Notable Deaths on November 26

Q: Who died on November 26?

Notable people who died on November 26 include: Siricius, Li Congyan, Conrad of Constance, Swanehilde of Saxony, Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi.

Q: What is Takanori Arisawa known for?

Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1951)

2005 — Takanori Arisawa

Japanese composer and conductor (born 1951)

November 26 has seen 111 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 399 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 26 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 111 people 399 – 2024

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Sailor Moon was successful and Arisawa won several awards for his work

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Born in Tokyo, Arisawa began to learn piano at the age of 20

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After graduating from Senzoku Gakuen College, Arisawa started his career in 1980 by composing "Shinjuku Transfer"

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From the 1990s until his death, Arisawa began composing for anime series exclusively

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After Sailor Moon, Arisawa composed music for several shows, including the Digimon series, until his death from bladder cancer in 2005.

Siricius

pope of the Catholic Church (born 334)

Pope Siricius was the bishop of Rome from December 384 to his death on 26 November 399. In response to inquiries from Bishop Himerius of Tarragona, Siricius issued the Directa decretal, containing decrees of baptism,…

399

Li Congyan

Chinese general (born 898)

Li Congyan (李從曮), né Li Jiyan (李繼曮), formally the Prince of Qi (岐王), was a son and the heir of Li Maozhen, the only ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Qi. After Li Maozhen submitted to…

946

Conrad of Constance

German bishop and saint (bornc. 900)

Conrad of Constance was a German bishop and saint.

975

Swanehilde of Saxony

margravine of Meissen

Swanehilde of Saxony was Margravine of Meissen.

1014

Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi

Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (born 1216)

Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi was the Kurdish Ayyubid Emir of Aleppo and the son of az-Zahir Ghazi and grandson of Saladin. His mother was Dayfa Khatun, the daughter of Saladin's brother al-Adil.

1236

Sylvester Gozzolini

Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (born 1177)

Silvestro Guzzolini was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Silvestrini. He served as a canon in Osimo but respectful rebukes of his bishop's inappropriate conduct led him to leave for a hermitage before…

1267

Diego Fernández de la Cueva

1st Viscount of Huelma

Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma was a Spanish nobleman.

1473

Isabella I

queen of Castile and León (born 1451)

Isabella I, also known as Isabella the Catholic, was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II. Reigning…

1504

Ralph Agas

English surveyor and cartographer (born 1540)

Ralph Agas was an English land surveyor and cartographer. He was born at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, in about 1540, and lived there throughout his life, although he travelled regularly to London. He began to practise as…

1621

John Spottiswoode

Scottish archbishop and historian (born 1565)

John Spottiswoode was an Archbishop of St Andrews, Primate of All Scotland, Lord Chancellor, and historian of Scotland.

1639

Henry Ireton

English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1611)

Henry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He died of disease outside Limerick in November 1651.

1651

Luis Méndez de Haro

Spanish general and politician (born 1598)

Luis Méndez de Haro, 6th Marquis of Carpio and 2nd Duke of Olivares or Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzmán,, , was a Spanish political figure, general and art collector. He was the royal favourite of Philip IV. De Haro was…

1661

Philippe Quinault

French playwright and composer (born 1635)

Philippe Quinault was a French dramatist and librettist.

1688

Marquard Gude

German archaeologist and scholar (born 1635)

Marquard Gude (Gudius) (1 February 1635 – 26 November 1689) was a German archaeologist and classical scholar, most famous for his collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions.

1689

Daniel Purcell

English organist and composer (born 1664)

Daniel Purcell was an English Baroque composer, the younger brother or cousin of Henry Purcell.

1717

John Hudson

English librarian and scholar (born 1662)

John Hudson, English classical scholar, was born at Wythop, near Cockermouth in Cumberland.

1719

James Steuart

Scottish economist (born 1712)

Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and 7th Baronet of Coltness, also known as Sir James Steuart Denham, was a prominent Scottish Jacobite and author of "probably the first systematic treatise written in English…

1780

Thomas Buck Reed

American lawyer and politician (born 1787)

Thomas Buck Reed was a United States senator from Mississippi.

1829

John Loudon McAdam

Scottish engineer (born 1756)

John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and…

1836

Jean-de-Dieu Soult

French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (born 1769)

Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia was a French military commander and statesman. He was a Marshal of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars, and served three times as President of the Council of…

1851

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish poet and playwright (born 1798)

Adam Bernard Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukrainian…

1855

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff

German poet and author (born 1788)

Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism. Ever since their…

1857

Benjamin Greene

English brewer, founded Greene King (born 1780)

Benjamin Greene was an English businessman, newspaper owner and the founder of Greene King, one of the United Kingdom's largest brewing businesses. He later became the owner of multiple plantations in the British West…

1860

Pavel Kiselyov

Russian general and politician (born 1788)

Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov or Kiseleff is generally regarded as the most brilliant Russian reformer during Nicholas I's generally conservative reign. Kiselyov was plenipotentiary president of the Divans in…

1872

Otto Theodor von Manteuffel

Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (born 1805)

Otto Theodor Freiherr von Manteuffel was a conservative Prussian statesman, serving nearly a decade as prime minister.

1882

Sojourner Truth

American activist (born 1797)

Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant…

1883

Thomas Andrews

Irish chemist and physicist (born 1813)

Thomas Andrews FRS FRSE was an Irish chemist and physicist who did important work on phase transitions between gases and liquids. He was a longtime professor of chemistry at Queen's University of Belfast.

1885

Charles Lavigerie

French cardinal and academic (born 1825)

Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie, M. Afr. was a French Catholic prelate and missionary who served as Archbishop of Carthage and Primate of Africa from 1884 to 1892. He previously served as Archbishop of Algiers and…

1892

George Edward Dobson

Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (born 1848)

George Edward Dobson FRS FLS FZS was an Irish zoologist, photographer and army surgeon. He took a special interest in bats, describing many new species, and some species have been named after him.

1895

Coventry Patmore

English poet and critic (born 1823)

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry The Angel in the House (1854), a narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage.

1896

Joachim III of Constantinople (born 1834)

Joachim III of Constantinople was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1878 to 1884 and from 1901 to 1912.

1912

Elsie Inglis

Scottish surgeon and suffragette (born 1864)

Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis was a Scottish medical doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She was the first woman to hold the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.

1917

Felipe Ángeles

Mexican general (born 1868)

Felipe Ángeles Ramírez (1868–1919) was a Mexican military officer and revolutionary during the era of the Mexican Revolution. Having risen to the rank of colonel of artillery in the Federal Army of the Porfiriato,…

1919

Semen Karetnyk

Ukrainian anarchist military commander (born 1893)

Semen Mykytovych Karetnyk was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and military commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU). He often replaced Nestor Makhno as supreme commander of the Insurgent Army…

1920

Ernest Belfort Bax

English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist and historian (born 1854)

Ernest Belfort Bax was an English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist, and historian.

1926

John Browning

American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (born 1855)

John Moses Browning was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He made his first…

1926

Reinhard Scheer

German admiral (born 1863)

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer was an admiral in the Imperial German Navy. Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet and progressed through the ranks, commanding cruisers and battleships, as well as…

1928

John Cockburn

Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (born 1850)

Sir John Alexander Cockburn was Premier of South Australia from 27 June 1889 to 18 August 1890.

1929

Mykhailo Hrushevsky

Ukrainian historian and politician (born 1866)

Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. Hrushevsky is often…

1934

Şükrü Naili Gökberk

Turkish general (born 1876)

Şükrü Naili Gökberk was an officer of the Ottoman Army during World War I, reaching the rank of miralay on 1 September 1917; and of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence, reaching the rank of mirliva…

1936

Silvestras Žukauskas

Lithuanian general (born 1860)

Silvestras Žukauskas was a Lithuanian General. He first served in the Imperial Russian Army, where he distinguished himself during World War I, rising to the rank of major general and ending the war as divisional…

1937

Ernest Lapointe

Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1876)

Ernest Lapointe was a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of Parliament from Quebec City, he was a senior minister in the government of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, playing an important role on issues…

1941

Edward O'Hare

American lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)

Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of…

1943

Hedwig Courths-Mahler

German writer (born 1867)

Hedwig Courths-Mahler, née Ernestine Friederike Elisabeth Mahler was a German writer of formula fiction romantic novels. She used the pseudonyms Relham, H. Brand, Gonda Haack, and Rose Bernd.

1950

Sven Hedin

Swedish geographer and explorer (born 1865)

Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in…

1952

Bill Doak

American baseball player and coach (born 1891)

William Leopold Doak was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for three teams between 1912 and 1929. He spent portions of 13 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was nicknamed "Spittin' Bill" because…

1954

Tommy Dorsey

American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1905)

Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His…

1956

Albert Ketèlbey

English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1875)

Albert William Ketèlbey was an English composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his short pieces of light orchestral music. He was born in Birmingham and moved to London in 1889 to study at Trinity College of…

1959

Albert Sarraut

French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (born 1872)

Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.

1962

Amelita Galli-Curci

Italian soprano (born 1882)

Amelita Galli-Curci was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano. She was one of the most famous operatic singers of the 20th century and a popular recording artist, with her records selling in large numbers.

1963

Giacomo Alberione

Italian priest and publisher (born 1884)

James Alberione, SSP, was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St. Paul, of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master, of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master,…

1971

John Rostill

English bass player and songwriter (born 1942)

John Henry Rostill was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking in autumn 1963.

1973

Cyril Connolly

English author and critic (born 1903)

Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with…

1974

Yoshibayama Junnosuke

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (born 1920)

Yoshibayama Junnosuke , real name Ikeda Junnosuke , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Atsuta District, Hokkaido. He was the sport's 43rd yokozuna. He suffered a number of injuries and only won one…

1977

Ford Beebe

American director and screenwriter (born 1888)

Ford Ingalsbe Beebe was a screenwriter and director. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films.

1978

Frank Rosolino

American trombonist (born 1926)

Frank Rosolino was an American jazz trombonist.

1978

Pete DePaolo

American race car driver (born 1898)

Peter DePaolo was an American racing driver who is remembered as one of the greatest racers of his generation. He won the 1925 Indianapolis 500, and was a two-time National Champion, winning in 1925 and 1927.

1981

Max Euwe

Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (born 1901)

Machgielis "Max" Euwe was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as President of…

1981

Juhan Aavik

Estonian composer and conductor (born 1884)

Juhan Aavik was an Estonian composer.

1982

Vivien Thomas

American surgeon and academic (born 1910)

Vivien Theodore Thomas was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to treat blue baby syndrome along with…

1985

Betico Croes

Aruban activist and politician (born 1938)

Gilberto François "Betico" Croes was an Aruban political activist who was a proponent for Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles. This eventually occurred in 1986, but following a car accident on 31 December…

1986

Thomas George Lanphier

Jr., American colonel and pilot (born 1915)

Thomas George Lanphier Jr. was a Panama-born American colonel and fighter pilot during World War II who was first given sole credit, then later partial credit shared with Rex T. Barber, for shooting down the plane…

1987

J. P. Guilford

American psychologist and academic (born 1897)

Joy Paul Guilford was an American psychologist best known for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including the distinction between convergent and divergent production.

1987

Peter Hujar

American photographer (born 1934)

Peter Hujar was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits. Hujar's work received only marginal public recognition during his lifetime, but he has since been recognized as a major American…

1987

Ahmed Abdallah

Comorian politician, President of Comoros (born 1919)

Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane was a top Comorian politician. He was a member of the French Senate from 1959 to 1973, and President of the Comoros from 25 October 1978 until his assassination in 1989.

1989

Ed Heinemann

American engineer (born 1908)

Edward Henry Heinemann was an American military aircraft designer for the Douglas Aircraft Company.

1991

Bob Johnson

American ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)

Robert Norman "Badger Bob" Johnson was an American college, international, and professional ice hockey coach. He coached the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team from 1966 to 1982, where he led the Badgers to seven…

1991

César Guerra-Peixe

Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1914)

César Guerra-Peixe was a Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor.

1993

David Bache

English car designer (born 1925)

David Ernest Bache was a German-born English automobile designer. For much of his career he worked with Rover.

1994

Arturo Rivera y Damas

Salvadoran archbishop (born 1923)

Arturo Rivera y Damas was the ninth Bishop and fifth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. Msgr. Rivera's term as archbishop (1983–1994) coincided with the Salvadoran Civil War. He was the immediate successor of…

1994

Michael Bentine

English actor and screenwriter (born 1922)

Michael Bentine was a British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons.

1996

Paul Rand

American art director and graphic designer (born 1914)

Paul Rand was an American art director and graphic designer. He is known for his corporate logo designs, including logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc., Westinghouse, ABC, and NeXT. He developed an American…

1996

Marguerite Henry

American author (born 1902)

Marguerite Henry was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she…

1997

Jonathan Kwitny

American journalist and author (born 1941)

Jonathan Kwitny was an American investigative journalist.

1998

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

Finnish author, poet, and painter (born 1943)

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Áilu in the Northern Sámi language and with the stage name of Áillohaš, was a Finnish Sámi writer, musician and artist. He was one of the most internationally recognised contributors of…

2001

Polo Montañez

Cuban singer-songwriter (born 1955)

Polo Montañez was a Cuban singer and songwriter.

2002

Verne Winchell

American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (born 1915)

Verne Hedges Winchell was the founder of Winchell's Donuts and also served as a chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Denny's restaurant chain.

2002

Soulja Slim

American rapper (born 1977)

James Adarryl Tapp Jr., better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for his appearance on Juvenile's 2004 single "Slow Motion", which peaked atop the…

2003

Stefan Wul

French surgeon and author (born 1922)

Stefan Wul was the nom de plume of the French science fiction writer Pierre Pairault, born in Paris.

2003

Philippe de Broca

French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1933)

Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac was a French film director.

2004

C. Walter Hodges

English author and illustrator (born 1909)

Cyril Walter Hodges was an English artist and writer best known for illustrating children's books and for helping to recreate Elizabethan theatre. He won the annual Greenaway Medal for British children's book…

2004

Stan Berenstain

American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (born 1923)

Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Berenstain were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series The Berenstain Bears.

2005

Mark Craney

American drummer (born 1952)

Mark Craney was an American rock and jazz drummer.

2005

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos

Portuguese painter and poet (born 1923)

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos or Mário Cesariny was a Portuguese surrealist poet and painter. He published several major works of poetry during a career spanning 50 years. Cesariny was also a painter, but his work…

2006

Dave Cockrum

American author and illustrator (born 1943)

David Emmett Cockrum was an American comics artist known for his co-creation of the new X-Men characters Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and Mystique, as well as the antiheroine Black Cat. Cockrum was a prolific and…

2006

Isaac Gálvez

Spanish cyclist (born 1975)

Isaac Gálvez López was a Spanish track and road racing cyclist who rode for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in the UCI ProTour. He died during the 66th Six Days of Ghent cycling event in Belgium after colliding with…

2006

Raúl Velasco

Mexican television host and producer (born 1933)

Raúl Velasco Ramírez was a Mexican host/producer of the TV show Siempre en Domingo which is his hallmark contribution to the Latin American world and eventually to other parts of the world where Spanish entertainment…

2006

Silvestre S. Herrera

Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917)

Silvestre Santana Herrera was a private first class of the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Mertzwiller, France, during World War II.

2007

Mel Tolkin

Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (born 1913)

Mel Tolkin was an American television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows during the Golden Age of Television. There he presided over a staff that at times…

2007

Herb McKenley

Jamaican sprinter (born 1922)

The Hon. Herbert Henry McKenley OM was a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in six events in total, and won one gold and three silver medals.

2007

Leroy Drumm

American songwriter (born 1936)

Leroy Maxey Drumm was an American bluegrass and country songwriter whose work became part of the recorded repertoire of several prominent artists in the genre. He is best known as co-writer of "Colleen Malone,"…

2010

Manon Cleary

American painter and academic (born 1942)

Manon Cleary was an American artist based in Washington, D.C. Cleary specialized in photo-realistic paintings and drawings. Many of her works were inspired by events in her life and focused on the human form and lights.

2011

Celso Advento Castillo

Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1943)

Celso Adolfo Castillo was a Filipino film director and screenwriter. He was known as the Messiah of Philippine Cinema for directing films that broke new ground in Philippine cinema, including Asedillo, Patayin Mo sa…

2012

Peter Marsh

Australian table tennis player (born 1948)

Peter James Marsh was an Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player who competed at three Paralympic Games and won two bronze medals.

2012

Joseph Murray

American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)

Joseph Edward Murray was an American plastic surgeon who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. Donnall Thomas for "their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the…

2012

M. C. Nambudiripad

Indian author and translator (born 1919)

Moothiringode Chithrabhanu Nambudiripad was a pioneer of popular science writing in Malayalam language and an eminent translator. He was one of the founders of popular science movement in Kerala State, India. He was…

2012

Arik Einstein

Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1939)

Arieh Lieb "Arik" Einstein (Hebrew: אָרִיק אַייְנְשְׁטֵייְן ; was an Israeli singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and screenwriter. He was a pioneer of Israeli rock music and was named "the voice of Israel." Through both…

2013

Jane Kean

American actress and singer (born 1923)

Jane Kean was an American actress and singer whose career in show business spanned seven decades and included appearing in nightclubs, on recordings, and in radio, television, Broadway and films. Among her most famous…

2013

Saul Leiter

American photographer and painter (born 1923)

Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter whose early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognized as the New York school of photography.

2013

Tony Musante

American actor and screenwriter (born 1936)

Anthony Peter Musante Jr. was an American actor, best known for the TV series Toma as Detective David Toma, Nino Schibetta in Oz (1997), and Joe D'Angelo in As the World Turns (2000–2003). In movies, he achieved fame…

2013

Mary Hinkson

American dancer and choreographer (born 1925)

Mary De Haven Hinkson was an African American dancer and choreographer known for breaking racial boundaries throughout her dance career in both modern and ballet techniques. She is best known for her work as a member of…

2014

Gilles Tremblay

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1938)

Joseph Jean Gilles Tremblay was a Canadian ice hockey left winger who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Montreal Canadiens from 1960 to 1969.

2014

Peter Underwood

English parapsychologist and author (born 1932)

Peter Underwood was an English author, broadcaster and parapsychologist. Underwood was born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Described as "an indefatigable ghost hunter", he wrote many books which surveyed alleged…

2014

Amir Aczel

Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1950)

Amir Dan Aczel was an Israeli-born American lecturer in mathematics and the history of mathematics and science, and an author of popular science.

2015

Guy Lewis

American basketball player and coach (born 1922)

Guy Vernon Lewis II was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1986. Lewis led his Houston Cougars to five appearances in the…

2015

Fritz Weaver

American actor (born 1926)

Fritz William Weaver was an American stage, film, and television actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the original Broadway production of Child's Play (1970), and was nominated for Tony Award for…

2016

Stephen Hillenburg

American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (born 1961)

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg was an American animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor, and marine biology educator. He was best known for creating the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants for…

2018

Stephen Sondheim

American composer and lyricist (born 1930)

Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received numerous accolades,…

2021

Vikram Gokhale

Indian actor and director (born 1945)

Vikram Gokhale was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theatre and film actor, Chandrakant Gokhale.

2022

Jim Abrahams

American film director and writer (born 1944)

James Steven Abrahams was an American film director and writer. With David and Jerry Zucker, he was best known as a member of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.

2024

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