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John Carradine was an American character actor, who was considered one of the greatest in American cinema.
Notable Deaths on November 27
1988 — John Carradine
American actor (born 1906)
November 27 has 118 recorded notable deaths across history, from 8 BC to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
118 source records
8 BC – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 27
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- 1999 The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history. Source
- 1971 The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. Source
- 2001 A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. Source
- 1985 Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut. Source
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Eugene O'Neill's poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.
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Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001".
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Cade, a native of Texas, earned his bachelor and medical degrees at the University of Texas, and became a professor of medicine and nephrology at the University of Florida.
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Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party (PND), he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly (1931–32) as Prime Minister.
More major people who died on November 27
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1953
Eugene O'Neill
American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Sr. was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S.
2006
Bebe Moore Campbell
American author and educator (born 1950)
Bebe Moore Campbell was an American author, journalist, and teacher.
2007
Robert Cade
American physician and academic, co-invented Gatorade (born 1927)
James Robert Cade was an American physician, university professor, research scientist and inventor.
1940
Nicolae Iorga
Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1871)
Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, albanologist, poet and playwright.
1958
Artur Rodziński
Polish-American conductor (born 1892)
Artur Rodziński was a Polish and American conductor of orchestral music and opera.
1811
Andrew Meikle
Scottish engineer, designed the threshing machine (born 1719)
Andrew Meikle was a Scottish mechanical engineer credited with inventing the threshing machine, a device used to remove the outer husks from grains of wheat.
1943
Ivo Lola Ribar
Croatian soldier and politician (born 1916)
Ivan Ribar, known as Ivo Lola or Ivo Lolo, was a Yugoslav Croat communist politician and military leader. In the 1930s, he became one of the closest associates of Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Communist Party.
2007
Bill Willis
American football player and coach (born 1921)
William Karnet Willis was an American professional football middle guard and guard who played for eight seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League…
2014
Jack Kyle
Irish rugby player and humanitarian (born 1926)
John Wilson Kyle, most commonly known as Jack Kyle, was a rugby union player who represented Ireland, the British and Irish Lions and the Barbarians during the 1940s and 1950s.
1988
Jan Hein Donner
Dutch chess player and author (born 1927)
Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. He was born in The Hague. His father Jan Donner was a prominent Dutch politician and judge.
1985
Rendra Karno
Indonesian actor (born 1920)
Raden Soekarno, better known as Rendra Karno, was an Indonesian actor. Born in Kutoarjo, Central Java, Soekarno entered the film industry in 1941, making his debut appearance in Union Films' Soeara Berbisa.
511
Clovis I
king of the Franks
Clovis I was the first Frankish king to unite the Franks, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king, and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.
1981
Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress (born 1898)
Lotte Lenya was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States.
2010
Irvin Kershner
American actor, director, and producer (born 1923)
Irvin Kershner was an American director for film and television. Early in his career as a filmmaker he directed quirky, independent drama films, while working as a lecturer at the University of Southern California.
1994
Fernando Lopes-Graça
Portuguese composer and conductor (born 1906)
Fernando Lopes-Graça was a Portuguese composer, conductor and musicologist.
2015
Garrett Swasey
American figure skater and coach (born 1971)
Garrett Preston Russell Swasey (November 16, 1971 – November 27, 2015) was an American competitive ice skater, figure skating coach, and police officer. As an ice dancer, he won the U.S.
2021
Apetor
Norwegian YouTuber (born 1964)
Tor Rathje Eckhoff, also known as Apetor, was a Norwegian YouTuber known primarily for his videos where he drank vodka while performing activities on frozen waters, like ice skating, swimming in ice holes and diving.
1936
Basil Zaharoff
Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (born 1849)
Basil Zaharoff was a Greek arms dealer and industrialist. One of the richest men in the world during his lifetime, Zaharoff was described as both a "merchant of death" and a "mystery man of Europe".
2011
Ken Russell
English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell was a British film director known for his pioneering work in television and film, and for his flamboyant and controversial style.