of the College of Arms in Lond ...

, 94, British herald. *

Al Cervi Alfred Nicholas Cervi (February 12, 1917 – November 9, 2009) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball League (NBL) and National Basketball Association (NBA). One of the strongest backcourt players of ...

, 92, American basketball player and coach ( Rochester Royals, Syracuse Nationals). * Earl Cooley, 98, American smokejumper. * Clen Denning, 98, Australian footballer, oldest surviving Australian Football League player. * Henry L. Kimelman, 88, American Ambassador to Haiti (1980–1981), heart failure. *

Earsell Mackbee Earsell Mackbee (January 15, 1941 – November 9, 2009) was a professional American football player. Mackbee was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi and served as an airman in the United States Air Force. He graduated from Utah State University, whe ...

, 68, American football player ( Minnesota Vikings), complications following a stroke. * Ib Olsen, 80, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

) rower. * Mehdi Sahabi, 66, Iranian writer and translator, heart attack. *

Charles Proctor Sifton Charles Proctor Sifton (March 18, 1935 – November 9, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1977 to 2009 and its Chief Judge from 1995 to 2000. Education and career ...

, 74, American federal judge, sarcoidosis. *

Stephen Verney Stephen Edmund Verney, MBE (17 April 1919 – 9 November 2009) was the second Bishop of Repton from 1977 to 1985; and from then on an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of Oxford. Toward the end of WWII Verney worked as an undercover ...

, 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Repton (1977–1985). * Nick Waterlow, 69, British-born Australian artistic director and curator, stabbed.

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* Robert Cameron, 98, American aerial photographer. * Gheorghe Dinică, 75, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. *

Robert Enke Robert Enke (24 August 1977 – 10 November 2009) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Mönchengladbach, Benfica, and Barcelona, but made the majority of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 ...

, 32, German footballer, suicide by train. *

Tomaž Humar Tomaž Humar (February 18, 1969 – ), nicknamed Gozdni Joža (akin to Hillbilly), was a Slovenian mountaineering, mountaineer. A father of two, Humar lived in Kamnik, Slovenia. He completed over 1500 ascents, and won a number of mountaineering an ...

, 40, Slovenian mountaineer, mountaineering accident. * Amadi Ikwechegh, 58, Nigerian naval officer, protracted illness following a stroke. *

Simple Kapadia Simple Kapadia (15 August 1958 – 10 November 2009) was a Hindi film actress and costume designer, who was active in her professional career from 1987 until her death in 2009. Early and personal life Simple was born on 15 August 1958 to paren ...

, 51, Indian actress and costume designer, cancer. * Dick Katz, 85, American jazz pianist and arranger, lung cancer. * David Lloyd, 75, American comedy writer (" Chuckles Bites the Dust"), prostate cancer. *

Uolevi Manninen Uolevi Manninen (7 April 1937 – 10 November 2009) was a Finnish Olympic basketball player and businessman. Born in Äänekoski, Uolevi Manninen was involved in Finland's most successful basketball team, which participated in the Tokyo Olymp ...

, 72, Finnish Olympic basketball player. * Hisaya Morishige, 96, Japanese actor, natural causes. *

John Allen Muhammad John Allen Muhammad (born Williams; December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He, along with his partner and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo (aged 17), a native of Kingston, Jamaica, ...

, 48, American convicted spree killer (

Beltway Sniper The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002 throughout the Washington metropolitan area, consisting of the District of Columbia, Mary ...

), executed by lethal injection. * Anne Mustoe, 76, British headmistress, cyclist and writer. *

Ramin Pourandarjani Ramin Pourandarjani (9 June 1983 – 10 November 2009) was an Iranian physician who examined prisoners wounded and killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests. Pourandarjani was born on 9 June 1983 to a middle class family in a northwestern di ...

, 26, Iranian doctor, whistleblower on use of torture, poisoned. *

José Afonso Ribeiro José Afonso Ribeiro T.O.R. (October 28, 1929 – November 10, 2009) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Borba The Roman Catholic Diocese of Borba ( la, Dioecesis Borbensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in t ...

, 80, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Borba.

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Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer (20 June 1949 – 11 November 2009) was a Spanish jurist, judge at the Consejo General del Poder Judicial (General Council of the Judiciary) and the head of the Private Office of the President of the Consejo General del P ...

, 60, Spanish jurist, Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. *

Keith Fagnou Keith Fagnou (June 27, 1971 – November 11, 2009) was a Canadian organic chemist and studied education and was a professor of chemistry at University of Saskatchewan and associate professor of organic chemistry at the University of Ottawa. ...

, 38, Canadian organic chemist, complications of H1N1 influenza. *

Ehsan Fatahian Ehsan Fatahian ( fa, احسان فتاحیان; ku, ئیحسان فەتاحیان; b. 1982 in Kermanshah - d. November 11, 2009 in Sanandaj), was a Kurdish activist, who was executed on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, in Sanandaj Central Prison ...

, 28, Iranian Kurdish activist, executed by hanging. *

William Ganz William Ganz (January 7, 1919 - November 11, 2009) was a Slovakia-born American cardiologist who co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter, often referred to as the Swan-Ganz catheter, with Jeremy Swan in 1970. The catheter is used to monitor hea ...

, 90, Slovak-born American cardiologist, co-inventor of the pulmonary artery catheter, natural causes. *

Henry Jayasena Kala Keerthi Dr Bastian Koralage Henry Rudrigo Jayasena (born 6 July 1931 – died 11 November 2009 as Sinhala: හෙන්රි ජයසේන), popularly known as Henry Jayasena, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and televisi ...

, 78, Sri Lankan actor, colon cancer. *

Irving Kriesberg Irving Kriesberg (March 13, 1919 – November 11, 2009) was an American painter, sculptor, educator, author, and filmmaker, whose work combined elements of Abstract Expressionism with representational human, animal, and humanoid forms. Becaus ...

, 90, American expressionist artist, complications from Parkinson's disease. *

Tom Merriman Thomas Wayne Merriman (20 March 1924 Chicago – 11 November 2009 Dallas) was an American music composer based in Dallas, Texas, who in 1955 created the first production company specializing in radio station advertising campaigns and jingles. Me ...

, 85, American jingle composer, complications from a fall. * Marvin Minoff, 78, American film and television producer (''

The Nixon Interviews The Nixon interviews were a series of conversations between former American president Richard Nixon and British journalist David Frost, produced by John Birt. They were recorded and broadcast on television and radio in four programs in 1977. Th ...

'', ''

Patch Adams Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams (born May 28, 1945) is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. Each year he also organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to var ...

''). *

John Jay O'Connor John Jay O'Connor III (January 10, 1930 – November 11, 2009) was an American lawyer and the husband of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the court. O'Connor, a prominent lawyer in ...

, 79, American lawyer, husband of

Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American retired attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was both the first woman nominated and th ...

, Alzheimer's disease. *

Helge Reiss Helge Reiss (27 February 1928 – 11 November 2009) was a Norwegian actor. He was the son of the actor Thorleif Reiss. Career He began his career in 1948 with a minor role in a low budget crime film, and remained active until his death. He provi ...

, 81, Norwegian actor.

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Elisabeth Aasen Elisabeth Aasen (9 February 1922 – 12 November 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Electoral League. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and R ...

, 87, Norwegian politician. *

Mohamed Abdi Aware Mohamed Abdi Aware (died 12 November 2009) was a high-profile Somali judge in the northern semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia and a member of its Supreme Judicial Council. He was assassinated outside a mosque in Bossaso, capital of Puntl ...

, Somali judge, Chief Justice of Puntland, shot. *

Vagrich Bakhchanyan Vagrich (Vahrij) Hakobi (Akopovich) Bakhchanyan (russian: Ва́грич Ако́пович Бахчаня́н; uk, Ва́грiч Ако́пович Бахчаня́н; hy, Վահրիճ Հակոբի Բախչանյան; May 23, 1938 in Kharkiv, ...

, 71, Ukrainian-born American painter, apparent suicide. *

Frances Lasker Brody Frances Lasker Brody (1916–2009) was an American arts advocate, collector, and philanthropist who influenced the development of Los Angeles' cultural life as a founding benefactor of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and later as a guiding p ...

, 93, American art collector and philanthropist. *

Eleanor Hovda Eleanor Hovda (March 27, 1940 – November 12, 2009) was a composer and dancer from the United States of America. She was born in Duluth, Minnesota and died in Springdale, Arkansas. She received her Bachelor of Arts in music at American Uni ...

, 69, American composer and dancer. * Robert Kendall, 82, American actor, heart attack. *

Willy Kernen Wilhelm Kernen (6 August 1929 – 12 November 2009) was a Swiss footballer. He played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss football club based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was founded in 1894 and used to play at the Stade C ...

, 80, Swiss footballer, participated in World Cup (1950,

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

, 1962). *

James R. Lilley James Roderick Lilley (; January 15, 1928 – November 12, 2009) was a CIA operative and an American diplomat. He served as United States ambassador to China from 1989 to 1991. Born to American parents in China, Lilley learned Mandarin at a yo ...

, 81, American diplomat, ambassador to South Korea and China, complications linked to prostate cancer. * Henri Sérandour, 72, French International Olympic Committee member, former head of the French National Olympic Committee. *

Florence Temko Florence Maria Temko (October 20, 1921 – November 12, 2009), a pioneer in spreading origami in the United States, was perhaps the most prolific author on this subject. With fifty-five books to her credit on paper arts and folk crafts, she was a ...

, 88, American origami expert, heart failure. * Paul Wendkos, 87, American television and film director ('' Gidget''), complications of a stroke. *

Emanuel Zisman Emanuel Zisman ( bg, Емануел Зисман; he, עמנואל זיסמן, 11 February 1935 – 11 November 2009) was an Israeli politician and ambassador. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1988 and 1999. Biography Zisman was born ...

, 74, Israeli politician,

Member of Knesset Lists of Knesset members cover members of the Knesset of Israel. They are organized by session, by ethnicity and by position. By session * List of members of the first Knesset (1949–51) * List of members of the second Knesset (1951–55) * Lis ...

(1988–1999).

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* Roy Butler, 83, American politician, first directly elected mayor of Austin, Texas (1971–1975), complications from a fall. * Emin Doybak, 78–79, Turkish Olympic sprinter. *

Michał Gajownik Michał Gajownik (15 December 1981 – 13 November 2009) was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 2000 to 2006. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-4 1000 m: 2002, 2005) and a br ...

, 27, Polish Olympic sprint canoer, traffic collision. * Ueli Gegenschatz, 38, Swiss BASE jumper, jumping accident. *

Dell Hymes Dell Hathaway Hymes (June 7, 1927 in Portland, Oregon – November 13, 2009 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was a linguist, sociolinguist, anthropologist, and folklorist who established disciplinary foundations for the comparative, ethnographic stu ...

, 82, American anthropologist, linguist and folklorist, complications of Alzheimer's disease. *

Blas Jiménez Blas R. Jiménez (August 2, 1949 – November 13, 2009) was a Dominican black nationalist, poet and essayist of African descent. His poetry and essays appeared in specialized journals in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the United States of ...

, 60, Dominican nationalist, poet and essayist. * Bruce King, 85, American politician, three-term Governor of New Mexico, complications from heart procedure. *

Ron Klimkowski Ronald Bernard Klimkowski (March 1, 1944 – November 13, 2009) was a baseball player born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher and junkball specialist. He played for the New York Yankees (–, ) an ...

, 65, American baseball player, heart failure. *

Bernard Kolélas Bernard Bakana Kolélas (12 June 1933Alain Kounzilat, , Kimpwanza (planeteafrique.com) . – 13 November 2009Thierry Noungou"Parlement - Bernard Bakana Kolélas décédé ce 13 novembre à Paris", ''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 13 November 2 ...

, 76, Congolese politician, Mayor of

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

, prime minister (1997). *

Mara Manzan Mara Virgínia Manzan (28 May 1952 – 13 November 2009) was a Brazilian actress. Biography Manzan was born in the city of São Paulo in 1952. At the age of 17, she visited the Teatro Oficina and, as she used to say jokingly, never left it. She ...

, 57, Brazilian actress, lung cancer. * John J. O'Connor, 76, American television critic ('' The New York Times''), lung cancer. *

Armen Takhtajan Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian ( hy, Արմեն Լևոնի Թախտաջյան; russian: Армен Леонович Тахтаджян; surname also transliterated Takhtadjan, Takhtadzhi︠a︡n or Takhtadzhian, pronounced takh-tuh-JA ...

, 99, Soviet botanist.

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Nikolay Anikin Nikolay Petrovich Anikin (russian: Николай Петрович Аникин; also transliterated as Nikolai or Nikolaj; 25 January 1932 – 14 November 2009) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950s and early 1960s, ...

, 77, Russian-born American Olympic gold medal skiing champion (

1956 Olympics 1956 Olympics refers to both: *The 1956 Winter Olympics, which were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy *The 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport even ...

), cancer. *

Edgar Fay Edgar Stewart Fay QC (8 October 1908 – 14 November 2009) was a British judge. He was the son of Sir Sam Fay, General Manager of the Great Central Railway and was educated at McGill University, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He conducte ...

, 101, British judge. *

Moshe Gidron Moshe Gidron ( he, משה גדרון, May 25, 1925 – November 14, 2009) was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and former head of the Manpower Directorate. Biography Gidron was born in Tel Aviv during the British Mandate of Palesti ...

, 84, Israeli Major General. * John F. Gregory, 82, American optical engineer. *

Thomas Hollyman Thomas Benton Hollyman (December 7, 1919 – November 14, 2009) was an American photojournalist who created travel photographs for magazines and advertising campaigns. Graydon Carter, managing editor of '' Vanity Fair'', in his magazine's Edito ...

, 89, American photographer. *

Niels Ingwersen Niels Ingwersen (May 18, 1935 - November 14, 2009) was a Danish scholar in Scandinavian Studies and a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

, 74, Danish scholar."On the death of Professor Emeritus Niels Ingwerson"
University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved 13 February 2013. *

Travis LaRue Travis Leldon LaRue (January 6, 1913 – November 14, 2009) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Austin, Texas, from 1969 until 1971. LaRue was the last Mayor of Austin to be elected by Austin City Council rather than a direct e ...

, 96, American politician, Mayor of Austin, Texas (1969–1971). * John McWilliam, 68, British politician, MP for

Blaydon Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the postal town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blay ...

(1979–2005). *

Lewis Millett Lewis Lee Millett Sr. (December 15, 1920 – November 14, 2009) was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading the last major American bayonet charge. He enlisted in the U.S. National Gua ...

, 88, American Medal of Honor recipient. *

David A. Olsen David A. Olsen (November 29, 1937 - November 14, 2009) was an American business executive who was chairman of insurance brokerage firm Johnson & Higgins from 1991 until it was acquired by Marsh & McLennan in 1997.Ladislav Sitenský Ladislav Sitenský (7 August 1919 – 14 November 2009) was a Czech people, Czech landscape photography, landscape photographer, a contributor to the illustrated weekly ''Pestrý týden,'' and well-known also for his photography from World War ...

, 90, Czech photographer.

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* Derek B, 44, British rapper, heart attack. *

Tia Barrett Te Rongotoa "Tia" Barrett previously known as John Richard Te Rongotoa Barrett (24 July 1947 – 15 November 2009) was a New Zealand diplomat of indigenous Ngati Maniapoto and Waikato extraction from the Tainui iwi. He was director of the Māori ...

, 62, New Zealand ambassador and diplomat, High Commissioner to the Cook Islands (2009). *

Richard Carlyle Richard Carlyle (March 20, 1914 – November 15, 2009) was a film, television and Broadway actor. Early years Carlyle was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. His education included attendance at Sherwood Dramatic Art School and the Art I ...

, 95, Canadian actor. *

Ray Charnley Raymond Ogden Charnley (29 May 1935 – 15 November 2009) was an English professional footballer. He was a centre forward and was one of the most prolific scorers for Blackpool, with whom he spent ten years, including all but one season in th ...

, 74, English footballer (

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

). * Dennis Cole, 69, American actor, renal failure. *

Andriy Fedchuk Andriy Vasylyovych Fedchuk ( uk, Андрій Васильович Федчук; January 12, 1980 – November 15, 2009), was a boxer from Ukraine, who won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division (– 81 kg) at the 2000 Sum ...

, 29, Ukrainian Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer (

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

), traffic collision. * Karol Galba, 88, Slovak football official. * Pierre Harmel, 98, Belgian politician, prime minister (1965–1966). *

Natalicio Lima Los Indios Tabajaras ''(The Tabajara Indians)'' was a guitar duo of two brothers, Antenor Lima and Natalicio (Nato) Lima, from Tianguá, Ceará in the Northeast of Brazil. The group name refers to the ''Tabajara'', indigenous people who lived on th ...

, 91, Brazilian guitarist (

Los Indios Tabajaras Los Indios Tabajaras ''(The Tabajara Indians)'' was a guitar duo of two brothers, Antenor Lima and Natalicio (Nato) Lima, from Tianguá, Ceará in the Northeast of Brazil. The group name refers to the ''Tabajara'', indigenous people who lived on ...

), stomach cancer. *

Ambrose Mathalaimuthu ''The Most Reverend'' Ambrose Mathalaimuthu D.D. (25 July 1925 – 15 November 2009) was Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore, India. Born in Nagalur, Tamil Nadu, South India, he was ordained as a priest on 21 December 1 ...

, 84, Indian Bishop of

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

. * Hans Matthöfer, 84, German politician, minister of finance (1978–1982). *

Anna Mendelssohn Anna Mendelssohn (born Anna Mendleson,Her name is frequently given as Anna Mendelson. 1948 – 15 November 2009), who wrote under the name Grace Lake, was a British writer, poet and political activist. She came from a left-wing political famil ...

, 61, British poet and political activist ( Angry Brigade), brain tumour. *

Allan Murdmaa Allan Murdmaa (4 August 1934 – 15 November 2009) was an Estonian architect. Murdmaa was born in Tallinn. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Architecture in 1958. From 1958 to 1960 Allan Murdmaa worked in the state design office Eesti ...

, 75, Estonian architect. * Ken Ober, 52, American comedian and game show host ''( Remote Control)''. * Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, 95, Serbian 44th Patriarch of the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

, cardiac arrest. * Jim Pead, 85, Australian politician. *

Jocelyn Quivrin Jocelyn Quivrin (14 February 1979 – 15 November 2009) was a French actor. He had a supporting role in the film ''Syriana''. Early life Jocelyn Quivrin was born in Dijon on 14 February 1979. His father, Vincent Beaufils, was an anaesthetis ...

, 30, French actor, traffic collision. *

Earl Wentz Earl Wentz (March 22, 1938 – November 15, 2009) was an American pianist, composer, and musical director most noted for his creation in 2000 of the American Composer Series, an ongoing performance series in the cabaret format. Early years ...

, 71, American composer and performer.

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Pablo Amaringo Pablo Cesar Amaringo Shuña (January 21, 1938 – November 16, 2009) was a Peruvian artist, renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew ayahuasca. He was first brought to the West ...

, 71, Peruvian artist. * Eddie Bell, 78, American football player ( Philadelphia Eagles, New York Titans), heart failure. * Jeff Clyne, 72, British jazz bassist, heart attack. *

Antonio de Nigris Antonio de Nigris Guajardo (; 1 April 1978 – 15 November 2009) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a striker. During his career, which was cut short at 31 by a fatal heart attack, he played in six countries, also representin ...

, 31, Mexican football player, heart failure. *

Robert J. Frankel Robert Julian Frankel (July 9, 1941 – November 16, 2009) was an American thoroughbred race horse trainer whom ESPN called "one of the most successful and respected trainers in the history of thoroughbred racing."Privman, Jay"Robert Frankel Dies ...

, 68, American thoroughbred horse trainer, leukemia. * Ken Kirk, 71, American football player. * Jan Leighton, 87, American actor, complications from a stroke. *

Anne-Sofie Østvedt Anne-Sofie Østvedt (later married Strømnæs) (2 January 1920 – 16 November 2009) was one of the leaders of the Norwegian intelligence organisation XU. She started her resistance work by publishing underground newspapers, and in December 1 ...

, 89, Norwegian intelligence operative for XU. *

Jack Wong Sue Jack Wong Sue, (12 September 1925 – 16 November 2009), also known as Jack Sue（）, was a Chinese Australian from Perth, Western Australia. Wong Sue served as a member of the commando/special reconnaissance section, Z Special Unit, dur ...

, 84, Australian Z Special Unit member and businessman. * Harry Taylor, 83, Canadian ice hockey player. *

Bucky Williams Wallace “Bucky” Williams (December 15, 1906 – November 16, 2009) was a Negro league baseball player and, at the time of his death, the second oldest living former Negro league player behind 104-year-old Emilio Navarro. Williams was a t ...

, 102, American baseball player, second-oldest Negro league baseball player. *

Edward Woodward Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career on stage. Throughout his career, he appeared in productions ...

, 79, British actor (''

The Equalizer ''The Equalizer'' is an American spy thriller multimedia franchise initially co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, and originating with a CBS television series from 1985 to 1989, starring Edward Woodward. The concept was thereafte ...

'', '' The Wicker Man'', '' Hot Fuzz'').

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José Aboulker José Aboulker (5 March 1920 – 17 November 2009) was a French Algerian Jew and the leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in French Algeria in World War II. He received the U.S. Medal of Freedom, the Croix de Guerre, and was made a Compani ...

, 89, Algerian World War II resistance fighter. * Peter Armstrong, 80, American Roman Catholic priest, apparent heart attack. * John Craxton, 87, British painter. * Michael Dias, 88, Sri Lankan-born British legal scholar. *

Niku Kheradmand Niku Kheradmand ( fa, نیکو خردمند , also Romanized as ''Nikoo Kheradmand''; 10 November 1932 – 17 November 2009) was an Iranian actress and film dubber. She died in a Tehran hospital on 17 November 2009, aged 77. Kheradmand had suffe ...

, 77, Iranian actress, complications of a heart attack. *

Nikolay Olyalin Nikolay Vladimiriovich Olyalin (russian: Николай Владимирович Олялин; 22 May 1941 - 17 November 2009) was a Soviet-Ukrainian actor of Russian ethnicity. Biography Early life As a child, Olyalin took drama classes at schoo ...

, 68, Russian actor. * Sy Syms, 83, American entrepreneur, founder and chairman of off-price clothier

SYMS Syms Corp (styled as SYMS) was an off-price retail clothing store chain, founded by Sy Syms in 1958. Its headquarters was in Secaucus, New Jersey, where it became a public company, traded on the New York Stock Exchange (SYM) in 1983. The company a ...

, heart failure.

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Johnny Almond Johnny Almond (20 July 1946 – 18 November 2009) was a British saxophonist, who is best known for his recordings with the Alan Price Set, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall and Mark-Almond. Biography Johnny Almond was born in Enfield, Middlesex, Engla ...

, 63, British jazz and rock musician (

Mark-Almond Mark–Almond was a jazz-influenced English pop group of the 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes also called The Mark-Almond Band. The core members were Jon Mark, who sang lead and played guitar, percussion, and harmonica and Johnny Almond who p ...

), cancer. *

Abrar Alvi Abrar Alvi (1 July 1927 – 18 November 2009) was an Indian film writer, director and actor. Most of his notable work was done in the 1950s and 1960s with Guru Dutt. He wrote some of the most respected works of Indian cinema, including ''Sahib ...

, 82, Indian film director and screenwriter (

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam ''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'' () is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language Drama (film and television), drama film that was directed by Abrar Alvi and produced by Guru Dutt, who also co-stars in it alongside Meena Kumari, Rehman (actor), Rehman, and Waheeda ...

), stomach complications. *

Albert Crewe Albert Victor Crewe (February 18, 1927 – November 18, 2009) was a British-born American physicist and inventor of the modern scanning transmission electron microscope capable of taking still and motion pictures of atoms, a technology that prov ...

, 82, British-born American physicist, invented

scanning transmission electron microscope A scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is a type of transmission electron microscope (TEM). Pronunciation is tɛmor �sti:i:ɛm As with a conventional transmission electron microscope (CTEM), images are formed by electrons passing ...

, Parkinson's disease. *

Jeanne-Claude Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and ...

, 74, French environmental artist ('' The Gates''), complications from a ruptured brain aneurysm. *

Gordon Hewit Gordon Hewitt (20 March 1958 – 18 November 2009) was a British swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and ...

, 51, British Olympic swimmer. * Red Robbins, 65, American basketball player, cancer. *

Salem Saad Salem Saad Mubarak Saad Al-Abadla (1 September 1978 – 18 November 2009) was an Emirati footballer who played as a striker. Career Saad played club football for Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr. He also played at international level for United Arab Em ...

, 31, Emirati footballer ( Al-Nasr SC), heart attack. * Ana Vásquez-Bronfman, 77, Chilean sociologist and writer.

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Frank Beattie Frank Whitfield Beattie (17 October 1933 – 19 November 2009) was a Scottish football player and manager. He spent his entire senior playing career with Kilmarnock, making 422 league appearances between 1954 and 1972. He was captain of Kil ...

, 76, Scottish footballer (

Kilmarnock F.C. Kilmarnock Football Club, commonly known as Killie, is a Scottish professional football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. The team is currently managed by Derek McInnes, who was appointed in January 2022. The club has achieve ...

). *

Johnny Delgado Juan Marasigan Feleo (February 28, 1948 – November 19, 2009), better known as Johnny Delgado, was a Filipino television and movie actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his television work on the TV gag show ''Goin' Bananas''. Othe ...

, 61, Filipino actor, lymphoma. * John Gray, 75, British banker. * Daul Kim, 20, South Korean fashion model, suicide by hanging. *

Pat Mackie Pat Mackie (30 October 1914 – 19 November 2009)Queensland_Music_Festivalmusical_production_entitled_Red_Cap_(musical).html" ;"title="Queensland_Music_Festival.html" ;"title="Queensland Music Festival">Queensland Music Festival">Queensland Music ...

, 95, New Zealand-born Australian trade unionist. * Denis McNamara, 83, British Olympic wrestler. *

David Nokes David Nokes FRSL (11 March 1948 – November 19, 2009) was a scholar of 18th-century English literature known for his biographies of Jonathan Swift, John Gay, Jane Austen, and Samuel Johnson. He also penned screenplays, including a BBC ...

, 61, British scholar. * Sir Noel Power, 79, Australian acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1996–1997), heart attack. *

Jim Stanfield James Bovaird Stanfield (January 1, 1947 – November 19, 2009) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Born in Dixie, Ontario, he played in 7 NHL games for the Los Angeles Kings in parts of three seasons. He spent most of his professi ...

, 62, Canadian ice hockey player. *

Nao Takasugi Nao Takasugi (April 5, 1922 – November 19, 2009) was an American politician from California, a member of the Republican Party, and a survivor of the Japanese American internment camps. Early life Born and raised in Oxnard, California, Takasug ...

, 87, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1999), stroke.

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Robert Foxcroft Robert Foxcroft (17 August 1934 – 20 November 2009) was a Canadian competitive fencer and sports coach. He competed at the 1964 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () ...

, 75, Canadian Olympic fencer. * Martino Gomiero, 85, Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Adria-Rovigo. * Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, 78, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

(1973–1977); prime minister (1990). *

Mayer Kirshenblatt Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916–2009) was a Polish-born Canadian painter and author. Biography Kirshenblatt was born in Apt (Yiddish)/ Opatów (Polish) Poland. He left Poland in 1934 and settled in Toronto, Canada, where he ran a paint and wallpaper st ...

, 93, Canadian painter. * Lino Lacedelli, 83, Italian mountaineer, first man to reach the summit of K2. *

H. C. Robbins Landon Howard Chandler Robbins Landon (March 6, 1926November 20, 2009) was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge body of neglected music by Haydn and in correcting misunderstand ...

, 83, American musicologist. * Celso Pitta, 63, Brazilian politician, Mayor of São Paulo (1997–2000), colorectal cancer. *

Herbert Richers Herbert Richers (March 11, 1923 – November 20, 2009) was a Brazilian film and dubbing producer. He was a pioneer in the field of voice-overs in Brazil and was responsible for the dubbing of many Hollywood blockbusters into Portuguese, parti ...

, 86, Brazilian filmmaker and voice artist, kidney failure. *

Max Robertson William Maxwell Robertson (28 August 1915 – 20 November 2009) was a sports commentator, radio and television presenter and author. He is best remembered for his forty years of tennis coverage on BBC Radio. Life and career Robertson was ...

, 94, British radio broadcaster. *

Alejandro R. Ruiz Sergeant Alejandro Renteria Ruiz (June 26, 1923 – November 20, 2009) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions in the Battle of Okinawa in the Ryukyu Is ...

, 85, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient. *

Lester Shubin Lester D. Shubin (September 27, 1925 – November 20, 2009) was a researcher who developed Kevlar for the use in ballistic vests. Kevlar's use in ballistic vests was later expanded for use in all types of personal armor. Life Shubin was born in ...

, 84, American developer of the bulletproof Kevlar vest, heart attack. * Elisabeth Söderström, 82, Swedish soprano, complications from a stroke. *

Roman Trakhtenberg Roman Lvovich Trakhtenberg (real surname is Gorbunov, russian: Роман Львович Трахтенберг; 28 September 1968, in Leningrad, USSR – 20 November 2009, in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian radio host and actor. Biography Roman G ...

, 41, Russian actor, television and radio presenter, heart attack. * Ted Weill, 84, American politician. * Charis Wilson, 95, American model and writer.

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* Gerhard Aspheim, 79, Norwegian jazz trombonist. *

Bernard Bonnin Bernard Bonnin (September 8, 1938 – November 21, 2009) was a Spanish Filipino actor. Early life He was born on September 8, 1938, to parents Juan S. Bonnin, a pure Spaniard from Palma de Mallorca, and Lina Zayco, a native of Himamaylan, Neg ...

, 70, Filipino actor, diabetes. * Sir Edward Fennessy, 97, British electronic engineer. *

Konstantin Feoktistov Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; 7 February 1926 – 21 November 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an eminent space engineer. As a cosmonaut Feoktistov flew on Voskhod 1, the f ...

, 83, Russian cosmonaut and aerospace engineer. *

Frank Fidler Frank Fidler (12 August 1924 – 21 November 2009) was an English footballer who played as a forward, making Football League appearances for three clubs. Career Fidler started his career at Manchester United, however only made one amateur app ...

, 86, English footballer (

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The ...

). *

Tom Janik Thomas Alvin Janik (September 6, 1940 – November 21, 2009) was an American football player. Born in Poth, Texas, he attended the Texas College of Arts and Industries—now known as Texas A&M University–Kingsville— where he was an all-con ...

, 69, American footballer ( Denver Broncos,

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). *

Ken Krueger Ken Krueger (October 7, 1926 – November 21, 2009) was an American publisher and retailer. Krueger co-founded and organized the first San Diego Comic-Con International convention, then called "San Diego's Golden State Comic-Con," in 1970. Krueger ...

, 83, American publisher, co-founder and chairman of San Diego Comic-Con International, heart attack. *

Rena Kanokogi Rena Kanokogi (''née'' Glickman; July 30, 1935 – November 21, 2009) was a renowned Jewish-American judo expert. In 1959, disguised as a man, she won a medal at a YMCA judo tournament, but had to return it after acknowledging that she was a wom ...

, 74, American judoka, multiple myeloma. *

Johnny Påhlsson Johnny Påhlsson (13 May 1941 – 21 November 2009) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olymp ...

, 68, Swedish Olympic sport shooter. *

Paige Palmer Paige Palmer (January 17, 1916 - November 21, 2009) was a pioneer United States, American physical fitness, fitness and exercise expert, author, columnist, writer, model, television personality, and entrepreneur. Biography Palmer was born Dorothy ...

, 93, American fitness trainer. *

Art Savage Art Savage (July 3, 1951 – November 21, 2009) was an American sports executive who was president and chief executive officer of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League from 1990 until 1997 and majority owner of the Sacramento River Cats ...

, 58, American CEO ( San Jose Sharks) (1990–1996) and co-owner ( Sacramento River Cats) (1999–2009), lung cancer. *

Allen Shelton Allen Shelton was an American five-string banjo player mostly known for being a member of the bluegrass band Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys since the 1960s. Shelton was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina on July 2, 1936. Shelton started p ...

, 73, American banjo player, leukemia.

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Billy Joe Daugherty Billy Joe Daugherty (April 23, 1952 – November 22, 2009) was founder and pastor of Victory Christian Center (now Victory Church) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was also the founder of Victory Christian School, Victory Bible Institute and Victory World ...

, 57, American Christian minister, lymphoma. * Sir John Grugeon, 81, British politician. *

Jeong Nam-gyu Jeong Nam-gyu (April 17, 1969 – November 22, 2009) was a South Korean serial killer, who from 2004 to 2006 killed 14 people. Crimes On January 14, 2004, in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, he kidnapped, raped and then murdered two people. He then ...

, 40, South Korean serial killer, suicide. *

Ali Kordan Ali Kordan (23 October 1958 – 22 November 2009) was an Iranian conservative politician who served in the Revolutionary Guards, the judiciary and as deputy oil minister, before becoming interior minister of Iran in 2008 for just 90 days. He was ...

, 51, Iranian politician, Minister of the Interior (2008), multiple myeloma. * Juan Carlos Muñoz, 90, Argentinian footballer, heart attack. *

Haydain Neale Haydain Neale (September 3, 1970 – November 22, 2009) was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario. He was best known as the lead singer of Juno Award-winning band jacksoul. Neale also served on the faculty of the Humber College S ...

, 39, Canadian singer–songwriter (

jacksoul Jacksoul, sometimes stylized as jackSOUL, was a Canadians, Canadian soul music, soul and Contemporary R&B, R&B music group formed in 1995 in Toronto. The band was fronted by singer Haydain Neale and was a multi-recipient of the Juno Award. Biog ...

), lung cancer. * Francisco Rodriguez, 25, American Golden Gloves boxer, brain injury sustained during match. * Émile Vanfasse, 69, French Polynesian politician, finance minister (2004–2006).

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José Arraño Acevedo José Santos Arraño Acevedo (14 October 1921 – 23 November 2009) was a Chilean journalist and historian, who worked in several regional newspapers, including ''El Rancagüino'' from Rancagua, ''La Discusión'' from Chillán, amid others. He a ...

, 88, Chilean writer and historian, pneumonia. *

Paul K. Carlton General Paul Kendall Carlton (April 14, 1921 – November 23, 2009), also known as P. K. Carlton, was commander in chief of the Military Airlift Command, with headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Biography Carlton was born i ...

, 88, American Air Force general. * Jean-Édouard Desmedt, 83, Belgian scientist. * Philip Kueber, 75, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

) rower. *

Pim Koopman Wilhelmus Frederikus "Pim" Koopman (11 March 1953 – 23 November 2009) was a Dutch musician best known as the drummer and percussionist of rock band Kayak. Biography Born in Hilversum, Koopman co-founded Kayak in 1972, along with Ton Sche ...

, 56, Dutch progressive rock drummer (

Kayak A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' (). The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each se ...

). *

Richard Meale Richard Graham Meale, AM, MBE (24 August 193223 November 2009) was an Australian composer of instrumental works and operas. Biography Meale was born in Sydney. At the time the Meale family lived in Marrickville, an inner suburb of Sydney. Meale ...

, 77, Australian composer. *

Tony Parry Anthony John Parry (8 September 1945 – 23 November 2009) was an English footballer who made nearly 200 appearances in the Football League playing as a central defender for Hartlepool United, Derby County and Mansfield Town. Parry was born in ...

, 64, British footballer ( Hartlepool United), pneumonia. * Pat Quinn, 74, Irish businessman, founder of the Quinnsworth supermarket chain, renal failure. * Frederick H. Schultz, 80, American businessman and politician,

Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives The speaker is the presiding member of the Florida House of Representatives. The Speaker and his staff provide direction and coordination to employees throughout the House and serve the members in carrying out their constitutional responsibilitie ...

(1969–1970). * Yang Xianyi, 94, Chinese translator.

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* Ayub Afridi, 70-79, Pakistani drug smuggler and politician. * Amy Black, 36, British mezzo-soprano opera singer. * Chan Hung-lit, 66, Hong Kong actor, heart failure. *

Francis French, 7th Baron de Freyne Francis Arthur John French, 7th Baron de Freyne of Coolavin, County Sligo (3 September 1927 – 24 November 2009) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, son of Francis French, 6th Baron de Freyne and Lina Victoria (née Arnott). He was educated at ...

, 82, Irish aristocrat. * Gonçalves Isabelinha, 100, Portuguese footballer and physician. * Kan Ishii, 80, Japanese composer. *

Irena Nawrocka Irena Nawrocka (3 November 1917 – 24 November 2009) was a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Nawrocka graduated from the Law School of the Jagiellonian University in 19 ...

, 92, Polish Olympic fencer. * George Parsons, 83, British rugby union and rugby league player. * Abe Pollin, 85, American businessman, owner of Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, corticobasal degeneration. *

Hale Smith Hale Smith (June 29, 1925 – November 24, 2009) was an American composer, arranger, and pianist.De Lerma, Dominique-Rene"African Heritage Symphonic Series" Liner note essay. Cedille CDR061. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he learned pian ...

, 84, American composer and arranger, complications of a stroke. * Samak Sundaravej, 74, Thai politician, prime minister (2008), liver cancer.

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Albert Dolhats Albert Dolhats (18 February 1921 – 25 November 2009) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted ...

, 88, French cyclist. *

Jean Serge Essous Jean Serge Essous (born 1935 Brazzaville - died November 25, 2009 in Brazzaville ) was a Congolese saxophonist, clarinetist, and cofounder of the Afrika Team in Paris, France, the band Bantous de la Capital in Brazzaville, Congo, OK Jazz, and ...

, 74, Congolese musician. * Beatrice Gray, 98, American actress. * Giorgio Carbone, 73, Italian self-proclaimed head of state of the Principality of Seborga micronation. * Frans Haarsma, 88, Dutch professor of pastoral theology. * William Norman, 77, New Zealand cricketer.

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* Avery Clayton, 62, American executive director, heart attack. *

Gordon Easson James Gordon Easson (2 July 1928 – 26 November 2009) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for East Fife and Worcester City. Easson was born in Windygates on 2 July 1928. He made his first team debut for East Fife in the 1950 ...

, 81, Scottish footballer. * Peter Forakis, 82, American artist. * Robert J. Fox, 81, American Catholic priest, cancer. * Nikola Kovachev, 75, Bulgarian football player and manager. *

Lis Løwert Lis Løwert (7 December 1919 – 26 November 2009) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 23 films between 1938 and 1971. She was best known for her parts in two TV series: Mrs. Clausen in '' Huset på Christianshavn'' and Violet Vinter ...

, 89, Danish film actress. *

Geoffrey Moorhouse Geoffrey Moorhouse, FRGS, FRSL, D.Litt. (29 November 1931 – 26 November 2009) was an English journalist and author. He was born Geoffrey Heald in Bolton and took his stepfather's surname. He attended Bury Grammar School. He began writing as a ...

, 77, British journalist and author, stroke. *

Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (31 July 1946 – 26 November 2009) was a Romanian foil fencer, world champion in 1975. She competed at five Olympics from 1964 to 1980, winning team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972.

, 60, Romanian Olympic fencer.

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Mariano Abarca Mariano Abarca Roblero (1958–2009) was a community activist known for leading opposition against mining by Blackfire Exploration in his community of Chicomuselo in the state of Chiapas in Southern Mexico. He was a member of the Red Mexicana de ...

, 51, Mexican activist, shot. *

Al Alberts Al Alberts (born Al Albertini, August 10, 1922 – November 27, 2009) was an American popular singer and composer. Biography Born Al Albertini in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, he went to South Philadelphia High School. As a teenager, h ...

, 87, American singer ( The Four Aces), kidney failure. *

Jacques Baratier Jacques Baratier (8 March 1918 – 27 November 2009) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films. His film ''Goha'' won the Jury Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. His 1962 film ''La poupée (film), La poupée'' wa ...

, 91, French film director and screenwriter. * Erich Böhme, 79, German journalist, editor of ''

Der Spiegel ''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...

'' (1973–1989), cancer. *

Jacques Braunstein Jacques Braunstein (August 30, 1931 – November 27, 2009) was a Venezuelan musician, economist, publicist and disc jockey. A native of Bucharest, Romania, Braunstein studied violin at age six and later, at age thirteen, took up the double ba ...

, 78, Romanian-born Venezuelan economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart failure. * William Bresnan, 75, American businessman, founder of

Bresnan Communications Bresnan Communications was an American cable television provider formed by William Bresnan in 1984. It originally operated cable systems on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Over the next fourteen years, its operations spread to Minnesota Wisconsin, M ...

, cancer. *

Jeffrey Grayson Jeffrey Lloyd Grayson (May 4, 1942 - November 27, 2009) was an American businessman and criminal. A native of Oregon, he co-founded and later served as Chief executive officer (CEO) of Capital Consultants. Grayson made legally questionable loans ...

, 67, American businessman and criminal. * Bess Lomax Hawes, 88, American folklorist and musician, stroke. *

Geneviève Joy Geneviève Joy (; 4 October 1919 – 27 November 2009) was a French classical and modernist pianist who, at the end of World War II in 1945, formed a critically acclaimed duo-piano partnership with Jacqueline Robin which lasted for forty-five yea ...

, 90, French pianist. *

Alice McGrath Alice Greenfield McGrath (April 5, 1917 – November 27, 2009), also known as Alice Greenfield, was an American activist who gained fame in connection with the 1942 case of the Sleepy Lagoon Murder. She was the executive secretary of the Sleepy La ...

, 92, American activist (

Sleepy Lagoon murder The "Sleepy Lagoon murder" was the name that Los Angeles newspapers used to describe the 1942 death of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a swimming hole (known as the Sleepy Lagoon) with two stab wounds and a b ...

trial), infection from a chronic illness. * Sir Anthony Mullens, 73, British army general. *

Mike Penner Michael Daniel Penner (October 10, 1957 – November 27, 2009) was an American sportswriter for the ''Los Angeles Times''. Penner self-identified as transsexual in a 2007 column; soon afterward he returned from a vacation writing with the nam ...

, 52, American sportswriter ('' Los Angeles Times''), suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. *

Irving Tripp Irving Rose Tripp (June 5, 1921 – November 27, 2009), was an American comic book artist, best known as the illustrator of ''Little Lulu'' comics. Irving was born in 1921 in Poughkeepsie, New York. He began working in comics in 1941 when h ...

, 88, American comic book artist ('' Little Lulu''), cancer. * Larry Turner, 70, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1985). * Warren Vanders, 79, American actor, lung cancer.

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* René Barret, 87, French cyclist. * Gilles Carle, 81, Canadian film director and screenwriter, complications from Parkinson's disease. *

David Aaron Clark David Aaron Clark (September 5, 1960 – November 28, 2009) was an author, musician, pornographic actor, and pornographic video director. Career Switching majors and finally graduating with a degree in journalism in 1986. He served as editor-in-c ...

, 49, American pornographic actor and film director, pulmonary embolism. *

Bjartmar Gjerde Bjartmar Alv Gjerde (6 November 1931 – 28 November 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He held several posts as a government minister between 1971 and 1980, and was Norway's first Minister of Petroleum and Energy. He was late ...

, 78, Norwegian politician, cabinet minister and broadcasting executive. * Bob Keane, 87, American music producer and manager, founder of Del-Fi Records, renal failure. *

Eric Kemp Eric Waldram Kemp (27 April 1915 – 28 November 2009) was a Church of England bishop. He was the Bishop of Chichester from 1974 to 2001. He was one of the leading Anglo-Catholics of his generation and one of the most influential figures in the ...

, 94, British Church of England theologian, Bishop of Chichester (1974–2001). * Tony Kendall, 73, Italian actor (''

Kommissar X Kommissar X or Commissioner X is a German crime fiction series of books from the Pabel Moewig publishing house. "Kommissar X" is a private detective named Joe Louis Walker who was a counterpart of the German crime fiction FBI Special Agent Jerry ...

'' series). *

Patrick Konchellah Patrick Konchellah (April 20, 1968 – November 29, 2009 in Bomet) was a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He finished fourth in the 800 metres final at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, a race won by Wilson Kipketer. He also helped ...

, 41, Kenyan runner, stomach cancer. * Samuel Martin, 85, American linguist. * Koichi Saito, 80, Japanese film director and photographer, pneumonia. *

Jerry Shipkey Gerald Wade "Jerry" Shipkey (October 31, 1925 – November 28, 2009) was a football player. He played as a linebacker for six seasons in the NFL.Obituary ''Los Angeles Times'', 10 January 2010. He also played fullback, especially the first ...

, 84, American football player (

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...

). * Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84, Mexican media owner, founder of MVS Comunicaciones, natural causes.

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Don Addis Donald Gordon Addis (September 13, 1935 – November 29, 2009) was an American comic strip artist. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, where he was in charge of the production lab for the student newspaper, ''Th ...

, 74, American strip artist, lung cancer. * Prince Alexandre of Belgium, 67, Belgian royal, pulmonary embolism. * Andrew Donald Booth, 91, British computer scientist. *

Mary Call Darby Collins Mary Call Darby Collins (September 11, 1911 – November 29, 2009http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20091130/BREAKINGNEWS/91130017/Collins-died-Sunday-after-long-illness) was an American historic preservationist who was the first lady of Florida ...

, 98, American First Lady of Florida (1955–1961). * George Cummins, 78, Irish footballer ( Everton, Luton Town, Republic of Ireland). *

Nora David, Baroness David Nora Ratcliff David, Baroness David ( Blakesley; 23 September 1913 – 29 November 2009) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer. Born Nora Ratcliff Blakesley, the daughter of a merchant, she was educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Gir ...

, 96, British politician, member of the House of Lords. *

Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne (29 July 1919 – 29 November 2009) was a French bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Duchênet was born in Moussey, France and was ordained a priest on 14 July 1946. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese ...

, 90, French Bishop of Saint-Claude (1975–1994). * Princess Farial of Egypt, 71, Egyptian royal, oldest child of King Farouk, stomach cancer. * Ghalib al-Hinai, 96, Omani Ibadi religious leader. * Robert Holdstock, 61, British science fiction author, '' Escherichia coli'' infection. * Solange Magnano, 38, Argentinian beauty queen (

Miss Argentina Miss Argentina is a national beauty pageant in Argentina, founded in 1928. In 1962, Norma Nolan of Santa Fe became the first, and only, Miss Argentina to win the title of Miss Universe. Currently, the competition is managed by Nadia Cerri, a be ...

, 1994), pulmonary embolism. * Richard Mayne, 83, British international civil servant, broadcaster and critic. * Karl Peglau, 82, German traffic psychologist, creator of the Ampelmännchen traffic lights. *

Lee Pelty Lee Pelty (4 May 1935 – 29 November 2009) was an American musical theatre actor, best known for his performances in numerous productions of '' Fiddler on the Roof'', '' Man of La Mancha'', ''1776'', and more. Because of audience demand, Pel ...

, 74, American stage actor, lung cancer. * Jerneja Perc, 38, Slovenian athlete, cancer. * John Storm Roberts, 73, American ethnomusician. * Roy Hendry Thomson, 77, British politician.

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Christopher Anvil Christopher Anvil (March 11, 1925 – November 30, 2009) is a pseudonym used by American author Harry Christopher Crosby. Biography and work Crosby was born in Norwich, Connecticut, the only child of Harry Clifton Crosby and Rose Glasbrenner. ...

, 84, American science fiction writer. * George Atkins, 92, Canadian radio and TV presenter ( CBC), founder of

Farm Radio International Farm Radio International, or Radios Rurales Internationales (official French name), is a Canadian non-profit organization that was founded in 1979 by CBC Radio broadcaster George Atkins. The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, wh ...

, kidney failure. * Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak, 99, Turkish Olympic wrestler. *

Dot Bailey Doris Lilian Bailey (6 December 1916 – 30 November 2009) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She played in one Test match for New Zealand in 1949. She played domestic cricket for Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te ...

, 92, New Zealand cricketer. *

George Bickford George Fountain Bickford (9 January 1927 – 30 November 2009) was an Australian rules football player. Bickford was a member of the Melbourne premiership team in 1948 and was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. Personal life Bickford serve ...

, 82, Australian football player. * Asim Butt, 42, Pakistani-born British cricketer. *

Emile Eid Emile Eid (March 15, 1925, in Mazraat el Daher, Lebanon – November 30, 2009) was the Maronite Catholic titular bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti. Life Ordained to the priesthood on May 6, 1951, to the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon, Eid was n ...

, 84, Lebanese Roman Catholic titular bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti. *

Brent Green Brent Green (29 March 1976 – 30 November 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). History Green was recruited to the Brisbane Bears fr ...

, 33, Australian football player, drowned. *

Charles Miller Metzner Charles Miller Metzner (March 13, 1912 – November 30, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born in New York City, New York, Metzner received an ...

, 97, American federal judge. *

Paul Naschy Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Álvarez, September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009) was a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayals of numerous classic horror figures— The Wolfman, ...

, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer. *

Milorad Pavić Milorad Pavić ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Павић, ; 15 October 1929 – 30 November 2009) was a Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary historian. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published a number of poems, short stories ...

, 80, Serbian writer, heart failure. *

Lucian Pulvermacher Lucian Pulvermacher (born Earl Pulvermacher, 20 April 1918 – 30 November 2009) was a traditionalist schismatic Roman Catholic priest and a modern-day antipope. He was the head of the True Catholic Church, a small conclavist group that elected h ...

, 91, American head of the True Catholic Church.

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