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His 2,194 career wins are the sixth-most for a manager in Major League history
Notable Deaths on November 4
103 people
604 – 2024
November 4 has seen 103 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 604 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2010 — Sparky Anderson
American baseball player and manager (born 1934)
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In his 26-year career, Anderson had only five losing seasons as manager
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His 1,331 wins with the Tigers are the most for any manager in team history
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Anderson was the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues
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He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1970 to 1978 and the American League's Detroit Tigers from 1979 to 1995
Mayan queen
Yohl Ikʼnal, also known as Lady Kan Ik, Lady Kʼanal Ikʼnal, and sometimes rendered as Ix Yohl Ikʼnal, was queen regnant of the Maya city-state of Palenque. She acceded to the throne on 23 December 583 CE and ruled until…
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604
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1038
1203
French saint (born 1127)
Felix of Valois, OSsT (French: Félix de Valois; was a French Catholic former Cistercian hermit and a co-founder of the Trinitarian Order.
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1212
English noblewoman (born 1295)
Elizabeth de Clare, 11th Lady of Clare was a member of the Anglo-Norman family, de Clare, and heiress to the lordships of Clare, Suffolk, in England and Usk in Wales.
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1360
Khalil Sultan was the Timurid ruler of Transoxiana from 18 February 1405 to 1409. He was a son of Miran Shah and a grandson of Timur.
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1411
queen of Bohemia (born 1376)
Sophia Euphemia of Bavaria was a Queen of Bohemia and the spouse of Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia, King of the Romans and Duke of Luxembourg. She was briefly interim regent of Bohemia after the death of Wenceslaus in 1419.
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1428
1485
Doge of Venice (born 1408)
Giovanni di Mocenigo was doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485. He fought at sea against the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and on land against Ercole I d'Este, duke of Ferrara, from whom he recaptured Rovigo and the Polesine. He…
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1485
2nd Marquess of Winchester (born c. 1510)
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, styled The Honourable John Paulet between 1539 and 1550, Lord St John between 1550 and 1551 and Earl of Wiltshire between 1551 and 1572, was an English peer. He was the eldest…
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1576
rival Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born c.1525)
Mathurin d’Aux de Lescout, called Mathurin Romegas, was a scion of the aristocratic Gascony family of d'Aux and a member of the Knights of Saint John. He was one of the order's greatest naval commanders and an acting…
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1581
Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1597)
Jean-Charles della Faille, born in Antwerp, 1 March 1597 and died in Barcelona, 4 November 1652, was a Flemish Jesuit priest from Brabant, and a mathematician of repute.
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1652
French lawyer and author (born 1608)
Antoine Le Maistre was a French lawyer, author and translator. His name has also been written as Lemaistre and Le Maître, and he sometimes used the pseudonym of Lamy.
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1658
Dutch theologian and academic (born 1603)
Johannes Cocceius was a Dutch theologian born in Bremen.
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1669
Danish physician and mathematician (born 1625)
Rasmus Bartholin was a Danish physician and grammarian.
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1698
English admiral (born 1653)
Vice-Admiral of the White John Benbow was a Royal Navy officer. He joined the Navy in 1678, seeing action against Barbary pirates before leaving to join the Merchant Navy in which Benbow served until the 1688 Glorious…
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1702
German orientalist and scholar (born 1654)
Andreas Acoluthus was a German scholar of orientalism and professor of theology at Breslau (Wrocław). A native of Bernstadt (Bierutów), Lower Silesia, he was the son of Johannes Acoluthus, pastor of St. Elisabeth and…
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1704
1781
American physician and anatomist (born 1712)
William Shippen Sr. was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was also a civic and educational leader who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress.
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1801
German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1809)
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic era. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos,…
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1847
1847
French painter and educator (born 1797)
Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche was a French painter known for his depiction of scenes from English and French history. The emotions emphasised in Delaroche's paintings appeal to Romanticism while the detail of his work along…
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1856
Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (born 1820)
Sir James Martin, QC was three times Premier of New South Wales, and Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1873 to 1886.
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1886
Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (born 1827)
Pierre Emmanuel Tirard was a French politician, who served twice as Prime Minister during the Third Republic.
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1893
American journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
Eugene Field Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood".
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1895
American general and politician (born 1832)
John Henry Ketcham was an American politician and military officer who was a United States representative from New York for over 33 years from 1877 to 1893 and from 1897 to 1906. He also served as a major general in the…
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1906
English lieutenant and poet (born 1893)
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried…
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1918
Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1856)
Hara Takashi , informally known as Hara Kei, was a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 until his assassination. Hara was the first commoner and first Christian appointed to be Prime…
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1921
American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1843)
Richard Conner was an American Civil War Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his bravery in action.
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1924
French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1845)
Gabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his…
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1924
Japanese general (born 1859)
Akiyama Yoshifuru was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and was considered the father of modern Japanese cavalry. He was the older brother of Vice Admiral Akiyama Saneyuki.
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1930
American cornet player and bandleader (born 1877)
Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden was an American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries and later jazz scholars as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later came…
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1931
Italian theorist and activist (born 1861)
Luigi Galleani was an Italian insurrectionary anarchist and communist best known for his advocacy of "propaganda of the deed", a strategy of political assassinations and violent attacks.
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1931
English mariner, captain of the rescue ship Carpathia during the Titanic disaster (born 1869)
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when she rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic…
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1940
German general (born 1865)
Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz was a German army general during the First World War. He commanded the Baltic Sea Division, which intervened decisively in the Finnish Civil War in the spring of 1918,…
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1946
1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1874)
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield,, born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American businessman who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) from…
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1948
American baseball player and coach (born 1887)
Grover Cleveland Alexander, nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago…
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1950
Swedish journalist and writer (born 1923)
Stig Halvard Dagerman was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II.
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1954
American playwright and screenwriter (born 1896)
Robert Emmet Sherwood was an American playwright and screenwriter.
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1955
1955
English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1892)
Frederick William Dixon was an English motorcycle racer and racing car driver. The designer of the motorcycle and banking sidecar system, he was also one of the few motorsport competitors to have been successful on two,…
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1956
Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1897)
Shoghí Effendi (; Persian: شوقی افندی; 1896 or 1897 – 4 November 1957) was Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1922 until his death in 1957. As the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, he was charged with guiding the…
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1957
Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1896)
Friedrich Waismann was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He is best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle and one of the key theorists in logical positivism.
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1959
English race car driver (born 1918)
Horace Gould was a British racing driver from Bristol.
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1968
Belarusian-French painter and soldier (born 1892)
Michel Kikoïne was a Lithuanian Jewish-French painter who belonged to the Ecole de Paris art movement.
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1968
Brazilian author and activist (born 1911)
Carlos Marighella was a Brazilian politician, writer, and Marxist–Leninist militant. Critical of nonviolent resistance to the Brazilian military dictatorship, he founded the Ação Libertadora Nacional, a Marxist–Leninist…
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1969
American soccer player (born 1909)
Bertrand "Bert" Arthur Patenaude was an American soccer player who played as a forward. Although it was formerly disputed, he is officially credited by FIFA as the scorer of the first hat-trick in World Cup history. He…
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1974
Czech priest and academic (born 1893)
Francis Dvornik was a Czech academic medievalist, byzantinist, slavist and Catholic priest. He was one of the leading 20th century authorities on Slavic and Byzantine history and matters related to the churches of Rome…
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1975
Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (born 1914)
Izzat Husrieh was a renowned Syrian journalist, author, publisher and researcher. He contributed several books to the Arab library and his famous newspaper Al-Alam continued to form public opinion in Syria for two…
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1975
German race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1906)
Anton "Toni" Ulmen was a German motorcycle and racing driver from Düsseldorf, Germany. His racing career started in 1925 on a 250 cc Velocette. In 1927 he won the opening race of the Nürburgring on a 350 cc Velocette.…
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1976
1977
Canadian-American engineer and author (born 1905)
Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill, known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes", was a Canadian engineer. She was chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry (CC&F) in Fort William, Ontario during the Second World…
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1980
Turkish lawyer and journalist (born 1889)
Burhan Felek was a Turkish journalist, columnist, sportsperson and writer.
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1982
American journalist (born 1940)
Gilman "Gil" Whitney (1940–1982) was an American television personality in Dayton, Ohio, who worked primarily at WHIO television and radio until his death in 1982. He was posthumously inducted into the Dayton…
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1982
1984
German-English mathematician and academic (born 1906)
Kurt August Hirsch was a German mathematician who moved to England to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. His research was in group theory. He also worked to reform mathematics education and became a county chess…
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1986
Greek footballer and manager (born 1916)
Kleanthis Vikelidis was a Greek footballer who played for Aris and Greece. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris, PAOK and Apollon Kalamarias.
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1988
Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (born 1904)
George Johann Klein, was a Canadian inventor who is widely regarded as the most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th century. Although he struggled as a high school student, he eventually graduated from the…
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1992
American soldier and painter (born 1923)
Samuel Lewis Francis was an American painter and printmaker.
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1994
French philosopher and scholar (born 1925)
Gilles Louis René Deleuze was a French philosopher who, from the early 1950s until his death in 1995, wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and…
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1995
English actor (born 1927)
Paul Clark Eddington was an English actor who played Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime…
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1995
Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1922)
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general who was the prime minister of Israel, having served two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. He was the first prime minister to…
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1995
American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1916)
Morris S. Schwartz was an American professor of sociology at Brandeis University and an author. He was the subject of the best-selling book Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom, a former student of Schwartz. He…
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1995
American novelist (born 1924)
Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. was an American writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker. Hornberger's best-known work is his novel MASH (1968), based on his experiences as a wartime United States…
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1997
Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1958)
Malcolm Denzil Marshall was a Barbadian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket. He is often…
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1999
Cornish author and poet (born 1917)
Charles Stanley Causley CBE FRSL was a Cornish poet, school teacher and writer. His work is often noted for its simplicity and directness as well as its associations with folklore, legends and magic, especially when…
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2003
English philosopher, author, and academic (born 1923)
Richard Arthur Wollheim was a British philosopher noted for original work on mind and emotions, especially as related to the visual arts, specifically, painting. Wollheim served as the president of the British Society…
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2003
2005
American actress and dancer (born 1932)
Sheree North was an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for being one of 20th Century-Fox's intended successors to Marilyn Monroe.
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2005
South African-born English actor and singer (born 1918)
Graham Payn was a South African-born actor and singer, also known for being the life partner of the playwright Noël Coward. Beginning as a boy soprano, Payn later made a career as a singer and actor in the works of…
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2005
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)
Hiro Takahashi , born as Hiroyuki Takahashi , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer.
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2005
Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1915)
Frank Arthur Calder, was a Nisga'a politician in Canada.
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2006
2006
Estonian physicist and academic (born 1926)
Karl Rebane was a Soviet and Estonian physicist.
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2007
German-American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
Peter Viertel was an author and screenwriter.
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2007
American physician, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature…
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2008
American ballerina (born 1920)
Rosella Hightower was an American ballerina and member of the Choctaw Nation. One of the Five Moons, she achieved fame in both the United States and Europe, and later enjoyed a career as an instructor and opera director.
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2008
French-Mexican economist and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (born 1971)
Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo was a Spanish-born Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) and the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.
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2008
German bishop (born 1923)
Hubertus Brandenburg was a Catholic bishop of Stockholm. He was ordained priest in Osnabrück on 20 December 1952. On 12 December 1974, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI as auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück. On 21 November…
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2009
Latvian-Estonian soldier and politician (born 1920)
Arnold Green was a Soviet and Estonian politician and president of the Estonian Olympic Committee from 1989 to 1997, leader of the Estonian Olympic team for the Games in Albertville, Barcelona, Lillehammer and Atlanta…
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2011
American author, critic, journalist, and television personality (born 1919)
Andrew Aitken Rooney was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final…
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2011
Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (born 1924)
David Reznik was a Brazilian-born Israeli architect and town planner whose awards include the Israel Prize in architecture and the Rechter Prize. Resnick, whose name is sometimes spelled in English as "Reznik" or…
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2012
American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1924)
John Druse "Bud" Hawk was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II during the battle of the Falaise pocket.
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2013
Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (born 1929)
Leonid Naumovich Stolovich was a Russian-Estonian philosopher, Doctor of Philosophy (1966) and professor (1967). Stolovich graduated from the Leningrad University in 1952, from 1953 on he worked at Tartu University,…
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2013
Canadian-American football player and coach (born 1928)
Ray Willsey was an American gridiron football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1964 to 1971. During his tenure he compiled a 40–42–1 record. He was inducted…
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2013
Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (born 1940)
Enrique Olivera was an Argentine politician who served as Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires from December 1999 to August 2000.
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2014
American author and academic (born 1939)
George Edgar Slusser was an American scholar, professor and writer. Slusser was a well-known science fiction critic. A professor emeritus of comparative literature at University of California, Riverside, he was the…
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2014
American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (born 1915)
Stanley Donald Stookey was an American inventor. He had 60 patents in his name related to glass and ceramics. His discoveries and inventions have contributed to the development of ceramics, eyeglasses, sunglasses,…
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2014
Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)
Piotr Krystian Domaradzki was a Polish-American journalist, essayist and historian who, during a longtime association with Chicago's Polish community, worked for 30 years at Dziennik Związkowy, the oldest and largest…
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2015
French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)
René Noël Théophile Girard was a French academic best known for developing mimetic theory, which posits that human desire is fundamentally imitative, leading to rivalry, violence and the scapegoat mechanism as…
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2015
Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)
Károly Horváth was a Romanian-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre.
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2015
American lawyer and politician (born 1943)
William Lee Robinson was an American politician who was the Mayor of Macon, Georgia from 1987–1991, and a four-term State Senator of Georgia. At the time of his death, Lee Robinson was serving as the Circuit Public…
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2015
first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)
Catherine Anne Davani was a Papua New Guinean judge. She was the first female to serve as a judge of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea from 2001 until her death.
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2016
Iranian football player and coach (born 1946)
Mansour Pourheidari was an Iranian football player, coach and manager.
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2016
Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)
Isabella Villarama Granada was a Filipino actress and singer.
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2017
American actor and opera singer (born 1926)
Ned Romero was an American actor and opera singer who appeared in television and film.
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2017
2019
English rock singer-songwriter and musician (born 1945)
Kenneth William David Hensley was an English musician, singer, songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s.
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2020
Iranian vocalist (born 1934)
Akbar Golpayegani, also known as Golpa, was an Iranian traditional singer.
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2023
American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
Bernard Marcus was an American billionaire businessman. He co-founded Home Depot in 1978. He was the company's first CEO and first chairman until retiring in 2002. In November 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at…
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2024
Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)
Calvin Murray Sinclair was a Canadian politician and lawyer. On April 2, 2016, Sinclair was appointed to the Senate of Canada, serving until his resignation on January 31, 2021. Prior to his appointment to the senate,…
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2024
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Who died on November 4?
Sparky Anderson — American baseball player and manager (1934–2010)
FeaturedSparky Anderson
Death year2010
Known forHe managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1970 to 1978 and the American League's Detroit Tigers from 1979 to 1995
Deaths on this date103 (604 – 2024)
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