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Deaths on November 23

1249 : Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies
1407 : Louis, duke of Orl‚ans, murdered
1457 : Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17
1499 : Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged
1558 : Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Neth, dies at 52
1585 : Thomas Tallis, composer, dies
1613 : Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havr‚/earl of Fontenoy, dies at 64
1709 : Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60
1750 : Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55
1752 : Conrad Michael Schneider, composer, dies at 79
1787 : Anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52
1814 : Elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70
1848 : Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45
1853 : Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67
1853 : Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer, dies at 67
1865 : Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41
1865 : Ren‚ E de Russy, West Indian/US brig-general, dies at about 75
1872 : Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, dies
1890 : Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73
1902 : Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies
1910 : Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed
1911 : Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies
1914 : Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70
1916 : Eduard Napravnik, composer, dies at 77
1916 : Leonard Moon, cricketer (WW I 4 Tests for England 1905-06), dies
1920 : Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
1926 : Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50
1927 : S Przybyszewski, writer, dies
1931 : Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies
1932 : Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63
1934 : Albert Funke Kppes, political cartoonist, dies
1937 : Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68
1938 : August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84
1940 : Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82
1943 : Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies
1946 : Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered
1948 : Stanner E V Taylor, US director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
1948 : Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 63
1949 : Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies
1952 : Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59
1952 : Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62
1956 : Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61
1962 : Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81
1962 : Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
1965 : Franc Debenham, Australian geographer/geologer, dies at 81
1967 : Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
1970 : Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60
1971 : Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies
1972 : Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56
1973 : Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64
1973 : Constance Talmadge, US comedienne (Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75
1973 : Paul Newlan, actor (Capt Grey-M Squad), dies
1973 : Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut's Tomb), dies at 40
1973 : Sessue Hayakawa, actor (Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83
1974 : Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54
1974 : Pall Isolfsson, composer, dies at 81
1976 : Andr‚ Malraux, [Berger], author (Conquerors)/min of Culture, dies
1979 : Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68
1980 : Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies
1980 : Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
1982 : "Reverend" Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
1990 : Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
1990 : Nguyen Van Tam, PM of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
1990 : Renate Rubinstein, author/columnist (Tamar), dies
1990 : Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74
1991 : Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82
1991 : Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65
1992 : Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
1992 : Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
1992 : Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76
1993 : Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, sculptor, dies at 89
1993 : Herv‚ Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75
1993 : Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
1994 : Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70
1994 : Erick Frederick Hawkins, US dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85
1994 : Tommy Boyce, US songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55
1994 : William Donald Campbell, diarist/Ornithologist, dies at 89
1995 : Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
1995 : Junior Walker, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 64
1995 : Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
1996 : Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35
1996 : George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85
1996 : Mohamed Amin, cameraman, dies at 53
1996 : Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84
1996 : Sayed Idries Shah, thinker, dies at 72

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