The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2010.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
November 2010
1 Tom Allison, 89, English footballer. Mihai Chițac, 81, Romanian general, Minister of Interior (1989–1990), after long illness. Julia Clements, 104, English flower arranger and author. Monica Johnson, 64, American novelist and screenwriter (Lost in America, Modern Romance), esophageal cancer. Herbert Krug, 73, German equestrian, Olympic gold medalist (1984), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ed Litzenberger, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks). Charlie O'Donnell, 78, American announcer (Wheel of Fortune), heart failure. Shannon Tavarez, 11, American actress (The Lion King), leukemia.'Lion King' actress dies from leukemia Gaston Vandermeerssche, 89, Belgian partisan, leader of World War II Dutch underground intelligence, subject of Gaston's War, natural causes. Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, 88, British aristocrat and intelligence officer.
2 Bhikari Bal, 81, Indian singer. Rudolf Barshai, 86, Russian conductor and viola player. Sarah Doron, 88, Israeli politician and government minister. Andy Irons, 32, American professional surfer.Surf legend Andy Irons' death investigated as possible overdose Clyde King, 86, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds) and manager (New York Yankees). Romualdas Krikščiūnas, 80, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys (1973–1983). Kalim Sharafi, 86, Indian Bengali language singer. Jule Sugarman, 83, American educator, creator and director of the Head Start Program, cancer. Sumiko Watanabe, 93, Japanese Olympic sprinter.Sumiko Watanabe Ken Yuasa, 95, Japanese World War II surgeon, heart failure.
3 Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli, 64, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Bishop of Zakho (since 2001). Kees Bakker, 79, Dutch zoologist. Alfons Benedikter, 92, Austrian politician. Jerry Bock, 81, American musical theater composer (Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello!), heart failure. Kenneth Brown, 77, American academic, chairman of first undergraduate peace studies program in the United States (1980–2005).Peace studies pioneer dies at 77 Karen Chandler, 87, American singer. Viktor Chernomyrdin, 72, Russian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1998), Ambassador to Ukraine (2001–2009), cancer. Jim Clench, 61, Canadian bass guitarist (April Wine, Bachman–Turner Overdrive), lung cancer. Bill Colvin, 75, Canadian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) ice hockey player. Hotep Idris Galeta, 69, South African jazz pianist, composer and lecturer, asthma attack.Hotep Idris Galeta: Jazz pianist, educator and exile Purushottama Lal, 81, Indian writer. Sonia Pottinger, 79, Jamaican record producer. Pentti Uotinen, 79, Finnish Olympic ski jumper. Dudley Williams, 73, British biochemist.Professor Dudley Williams ScD, FRS 1937 - 2010
4 Sparky Anderson, 76, American baseball player and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), member of Baseball Hall of Fame, complications from dementia. Raúl Chávez, 71, Mexican footballer.Raúl Chávez Bio, Stats Ron Cockerill, 75, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town), natural causes. Jean Compagnon, 94, French Army General and author. Ophelia Dimalanta, 76, Filipino poet, hypertension. Antoine Duquesne, 69, Belgian politician. Viola Fischerová, 75, Czech poet and translator.Death of Viola Fischerova, October 18, 1935–November 4, 2010 James Freud, 51, Australian vocalist and bassist (Models) and solo artist, suicide. John Greene, 90, American football player (Detroit Lions), after short illness.Former Lions receiver Greene dies at age 90 Michelle Nicastro, 50, American singer, actress (When Harry Met Sally...) and voice actress (The Swan Princess), lung cancer.'When Harry Met Sally ...' Actress Dies After 10-Year Battle With Cancer Rudy Regalado, 67, Venezuelan percussionist and bandleader (El Chicano), complications of pneumonia. Charles Reynolds, 78, American magician, liver cancer. Noel Taylor, 97, American Emmy Award-winning costume designer. Aleksandr Zõbin, 59, Soviet Olympic sailor.
5 Martin Baum, 86, American talent agent (Creative Artists Agency), President of ABC Pictures (1968–1971).Martin Baum dies at 86; Hollywood agent represented A-list talent Jutta Burggraf, 58, German Roman Catholic theologian and professor (University of Navarre). Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot. Barry Chevannes, 70, Jamaican sociologist and anthropologist. Jill Clayburgh, 66, American actress (An Unmarried Woman, Starting Over, Dirty Sexy Money), chronic leukemia. Hajo Herrmann, 97, German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and lawyer. Charles McDowell Jr., 84, American journalist and syndicated columnist, complications from a stroke. Midge the Sea Lion, 25, American sea lion (Oklahoma City Zoo), euthanized. Randy Miller, 39, American drummer (The Myriad), bone cancer. Rozsika Parker, 64, British art historian and psychotherapist, cancer. Adrian Păunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet and politician. Martin Starkie, 87, British actor and writer.Leading Burnley actor dies David Steuart, 94, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1962–1977) and Leader of the Opposition (1971–1976), Senator (1975–1991).Sask. Liberal stalwart Davey Steuart dies at 94 Henriette van Lynden-Leijten, 60, Dutch diplomat, cancer. Shirley Verrett, 79, American operatic mezzo-soprano, heart failure.
6 Fernando Bastos de Ávila, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, Vice-Chancellor (Pontifícia Universidade Católica), member of Academy of Letters, cancer. Ezard Haußmann, 75, German actor, cancer. Peter Hilton, 87, British mathematician. Walter Isard, 91, American economist, founder of regional science. Jo Myong-rok, 82, North Korean military official, First Vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission (since 2009), heart disease. Motoichi Kumagai, 101, Japanese photographer. Robert Lipshutz, 88, American politician, White House Counsel (1977–1979). Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–1977), Governor of Punjab (1986–1989), renal failure. Michael Seifert, 86, Soviet-born Nazi war criminal, complications from a fall. Jay Van Noy, 82, American baseball player (1951 St. Louis Cardinals).
7 Kurt Baier, 93, Austrian philosopher. George Estock, 86, American baseball player (Boston Braves).George Estock, 1924-2010: Former major leaguer helped teach high school players Chris Goudge, 75, British Olympic athlete. Domingo Maza Zavala, 88, Venezuelan economist, President of the Central Bank of Venezuela (1997–2004). Yoshinobu Nishizaki, 75, Japanese anime producer (Space Battleship Yamato), fall from boat.'Space Battleship Yamato' Producer Nishizaki Dies Smaro Stefanidou, 97, Greek actress, heart failure. Hedy Stenuf, 88, Austrian Olympic figure skater.
8 András Ádám-Stolpa, 89, Hungarian tennis, basketball and ice hockey player. Gregorio Barradas Miravete, 28, Mexican politician, Mayor-elect of Rodríguez Clara, Veracruz, shot. Richard Bing, 101, German-born American cardiologist. Fred Blankemeijer, 84, Dutch footballer. Philip Carlo, 61, American crime author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Quintin Dailey, 49, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics), cardiovascular disease. Disque Deane, 89, American financier, pneumonia. Jack Levine, 95, American artist. Sam Holmes, 94, American Negro league baseball player. Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, Argentine admiral, member of the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, cardiovascular arrest. Addison Powell, 89, American actor (Dark Shadows, The Thomas Crown Affair, Three Days of the Condor). Mikhail Savitsky, 88, Belarusian painter. George Solomos, 85, American editor and writer. Jean White, 69, British pastor and missionary, pancreatic cancer. Tim Womack, 76, English footballer (Derby County, Workington).Tim Womack : Obituary
9 Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour, 85, British academic and life peer. John Cunneen, 78, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Christchurch (1995–2007). Robin Day, 95, British furniture designer. Robert Donatucci, 58, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1980), sleep apnea.State Rep. Robert Donatucci dies Reginald Hollis, 78, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Montreal (1975–1990). Albert Wesley Johnson, 87, Canadian civil servant, President of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1975–1982), after long illness.Former CBC president Al Johnson dies Ektor Kaknavatos, 90, Greek poet. Amos Lavi, 57, Israeli actor, lung cancer. Herman Liebaers, 91, Belgian linguist. Rolf Pettersson, 84, Swedish ice hockey player.Rolf Pettersson Lursakdi Sampatisiri, 91, Thai businesswoman and politician, first female Minister of Transport (1976–1977).
10 Georges Aeschlimann, 90, Swiss cyclist. Mustafa Altıntaş, 71, Turkish footballer, cancer. Dino De Laurentiis, 91, Italian film producer (Dune, Army of Darkness, Conan the Barbarian).Dino De Laurentiis: the godfather of movie gamblers Theo Doyer, 54, Dutch Olympic field hockey player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Jim Farry, 56, Scottish football administrator, Chief Executive of the Scottish Football Association (1990–1999), heart attack.Former SFA chief Jim Farry dies at 56 Phillip Hoffman, 80, American surfer, pulmonary disease. Donald S. Kellermann, 83, American journalist and opinion researcher, liver cancer. Andreas Kirchner, 57, German Olympic gold (1984) and bronze (1980) medal-winning bobsledder.Bob-Olympiasieger Andreas Kirchner gestorben Attila Kovács, 70, Hungarian Olympic fencer. Edmund Kuempel, 68, American politician, myocardial infarction. Tiger Lance, 70, South African cricketer, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.Roy "Tiger" Lance dies James Munnik, 57, South African cricketer. Dave Niehaus, 75, American sportscaster (Seattle Mariners), 2008 Ford C. Frick Award recipient, heart attack. Nicolo Rizzuto, 86, Italian-born Canadian mafia leader (Rizzuto crime family), shot. Einar Sæter, 92, Norwegian triple jumper, resistance member, newspaper editor and writer.
11 Pankaj Advani, 45, Indian film director, editor, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director, and painter, cardiac arrest. Carlos Edmundo de Ory, 87, Spanish poet, leukemia. John Elliott, 66, American football player (New York Jets), cancer. Daud Ibrahim, 63, Malaysian Olympic cyclist. Carroll Pratt, 89, American sound engineer, pioneer of laugh track, natural causes. Marie Osborne Yeats, 99, American silent movie actress.
12 Des Alwi, 82, Indonesian historian, businessman, and public intellectual, adopted son of Mohammad Hatta, heart failure. Stanisław Bobak, 54, Polish Olympic ski jumper. Ernst von Glasersfeld, 93, Austrian-born American philosopher (radical constructivism). Henryk Górecki, 76, Polish composer (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), after long illness. William Hohri, 83, American activist, source behind Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Alzheimer's disease. Theodore W. Kheel, 96, American labor negotiator. Karl Plutus, 106, Estonian jurist and centenarian.
13 Noah Augustine, 39, Canadian indigenous leader, road incident.N.B. First Nations activist killed Farid Baghlani, 41–42, Iranian serial killer and rapist, hanged. Luis García Berlanga, 89, Spanish film director, natural causes. George Binks, 96, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics). Winfried Brugger, 60, German academic lawyer. Jim Deane, 82, Australian football player. Norman Dennis, 81, British sociologist, leukaemia. Witold Hatka, 71, Polish politician, traffic collision. Ken Iman, 71, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams).Obituary: Kenneth Charles Iman