page_title: 2016 in the United States
section_title: November
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in the United States / Deaths / November
caption_attribution_description: English: Recent photo of Ruth Gruber. Photo with release permissions from myself and Gruber.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2016 in the United States.
context_section_description: November 1
  Don Kates, lawyer and criminologist (born 1941)
  Stanford Lipsey, newspaper publisher (born 1927)
  John Orsino, baseball player (born 1938)
  November 2
  Max Alexander, comedian and actor (born 1953)
  Bob Cranshaw, jazz bassist (born 1932)
  Jud Kinberg, film producer and screenwriter (born 1925)
  Dolores Klosowski, baseball player (born 1923)
  A. Thomas Kraabel, classical scholar (born 1934)
  Jan Slepian, children's author and poet (born 1921)
  November 3
  Kay Starr, singer (born 1922)
  Rick Steiner, theatrical producer (born 1946)
  November 4
  Eddie Carnett, baseball player (born 1916)
  DeVan Dallas, politician (born 1926)
  Allen Eller, soccer player (born 1976)
  Eddie Harsch, Canadian-born rock musician (born 1957)
  November 5
  Ralph Cicerone, atmospheric scientist (born 1943)
  W. Eugene Hansen, religious leader (born 1928)
  Arnold Mesches, visual artist (born 1923)
  November 7
  Phil Georgeff, horse racing announcer (born 1931)
  Julie Gregg, actress (born 1937)
  Janet Reno, lawyer; U.S. Attorney General (1993–2001) (born 1938)
  November 8
  Yaffa Eliach, Polish-born historian and Holocaust survivor (born 1937)
  Junius Foy Guin Jr., federal judge (born 1924)
  Bill Lapham, football player (born 1934)
  November 9
  Greg Ballard, basketball player and assistant coach (born 1955)
  Al Caiola, guitarist and composer (born 1920)
  Russ Nixon, baseball player (born 1935)
  November 10
  David Adamany, political scientist and academic administrator (born 1936)
  Bill Stanfill, football player (born 1947)
  November 11
  Victor Bailey, bassist (born 1960)
  Greg Horton, football player (born 1951)
  Claire Labine, television writer and producer (born 1934)
  Aileen Mehle, gossip columnist (born 1918)
  Robert Vaughn, actor (born 1932)
  November 12
  Jerry Dumas, cartoonist (born 1930)
  Howard Ruff, economist and investment writer (born 1930)
  Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (born 1910)
  November 13
  Lary Kuharich, football coach (born 1945)
  Billy Miller, music archivist (born 1954)
  Leon Russell, musician and songwriter (born 1942)
  November 14
  Diana Balmori, landscape designer (born 1932)
  Houston Conwill, sculptor (born 1947)
  Holly Dunn, country music singer and songwriter (born 1957)
  Bob Gain, football player (born 1929)
  Roger Hobbs, novelist (born 1988)
  Gwen Ifill, journalist, television newscaster, and author (born 1955)
  Mahpiya Ska, albino buffalo (born 1996)
  David Mancuso, club DJ (born 1944)
  Gardnar Mulloy, tennis player (born 1913)
  November 15
  Bob Addis, baseball player (born 1925)
  Mose Allison, jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer (born 1927)
  Dwayne Andreas, businessman and political donor (born 1918)
  Cliff Barrows, gospel singer and music director (born 1923)
  Jules Eskin, cellist (born 1931)
  Lisa Lynn Masters, actress (born 1964)
  Milt Okun, record producer, arranger. conductor, and singer (born 1923)
  Clift Tsuji, politician (born 1941)
  November 16
  Jay Wright Forrester, computer engineer (born 1918)
  Melvin Laird, politician; U.S. Secretary of Defense (1969-1973) (born 1922)
  Daniel Leab, German-born historian (born 1936)
  Larry Tucker, politician (born 1935)
  Mentor Williams, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)
  November 17
  Ruth Gruber, photojournalist and humanitarian (born 1911)
  Whitney Smith, vexillologist and flag designer (born 1940)
  November 18
  Denton Cooley, heart surgeon (born 1920)
  Sharon Jones, soul and funk singer (born 1956)
  Yevgeni Lazarev, Russian-born actor (born 1937)
  November 19
  Monk Bonasorte, football player (born 1957)
  John C. Carpenter, rancher and politician (born 1930)
  Irving A. Fradkin, optometrist and philanthropist (born 1921)
  Ida Levin, violinist (born 1963)
  Paul Sylbert, production designer (born 1928)
  November 20
  Gene Guarilia, basketball player (born 1937)
  Janellen Huttenlocher, psychologist (born 1932)
  Hod O'Brien, jazz pianist (born 1936)
  November 21 – Edward L. Kimball, legal scholar (born 1930)
  November 23
  Peggy Kirk Bell, golfer (born 1921)
  Ralph Branca, baseball player (born 1926)
  Joe Esposito, author and publisher (born 1938)
  Jerry Tucker, child actor (born 1925)
  November 24
  Al Brodax, film and television producer (born 1926)
  
caption: Ruth Gruber
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