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Deaths on November 27

1026 : Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies
1382 : Philip Van Artevelde, Flemish commander-in-chief, dies in battle at 42
1474 : Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74
1632 : John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40
1673 : Anthonie Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 72
1680 : Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern), dies
1687 : Renatus Rapinus, [Ren‚ Rapin], French poet (Jans‚nisme), dies
1749 : Balthasar Schmid, composer, dies at 44
1749 : Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer, dies at 59
1836 : Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer, dies
1862 : Alexander Early Stone, Confederate (brig-general?), dies in battle
1868 : Black Kettle, [Motavato], Cheyenne chief, dies
1884 : Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74
1890 : Emmanuele Muzio, composer, dies at 69
1895 : A Dumas D J, writer, dies at 71
1899 : Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74
1915 : Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 54
1916 : James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer, dies at 88
1925 : Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter, dies
1930 : J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies
1934 : "Baby Face" Nelson, [Lester Gillis], gangster, shot by FBI at 26
1934 : Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson
1934 : Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson
1942 : A B C Langton, cricketer (WWII 15 Tests for S Africa 1935-39), dies
1953 : Eugene O'Neill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies in Boston at 65
1955 : Arthur Oscar Honegger, Swiss composer (Cantate No‰l), dies at 63
1955 : Luis de Freitas Branco, composer, dies at 65
1955 : William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong), dies at 74
1957 : Margot SE Scharten-Antink, author (Catherina/Sprotje), dies at 88
1958 : Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor/composer, dies at 66
1959 : Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36
1960 : Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89
1960 : Frederick Fane, cricketer (682 runs in 14 Tests for Eng 1905-10), dies
1965 : Carl Parrish, composer, dies at 61
1965 : Harry Harvey Sr, actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64
1967 : Cameron Prud'Homme, actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75
1967 : Ettore Panizza, composer, dies at 92
1968 : Gino Roncaglia, composer, dies at 85
1968 : Hans Redlich, composer, dies at 65
1971 : Jakabs Medins, composer, dies at 86
1971 : Korneel Goossens, Flemish literary/art historian, dies at 70
1972 : Mahalia Jackson, vocalist (Got Whole World in His Hands), dies at 61
1974 : Louis B Russell Jr, longest living heart transplant, dies at 49
1975 : Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered
1977 : John L McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
1978 : George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White
1978 : Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by Dan White
1978 : Susan Damante Shaw, actress (Wilderness Family), dies at 58
1981 : Lotte Lenya, singer/actress (From Russia With Love), dies in NY at 83
1981 : Max [Machgielis] Euwe, chess champ (1935-37), dies
1982 : Philipp Kutev, composer, dies at 79
1983 : Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55
1984 : Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
1986 : Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61
1988 : Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1988 : John Carradine, actor (Ten Commandments), dies of kidney failure at 82
1988 : Karel Horky, composer, dies at 79
1988 : [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61
1990 : David White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74
1994 : Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist, dies at 70
1995 : Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60
1995 : Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker, dies at 75
1995 : Simon Bailey, priest, dies at 40
1996 : George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
1997 : Buck Leonard, Hall of Famer in Negro League, dies at 90
1997 : Henry Charnock, oceanographer, dies at 76

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