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Deaths on November 28

1058 : Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies
1262 : Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies
1499 : Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded
1514 : Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies
1545 : Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded
1559 : Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58
1590 : Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Neth theologist, dies at about 60
1641 : Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50
1680 : Giovanni L Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
1695 : Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer, dies at 58
1785 : William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55
1788 : Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
1794 : Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64
1815 : Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
1827 : Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies
1859 : Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies
1860 : Heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies
1861 : Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54
1876 : Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84
1878 : Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78
1898 : C F Meyer, writer, dies at 73
1899 : Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19
1907 : Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer, dies at 43
1912 : Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
1915 : Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76
1916 : Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59
1918 : Alexis Contant, composer, dies at 60
1927 : Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies
1939 : James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78
1940 : Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist
1944 : Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn
1944 : Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies
1944 : Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25
1944 : Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, dies at 43
1945 : Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies
1947 : Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44
1954 : Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53
1959 : Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday
1960 : Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France
1962 : Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82
1963 : Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55
1963 : Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at 23
1964 : Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
1964 : Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
1966 : Vittorio Giannini, composer, dies at 63
1967 : Le¢n Mba, 1st president of Gabon (1960-67), dies
1968 : Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70
1969 : Roy Barcroft, actor (Eyes of Texas, Son of Zorro), dies at 67
1970 : Fritz v Unruh, writer, dies at 85
1970 : Jan Drda, Czech author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55
1971 : Wasfi Tal, Jordan's PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo
1972 : Gustave Frederic Soderlund, composer, dies at 91
1972 : Havergal Brian, composer, dies at 96
1976 : Robert Fleming, composer, dies at 55
1976 : Rosalind Russell, actress (Mame), dies of cancer at 68
1977 : Trevor Bardette, actor (Clanton-Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 75
1978 : Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69
1983 : Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54
1984 : Hans Speidel, German gen/NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
1985 : Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83
1986 : Herb Vigran, actor (Ernest-Ed Wynn Show), dies at 76
1986 : Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 76
1987 : Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist prof (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74
1987 : Paul Arma, composer, dies at 83
1989 : Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91
1990 : Tamara De Treaux, actress (ET), dies at 31
1992 : Bill Kearns, US actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69
1992 : June Joyce Lewis Fraser, entertainer, dies at 75
1992 : Ronald Smeenk, Dutch cabaret performer, dies
1993 : Abu Rish, Palestinian PLO-leader, dies at 23
1993 : Garry Moore, TV host (I've Got A Secret), dies of emphysema at 78
1993 : Kenneth Connor, English comic/actor (Carry on Sergeant), dies at 75
1993 : Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
1994 : Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63
1994 : Franfo Fortini, poet, dies at 77
1994 : Jeffrey Dahmer, [Butcher of Milwaukee], killer, killed in prison at 34
1994 : Jerry Rubin, US anti-war activist (Youth Party), dies at 56
1994 : Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62
1994 : Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, Spanish cardinal, dies at 87
1996 : Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano, dies at 84
1997 : Georges Marchal, actor (Dirty Game, Blondine), dies at 77

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