Deaths in November 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

 Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.


November 2016

1
Tina Anselmi, 89, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1978–1979).
Rosanne Bailey, 66, American Air Force general and academic administrator.
Bap Kennedy, 54, Northern Irish singer-songwriter, pancreatic and bowel cancer.
John Orsino, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).

2
Bob Cranshaw, 83, American jazz bassist (Blue Note Records, Musicians Union), cancer.
A. Thomas Kraabel, 81, American classics scholar.
Martin Lippens, 82, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team) and coach.
Oleg Popov, 86, Russian clown (Moscow State Circus), heart attack.
Jean-Marie Trappeniers, 74, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).
Egon Wolff, 90, Chilean playwright.

3
Misha Brusilovsky, 85, Russian artist.
Clive Derby-Lewis, 80, South African politician, MP (1987–1989), convicted of conspiracy to murder Chris Hani, lung cancer.
Yawar Hayat Khan, 73, Pakistani television producer, lung disease.
Börje Lampenius, 94, Finnish actor (Adventure in Morocco) and director.
Kay Starr, 94, American singer ("Wheel of Fortune", "The Rock and Roll Waltz"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

4
Eddie Carnett, 100, American baseball player (Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians).
Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer ("The In Sound from Way Out!", "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out"), lung cancer.
Mansour Pourheidari, 70, Iranian football player (national team) and manager (Esteghlal), cancer.
Gunnar Sandgren, 87, Swedish novelist.

5
John Carson, 89, English actor (Doomsday, Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, Doctor Who).
Ralph Cicerone, 73, American scientist, President of National Academy of Sciences (2005–2016).
Mel Lawrence, 81, American movie director (Qatsi trilogy) and festival promoter.
Laurent Pardo, 55, French bassist (Elliott Murphy).
Marek Svatoš, 34, Slovakian ice hockey player (Colorado Avalanche, Hershey Bears), mixed drug intoxication.

6
Edward Itta, 71, American Iñupiat politician, Mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska (2005–2011) and member of U.S. Arctic Research Commission (2012–2015), cancer.
Biser Kirov, 74, Bulgarian pop singer.
Zoltán Kocsis, 64, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer.
Georgie Sicking, 95, American rancher and poet.
Marc Sleen, 93, Belgian cartoonist and comics artist (The Adventures of Nero).
Vautour, 7, French-born Irish-trained racehorse, euthanised.

7
Leonard Cohen, 82, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Hallelujah", "Suzanne", "First We Take Manhattan"), poet and novelist (Beautiful Losers), complications from a fall and leukemia.
Julie Gregg, 79, American actress (The Godfather, The Happy Time, Batman), cancer.
Jayawantiben Mehta, 77, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991, 1996–1998, 1999–2004).
Janet Reno, 78, American lawyer and politician, first female U.S. Attorney General (1993–2001), Parkinson's disease.
Samuel Sitta, 73, Tanzanian politician, MP (2005–2015) and Speaker of the National Assembly (2005–2010).
Sir Jimmy Young, 95, British radio personality (Radio 2) and singer ("Unchained Melody", "The Man from Laramie"), cancer.

8
Peter Brixtofte, 66, Danish politician, Tax Minister (1992–1993).
Marlan Coughtry, 82, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
Ho Chih-chin, 64, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Finance (2006–2008).
Touran Mirhadi, 89, Iranian educator.
Russ Nixon, 81, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians) and manager (Atlanta Braves).
Umberto Veronesi, 90, Italian oncologist.

9
Greg Ballard, 61, American basketball player (Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors), prostate cancer.

10
Francisco Nieva, 91, Spanish playwright.
Bill Stanfill, 69, American football player (Miami Dolphins), complications from a fall.

11
Ilse Aichinger, 95, Austrian writer.
Victor Bailey, 56, American bassist (Weather Report, Madonna, Lady Gaga), complications from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and ALS.
Doug Edwards, 70, Canadian musician and composer ("Wildflower"), cancer.
Aileen Mehle, 98, American gossip columnist (The Miami Daily News, New York Journal-American, Women's Wear Daily).
Sir James McNeish, 85, New Zealand writer.
Alfred Schmidt, 81, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, national team).
Ray Singleton, 79, American songwriter (Motown) and record producer, brain cancer.
Robert Vaughn, 83, American actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt), leukemia.

12
Malek Chebel, 63, Algerian anthropologist and philosopher, cancer.
Dawn Coe-Jones, 56, Canadian golfer, bone cancer.
Louis Devereux, 85, English cricketer (Worcestershire, Glamorgan).
Jerry Dumas, 86, American cartoonist (Sam and Silo).
Eivor Olson, 94, Swedish shot putter.
James Dale Ritchie, 40, American serial killer, shot.
Edgard Sorgeloos, 85, Belgian racing cyclist.
Lupita Tovar, 106, Mexican-American actress (Drácula, Santa, Miguel Strogoff), heart disease.
Paul Vergès, 91, Thai-born French Réunionese politician, MEP (2004–2010), member of the National Assembly (1956–1958, 1986–1987, 1993–1996) and Senate (1996–2004, since 2011).
Jacques Werup, 71, Swedish musician and writer, thyroid cancer.

13
Luigi Caccia Dominioni, 102, Italian architect.
Frederick Irving, 91, American politician, Ambassador to Iceland (1972–1976) and Ambassador to Jamaica (1977–1978).
Laurent Pokou, 69, Ivorian footballer (Rennes).
Leon Russell, 74, American Hall of Fame musician (The Wrecking Crew) and songwriter ("Tight Rope").
Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, 83, Surinamese Roman Catholic Redemptorist prelate, Bishop of Paramaribo (1971–2003).

14
Diana Balmori, 84, American landscape designer.
Vladimir Belov, 58, Russian handball player, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
Houston Conwill, 69, American sculptor, prostate cancer.
Holly Dunn, 59, American country music singer-songwriter ("Daddy's Hands", "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", "You Really Had Me Going"), ovarian cancer.
Marti Friedlander, 88, New Zealand photographer, breast cancer.
Gwen Ifill, 61, American journalist (PBS NewsHour, Washington Week), endometrial cancer.
Gardnar Mulloy, 102, American tennis player, winner of the US Open (1942, 1945, 1946, 1948) and Wimbledon Championships (1957), complications from a stroke.
Janet Wright, 71, Canadian actress (Corner Gas, The Perfect Storm, McCabe & Mrs. Miller).

15
Bob Addis, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves).
Mose Allison, 89, American jazz pianist and singer-songwriter ("Young Man Blues").
Rod Bieleski, 85, New Zealand plant physiologist.
Sixto Durán Ballén, 95, Ecuadorian politician, President (1992–1996).
Ken Grieve, 74, British television director (The Bill, Peak Practice, Doctor Who).
Daniel Leab, 80, German-born American historian.
Chester E. Norris, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (1988–1992).
Milt Okun, 92, American singer and music producer.

16
Len Allchurch, 83, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Sheffield United, national team).
Joan Carroll, 85, American child actress (Meet Me in St. Louis).
Jay Wright Forrester, 98, American computer engineer and systems scientist.
Melvin Laird, 94, American politician and writer, Secretary of Defense (1969–1973) and U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district (1953–1969), respiratory failure.
Daniel Prodan, 44, Romanian footballer (Steaua Bucharest, Atlético Madrid, national team), heart attack.

17
Virgilio Godoy, 82, Nicaraguan politician, Vice President (1990–1995).
Ruth Gruber, 105, American journalist (New York Herald Tribune).
Marzieh Hadidchi, 77, Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander and politician, MP (1984–2000).
Saki Kaskas, 45, Greek video game music composer (Need for Speed, Sleeping Dogs, Mass Effect 2).
Whitney Smith, 76, American vexillologist, designer of the flag of Guyana, co-designer of the flag of Bonaire.

18
Denton Cooley, 96, American heart surgeon.
Ed Francis, 90, American professional wrestler and promoter.
Sharon Jones, 60, American singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings), pancreatic cancer.
Yevgeni Lazarev, 79, Russian-American actor (Iron Man 2, The Sum of All Fears, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare), heart failure.
Liu Sung-pan, 84, Taiwanese politician, member (1973–2004) and President (1992–1999) of the Legislative Yuan.
Kervin Piñerua, 25, Venezuelan volleyball player (national team), heart attack.
Freddie L. Poston, 91, American Air Force lieutenant general.

19
Irving A. Fradkin, 95, American philanthropist, founder of Scholarship America.
Jan Huberts, 79, Dutch motorcycle road racer.
Ida Levin, 53, American violinist, leukemia.
Paul Sylbert, 88, American production designer (Heaven Can Wait, The Prince of Tides, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Oscar winner (1979).

20
Gabriel Badilla, 32, Costa Rican footballer (Saprissa, New England Revolution), heart failure.
Maria Glazovskaya, 104, Russian scientist and agrochemist.
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 90, Greek politician, President (1995–2005), pneumonia.
William Trevor, 88, Irish writer (Love and Summer, Two Lives, The Children of Dynmouth).

21
Jan Sonnergaard, 53, Danish writer, heart attack.
René Vignal, 90, French footballer (Toulouse, RC Paris, national team).

22
M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Indian Carnatic musician and composer.
Chen Yingzhen, 79, Taiwanese writer.
Carlos Fayt, 98, Argentine lawyer and politician, Minister of the Supreme Court (1983–2015) and President (2003–2004).
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi, 86, Pakistani politician, Acting Prime Minister (1993), lung infection.
Viveki Rai, 92, Indian author.
Ram Naresh Yadav, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1977–1979), Governor of Chhattisgarh (2014) and Madhya Pradesh (2014–2016).

23
Rita Barberá, 68, Spanish politician, Mayor of Valencia (1991–2015) and Senator (since 2015), heart attack due to cirrhosis .
Ralph Branca, 90, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers).
Michel Deza, 77, Russian-born French mathematician.
Karin Johannisson, 72, Swedish idea historian, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (until 2016), cancer.
Peggy Kirk Bell, 95, American professional golfer (LPGA).
Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, 90, Iranian cleric and jurist, Chief Justice of Iran (1981–1989).
Ryu Mi-yong, 95, North Korean politician, Chairwoman of the Chondoist Chongu Party (since 1995), lung cancer.
Andrew Sachs, 86, German-born British actor (Fawlty Towers, Coronation Street, Hitler: The Last Ten Days), dementia.
Fred Stobaugh, 99, American songwriter.
Jerry Tucker, 91, American child actor (Our Gang).

24
Marcos Ana, 96, Spanish communist activist, poet and veteran of the Spanish Civil War, political prisoner (1939-1961).
Al Brodax, 90, American movie and television producer (Yellow Submarine).
Bob Chase, 90, American broadcaster (WOWO, Fort Wayne Komets), heart failure.
Dave Ferriss, 94, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
Shirley Bunnie Foy, 80, American jazz musician.
Paul Futcher, 60, English footballer (Manchester City, Barnsley, Grimsby Town), cancer.
Florence Henderson, 82, American actress (The Brady Bunch) and singer, heart failure.
William Mandel, 99, American broadcast journalist, political activist and author.
Luis Miquilena, 97, Venezuelan politician, Minister of Interior and Justice (2001–2002).
Pauline Oliveros, 84, American composer and accordionist.
George C. Royal, 95, American microbiologist.
Sabrina, 80, British model and actress (The Phantom Gunslinger, Blue Murder at St Trinian's, The Ice House).
Charles M. Stein, 96, American statistician.

25
Erich Bloch, 91, German-born American electrical engineer, Director of the National Science Foundation (1984–1990).
Fidel Castro, 90, Cuban politician, Prime Minister (1959–1976) and President (1976–2008).
Ron Glass, 71, American actor (Barney Miller, Firefly, Lakeview Terrace), respiratory failure.
Trevor Goddard, 85, South African cricketer.
David Hamilton, 83, British photographer.
Burton J. Lee III, 86, American doctor, Physician to the President (1989–1993), bladder cancer.
Margaret Rhodes, 91, British writer, cousin of Elizabeth II.
Richard Dean Rogers, 94, American district court judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Kansas (since 1975).
Peter Schweri, 77, Swiss painter.
Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, 87, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1978), mobility scooter crash.

26
Ida Blom, 85, Norwegian historian.
Miriam Eshkol, 87, Israeli education administrator.
Peter Hintze, 66, German politician, General Secretary of the CDU (1992–1998) and Vice-President of the Bundestag (since 2013), cancer.
Peter Hans Kolvenbach, 87, Dutch religious leader, Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1983–2008).
Chad Robinson, 36, Australian rugby league footballer (Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels), suicide by traffic collision.
Fritz Weaver, 90, American actor (Fail Safe, Holocaust, Creepshow), Tony winner (1970).

27
Nijolė Ambrazaitytė, 77, Lithuanian opera singer and politician.
Bernard Gallagher, 87, British actor (Casualty, Crown Court, Downton Abbey).
Ioannis Grivas, 93, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).
Viktor Ivannikov, 76, Russian computer scientist.
Dick Logan, 86, American football player (Green Bay Packers).

28
William Christenberry, 80, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
Jim Delligatti, 98, American entrepreneur, creator of the Big Mac.
John C. Harkness, 99, American architect.
Georg Lhotsky, 79, Austrian actor and director (Moss on the Stones).
Ng Bi-chu, 88, Taiwanese activist, complications of diabetes.
Mark Taimanov, 90, Russian Soviet-era chess grandmaster and concert pianist, USSR chess champion (1956).
Grant Tinker, 90, American television executive, CEO of NBC (1981–1986).
Van Williams, 82, American actor (The Green Hornet), renal failure.
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Ailton Canela, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
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Sérgio Manoel Barbosa Santos, 27, football player (Chapecoense).
Matheus Biteco, 21, football player (Chapecoense, Grêmio).
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Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, 27, football player (Chapecoense, Portuguesa).<ref
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Victorino Chermont, 43, reporter (Fox Sports).
Paulo Julio Clement, 51, commentator (Fox Sports).
José Gildeixon Clemente de Paiva, 29, football player (Chapecoense, Coritiba).
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Lucas Gomes da Silva, 26, football player (Chapecoense).
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Caio Júnior, 51, football player and manager (Chapecoense, Vitória de Guimarães).
Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, 34, football player (Chapecoense, JEF United Chiba).
Filipe Machado, 32, football player (Chapecoense, CSKA Sofia).
Arthur Maia, 24, football player (Chapecoense, Vitória).
Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva, 25, football player (Chapecoense, Flamengo).
Delfim Peixoto, 75, politician and football executive, vice-president of CBF, president of Federação Catarinense de Futebol and congressman.
Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, 66, football player, manager, and commentator (Fox Sports).
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Cléber Santana, 35, football player (Chapecoense, Atlético Madrid).
Tiaguinho, 22, Brazilian football player (Chapecoense).
Thiego, 30, football player (Chapecoense, Grêmio).

29
Ray Columbus, 74, New Zealand rock singer (Ray Columbus & the Invaders).
Marcos Danilo Padilha, 31, Brazilian football player (Chapecoense), injuries sustained in a plane crash.
Joe Dever, 60, British author (Lone Wolf), complications from bile duct surgery.
Luis Alberto Monge, 90, Costa Rican politician, President (1982–1986), cardiac arrest.
Hardy Myers, 77, American politician, Attorney General for Oregon (1997–2009), complications from pneumonia.
Richard B. Teitelman, 69, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri (2011–2013).

30
Alice Drummond, 88, American actress (Ghostbusters, Awakenings, Doubt), complications from a fall.
Peng Chang-kuei, 97, Taiwanese chef, inventor of General Tso's Chicken, pneumonia.
Sinclair Stevens, 89, Canadian politician, Leader of the Progressive Canadian Party (since 2007), heart attack.
Royce Womble, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

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