Deaths in November 2005
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Deaths in 2005
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2005. Names are listed under the date of death and not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name....
: January
Deaths in January 2005
Deaths in 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in January 2005.31*Ron Basford, 72, Canadian cabinet minister...
- February
Deaths in February 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in February 2005.28*Chris Curtis, 63, drummer with The Searchers...
- March
Deaths in March 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in March 2005.-31:...
- April
Deaths in April 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in April 2005.30...
- May
Deaths in May 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in May 2005.31*Eduardo Teixeira Coelho, 86, Portuguese comic book artist...
- June
Deaths in June 2005
Deaths in 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in June 2005.30*Christopher Fry, 97, British playwright....
- July
Deaths in July 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in July 2005.31...
- August
Deaths in August 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in August 2005.31...
- September
Deaths in September 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in September 2005.30...
- October
Deaths in October 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2005.31...
- November - December
Deaths in December 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2005.31*Enrico Di Giuseppe, 73, American operatic tenor, cancer....
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Deaths in January 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2006.- 31 :...
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2005.
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- Donald BreckenridgeDonald BreckenridgeDonald Breckenridge was founder and president of Breckenridge Hotels Corporation. Over the course of 43 years, he oversaw the building of 43 hotels in 11 US states, including the Breckenridge Pavilion, now the Pavilion Hotel, in St. Louis, Missouri....
, 75, American hotel developer, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10406 - SvulloMicke DuboisMats Mikael "Micke" Dubois , also known as Svullo, was a Swedish actor and comedian.Micke Dubois was born in Stockholm. He began his career when he entered an air guitar competition, where he came third...
, 46, Swedish actor and comedian, suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239455/bio - Lenford "Steve" HarveyLenford HarveyLenford "Steve" Harvey was a leader in the Jamaican HIV/AIDS community, and led several programs to assist people living with HIV/AIDS, and to promote safer-sex education and AIDS awareness in Jamaica....
, 30, AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
campaigner, murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
ed. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218275/113352138912.htm - Denis LindsayDenis LindsayDenis Thomson Lindsay played 19 Tests for South Africa. He later became a cricket referee. His father, Johnny, also played Test cricket for South Africa.-External links:*...
, 66, South African cricketer, long illness. http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45990.html - Jean ParkerJean Parker-Career:Born as Lois Mae Green in Deer Lodge, Montana, she appeared in 70 movies from 1932 through 1966. She was discovered by Ida Koverman, secretary to MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, after she saw a poster featuring Parker portraying Father Time. She attended Pasadena schools and graduated from John...
, 90, American film actress (Little WomenLittle Women (1933 film)Little Women is a 1933 American drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman is based on the classic novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott...
), natural causes (disease).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662335 - Jim SassevilleJim SassevilleJames Frederick Sasseville was an American cartoonist and graphic artist, best known for his work with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz....
, 78, American cartoonist (It's Only a GameIt's Only a GameIt's Only a Game was a sports-and-game-oriented comics panel by Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, which ran from 1957 to 1959.Schulz and cartoonist Jim Sasseville produced this strip which appeared in newspapers four times a week, including Sundays...
).http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/jim_sasseville_1927_2005/ - Herbert L. StrockHerbert L. StrockHerbert L. Strock was an American television producer and director, and a B-movie director of titles such as I Was a Teenage Frankenstein , How to Make a Monster and The Crawling Hand ....
, 87, B-movie director, heart failure. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-strock4dec04,0,1107385.story?coll=la-home-obituaries
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- Bob BrownRobert E. BrownRobert E . "Bob" Brown was an ethnomusicologist who is credited with coining the term "world music" . He was also well known for his recordings of music from Indonesia...
, 78, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
ethnomusicologist, complications of cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. - Józef GarlińskiJózef GarlinskiJózef Garliński was a Polish historian and prose writer. He wrote many notable books on the history of World War II, some of which were translated into English...
, 92, PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
historian and writer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/01/db0101.xml - John R. HicksJohn R. HicksJohn R. Hicks was a murderer executed by the U.S. state of Ohio. He was executed for the August 3, 1985 murder of his five-year-old stepdaughter, Brandy Green...
, 49, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051129/NEWS01/311290014 - Macon McCalmanMacon McCalmanWillis Macon "Sonny" McCalman aka Macon McCalman was an American television, stage and big screen movie actor.-Acting career:...
, 72, veteran AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
character actorCharacter actorA character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
, complications from a series of strokeStrokeA stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
s. http://www.startribune.com/stories/466/5755518.html - Vic PowerVictor PellotVictor Pellot a.k.a. "Vic Power" was the second black Puerto Rican to play in Major League Baseball and the first Puerto Rican to play in the American League...
, 78, Gold GloveGold Glove AwardThe Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League and the American League , as voted by the...
first basemanFirst basemanFirst base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team...
in Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
and one of the first HispanicHispanicHispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
players in the majors, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=powervi01, http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/columns/rw_040707.htm.
- Stepan SenchukStepan SenchukStepan Romanovich Senchuk was born in the city of Prokofevsk in the Kemerovo area of Ukraine. He was part of a family that was subjected to repression. Senchuk studied at the Lviv agricultural institute , specializing in engineering and mechanics. From 1977 to 1993, Senchuk was on engineering and...
, 50, UkrainianUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
politician, former governor of Lviv OblastLviv OblastLviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
, homicideHomicideHomicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...
by gunshot. - Wendie Jo SperberWendie Jo SperberWendie Jo Sperber was an American actress, best known for her performances in the films I Wanna Hold Your Hand , Bachelor Party and Back to the Future as well as the television sitcom Bosom Buddies .-Life:Sperber was born in Hollywood and aimed for a performing-arts career from high school onward...
, 47, actress, breast cancerBreast cancerBreast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
. http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4185269&nav=9qrx - David di TommasoDavid di TommasoDavid di Tommaso was a French football player.-Early life:Di Tommaso was born in Échirolles, Isère. His father Pascal Di Tommaso and uncle Louis Di Tommaso both played in Ligue 2 for Grenoble Foot 38 in the 1980s...
, 26, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
soccer player, cardiac arrestCardiac arrestCardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...
. - Deon van der WaltDeon van der WaltDeon van der Walt , was a South African tenor.Van der Walt studied singing at the University of Stellenbosch and made his debut as Jaquino in Beethoven's Fidelio at the Kapstadt Opera House before he had graduated. Numerous scholarships and awards allowed him to continue his studies abroad...
, 47, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n operatic tenor, homicideHomicideHomicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...
by gunshot.
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- Donald V. BennettDonald V. BennettDonald Vivian Bennett retired as a four star general from the United States Army in 1974. He attended Michigan State University and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1940 then served overseas in World War II. Bennett won the Distinguished Service Cross as well as two Purple...
, 90, former commandant United States Military AcademyUnited States Military AcademyThe United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
. http://www.usma.edu/publicaffairs/PV/051209/bennett.htm - Jack ConcannonJack ConcannonJohn Joseph "Jack" Concannon, Jr. was an American football quarterback in the National Football League.-Playing career:...
, 62, former NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
quarterbackQuarterbackQuarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
, heart attack. http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/football/articles/2005/11/30/jack_concannon_former_star_qb_at_boston_college/ - Marc LawrenceMarc LawrenceMarc Lawrence was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C...
, 95, American film actor (subjected to the Hollywood blacklist in the 1940s/50s), heart failure. http://www.imdb.name.nm0492908.com - Tony MeehanTony MeehanDaniel Joseph Anthony "Tony" Meehan was a founder member of the British group The Shadows with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch...
, 62, former ShadowsThe ShadowsThe Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit-charted singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows', from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff Richard in casual conversation with the British rock press frequently refers to the Shadows by their nickname: 'The Shads'...
drummerDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, head injuries resulting from domestic accident. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4480704.stm - Helen MuirHelen MuirIsabella Helen Mary Muir CBE FRS was a British rheumatologist. She is best known for pioneering work into the causes of osteoarthritis.- External links :* * *...
, 85, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
rheumatologist. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1505479/Professor-Helen-Muir.html - Eric NanceEric NanceEric Randall Nance was an American man who was convicted of murder in the state of Arkansas. While on death row, the former heating and air conditioning technician obtained his high school equivalency certificate and penned multiple poems, one of which was set to music and recorded by the Celtic...
, 45, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in ArkansasArkansasArkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/29/national/main1081005.shtml
- E. Cardon "Card" WalkerCard WalkerEsmond Cardon Walker , commonly known as E. Cardon Walker or Card Walker, was a top executive at Walt Disney Productions in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho.-Early life and career:...
, 89, corporate head of Walt Disney Productions from 1976-1983, congestive heart failureCongestive heart failureHeart failure often called congestive heart failure is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath, leg swelling, and exercise intolerance. The condition...
. http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Card+Walker
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- Jocelyn BrandoJocelyn BrandoJocelyn Brando was an American film, stage and television actress.Her film debut came in the war movie China Venture with Edmond O'Brien and Barry Sullivan. Her best-known movie role was as detective Glenn Ford's doomed wife in the gangster film noir The Big Heat...
, 86, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104720 - Joe "Boogaloo" Jones, 79, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
R&BRhythm and bluesRhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
singer, composer, complications from coronary artery bypass surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery is a surgical procedure performed to relieve angina and reduce the risk of death from coronary artery disease...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10401 - Franz SchönhuberFranz SchönhuberFranz Xaver Schönhuber was a German journalist and author. He gained fame as a founder and eventual chairman of the German Party The Republicans.-Career:...
, 82, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
politician (Die Republikaner party).
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- Stan BerenstainStan and Jan BerenstainStan and Jan Berenstain were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears....
, 82, Berenstain BearsBerenstain BearsThe Berenstain Bears is a series of children's books created by Stan and Jan Berenstain. The books feature a family of anthropomorphic bears who generally learn a moral or safety-related lesson in the course of each story...
co-creator, complications due to cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/11/29/obit.berenstain.ap/index.html - Colin BrindedColin BrindedColin Brinded was a snooker referee for almost thirty years.Brinded began officiating at major professional events in 1976...
, 59, snookerSnookerSnooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
refereeRefereeA referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...
, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. - Gopal GodseGopal GodseGopal Vinayak Godse , was the brother of Nathuram Godse and one of the conspirators in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948. He was the last one to survive and lived his last days in Pune, Maharashtra, India....
, 86, last surviving conspirator in the assassinationAssassinationTo carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
of Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10382 - Charles "Clare" LakingCharles LakingCharles Clarence "Clare" Laking was, at age 106, one of the last surviving Canadian veterans of the First World War...
, 106, one of the last surviving Canadian World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
veterans.
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- George BestGeorge BestGeorge Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...
, 59, BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
-born former Northern Ireland and Manchester United F.C.Manchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
soccer player, multiple organ failure. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4380332.stm - Richard BurnsRichard BurnsRichard Alexander Burns was an English rally driver. He was born in Reading, Berkshire. He was the 2001 World Rally Champion, having previously finished runner-up in the series in 1999 and 2000. He also helped Mitsubishi to the world manufacturers' title in 1998, and Peugeot in 2002...
, 34, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
World Rally ChampionshipWorld Rally ChampionshipThe World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...
driver and 2001 champion, astrocytomaAstrocytomaAstrocytomas are a type of neoplasm of the brain. They originate in a particular kind of glial-cells, star-shaped brain cells in the cerebrum called astrocytes. This type of tumor does not usually spread outside the brain and spinal cord and it does not usually affect other organs...
(a type of brain tumour). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4472642.stm - Pierre SeelPierre SeelPierre Seel was a gay Holocaust survivor and the only French person to have testified openly about his experience of deportation during World War II due to his homosexuality.-Biography:...
, 82, artist. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101637.html.
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- Jamuna BaruahJamuna BaruahJamuna Baruah was a leading Indian actress.-Early life:Jamuna was the fourth of the six daughters of Puran Gupta, a resident of a village near Agra, India. Each of the sisters was named after an Indian river like Ganga, Jamuna, Bhagirathi etc. As destiny would have it, Jamuna came to reside in...
, 86, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n actress. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1306703.cms http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200511241101.htm - Pat MoritaPat MoritaNoriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.-Early life:Pat...
, 73, Academy AwardAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
-nominated (The Karate Kid) AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor, natural causes. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051125/ap_on_en_mo/obit_morita - John M. VlissidesJohn VlissidesJohn Matthew Vlissides was a software scientist known mainly as one of the four authors of the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software...
, 44, one of the "Gang of Four", co-author of the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, complications of a brain tumorBrain tumorA brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...
. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/09/AR2005120902004.html
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- Ingvil AarbakkeIngvil AarbakkeIngvil Hareide Aarbakke was a Norwegian artist. With her husband Ion Sorvin, she was the moving force behind the Copenhagen-based collective N55 in 1994.- Biography :...
, 35, NorwegianNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
artist, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1655752,00.html - Isabel de CastroIsabel de CastroIsabel de Castro was a Portuguese film actress.Castro's career began with the movie Ladrão, Precisa-se! in 1946 and her last movie, A Casa Esquecida, in 2004.-References:*...
, 74, PortuguesePortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
actress, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207894/ - Constance CummingsConstance CummingsConstance Cummings, CBE was an American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen and stage.Born Constance Halverstadt in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Dallas Vernon Halverstadt, a lawyer, and his wife, Kate Logan Cummings, a concert soprano. she began as a stage actress,...
, 95, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-born BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress. http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1650494,00.html?gusrc=rss - Frank GatskiFrank GatskiFrank Gatski was an American football player.Gatski was born on March 18, 1919 in Farmington, West Virginia....
, 83, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player, heart diseaseHeart diseaseHeart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...
. - Nate HawthorneNate HawthorneNathaniel "Nate" Hawthorne was an American former pro basketball player. He spent three seasons in the NBA, one with the Los Angeles Lakers and two with the Phoenix Suns . The Mount Vernon, Illinois native attended Southern Illinois University prior to his NBA stint...
, 55, American pro basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player, heart attack. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/1129hawthorne1129.html
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- Mike Austin, 95, GuernseyGuernseyGuernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
-born professional golferProfessional golferIn golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
and instructor, record-holder for longest drive in a professional tournament, natural causes. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10384
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- Alfred AndersonAlfred AndersonAlfred Anderson was a Scottish joiner and veteran of the First World War. He was the last known holder of the 1914 Star , the last known combatant to participate in the 1914 World War I Christmas truce, Scotland's last known World War I veteran, and Scotland's oldest man for more than a year.In...
, 109, last living ScottishScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
veteran, oldest living man in ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and last survivor of the 1914 Christmas truceChristmas truceChristmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas of 1914, during the First World War...
. - Bruce HobbsBruce HobbsBruce Robertson Hobbs was an American jockey and horse trainer.Born on Long Island, New York, Hobbs became the youngest jockey ever to ride the winner of the English Grand National when successful on Battleship, a son of Man o' War, in 1938 just three months after his 17th birthday...
, 84, youngest jockeyJockeyA jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
to win the Grand NationalGrand NationalThe Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
(age 17 in 1938, riding Battleship). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/23/db2301.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/11/23/ixportal.html - Sonny HutchinsSonny HutchinsErnest Lloyd "Sonny" Hutchins was a stock car driver who raced in NASCAR's Grand National/Winston Cup Series from 1955 to 1974. He died in 2005.-External links:*...
, 76, retired stock car and NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
driver. - Hugh SideyHugh SideyHugh Sidey was an American journalist and worked for Life magazine starting in 1955, then moved on to Time magazine in 1957.-Biography:...
, 78, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalist, Time Magazine. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/21/AR2005112101478.html. - Umrao SinghUmrao SinghCaptain Umrao Singh VC , ; ) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
, 85, last surviving IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n recipient of the Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
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- Nora DenneyNora DenneyNora "Dodo" Denney was an American stage, television, and film actress.One of her most notable roles was as Mrs. Teavee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson. She was initially the producers' second choice behind Jean Stapleton who did the pilot for All in...
, 77, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress, illness. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219372 - Jonathan James-MooreJonathan James-MooreJonathan James-Moore was an English theatre manager and BBC radio producer and executive.He was born in Worcestershire and educated at Bromsgrove School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in engineering and served as Footlights president...
, 59, former BBC RadioBBC RadioBBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
head of light entertainment, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/nov05/jj231106.php - James KingJames King (tenor)James King was widely regarded as the finest American heldentenor of the post-war period.-Biography:Born in Dodge City, Kansas, King studied music at Louisiana State University and earned a master's degree in 1952 from Kansas City University. He started singing as a baritone, but noticed in 1955...
, 80, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
operatic tenor. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/arts/music/24KING.html - Glenn MitchellGlenn MitchellGlenn Mitchell was a Dallas, Texas radio personality.Mitchell was born in Springfield, Missouri. He hosted a two-hour weekday talk show, The Glenn Mitchell Show, from 12 to 2 p.m...
, 55, Public Radio broadcaster, radio talk show host. - Lou MyersLou MyersLou Myers was a cartoonist and short story writer.He was the first person since James Thurber to contribute both cartoons and articles to The New Yorker...
, 90, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cartoonist (The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
). http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/21/nyregion/21myers.html - Chris WhitleyChris WhitleyChristopher Becker Whitley was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Whitley changed his sound frequently, and achieved modest mainstream success while maintaining a small but devoted following...
, 45, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musicianMusicianA musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
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- David AustinDavid Austin (cartoonist)David Austin was a British cartoonist. He was best known for his pocket cartoons in The Guardian, which he contributed from 1990 to 2005, and for the strip Hom Sap in Private Eye, which began in 1970...
, 70, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
cartoonist (The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4456488.stm - Erik Balling, 80, DanishDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
TV and film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. - John TimpsonJohn TimpsonJohn Harry Robert Timpson OBE, , born in Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex, was a British journalist, best known as a radio presenter. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, a boys' independent school in Northwood, London....
, 77, ex-presenter of the Today programmeToday programmeToday is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, now broadcast from 6.00 am to 9.00 am Monday to Friday, and 7.00 am to 9.00 am on Saturdays. It is also the most popular programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks...
on BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
, natural causes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4452358.stm
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- Armen AbaghianArmen AbaghianArmen Artavazdi Abaghian was a Russian-Armenian specialist on nuclear power, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor , Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences...
, 72, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n nuclear scientist - Alfonso AranaAlfonso AranaAlfonso Meléndez Arana was aPuerto Rican painter.Arana was born in New York City from Mexican father and Puerto Rican mother. When he was young, the family moved to San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, where the young painter spent his youth. At age six, Arana made his first picture and presented it to his...
, 78, Puerto RicanPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. - Sharon BeshenivskySharon BeshenivskyPC Sharon Beshenivsky was a West Yorkshire Police constable shot dead by a criminal gang during a robbery in Bradford on 18 November 2005, becoming the seventh female police officer in Great Britain to be killed on duty....
, 39, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Woman Police ConstableConstableA constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.-Etymology:...
, MurderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
ed in line of duty - Harold J. StoneHarold J. StoneHarold J. Stone was an American film and television character actor.Born Harold Hochstein to a Jewish acting family, he began his career on Broadway in 1939 and appeared in five plays in the next six years, including One Touch of Venus and Stalag 17, following which he made his motion picture...
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor (Welcome Back, KotterWelcome Back, KotterWelcome Back, Kotter was an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta.It originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979.-Premise:...
, Somebody Up There Likes MeSomebody Up There Likes Me (film)Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956 American drama film based on the life of middleweight boxing legend Rocky Graziano. Joseph Ruttenberg was awarded a 1956 Oscar in the category of Best Cinematography . The film also won the Oscar for Best Art Direction Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 1956...
). - Elias SyrianiElias SyrianiElias Hanna Syriani was a convicted murderer executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina by lethal injection. He was convicted of the July 28, 1990 murder of his wife, Teresa Yousef Syriani, in Charlotte, North Carolina.At 67, he was one of the oldest people executed in the United States since 1976...
, 67, JordanianJordanJordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
-born AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. - Lee Yoon-hyungLee Yoon-hyungLee Yoon-hyung was a South Korean millionaire and daughter of billionaire former Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee...
, 26, heiress of SamsungSamsungThe Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
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- Elizabeth Ann BlaesingElizabeth Ann BlaesingElizabeth Ann Britton Harding Blaesing was the alleged illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States, and Nan Britton, a native of Marion, Ohio....
, 86, alleged illegitimate daughter of Warren G. HardingWarren G. HardingWarren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator... - Marek PerepeczkoMarek PerepeczkoMarek Perepeczko was a popular Polish movie and theatrical actor.Between 1960 and 1961 he appeared in Andrzej Konic's Poetic Studio in TVP . Perepeczko graduated from PWST in Warsaw in 1965. He debuted on the stage the same year...
, 63, PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
actor. - Sybil ShearerSybil ShearerSybil Shearer was hailed as a "maverick" or "mystic" of modern dance...
, 93, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
modern danceModern danceModern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.-Intro:...
choreographer. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/23/arts/dance/23shearer.html
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- Sandy ConsuegraSandy ConsuegraSandalio Simeon Consuegra Castello [con-SWEH-grah] was a Cuban-born relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1950 through 1957, Consuegra played for the Washington Senators , Chicago White Sox , Baltimore Orioles and New York Giants...
, 85, CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n baseball pitcher. - Ralph EdwardsRalph EdwardsRalph Livingstone Edwards was an American radio and television host and television producer.-Early career:Born in Merino, Colorado , Edwards worked for KROW-AM in Oakland, California while he was still in high school...
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television host and producer, heart failure. - John MarlynJohn MarlynJohn Marlyn was a Hungarian-born Canadian writer who also used the pseudonym Vincent Reid when writing science fiction....
, 93, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
author. - Henry TaubeHenry TaubeHenry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the first Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize...
, 89, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-born 1983 NobelNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
Laureate in ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
. - Shannon Charles ThomasShannon Charles ThomasShannon Charles Thomas was a murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas. He was convicted of the Christmas Eve, 1993 murder of 10-year-old Maria Rios and her 11-year-old brother, Victor Rios, in their Baytown, Texas home.- Crime :Thomas and Keith Bernard Clay's intention on...
, 34, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. - Donald WatsonDonald WatsonDonald Watson was founder of the Vegan Society and inventor of the word vegan.Watson was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, into a non-vegetarian family. His journey to veganism began when he was very young, at the farm of his Uncle George...
, 95, BritishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
founder of the Vegan Society, natural causes.
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- Gustav AarestrupGustav AarestrupGustav Nicolay Aarestrup was a Norwegian businessperson. He was both CEO and board chairman during his career in Storebrand.-Early life:...
, 89, NorwegianNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
businessman. - Barry K. AtkinsBarry K. AtkinsRear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins was an officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II....
, 94, U.S. Navy admiralAdmiralAdmiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
, decorated World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
veteran. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10348 - Agenore IncrocciAgenore IncrocciAgenore Incrocci , best known as Age, was an Italian screenwriter, considered one of the fathers of the commedia all'italiana as one of the two members of the duo Age & Scarpelli, together with Furio Scarpelli....
aka Age, 91, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. http://ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2005-11-15_1968786.html - Adrian RogersAdrian RogersAdrian Pierce Rogers served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention , a Southern Baptist pastor, and a conservative author....
, 74, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
religious leader, complications of colon cancer. - Robert RowellRobert RowellRobert Dale Rowell was a murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas. He was convicted of the May 10, 1993 murder of Raymond David Mata in a Houston, Texas crack house.-Crime:...
, 50, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. - Agapito SanchezAgapito SanchezAgapito Sánchez was a boxer from the Dominican Republic, nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout.-Pro career:...
, 35, Former junior featherwight boxing champion from Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, gunshot wounds. - Louis SévèkeLouis SévèkeJean Louis Bernhard Sévèke was a Dutch radical left activist, journalist and writer. He was known for his legal action against the Police and the Dutch intelligence service....
, 41, DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
left wing political activist, shot. http://www.nu.nl/news/626538/12/Politiek_activist_doodgeschoten_in_Nijmegen.html - Robert Tisch, 79, co-owner of the NFL'sNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, brain cancer. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=ApX0jGubI_3Te2lDcdS9umdDubYF?slug=ap-obit-tisch&prov=ap&type=lgns
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- John Campo Sr.John P. CampoJohn P. Campo, Sr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Campo was born in East Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. He is best known as the trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Pleasant Colony...
, 67, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
champion horseHorseThe horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
trainer. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10342 - Jenő TakácsJeno TakácsJenő Takács was an Austrian composer of Hungarian extraction.-Life and work:Born in Cinfalva, Hungary, he studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Joseph Marx in composition and Paul Weingarten in piano until 1926 at the University of Vienna with Hans Gál counterpoint...
, 103, Hungarian classical composer and pianist
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- William B. BryantWilliam B. BryantWilliam B. Bryant was a United States federal judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the first black chief federal judge. He was appointed on July 12, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He studied political science at Howard University, graduating in 1932...
, 94, senior U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
federal judgeFederal judgeFederal judges are judges appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state / provincial / local level.-Brazil:In Brazil, federal judges of first instance are chosen exclusively by public contest...
and the first black federal prosecutor in U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
history. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401699.html - Vine Deloria, Jr.Vine Deloria, Jr.Vine Deloria, Jr. was an American Indian author, theologian, historian, and activist. He was widely known for his book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto , which helped generate national attention to Native American issues in the same year as the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement...
, 72, Native AmericanNative Americans in the United StatesNative Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
author and activist, aortic aneurysmAortic aneurysmAn aortic aneurysm is a general term for any swelling of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal, usually representing an underlying weakness in the wall of the aorta at that location...
. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051115/ap_on_re_us/obit_deloria - Harry GoldHarry GoldHarry Gold was a laboratory chemist who was convicted of being the “courier” for a number of Soviet spy rings during the Manhattan Project.-Early life:Gold was born in Switzerland to poor Russian Jewish immigrants...
, 98, Irish jazz-musician - Eddie GuerreroEddie GuerreroEduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions...
, 38, WWEWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
professional wrestlerProfessional wrestlingProfessional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, heart failure. http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/eddieguerreropasses - Ruth M. Siems, 74, home economist, an inventor of Stove Top stuffing. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/23/national/23siems.html
- Paul L. Ward, 94, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
historian, past president of the American Historical AssociationAmerican Historical AssociationThe American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
and Sarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/18/nyregion/18WARD.html
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- Arthur K. CebrowskiArthur K. CebrowskiVice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski was a retired United States Navy admiral who served from October 2001 to January 2005 as Director of the Office of Force Transformation in the U.S. Department of Defense...
, 63, retired U.S. Navy vice admiralVice AdmiralVice admiral is a senior naval rank of a three-star flag officer, which is equivalent to lieutenant general in the other uniformed services. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral...
and PentagonThe PentagonThe Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
official, cancer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401580.html - Madhu DandavateMadhu DandavateMadhu Dandavate was an Indian politician.He was born in a Deshastha family. He was popularly known as an Economist....
, 81, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n socialist leader. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10322 - James FyfeJames FyfeJames J. Fyfe was a well-known criminologist -- a leading authority on the police use of force and police accountability—and a police administrator....
, 63, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
criminologist and instructor, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/nyregion/15fyfe.html - Roger GrootRoger GrootRoger Douglas Groot was the Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, where he had taught since 1973. He was an expert in criminal law and procedure, and the death penalty...
, 63, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
law professor, also known for defending Lee Boyd MalvoLee Boyd MalvoLee Boyd Malvo , is a spree killer convicted, along with John Allen Muhammad, of murders in connection with the Beltway sniper attacks, which took place in the Washington Metropolitan Area over a three-week period in October 2002...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10337 - Rik Van NutterRik Van NutterRik Van Nutter , was an American actor who appeared in many minor films, but is most famous for playing the third version of Felix Leiter in the James Bond movie Thunderball. He also had a role alongside Peter Ustinov in Romanoff and Juliet...
, 75, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor. http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=3006 - David Ruiz, 63, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted criminalCrimeCrime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
, plaintiffPlaintiffA plaintiff , also known as a claimant or complainant, is the term used in some jurisdictions for the party who initiates a lawsuit before a court...
in lawsuit that resulted in improved standards in Texas prisons. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10334
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- Moustapha AkkadMoustapha AkkadMoustapha Akkad was a Syrian American film producer and director, best known for producing the series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Akkad Monla in 2005 in Amman, Jordan by a suicide bomber.-Early life...
, 75, film producer (HalloweenHalloween (franchise)Halloween is an American horror franchise that consists of ten slasher films, novels, and comic books. The franchise focuses on the fictional character of Michael Myers who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his older sister, Judith Myers...
films), injuries sustained in Jordanian bombings2005 Amman bombingsThe 2005 Amman bombings were a series of coordinated bomb attacks on three hotels in Amman, Jordan, on 9 November 2005. The attacks killed 60 people and injured 115 others. The explosions—at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Radisson SAS Hotel, and the Days Inn—started at around 20:50 local time at the...
. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11566410.htm - Keith AndesKeith AndesKeith Andes was an American film, radio, musical theatre, stage and television actor.-Early life:John Charles Andes was born in Ocean City, New Jersey on July 12, 1920. By the age of 12, he was featured on the radio....
, 85, American film actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!Tora! Tora! Tora!is a 1970 American-Japanese war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, to the extent these facts were known at the time of production. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and stars an all-star cast, including So Yamamura, E.G...
), suicide by asphyxiation. - Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of LichfieldPatrick Anson, 5th Earl of LichfieldThomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield was an English photographer. He inherited the Earldom of Lichfield in 1960 from his paternal grandfather. In his professional practice he was known as Patrick Lichfield.- Career :Lord Lichfield was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, and joined the...
, 66, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
photographer, strokeStrokeA stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4427752.stm - Peter DruckerPeter DruckerPeter Ferdinand Drucker was an influential writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.”-Introduction:...
, 95, management theorist, natural causes. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/12/business/12drucker.html - Pamela DuncanPamela Duncan (actress)Pamela Duncan was an American B-movie actress who starred in the cult classic Attack of the Crab Monsters and later appeared in an Academy Award-nominated documentary, Curtain Call a documentary made in 2000 that focused on the lives and careers of the residents of the Lillian Booth Actors Home in...
, 73, American B movieB movieA B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
and TV actress - Steven Van McHoneSteven Van McHoneSteven Van McHone was a murderer executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina. He was convicted of killing his mother, Mildred Johnson Adams, and stepfather Wesley Dalton Adams, Sr. on June 3, 1990 in Surry County, North Carolina.-Crime:Steven McHone's step brother Wesley Adams, Jr. and his wife...
, 35, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. - Eduardo RabossiEduardo Rabossi- External links :* *...
, 75, Argentine philosopher and human rights activist
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- Fernando BujonesFernando BujonesFernando Bujones was an American ballet dancer.Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, Bujones is regarded as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th century and hailed as one of the greatest American male dancers of his generation.Bujones' first formal ballet classes were in Alicia Alonso's...
, 50, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
classical balletBalletBallet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
dancer, melanomaMelanomaMelanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye...
. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/11/arts/dance/11bujones.html - Steve CoursonSteve CoursonStephen Paul "Steve" Courson was an American football guard for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers.- Early years :...
, 50, former Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
offensive guard, gardening accident. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05315/604635.stm - Ernest CrichlowErnest CrichlowErnest Crichlow was an African American social realist artist known for his role in the Harlem Renaissance.-Early life and career:...
, 91, African-American artist of the Harlem RenaissanceHarlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke...
, heart failure. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10324 - Kristian FredriksonKristian FredriksonKristian Fredrikson was a New Zealand-born Australian stage and costume designer working in ballet, opera and other performing arts. His work was acclaimed for its sumptuous, jewel-like quality, and a sensuous level of detail....
, 65, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
-born AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n ballet, opera and theatre designer, lung failure. - Azahari HusinAzahari HusinDr. Azahari bin Husin was a Malaysian who was believed to be the technical mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombing. He was killed in a police raid on his hideout in Indonesia in 2005. He was nicknamed the "Demolition Man".-History:He received extensive bomb training in Afghanistan...
, 48, technical mastermind of the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings2005 Bali bombingsThe 2005 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist suicide bomb and a series of car bombs and attacks that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. Bombs exploded at two sites in Jimbaran Beach Resort and in Kuta away, both in south Bali. The terrorist attack claimed the lives of 20 people...
, self-detonated bomb during a police raid. Indonesian police claim he was shot dead before he could detonate his explosives vest, and a comrade's bomb exploded shortly afterward. - Gardner ReadGardner ReadGardner Read was an American composer and musical scholar....
, 92, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
composer. - Bruce SarverBruce SarverBruce Sarver was an NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car driver from 1996 to 2002.Born in Bakersfield, California, he began racing Top Fuel in the Car Quest Auto Parts dragster. In his rookie season, he qualified for 18 out of 19 events. The next season he made it to his first final in Englishtown...
, 43, NHRA race car driver, suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13146318.htm - Ted WraggTed WraggEdward Conrad Wragg known as Ted Wragg, was a British educationalist and academic known for his advocacy of the cause of education and opposition to political interference in the field...
, 67, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
professor of education and commentator on education topics, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4424628.stm
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- Avril AngersAvril AngersAvril Florence Angers was an English stand up comedienne and actress.- Life :Angers was born in Liverpool. She danced with the Tiller Girls before joining ENSA during the Second World War, becoming a Forces' sweetheart. She never married or had children...
, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
comedienne and actress, pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
. - Muriel DegauqueMuriel DegauqueMuriel Degauque was a Belgian woman from Charleroi and a convert to Islam.La Derniere Heure, a Belgian newspaper, claimed on December 1, 2005 that she was a suicide bomber in Iraq. According to Belgian authorities, a Belgian woman committed a suicide car bomb attack on November 9, 2005 against a...
,38, Belgian waitress who converted to Islam, and became the West's first woman suicide bomber. - K. R. NarayananK. R. NarayananKocheril Raman Narayanan , also known as K. R. Narayanan, was the tenth President of India. He was the first Dalit, and the first Malayali, to have been President....
, 85, President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
(1997–2002), pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
and renal failureRenal failureRenal failure or kidney failure describes a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to adequately filter toxins and waste products from the blood...
. - Charles R. WeinerCharles R. WeinerCharles R. Weiner was a United States federal judge and former member of the Pennsylvania Senate.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Weiner was in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. He thereafter received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947, an LL.B....
, 83, U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
federal judgeFederal judgeFederal judges are judges appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state / provincial / local level.-Brazil:In Brazil, federal judges of first instance are chosen exclusively by public contest...
who crafted the mass settlement of asbestosAsbestosAsbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
lawsuits, kidney failure. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10326
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- Alekos AlexandrakisAlekos AlexandrakisAlekos Alexandrakis was a famous Greek actor. He was known for his theatrical work as well as work in film and television. He died of lung cancer....
, 77, GreekGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
actor, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. - George BrumwellGeorge BrumwellGeorge Brent Brumwell CBE was a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians from 1992 to 2004....
, 66, British trade unionistTrade unionA trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
. - Robert Eugene Bush, 79, youngest sailor awarded a Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, kidney failure. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110902408.html - Carola HöhnCarola Höhn-Selected filmography:* Derrick - Season 4, Episode 2: "Hals in der Schlinge" * Derrick - Season 5, Episode 9: "Lissas Vater" * Derrick - Season 6, Episode 10: "Das dritte Opfer" * Derrick - Season 7, Episode 11: "Pricker" -Honours:...
, 95, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
stage and cinema actress. - Beland HonderichBeland HonderichBeland Hugh Honderich, OC was a Canadian newspaper executive who was the Chairman and Publisher of the Toronto Star and Chairman and President of the Torstar Corporation....
, 86, former publisher of Toronto StarToronto StarThe Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
, strokeStrokeA stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
. - David WestheimerDavid WestheimerDavid Westheimer was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel Von Ryan's Express which was adapted as a 1965 movie starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard....
, 88, author, novelist (Von Ryan's ExpressVon Ryan's ExpressVon Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard, based on a novel by David Westheimer, and directed by Mark Robson.-Plot:...
). - Adel al-ZubeidiAdel al-ZubeidiAdel al-Zubeidi was a defense attorney during the Hussein Trials on the legal team representing Taha Yassin Ramadan.He was killed on November 8, 2005, by three gunmen driving in either an Opel or a "government vehicle" outside Adil, a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad. He was traveling with Thamer...
, attorney in the continuing Trial of Saddam HusseinTrial of Saddam Husseinthumb|300 px| Saddam Hussein sits before an Iraqi judge at a courthouse in Baghdad, 1 July 2004.The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office.The Coalition Provisional...
, bullet wounds sustained in BaghdadBaghdadBaghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
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- Mikhail GasparovMikhail GasparovMikhail Leonovich Gasparov was a Russian philologist and translator, renowned for his studies in classical philology and the history of versification, and a member of the informal Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School...
, 70, Russian literary theorist. - Harry ThompsonHarry ThompsonHarry William Thompson was an English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer....
, 45, British producer and writer of TV comedies, biographer and novelist, lung cancerLung cancerLung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4417656.stm - Donald WatsonDonald Watson (artist)Donald Watson was a Scottish ornithologist and a wildlife artist.-Early years:Watson was born at Cranleigh, Surrey. He drew birds as a child and was encouraged in this by the wildlife artist Archibald Thorburn. The family relocated to Edinburgh, and Donald attended Edinburgh Academy...
, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
wildlife artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1663068,00.html - Steve WhatleySteve WhatleySteven Rae "Steve" Whatley known as 'Gadget Man', 'Mr Diamonique', 'Whatters' and 'Mr Zhuzh!', was a British Theatre Actor, Consumer Expert, Journalist, and Television Presenter.-Early career:...
, 46, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Theatre Actor, Consumer Expert and Journalist, and Television Presenter, suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. http://www.zhuzh.com/
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- Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of WeedonRobert Alexander, Baron Alexander of WeedonRobert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon, QC, FRSA was a British barrister, banker and Conservative politician....
, 69, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
barristerBarristerA barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
, banker, politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and President of the MCCMarylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
, strokeStrokeA stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
. - Rod DonaldRod DonaldRodney David "Rod" Donald , was a New Zealand politician who co-led the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, along with Jeanette Fitzsimons.He lived in Christchurch with his partner Nicola Shirlaw, and their three daughters....
, 48, co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New ZealandGreen Party of Aotearoa New ZealandThe Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...
, viralVirusA virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea...
myocarditisMyocarditisMyocarditis is inflammation of heart muscle . It resembles a heart attack but coronary arteries are not blocked.Myocarditis is most often due to infection by common viruses, such as parvovirus B19, less commonly non-viral pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi or Trypanosoma cruzi, or as a...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10291 - Minako HondaMinako Honda, born Minako Kudo was a Japanese "idol" pop-star and musical singer. She became famous and popular as "Japan's Madonna" because of her sexy fashion and live performances in the mid to late 1980s...
, 38, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese pop singer, myelogenous leukemia. - Dick HutchersonDick HutchersonDick Hutcherson was an American businessman and a former stock car racer. A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Hutcherson drove in NASCAR competition from 1964 to 1967. In 1965 he finished second in the overall NASCAR Drivers Championship and had nine wins...
, 73, former NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
driver, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10308 - Theodore PuckTheodore PuckTheodore Puck was an American geneticist born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Chicago public schools and obtained his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree from the University of Chicago...
, 89, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
researcher of geneticsGeneticsGenetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
, complications from a broken hipHip (anatomy)In vertebrate anatomy, hip refer to either an anatomical region or a joint.The hip region is located lateral to the gluteal region , inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or "thigh bone"...
. - Anthony SawoniukAnthony SawoniukAnthony Sawoniuk, formerly Andrei Andreeovich Sawoniuk was a Belorussian Nazi collaborator from the town of Domaczewo in pre-war Poland . After taking part in the murder of Jews in his home town, he served in the SS and later with the Polish II Corps...
, 84, Polish-bornPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
NaziNazismNazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
criminal in a United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
prison, natural causes.
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- Hugh Alexander DunnHugh Alexander DunnHugh Alexander Dunn was a diplomat who served as Australian ambassador in Taiwan and China.Dunn was a classical Chinese scholar. He was born in Rockhampton, Queensland and died in Brisbane.-External links:*...
, AOOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
, 82, prominent AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n diplomat and former ambassadorAmbassadorAn ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/scholar-spy-shined-light-on-china/2005/12/06/1133829593219.html - John FowlesJohn FowlesJohn Robert Fowles was an English novelist and essayist. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Fowles among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".-Birth and family:...
, 79, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, after a long illness. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4415100.stm - Derek LambDerek LambDerek Lamb was an animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio from 1976 to 1982, he produced the Oscar-winner Special Delivery, directed by John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay, and produced and scripted Eugene...
, 69, animatorAnimatorAn animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
, OscarAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
-winning producer. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/113231000133860.xml&coll=2 - Link WrayLink WrayFred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer....
, 76, Rock and RollRock and rollRock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
guitaristGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
best known for the 1958 instrumental "Rumble".
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- Nadia AnjumanNadia AnjumanNadia Anjuman was an Afghan poet and journalist from Afghanistan.In 2005, while still a student at Herat University, she had her first book of poetry published, Gul-e-dodi which proved popular in Afghanistan, Pakistan and even nearby Iran...
, 25, AfghanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4412550.stm - Michael G. ConeyMichael G. ConeyMichael Greatrex Coney was a British science fiction writer who spent the later half of his life in Canada. Born in Birmingham, England on September 28, 1932, he moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1972...
, 73, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author, mesotheliomaPeritoneal mesotheliomaPeritoneal mesothelioma is the name given to the cancer that attacks the lining of the abdomen. This type of cancer affects the lining that protects the contents of the abdomen and which also provides a lubricating fluid to enable the organs to move and work properly.The peritoneum is made of two...
. - Earl KrugelEarl KrugelEarl Leslie Krugel was the West Coast coordinator of the Jewish Defense League. In 2005, he was sentenced to prison on charges of terrorism after he confessed plotting, with the group's leader Irv Rubin, to blow up the office of Arab-American congressman Darrell Issa and the King Fahd mosque in...
, 62, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
JDLJewish Defense LeagueThe Jewish Defense League is a Jewish organization whose stated goal is to "protect Jews from antisemitism by whatever means necessary"...
activist and convicted criminal, prison assault. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10289 - Sheree NorthSheree NorthSheree North was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She was known for being 20th Century Fox's answer to Marilyn Monroe from 1954 to 1956...
, 72, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress, complications following surgery. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10294 - Graham PaynGraham PaynGraham Payn was a South African-born English 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 Coward and others...
, 87, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, singer and partnerLife partnerA life partner is a romantic or otherwise very close friend for life. The partners can be of the same or opposite sexes, married or unmarried, and monogamous or polyamorous....
of Sir Noel CowardNoël CowardSir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
. - Brian SteckelBrian SteckelBrian David Steckel was a convicted murderer executed in the U.S. state of Delaware. On September 2, 1994, he was convicted of the rape and murder of 29-year-old Sandra Lee Long near Prices Corner, near Wilmington....
, 36, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
. - Hiro TakahashiHiro Takahashi, born as , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer.- Biography :On the music program Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, he mentioned he composed two songs at the age of 11 - Heart of a Woman and Northern Town....
, 41, JapaneseJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
singer, multiple organ dysfunction syndromeMultiple organ dysfunction syndromeMultiple organ dysfunction syndrome ', previously known as multiple organ failure or multisystem organ failure , is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to achieve homeostasis...
, tumorTumorA tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm that appears enlarged in size. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer...
. - Hastings Wise, 51, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
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- Kent AnderssonKent Andersson (playwright)Kent Andersson , was a Swedish actor, theatre director and playwright....
, 71, SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
actor, playwright and theatre director. - Aenne BurdaAenne BurdaAenne Burda , born Anna Magdalene Lemminger, was a German publisher of the Burda Group, a media group based in Offenburg and Munich, Germany. She was one of the symbols of German economic miracle.- Biography :...
, 96, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
publisher. - Talmadge DavisTalmadge DavisTalmadge Davis was a Cherokee artist, who explored historical and military themes in his highly naturalistic paintings.-Personal:...
, 43, CherokeeCherokeeThe Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
artist, heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10293 - C. P. EllisC. P. EllisClaiborne Paul Ellis was a segregationist turned civil rights activist and trade union organizer. Ellis was at one time Exalted Cyclops of a Ku Klux Klan group in Durham....
, 78, former KKKKu Klux KlanKu Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...
member turned civil rightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activist. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10300 - Henry K. GiugniHenry K. GiugniHenry K. Giugni was Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from 1987 to 1991.-References:*...
, 80, former sergeant-at-arms of the United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
from 1987-1991, congestive heart failureCongestive heart failureHeart failure often called congestive heart failure is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath, leg swelling, and exercise intolerance. The condition...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10285 - R.C. Gorman, 74, internationally exhibited Navajo artist, blood infection and pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
. http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10284 - Serge KarlowSerge KarlowSerge "Peter" Karlow was born circa 1921 in New York, NY and died November 3, 2005 in Montclair, NJHe was a CIA Technical Officer from 1947-1963 who was falsely accused of treason and forced to resign. The allegations against Karlow were made by KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn who described a CIA...
, 84, former CIACentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
officer wrongly suspected of treason, pneumoniaPneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/07/AR2005110701484.html - Geoffrey KeenGeoffrey KeenGeoffrey Keen was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many famous films.-Early life:Keen was born in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, the son of stage actor Malcolm Keen. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He then joined the Little Repertory Theatre in Bristol for whom...
, 89, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actor of AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
films (Minister Frederick Gray in the James BondJames BondJames Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
films), natural causes. - Otto LacisOtto LacisOtto Rudolfovich Latsis was a Soviet and Russian journalist, of Latvian descent.-Journalist career:After graduating from Moscow State University in 1956, Otto Latsis began working in a local newspaper, "Soviet Sakhalin". His subsequent work at the newspaper "Экономическая Газета" , began build...
, 71, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. - Paul RoazenPaul RoazenPaul Roazen was a political scientist who became a preeminent historian of psychoanalysis.Roazen studied at Harvard University and in Chicago and Oxford. Later he returned to Harvard. The subject of his dissertation was Freud's political thinking...
, 69, professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
and historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
of psychoanalysisPsychoanalysisPsychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
, complications of Crohn's diseaseCrohn's diseaseCrohn's disease, also known as regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms...
. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111101941.html - Melvin WhiteMelvin WhiteMelvin Wayne White was a murderer executed by the state of Texas by lethal injection. He was convicted of the August 5, 1997 kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 9-year-old Jennifer Lee Gravell.-Crime:...
, 55, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
convicted murderMurderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
er, executed in TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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- Jean CarsonJean CarsonJean Carson was an American stage, film and television actress best known for her work on the classic 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show as one of the "fun girls".-Biography:Born to Alexander W...
, 80, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress, Daphne ("fun girl") on The Andy Griffith ShowThe Andy Griffith ShowThe Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
. http://www.hellodoll.com/ - Gordon A. CraigGordon A. CraigGordon Alexander Craig was a Scottish-American historian of German history and of diplomatic history.-Early life:...
, 91, ScottishScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
-born U.SUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. - John MieremetJohn MieremetJohannes Mieremet was a Dutch underworld figure associated with the Willem Endstra extortion and assassination. Mieremet's former lawyer Evert Hingst was gunned down on Monday October 31, 2005...
, 44, DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
organized crimeOrganized crimeOrganized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
leader, shot. http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/1130911101477.html - Rick RhodesRick RhodesRick Rhodes was an American musician and television composer.-Biography:Rhodes was born in Los Angeles, California. During his adult years, he toured the U.S...
, 54, American film composer and music supervisor, winner of six Emmy Awards, brain cancer. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-rhodes30nov30,1,6130709.story?coll=la-news-obituaries
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- Mary BennettMary BennettMary Letitia Somerville Bennett was a British academic, best known for her tenure as Principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford between 1965 and 1980....
, 92, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
academic. - Skitch HendersonSkitch HendersonLyle Russell Cedric “Skitch” Henderson was a pianist, conductor, and composer. His nickname reportedly derived from his ability to quickly "re-sketch" a song in a different key.- Biography :...
, 87, first bandleaderBandleaderA bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
for The Tonight ShowThe Tonight ShowThe Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. It is the longest currently running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, and the third longest-running show on NBC, after Meet the Press and Today.The Tonight Show has been hosted by...
. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/02/henderson.obit.ap/index.html - William C. MarshallWilliam C. MarshallWilliam Cyril "Bill" Marshall DFC SCM 14 August 1918 – 1 November 2005) was a Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner who had the distinction of being the only person to have saddled winners from stables on four different continents....
, 87, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
thoroughbred racehorse trainerHorse trainerIn horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1501998/Bill-Marshall.html - Desmond PiersDesmond PiersRear Admiral Desmond William Piers, CM, DSC was a rear-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. Born in Halifax and long-time resident of Chester, Nova Scotia, Piers served in the RCN from 1932 to 1967. In 1930, he was the first graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada to join the RCN...
, 92, decorated former rear admiralRear AdmiralRear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
in the Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian NavyThe history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
. - Michael PillerMichael PillerMichael Piller was an American television scriptwriter and producer, who was most famous for his contributions to the Star Trek franchise.-Early life and career:Piller was born in Port Chester, New York...
, 57, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producerTelevision producerThe primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
(including various Star TrekStar TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
shows), cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. - Joseph C. RodriguezJoseph C. RodriguezColonel Joseph C. Rodriguez born in San Bernardino, California, was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor - the United States' highest military decoration for his actions near Munye-ri, Korea during the Korean War.-Early years:Rodriguez, a Mexican-American, was raised in the...
, 76, U.S. ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
recipient for actions in Korean WarKorean WarThe Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
, possible heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
http://www.borderlandnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051102/NEWS/511020343/1001 - Gladys TantaquidgeonGladys TantaquidgeonGladys Tantaquidgeon was a Mohegan anthropologist, author, council member, and elder. In 1994 she was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.- Biography :...
, 106, MoheganMoheganThe Mohegan tribe is an Algonquian-speaking tribe that lives in the eastern upper Thames River valley of Connecticut. Mohegan translates to "People of the Wolf". At the time of European contact, the Mohegan and Pequot were one people, historically living in the lower Connecticut region...
tribal matriarch. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/nyregion/02tantaquidgeon.html. - Michael ThwaitesMichael ThwaitesMichael Rayner Thwaites, AO was an Australian academic, poet, intelligence officer, and activist for Moral Rearmament.-Early life and education:...
, 90, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n poet, writer, naval officer, intelligence officer involved in the Petrov AffairPetrov AffairThe Petrov Affair was a dramatic Cold War spy incident in Australia in April 1954, concerning Vladimir Petrov, Third Secretary of the Soviet embassy in Canberra.- History :...
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