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He was an All-American selection at Duke University in 1936
Notable Deaths on November 6
57 people
1003 – 2025
November 6 has seen 57 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 1003 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2013 — Ace Parker
American football and baseball player (born 1912)
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Parker also played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) during 1936 and 1937 with the Philadelphia Athletics
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He served as the head baseball coach at Duke from 1953 to 1966
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Parker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Clarence McKay "Ace" Parker was an American football and baseball player and coach
Pope John XVII, born John Sicco, was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States for about seven months in 1003. He was one of the popes chosen and eclipsed by the patrician John Crescentius.
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1003
Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (born 1242)
Christina of Stommeln, also known as Christina Bruso and Christina Bruzo, was a Roman Catholic mystic, ecstatic, and stigmatic.
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1312
Pope Innocent VII, born Cosimo de' Migliorati, was head of the Catholic Church from 17 October 1404 to his death, in November 1406. He was pope during the period of the Western Schism (1378–1417), and was opposed by the…
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1406
French composer and poet (born 1430)
Antoine Busnois was a French composer, singer and poet of early Renaissance music. Busnois and colleague Johannes Ockeghem were the leading European composers of the second half the 15th century, and central figures of…
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1492
French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (born 1583)
Jean-Baptiste Morin, also known by the Latinized name as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer.
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1656
German organist and composer (born 1585)
Heinrich Schütz was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He is…
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1672
French author and poet (born 1619)
Gédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux was a French writer known for his Historiettes, a collection of short biographies.
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1692
1752
American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1752)
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States…
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1816
Russian composer (born 1840)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and…
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1893
Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1899)
Alan Arnett McLeod, VC was a Canadian soldier, aviator, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. McLeod…
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1918
Czech pharmacologist and academic (born 1884)
Emil Starkenstein was a Czech-Jewish pharmacologist and one of the founders of clinical pharmacology. He was killed in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp along with a few hundred refugees from Amsterdam after an…
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1942
18th president of Liberia (born 1882)
Edwin James Barclay was a Liberian politician, poet, and musician who served as the 18th president of Liberia from 1930 until 1944. He was a member of the True Whig political party, which dominated the political…
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1955
Swiss cyclist (born 1925)
Hugo Koblet was a Swiss champion cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional. He died in a car accident amid…
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1964
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1898)
Clarence Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.
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1965
American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (born 1884)
George Chauncey Sparks, known as Chauncey Sparks, was an attorney and Democratic American politician who served as the 41st governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947. He improved the state education of whites and expanded…
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1968
Swiss cyclist (born 1899)
Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923. Two weeks after his win in the Tour of Flanders, he won…
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1978
Bolivian author and playwright (born 1929)
Gastón Suárez was a Bolivian novelist and dramatist. Suárez was born in the town of Tupiza, in the southern part of Potosí, Bolivia in 1929.
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1984
Indian film actor (born 1938)
Sanjeev Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi and Gujarati cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and finest actors in the history of Indian cinema, Kumar was known for his acting versatility. He acted in a…
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1985
Israeli singer (born 1955)
Zohar Orkabi, known professionally as Zohar Argov, was an Israeli singer. A distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene, Argov is widely known in Israel as "The king of Mizrahi music". However, he remains a divisive…
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1987
American actress (born 1920)
Gene Eliza Tierney was an American stage and film actress. Tierney was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She starred as Laura Hunt in Otto Preminger's Laura (1944), a film noir classic, and as…
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1991
Canadian wrestler (born 1928)
Marcel Gauthier was a Canadian professional midget wrestler who wrestled under the ring name Sky Low Low.
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1998
American historian and author (born 1907)
Lyon Sprague de Camp was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major…
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2000
Danish production manager and producer (born 1944)
Just Betzer, was a Danish Oscar-winning film producer, born in Åbyhøj, Denmark.
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2003
Dutch swimmer and coach (born 1919)
Hendrika Wilhelmina "Rie" Mastenbroek was a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.
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2003
Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1943)
John Norman Warren, MBE, OAM was an Australian soccer player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster. He was known as Captain Socceroo for his passionate work to promote the game in Australia. The award for the…
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2004
New Zealand lawyer and politician (born 1957)
Rodney David Donald was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, along with Jeanette Fitzsimons.
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2005
Belarusian SS officer (born 1921)
Anthony Sawoniuk was a Belarusian Nazi collaborator from the town of Damachava in Brest Region.
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2005
Spanish skier (born 1950)
Francisco "Paquito" Fernández Ochoa was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid and raised north of the city in Cercedilla, he was the eldest of eight children whose father ran a ski school. Paquito…
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2006
Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1962)
Federico López Camacho, better known as Fico López, was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He was a member of the Mets de Guaynabo from 1981 to 1997. Together with his brother-in-law, Mario Morales, López…
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2006
English actress and singer (born 1929)
Hilda Braid was an English actress who had a long career on British television. She became well known in her later years for playing Victoria "Nana" Moon on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.
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2007
Australian footballer and sportscaster (born 1939)
George Ned Grljusich was an Australian sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer. Born in Wiluna, Western Australia, he played 12 games of football for the South Fremantle Football Club in…
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2007
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)
Henry William Thompson was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
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2007
American screenwriter and playwright (born 1932)
Ronald Sproat was an American screenwriter and playwright known for Dark Shadows.
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2009
American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)
Robert Jerome Lipshutz was an American attorney who served first as the national campaign treasurer for Jimmy Carter's successful 1976 run for the United States Presidency and then as the White House Counsel from 1977…
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2010
French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)
Roger Louis Faulques, also known as René Faulques, was a French military officer and mercenary. A graduate of the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, he served as a paratrooper officer in the French Foreign Legion,…
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2011
American journalist and actor (born 1973)
Joel Connable was an American television host, news anchor, and reporter for KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington. He also worked as a travel journalist, running a travel website and a company called Travel TV Inc. He was a…
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2012
English actor (born 1920)
Clive Robert Bertram Dunn was an English actor. Although he was only 48 and one of the youngest cast members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's…
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2012
American journalist and author (born 1930)
Frank J. Prial was a journalist and author, and the wine columnist for The New York Times for 25 years, writing the weekly "Wine Talk" column largely since 1972 until his retirement in 2004.
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2012
Indian chef and author (born 1936)
Tarla Dalal was an Indian food writer, chef, cookbook author and host of cooking shows. Her first cook book, The Pleasures of Vegetarian Cooking, was published in 1974. Since then, she wrote over 100 books and sold more…
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2013
English singer and flute player (born 1956)
Maggie Boyle was an English, London-born folk singer, who also played flute, whistle and bodhrán.
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2014
Scottish soldier and businessman (born 1920)
Colonel Sir Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson,, known as Tommy Macpherson, was a highly decorated British Army officer during and after the Second World War. He fought with No. 11 Commando unit and French Resistance…
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2014
American bass player (born 1949)
Rick "Rick the Bass Player" Rosas was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles. Though largely known for his long collaboration with Neil Young, throughout his…
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2014
English footballer and manager (born 1937)
Robert George Campbell was an English professional football player and later manager.
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2015
Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)
Yitzhak Rachamim Navon was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the president of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the first Israeli…
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2015
American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts to reach the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo…
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2017
Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)
Bernard Landry was a Canadian politician who served as the 28th premier of Quebec from 2001 to 2003. A member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), he led the party from 2001 to 2005, also serving as the leader of the Opposition…
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2018
American writer (born 1938)
Charles Kenneth Spears was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the Scooby-Doo franchise, together with Joe Ruby. In 1977, they co-founded the…
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2020
2020
Andorran politician, former Prime Minister of Andorra (born 1963)
Antoni Martí Petit was an Andorran architect and politician who served as the prime minister of Andorra between 2011 and 2019, when he was elected on the ticket of the Democrats for Andorra.
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2023
American writer (born 1949)
Dorothy Earlene Allison was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won several Lambda Literary…
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2024
2024
French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)
Marie-Madeleine Riffaud was a French Resistance fighter, poet, journalist and war correspondent. After active resistance to the German occupation of France during World War II, she reported for the Communist newspaper…
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2024
2024
American naval officer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1941)
Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck was a captain in the United States Navy, fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26.
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2025
American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928)
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building…
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2025
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Notable deaths
Who died on November 6?
Ace Parker — American athlete and coach (1912–2013)
FeaturedAce Parker
Death year2013
Known forHe played professional football as a quarterback, tailback and safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941) and the Boston Yanks (1945) and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees
Deaths on this date57 (1003 – 2025)
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