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In the Games that year, the team won every game by an average of over 40 points and is considered among the best amateur level basketball teams of all time
Notable Deaths on November 2
92 people
1083 – 2024
November 2 has seen 92 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 1083 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2013 — Walt Bellamy
American basketball player (born 1939)
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Bellamy was the first overall pick of the 1961 draft, where he was selected by the expansion team Chicago Packers
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He played 14 seasons as a center in the National Basketball Association, playing for four different teams
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As a star for Indiana University in basketball, he was invited to join the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team
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In his rookie season, he averaged 31.6 points per game and 19 rebounds on his way to winning Rookie of the Year in what has been called one of the best rookie seasons in NBA history.
Matilda of Flanders was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy. She was the mother of at least nine children who survived…
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1083
Malachy is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal Prophecy of the Popes.
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1148
Bettisia Gozzadini, was a Bolognese jurist who lectured at the University of Bologna from about 1239.
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1261
Bishop of Winchester
John Sandale was a Gascon medieval Lord High Treasurer, Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Winchester.
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1319
2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1454)
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was an English nobleman known as the namesake of Buckingham's rebellion, a failed but significant collection of uprisings in England and parts of Wales against Richard III of…
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1483
Duchess of Alençon and nun (born 1463)
Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon was a French noblewoman and a nun of the order of Poor Clares. She was beatified in 1921.
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1521
English archbishop and academic (born 1544)
Richard Bancroft was an English churchman, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 to 1610 and "chief overseer" of the King James Bible.
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1610
Russian general (born 1782)
Pyotr Stepanovich Kotlyarevsky was a Russian military officer of Ukrainian origin. He was known for his service in the Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), where he won many battles against Iran.
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1852
American engineer (born 1826)
Theodore Dehone Judah was an American civil engineer who was a central figure in the original promotion, establishment, and design of the first transcontinental railroad. He found investors for what became the Central…
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1863
English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (born 1828)
Sir William Morgan was the Premier of South Australia between 1878 and 1881.
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1883
English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1811)
Alfred Domett was the fourth premier of New Zealand, a close friend of the poet Robert Browning and author of the epic poem Ranolf and Amohia, a South Sea Day Dream. Born in England, he emigrated to New Zealand in 1842…
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1887
Swedish operatic soprano (born 1820)
Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind , was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across…
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1887
American educator and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (born 1811)
Daniel Alexander Payne was an American bishop, educator, college administrator and author. A major shaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), Payne stressed education and preparation of ministers and…
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1893
English-Australian surveyor (born 1826)
George Woodroffe Goyder was a surveyor in the Colony of South Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
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1898
Swiss anatomist and physiologist (born 1817)
Albert von Kölliker was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist.
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1905
English actor (born 1850)
Harold Kyrle Money Bellew was an English stage and silent film actor. He notably toured with Cora Brown-Potter in the 1880s and 1890s, and was cast as the leading man in many stage productions alongside her. He was also…
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1911
Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (born 1874)
Alexander Viggo Jensen was a Danish weightlifter, sport shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish and Nordic Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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1930
Chinese painter (born 1889)
Gao Qifeng was a Chinese painter who co-founded the Lingnan School with his older brother Gao Jianfu and fellow artist Chen Shuren. Orphaned at a young age, Gao spent much of his childhood following Jianfu, learning the…
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1933
South African cricketer (born 1905)
Jock Cameron was a South African cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. A tragic figure owing to his premature death when probably the best wicket-keeper in the world, Cameron is often forgotten today but regarded by those…
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1935
American chemist and engineer (born 1889)
Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American mechanical and chemical engineer. He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better known in the United States by the brand…
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1944
Swiss sailor (born 1868)
Countess Hélène de Pourtalès was an American-born Swiss sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris representing Switzerland and became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She was also the first…
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1945
American lawyer and politician (born 1872)
Jerome Francis Donovan was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1918 to 1921.
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1949
Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his…
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1950
Greek-Turkish general (born 1862)
Mehmet Esat Bülkat was a Turkish or Albanian officer of the Ottoman Army who fought during the First Balkan War, where he led the Yanya Corps, and in World War I, where he served as a senior commander in the Gallipoli…
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1952
French mountaineer and engineer (born 1923)
Jean Couzy was a French mountaineer. He studied aeronautical engineering at the École Polytechnique. At age 27, he was a member of Maurice Herzog's 1950 expedition to Annapurna. Prior to this, his usual climbing partner…
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1958
Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1885)
Michael Patrick Considine was an Irish-born Australian politician and unionist. He represented the seat of Barrier in the House of Representatives from 1917 to 1922. A controversial figure, Considine was pressured to…
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1959
Greek conductor and composer (born 1896)
Dimitri Mitropoulos was a Greek and American conductor, pianist, and composer.
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1960
Hakim of Bahrain (born 1894)
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, was the ruler of Bahrain from the death of his father Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa on 20 February 1942 until his own death in 1961. His title was Hakim of Bahrain. He was succeeded by his son…
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1961
Swedish-Norwegian actress (born 1878)
Harriet Sofie Bosse was a Swedish–Norwegian actress. A celebrity in her day, Bosse is now most commonly remembered as the third wife of the playwright August Strindberg. Bosse began her career in a minor company run by…
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1961
American humorist and cartoonist (born 1894)
James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University (OSU), leaving in 1918 without graduating. He spent over a…
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1961
Ngô Đình Diệm was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination during…
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1963
Ngô Đình Nhu was a Vietnamese archivist and politician. He was the younger brother and State Counsellor of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm. Although he held no formal executive position, he wielded…
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1963
Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)
Peter Joseph William Debye was a Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
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1966
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1892)
John Smith Hurt, known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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1966
American cardinal (born 1895)
Richard James Cushing was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder of new…
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1970
French race car driver (born 1903)
Pierre Veyron was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 through 1953.
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1970
Ghanaian footballer (born 1939)
Robert Mensah was a Ghanaian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As a player, he was best known for his exploits at Asante Kotoko where he won the African Clubs Cup in 1970. He was also a runner-up with the Ghana…
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1971
Soviet artillery lieutenant (born 1898)
Grigoriy Davydovich Plaskov, also known as G.D. Plaskov and Hirsch Plaskov, was a Lieutenant General of Artillery for the Soviet Union. He is known for being one of the most prominent Jews in the Red Army.
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1972
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian poet, writer, film director, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist and a…
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1975
American author, illustrator, and publisher (born 1927)
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and MAD Magazine from its inception in 1952…
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1981
American preacher and radio host (born 1914)
Lester Leo Roloff was an American fundamentalist Independent Baptist preacher and the founder of teen homes across the American South. The operation of those teen homes placed him in the public spotlight.
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1982
American photographer, chemist, and academic (born 1901)
Eliot Furness Porter was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature.
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1990
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1916)
Irwin Allen was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful…
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1991
American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1936)
Mortimer Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as "Le Lac Majeur",…
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1991
American sculptor and academic (born 1930)
Robert Carston Arneson was an American sculptor and professor of ceramics in the Art department at University of California, Davis for nearly three decades.
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1992
1992
American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (born 1917)
Matthew Hillsman Taylor Jr., known professionally as Peter Taylor, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Born and raised in Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote frequently about the urban…
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1994
American singer (born 1963)
Eva Marie Cassidy was an American singer and musician known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992 she released her first album, The Other Side, a…
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1996
American admiral and politician (born 1902)
Rear Admiral John Geraerdt Crommelin Jr. was a prominent American naval officer and later a frequent political candidate who championed white supremacy.
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1996
Scottish actor and production manager (born 1957)
Vincent Winter was a Scottish child film actor who, as an adult, continued to work in the film industry as a production manager and in other capacities. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Superman (1978),…
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1998
American journalist and author (born 1925)
Robert Edmund Cormier was an American writer and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge,…
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2000
American physicist and author (born 1935)
Charles Sheffield, was an English-born mathematician, physicist, and science-fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society.
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2002
American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
Francis Xavier McCloskey was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995.
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2003
the 1st president and founder of the UAE (born 1918)
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was an Emirati politician, philanthropist, and the founding father of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he became the ruler of Abu…
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2004
Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1957)
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms.…
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2004
Italian footballer and manager (born 1919)
Ferruccio Valcareggi was an Italian football player and coach, who played as a midfielder.
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2005
Australian journalist (born 1978)
Charmaine Margaret Dragun was an Australian broadcast journalist and presenter. She was a co-anchor on Ten Eyewitness News. Dragun, who had been diagnosed with depression and had a history of anorexia, died by suicide…
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2007
Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1906)
Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev was a Soviet and Russian ballet master, dancer, choreographer and pedagogue. Moiseyev was widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of character dance, a dance style…
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2007
American wrestler (born 1923)
Mary Lillian Ellison was an American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer better known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah.
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2007
American banker and business executive (born 1922)
Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham was an American banker and the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, a former President of the United States. She and her husband Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama from age ten in their…
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2008
Spanish actor, costume designer and assistant director (born 1922)
José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre was a Spanish actor, comedian, costume designer, scenic designer, and assistant director whose career spanned nearly seven decades. He was one of the most prolific and successful…
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2009
Chinese-American author (born 1915)
Nien Cheng or Zheng Nian was the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan. She was a Chinese author known for recounting her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.
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2009
American baseball player and manager (born 1924)
Clyde Edward King was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
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2010
Filipino director and screenwriter (born 1943)
Boots Plata was a Filipino movie director and writer.
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2011
Indian-American mathematician and academic (born 1930)
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar was an Indian American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry. At the time of his death, he held the Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Chairman at Purdue…
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2012
American soldier and judge (born 1927)
Robert Morton Duncan was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
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2012
American baseball player (born 1926)
Myron Nathan "Joe" Ginsberg was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, he played for seven Major League Baseball teams: the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians (1953–54), Kansas City Athletics (1956),…
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2012
Italian journalist and politician (born 1926)
Giuseppe Umberto "Pino" Rauti was an Italian neo-fascist politician who was a leading figure of the Italian far-right for many years. Involved in active politics since 1948, he was one of founders and for many years the…
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2012
2012
Indian politician (born 1957)
Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as the Union Minister in H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral Cabinets. Formerly, he was the Legislator of Andhra Pradesh, won four times from…
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2012
French journalist (born 1956)
Ghislaine Dupont was a French journalist who specialised in African issues.
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2013
American author and academic (born 1958)
Clifford Ivar Nass was a professor of communication at Stanford University, co-creator of The Media Equation theory, and a renowned authority on human-computer interaction (HCI). He was also known for his work on…
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2013
Norwegian-American businessman (born 1919)
Kjell Qvale was a Norwegian-American business executive. Qvale was one of the key figures in the creation of the Jensen-Healey. Qvale became the first distributor for Jaguar on the West Coast. Qvale was one of the…
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2013
English singer and clarinet player (born 1929)
Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk was an English clarinetist and vocalist known for his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register style, and distinctive appearance – of goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat.
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2014
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)
Michael Coleman was a Chicago blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was voted one of the top 50 bluesmen in the world by Guitar World magazine. He released five solo albums and worked with James Cotton, Aron…
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2014
Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (born 1925)
Veljko Kadijević was a Serbian general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 until his resignation in 1992, which made him de facto commander-in-chief…
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2014
German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (born 1925)
Herman Sarkowsky was a Seattle, Washington, United States businessman, philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder, and former sports executive. He was a co-founder of two Pacific Northwest sports franchises, the Portland…
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2014
Israeli historian and author (born 1925)
Shabtai Teveth was an Israeli historian and author.
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2014
Polish painter, historian, and academic (born 1924)
Andrew Stanislaus Ciechanowiecki was a Polish-British nobleman, diplomat, and art historian. He was considered an authority on French baroque sculpture in the second half of the 20th century.
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2015
Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (born 1936)
Michael Grenfell "Mike" Davies was a Welsh professional tennis player, entrepreneur and administrator. He had a 60-year career in the tennis business, first as an amateur and professional tennis player, including a…
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2015
English scientist and engineer (born 1933)
Roy Leonard Dommett was a British engineer and rocket scientist, and the United Kingdom's Chief Missile Scientist, who for many years led the United Kingdom's research and development of both ballistic missiles and…
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2015
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
Thomas Cary Overstreet was an American country music singer. Often referred to as "T.O." by fans and radio disc jockeys, Overstreet had five top-five hit singles in the Billboard country charts and 11 top-10 singles.…
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2015
Guinean politician (born 1944)
El Hajj Aboubacar Somparé was a Guinean politician who was President of the National Assembly of Guinea from 2002 to 2008. He was previously Guinea's Ambassador to France from 1978 to 1984 and was Secretary-General of…
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2017
Hong Kong film producer (born 1927)
Raymond Chow Man-wai was a Hong Kong film producer and executive. He was responsible for successfully launching martial arts and the Hong Kong cinema onto the international stage. As the founder of Golden Harvest, he…
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2018
Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (born 1932)
Walter Mercado Salinas, also known by his stage name Shanti Ananda, was a Puerto Rican astrologer, actor, dancer, and writer, best known as a television personality for his shows as an astrologer. His astrological…
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2019
American politician (born 1920)
Neal Edward Smith was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House…
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2021
Argentine pianist and composer (born 1926)
Atilio Stampone was an Argentine pianist, composer, and arranger prominent in the Tango genre.
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2022
Bangladeshi actress (born 1985)
Humaira Nusrat Himu, better known as Humaira Himu was a Bangladeshi television and film actress. She made her film debut in Amar Bondhu Rashed in 2011. She had appeared in TV dramas like DB, Sanghat, Chairman Bari,…
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2023
Scottish actor, writer and comedian (born 1961)
Jane Godley Currie, known professionally as Janey Godley, was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress, writer and political activist. She began her stand-up career in 1994, and won various awards for her comedy in the…
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2024
American actor (born 1942)
Alan L. Rachins was an American actor and comedian, known for his role as Douglas Brackman in L.A. Law which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of Larry on the television series Dharma…
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2024
British civil rights activist (born 1937)
Paul Stephenson was a British community worker, activist and long-time campaigner for civil rights for the British African-Caribbean community in Bristol, England.
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2024
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Who died on November 2?
Walt Bellamy — American basketball player (1939–2013)
FeaturedWalt Bellamy
Death year2013
Known forHe played 14 seasons as a center in the National Basketball Association, playing for four different teams
Deaths on this date92 (1083 – 2024)
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2022
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