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He first joined the Maple Leafs in 1927 when the Toronto NHL franchise was in financial trouble
Notable Deaths on November 18
89 people
942 – 2024
November 18 has seen 89 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 942 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1980 — Conn Smythe
Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (born 1895)
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In his honour, the Gardens gave the NHL the Conn Smythe Trophy, given to the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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He was best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of the Maple Leaf Gardens hockey arena
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He would remain involved with the franchise until the 1960s
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Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC was a Canadian businessman, soldier and executive in ice hockey and horse racing
942
duchess of Lorraine (born 931)
Liutgarde of Saxony, a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duchess of Lorraine from 947 until her death by her marriage with Duke Conrad the Red. She and Conrad became progenitors of the Salian dynasty.
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953
archbishop of York
Thomas of Bayeux was Archbishop of York from 1070 until 1100. He was educated at Liège and became a royal chaplain to Duke William of Normandy, who later became King William I of England. After the Norman Conquest, the…
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1100
French queen consort (born 1092)
Adelaide de Maurienne, also called Adelaide de Savoye, Alix, or Adele, was Queen of France as the second wife of King Louis VI (1115–1137).
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1154
margrave of Brandenburg (born c. 1100)
Albert the Bear was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.
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1170
English scholar and theologian
Adam Marsh was an English Franciscan, scholar and theologian. Marsh became, after Robert Grosseteste, "...the most eminent master of England."
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1259
1305
Portuguese infanta (born 1290)
Constance of Portugal, was Queen of Castile by her marriage to Ferdinand IV.
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1313
Margrave of Meissen (born 1310)
Frederick II was the margrave of Meissen from 1323 until his death.
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1349
English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer
Roger Bolingbroke was a 15th-century English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer. He flourished in the first half of the 15th century. He was tried, convicted and executed for treasonable…
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1441
titular patriarch of Constantinople (born c. 1403)
Bessarion was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the revival of letters in the 15th century. He was educated by Gemistus Pletho…
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1472
Ottoman politician, 17th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Gedik Ahmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and admiral who served as grand vizier and kapudan pasha during the reigns of sultans Mehmed II and Bayezid II.
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1482
English bishop (born 1474)
Cuthbert Tunstall was an English humanist, bishop, diplomat, administrator and royal adviser. He served as Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. He has been described as…
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1559
Korean writer and politician (born 1509)
Yun Wŏnhyŏng was a Korean political figure of the Joseon period. He was the younger brother of Queen Munjeong, the 3rd wife of the 11th King Jungjong of Joseon and was the maternal uncle of the 13th King Myeongjong.
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1565
6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (born 1528)
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Talbot, KG, Earl Marshal
(c. 1522/1528 – 18 November 1590) was an English magnate and military commander. He also held the subsidiary titles of…
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1590
Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (born 1620)
Miklós Zrínyi was a Croatian and Hungarian military leader, statesman and poet. He was a member of the House of Zrinski, a Croatian-Hungarian noble family. He is the author of the first epic poem, The Peril of Sziget,…
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1664
Portuguese priest (born 1685)
Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Catholic priest and naturalist born in colonial Brazil, who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the…
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1724
Duke of Orléans (born 1725)
Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, known as le Gros, was a French royal of a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. The First Prince of the Blood after 1752, he was the most senior male at the French court after the…
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1785
French shipbuilder and merchant (born 1719)
Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat was a prominent shipbuilder and merchant of the port of Bordeaux in the late 18th century. His son, André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat, succeeded him, and later became involved in…
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1797
American general and senator (born 1733)
Philip John Schuyler was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler.
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1804
English engineer (born 1745)
William Jessop was an English civil engineer, best known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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1814
German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (born 1748)
Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher, ex Jesuit juris doctor, and professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati.
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1830
German flutist, singer and actress (born 1798)
Wilhelmine von Wrochem was a German flutist, soprano opera singer and stage actress.
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1839
Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (born 1785)
Agustín Gamarra Messia was a Peruvian soldier and politician, who served twice as President of Peru.
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1841
French-American nun and saint (born 1769)
Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ, was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988. A native of France, she immigrated as a missionary to America, and is recognized for her care and…
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1852
American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (born 1829)
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield. Assuming…
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1886
Irish-English poet and scholar (born 1824)
William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem "The Faeries" was much anthologised. But he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which…
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1889
English-French poet (born 1877)
Renée Vivien was a British poet who wrote in the French language. A high-profile lesbian writer in Paris during the Belle Époque era, she is widely considered to be one of the first noteworthy lesbian poets of the…
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1909
French author and critic (born 1871)
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu, which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is…
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1922
10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (born 1871)
Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, commonly known as Scipione Borghese, was an Italian aristocrat, industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber and racing driver belonging to the…
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1927
Indian lawyer and politician (born 1872)
Valliappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman, Tamil scholar, and politician. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of…
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1936
Georgian historian and academic (born 1876)
Ivane Alexandres dze Javakhishvili was a Georgian historian and linguist whose works heavily influenced the modern scholarship of the history and culture of Georgia. He was one of the founding fathers of the Tbilisi…
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1940
Canadian poet and author (born 1879)
Émile Nelligan was a French Canadian Symbolist poet influenced by Romanticism. Although he almost entirely ceased writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of nineteen, Nelligan remains an iconic figure in…
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1941
German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)
Walther Hermann Nernst was a German physical chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid-state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way…
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1941
Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1867)
John Christian Watson was an Australian politician who served as the third prime minister of Australia from April to August 1904. He held office as the inaugural federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from…
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1941
French poet and author (born 1895)
Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel, was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.
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1952
Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. He was also…
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1962
American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (born 1888)
Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd vice president of the United States, serving from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th U.S. secretary of…
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1965
1969
American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1888)
Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. Known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children, he was the patriarch of the Kennedy family.
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1969
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (born 1943)
Danny Ray Whitten was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse, and for the song "I Don't Want to Talk About It", a hit for Rod Stewart and Everything but…
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1972
1976
Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (born 1897)
Kurt Alois Josef Johann von Schuschnigg was an Austrian politician who was the Chancellor of the Federal State of Austria from the 1934 assassination of his predecessor Engelbert Dollfuss until the 1938 Anschluss with…
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1977
1978
1978
American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1901)
Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1925 to 1943 with the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.…
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1979
American journalist and author (born 1907)
Mary Hamman was an American writer and editor. She was an editor for Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping, Mademoiselle, as well as the modern living editor for LIFE and editor-in-chief for Bride & Home.
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1984
American model (born 1960)
Gia Marie Carangi was an American supermodel, considered by some to be the first supermodel. In 2023, Harper's Bazaar ranked her 15th among the greatest supermodels in the 1980s. She was featured on the cover of…
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1986
French cyclist (born 1934)
Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.
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1987
Slovak lawyer and politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (born 1913)
Gustáv Husák was a Slovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989.
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1991
American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (born 1907)
Cabell Calloway III was an American jazz singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and…
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1994
Austrian jet engine pioneer (born 1900)
Anselm Franz was a pioneering Austrian jet engine engineer known for the development of the Jumo 004, the world's first mass-produced turbojet engine by Nazi Germany during World War II, and his work on turboshaft…
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1994
Australian painter and illustrator (born 1945)
Peter Ledger was an Australian cartoonist, comic book artist, commercial airbrush artist, and illustrator.
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1994
Romanian-English journalist (born 1909)
Miron Grindea was a Romanian-British literary journalist and the editor of ADAM International Review, a literary magazine published for more than 50 years. In 1984, ADAM was said to be "the world's longest surviving…
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1995
Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (born 1936)
Tara Singh Hayer was an Indian-Canadian newspaper publisher and editor who was murdered after his outspoken criticism of fundamentalist violence and terrorism. In particular, he was a key witness in the trial of the Air…
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1998
American composer and author (born 1910)
Paul Frederic Bowles was an American composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life.
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1999
1999
Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (born 1918)
Walter John Matuszczak later changed the spelling of his last name to Matuszak was an American football player and veterinarian. Founder of DeWitt Animal Hospital in New York, he practiced there until 1971. Dr. Matuszak…
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2001
American actor (born 1928)
James Harrison Coburn III was an American actor who featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.
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2002
American composer and conductor (born 1948)
Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer, arranger, conductor, songwriter, and musician. He began his work as a pop and rock music arranger, notably for Pink Floyd, and was a member of the New York Rock & Roll…
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2003
American physicist and academic (born 1905)
Robert Fox Bacher was an American nuclear physicist and one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project. Born in Loudonville, Ohio, Bacher obtained his undergraduate degree and doctorate from the University of Michigan,…
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2004
American pianist and composer (born 1929)
Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
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2004
American actor (born 1911)
Harold J. Stone was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor.
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2005
American basketball player (born 1944)
Austin "Red" Robbins was an American basketball player.
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2009
Dominican comedian and television host (born 1940)
Freddy Reinaldo Antonio Beras-Goico, popularly known as "Freddy Beras" or just "Beras-Goico", was a Dominican comedian, TV presenter, writer and media personality for over 30 years. He hosted the TV show El Gordo de La…
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2010
English-American astronomer and academic (born 1937)
Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
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2010
Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (born 1929)
Emilio Alberto Aragón Bermúdez, better known as Miliki, was a Spanish clown, accordionist and singer, he was a member of the artist family Aragón. He was declared Son of the City of Carmona and received the Silver Medal…
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2012
American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)
Phoebe Millicent Hearst Cooke was an American businesswoman, philanthropist and heiress of the wealthy Hearst family. She served on the board of directors of the Hearst Corporation from 1962 to 1998. She was a…
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2012
American football player (born 1983)
Thomas Arquis Howard was an American professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2006 NFL draft. He also played for the…
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2013
Indian nadaswaram player and composer (born 1929)
SRD Vaidyanathan was an Indian musician who played the Nadaswaram.
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2013
Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (born 1947)
Ljubomir Vračarević, was a Serbian martial artist and founder of Real Aikido.
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2013
Canadian director and producer (born 1953)
Peter Kenneth Wintonick was a Canadian independent documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. A winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, former Thinker in Residence for the Premier of South…
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2013
American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1922)
David Appell was an American musician, arranger and record producer born in Philadelphia.
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2014
Argentinian journalist and author (born 1945)
José Ricardo Eliaschev, better known as Pepe Eliaschev, was an Argentine journalist and writer.
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2014
Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1925)
Ahmad Lozi was a Jordanian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Jordan from 29 November 1971 to 26 May 1973. He succeeded Wasfi al-Tal who had been assassinated by the Black September Organization. In the…
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2014
Indian director and producer (born 1947)
Rudraiah Chockalingam was an Indian film director most known for directing the film, Aval Appadithan (1978) which starred Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Sripriya.
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2014
Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (born 1987)
Abdelhamid Abaaoud was a Belgian-born French Islamic terrorist who had spent time in Syria and was suspected of having organized multiple terror attacks in Belgium and France, and is known to have masterminded and…
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2015
Canadian-American golfer (born 1952)
Daniel Albert Halldorson was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour.
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2015
New Zealand rugby player (born 1975)
Jonah Tali Lomu was a New Zealand professional rugby union player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the history of the sport, and as one of the most talented sportsmen of all…
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2015
American soul and funk singer (born 1956)
Sharon Lafaye Jones was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late…
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2016
American surgeon and scientist (born 1920)
Denton Arthur Cooley was an American cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Cooley was also the founder and surgeon in-chief of The Texas Heart Institute, chief…
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2016
Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (born 1953)
Malcolm Mitchell Young was an Australian musician who was a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. Young was a rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and backing vocalist in the band. Except for a brief absence in 1988,…
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2017
Canadian actor, comedian and writer (born 1973)
Kirby Robert Morrow was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. In animation, he was known as the voice of Miroku from InuYasha, its four movies, and Inuyasha: The Final Act, Van Fanel from the Ocean dub of Escaflowne,…
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2020
2022
French singer and composer (born 1929)
Charles Gaston Dumont was a French singer and composer. Dumont is best remembered for writing or co-writing more than 30 of the most well-known songs recorded by singer Édith Piaf, including "Non, je ne regrette rien".
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2024
American travel writer (born 1929)
Arthur Bernard Frommer was an American travel writer known for founding the Frommer's brand of travel guides.
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2024
2024
Australian drummer, record producer and actor (born 1946)
Frederick Colin Petersen was an Australian musician and actor. He played as a member of the bands Steve and the Board, the Bee Gees and Humpy Bong. In August 1969, he left the Bee Gees and he was replaced by Pentangle…
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2024
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Who died on November 18?
Conn Smythe — Canadian sports executive (1895–1980)
FeaturedConn Smythe
Death year1980
Known forHe was best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of the Maple Leaf Gardens hockey arena
Deaths on this date89 (942 – 2024)
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