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Deaths on November 24

1115 : Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane, dies
1192 : Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27
1555 : French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
1571 : Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48
1572 : John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
1615 : Sethus Calvisius, composer, dies at 59
1650 : Manuel Cardoso, composer, dies at 83
1674 : Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
1722 : Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99
1822 : Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50
1827 : Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54
1838 : Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65
1840 : Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
1842 : Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92
1848 : William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69
1863 : Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 32
1880 : Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73
1885 : Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27
1899 : Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
1903 : Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56
1914 : Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
1916 : John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79
1923 : Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
1929 : Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88
1943 : Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38
1943 : Reina Prince Geerligs, [Leentjes Vandendriesch], anti-fascist, dies
1944 : EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
1944 : Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54
1946 : Alfonso Broqua, composer, dies at 70
1948 : Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64
1953 : George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73
1953 : Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70
1957 : Norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law), dies
1958 : Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
1959 : Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
1959 : Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
1960 : Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82
1961 : Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
1962 : James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1963 : Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby
1964 : John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55
1967 : Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
1970 : Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
1972 : Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
1977 : Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65
1980 : George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
1985 : Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
1989 : Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85
1990 : Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72
1990 : Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
1991 : Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47
1991 : Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41
1991 : Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
1992 : Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
1992 : Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies
1992 : Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
1993 : Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
1993 : Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
1993 : Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
1993 : Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
1993 : Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1994 : Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
1994 : Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88
1994 : Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart), dies at 55
1995 : Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89
1995 : Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
1995 : Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56
1996 : Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67
1996 : Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76
1996 : Sorley MacLean Somhairle MacChaluim, poet, dies at 85

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