Deaths in November 2023

The following is a list of **deaths that should be noted in November 2023**. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Every entry 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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

### 1

- Ady Barkan, 39, American political activist, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Bob Knight, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball coach.
- Peter White, 86, American actor (_The Boys in the Band_, _All My Children_, _Mr. Wrong_), melanoma.

### 2

- Junior Balaiah, 70, Indian actor (_Dhooram Adhighamillai_, _Saattai_, _Thani Oruvan_), asphyxiated.
- Mortimer L. Downey 87, American politician, deputy secretary of transportation (1993–2001), pulmonary fibrosis.
- Wei Wei, 101, Chinese actress (_Night Inn_, _Spring in a Small Town_, _The Truth About Jane and Sam_).

### 3

- David Berglas, 97, German-born British magician and mentalist.
- Elizângela, 68, Brazilian actress (_Locomotivas_, _O Clone_, _Just Short of Perfect_), cardiac arrest.

### 4

- Marina Cicogna, 89, Italian film producer (_Belle de Jour_, _Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion_), cancer.

### 5

- Pat E. Johnson, 84, American martial artist, stuntman, and actor (_Enter the Dragon_, _The Karate Kid_, _Mortal Kombat_).
- Donald Shebib, 85, Canadian film director, screenwriter and editor (_Goin' Down the Road_, _Running Brave_, _The Climb_).

### 6

- Nadira Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer.
- Bronius Kuzmickas, 87, Lithuanian politician and philosopher, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment.
- Janet Landgard, 75, American actress (_The Swimmer_, _The Donna Reed Show_, _Land Raider_), brain cancer.
- Antoni Martí, 60, Andorran architect and politician, prime minister (2011-2015, 2015-2019), cardiac arrest.

### 7

- Frank Borman, 95, American astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and airline executive (Eastern Air Lines), stroke.
- Mário Moinhos, 74, Portuguese footballer (Boavista, Benfica, national team).
- Federico Sacchi, 87, Argentinian footballer (Racing, Newell's Old Boys, national team).

### 8

- Giorgio Veneri, 84, Italian footballer and manager (Atalanta, AC Prato, Italy U-20).

### 9

- Jørgen Reenberg, 96, Danish actor (_Europa_, _The Wolf at the Door_, _I Am Dina_).
- Tim Woodward, 70, English actor (_Wings_, _Piece of Cake_, _Families_), cancer.

### 10

- Padmanabha Acharya, 92, Indian politician.
- Danilo Astori, 83, Uruguayan economist and  politician, vice president (2010–2015), minister of economy (2005–2008, 2015–2020), and twice senator, respiratory failure.
- John Bailey, 81, American cinematographer (_Ordinary People_, _The Big Chill_, _Groundhog Day_), President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2017–2019).
- Spiros Focás, 86, Greek actor (_Rocco and His Brothers_, _The Jewel of the Nile_, _A Man for Burning_).
- Hiroyuki Hosoda, 79, Japanese politician.

### 11

- Karel Schwarzenberg, 85, Czech politician and diplomat, senator (2004–2010), twice minister of foreign affairs, and deputy (2010–2021), heart and kidney problems.
- Conny Van Dyke, 78, American singer and actress (_Hell's Angels '69_, _W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings_, _Framed_), complications from vascular dementia.
- Masatoshi Wakabayashi, 89, Japanese politician, three-time MP, minister of the environment (2006–2007) and agriculture (2007–2008).

### 12

- M. Russell Ballard, 95, American Mormon leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (since 1985).
- Roman Čechmánek, 52, Czech ice hockey goaltender (Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings), Olympic champion (1998).
- Rahim Huseynov, 87, Azerbaijani politician, prime minister (1992–1993). (death announced on this date)
- Don Walsh, 92, American oceanographer, explorer, and marine policy specialist.
- Kusuma Wardhani, 59, Indonesian archer, Olympic silver medalist (1988).

### 13

- Maryanne Trump Barry, 86, American jurist and attorney, judge of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey (1983–1999) and Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1999–2019), cancer.

### 14

- Paulo Hesse, 81, Brazilian actor (_Selva de Pedra_, _O Cravo e a Rosa_, _O Homem do Pau-Brasil_).
- Arthur Parkin, 71, New Zealand field hockey player (national team), Olympic champion (1976).

### 15

- Žarko Laušević, 63, Serbian-Montenegrin actor (_The Dagger_, _The Black Bomber_, _The Original of the Forgery_).
- Daisaku Ikeda, 95, Japanese Buddhist leader, president of the Soka Gakkai (1960–1991) and Soka Gakkai International (1975–2023).

### 16

- Thomas J. Bliley Jr., 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–2001) and mayor of Richmond (1970–1977).
- George "Funky" Brown, 74, American drummer (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration"), lung cancer.
- James Paul Johnson, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1981).
- Meto Jovanovski, 77, Macedonian actor (_Happy New Year '49_, _Dust_, _When Day Breaks_).

### 17

- Gohar Ayub Khan, 86, Pakistani politician, minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–1998), speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1993).
- Suzanne Shepherd, 89, American actress (_The Sopranos_, _Goodfellas_, _Requiem for a Dream_).

### 18

- Mari Csomós, 80, Hungarian actress (_141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence_, _Kalandorok_).
- Ruud Geels, 75, Dutch footballer (Ajax, Feyenoord, national team).
- Fredrik Ohlsson, 92, Swedish actor (_Pippi Longstocking_, _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_).

### 19

- Joss Ackland, 95, British actor (_White Mischief_, _Lethal Weapon 2_, _The Mighty Ducks_).
- Rosalynn Carter, 96, American mental health activist, First Lady of the United States (1977–1981), and of Georgia (1971–1975).
- Colette Maze, 109, French classical pianist.
- Hannes Strydom, 58, South African rugby union player (Eastern Province Elephants, Transvaal/Golden Lions, national team), world champion (1995), traffic collision.
- Sara Tavares, 45, Portuguese singer, brain tumour.

### 20

- Annabel Giles, 64, British actress (_Riders_, _Firelight_) and psychotherapist, glioblastoma.
- Zdena Hadrbolcová, 86, Czech actress (_How the World Is Losing Poets_, _The Idiot Returns_, _František je děvkař_).
- Willie Hernández, 69, Puerto Rican baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs), MVP (1984), World Series champion (1984).
- Anna Kanakis, 61, Italian actress (_Attila flagello di Dio_, _The New Barbarians_) and model, Miss Italia winner (1977).
- Mars Williams, 68, American saxophonist (The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs), ampullary cancer.

### 22

- François Musy, 68, Swiss-born French sound engineer (_First Name: Carmen_, _Marguerite_, _Lost Illusions_).

### 23

- Fathima Beevi, 96, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1989–1992) and governor of Tamil Nadu (1997–2001).
- Rona Hartner, 50, Romanian actress (_The Crazy Stranger_, _Time of the Wolf_, _Le Divorce_), singer and painter, lung and brain cancer.
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor, 71, American harmonica player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Helmert Woudenberg, 78, Dutch actor (_Max Havelaar_, _In for Treatment_, _Amsterdamned_), stage director and playwright.

### 24

- Jukka Haavisto, 93, Finnish musician.
- Herb Klein, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–1995).
- Rajkumar Kohli, 93, Indian film director (_Nagin_, _Jaani Dushman_, _Raaj Tilak_), heart attack.
- Aldo Pastur, 74, Argentine actor (_Last Days of the Victim_, _The Loves of Kafka_).
- Luca Sabatelli, 87, Italian costume designer {_The Cat o' Nine Tails_, _The Humanoid_, _Grand Hotel Excelsior_).
- Heidelinde Weis, 83, Austrian actress (_I'm Marrying the Director_, _Don't Tell Me Any Stories_, _Aunt Frieda_).

### 25

- Natalya Dmitriyeva, 78, Russian actress (_Bumbarash_, _Through the Fire_, _The Man Who Doesn't Return_).
- Bita Farrahi, 65, Iranian actress (_Hamoun_, _A House Built on Water_, _Island_), heart and lung disease.
- Marty Krofft, 86, Canadian puppeteer (_H.R. Pufnstuf_, _Land of the Lost_, _Sigmund and the Sea Monsters_), kidney failure.

### 26

- Rudy Insanally, 87, Guyanese diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (2001–2008) and president of the United Nations General Assembly (1993–1994).
- Rodolfo Stange, 98, Chilean police officer and politician, senator (1998–2005) and member of the government junta (1985–1990).
- Geordie Walker, 64, English guitarist (Killing Joke).

### 27

- Paweł Huelle, 66, Polish prose writer.
- Victor J. Kemper, 96, American cinematographer (_Dog Day Afternoon_, _National Lampoon's Vacation_, _The Last Tycoon_).
- Parvaneh Massoumi, 78, Iranian actress (_Reverse_, _Downpour_, _Prophet Joseph_).
- Frances Sternhagen, 93, American actress (_Equus_, _ER_, _Misery_), Tony winner (1974, 1995).
- Mizuho Suzuki, 96, Japanese actor (_The Sands of Kurobe_, _Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode_, _Never Give Up_).

### 28

- Julius W. Becton Jr., 97, American military officer, director of FEMA (1985–1989).
- Charlie Munger, 99, American investor, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (since 1978) and chairman of Wesco Financial (1984–2011).

### 29

- Richard L. Berkley, 92, American politician, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1979–1991).
- Henry Kissinger, 100, German-born American diplomat and politician, national security advisor (1969–1975) and secretary of state (1973–1977), Nobel Prize laureate (1973).
- Mildred Miller, 98, American mezzo-soprano.
- Perla Santalla, 95, Argentine actress (_Emergency Ward_, _Reencuentro con la gloria_, _El Profesor Hippie_).
- Dean Sullivan, 68, English actor (_Brookside_), prostate cancer.

### 30

- Alistair Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, 70, British politician, chancellor of the Exchequer (2007–2010), MP (1987–2015) and member of the House of Lords (2015–2020), cancer.
- Ma Jingwu, 85, Chinese actor (_Raise the Red Lantern_, _Seven Swords_, _The Banquet_).
- Shane MacGowan, 65, English-born Irish singer (The Pogues, Shane MacGowan and the Popes) and songwriter ("Fairytale of New York"), encephalitis.

## Other websites

- _The Guardian_, UK obituaries
- _The Telegraph_ obituaries
- Obituaries, _Chicago Tribune_
- Obituaries, _Los Angeles Times_
- _The New York Times_, US obituaries
- _The Washington Post_ obituaries
- _The Sydney Morning Herald_, Australian obituaries