Deaths in November 1996

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1996.

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.

1

 * Maati Bouabid, 68, Prime Minister of Morocco.
 * Sid Cann, 85, English football player and manager.
 * Lycette Darsonval, 84, French dancer.
 * Edgardo Enríquez, 84, Chilean physician, academic and politician.
 * Junius Richard Jayewardene, 90, President of Sri Lanka, colon cancer.
 * William Johnstone, 88, American actor.
 * Clyde Lynn, 60, American racing driver.
 * Eric Reissner, 83, German-American civil engineer and mathematician.

2

 * Eva Cassidy, 33, American singer and guitarist, melanoma.
 * John G. Crommelin, 94, American naval officer and white supremacist politician.
 * Joseph Lambert Eustace, 88, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
 * Pierre Grimal, 83, French classical philologist.
 * Kang Hyo-shil, 64, South Korean actress.
 * Yan Jici, 95, Chinese physicist and politician.
 * Shanti Swaroop Rana, 47, Indian military officer, killed in action.
 * Laurence L. Sloss, 83, American geologist.
 * Arnie Tuadles, 40, Filipino basketball player, shot.

3

 * Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 75, 2nd President of the Central African Republic and Emperor of Central Africa, heart attack.
 * William Clarke, 45, American blues harmonica player and singer.
 * Ray Mansfield, 55, American gridiron football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart attack.
 * Marian Plezia, 79, Polish historian.
 * Barry Porter, 57, British politician, cancer.
 * Yevhen Shcherban, 50, Ukrainian businessman and politician, assassinated, homicide.
 * Isaac M. Taylor, 75, American medical academic, pneumonia.
 * Abdullah Çatlı, 40, Turkish nationalist and leader of the Grey Wolves, traffic accident.

4

 * T. Vincent Learson, 84, American chairman and chief executive officer of IBM.
 * Ray Linn, 76, American jazz trumpeter.
 * Konstantin Loktev, 63, Russian ice hockey player, liver cirrhosis.
 * Gottlieb Weber, 86, Swiss cyclist.

5

 * Bunny Breckinridge, 93, American actor and drag queen.
 * Allen Broussard, 67, American judge.
 * Eddie Harris, 62, American jazz musician, congestive heart failure.
 * Joaquín Monserrat, 75, Spanish comedian and host of children programs.
 * Wilhelm Sturm, 56, German football player.
 * John Dragon Young, 47, Hong Kong-American historian and politician.

6

 * Harry Brophy, 80, English football player.
 * Vadim Ivanov, 53, Russian football player Russian football player and manager.
 * Houn Jiyu-Kennett, 72, British Rōshi.
 * Dragan Kresoja, 50, Serbian film director.
 * Tommy Lawton, 77, English football player and manager, pneumonia.
 * Richard Nelson, 57, American theatrical lighting designer.
 * Mario Savio, 53, American activist and Berkeley Free Speech Movement member, heart problems.

7

 * Claude Ake, 57, Nigerian political scientist, plane crash.
 * Beauford T. Anderson, 74, United States Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
 * Feliciano Centurión, 34, Paraguayan visual artist, AIDS-related complications.
 * Bill Chisholm, 87, American athletics competitor.
 * Carmell Jones, 60, American jazz trumpet player, heart failure.
 * Hans Klodt, 82, German football player.
 * Sverre Kolterud, 88, Norwegian Nordic combined skier.
 * Salvatore Lauricella, 74, Italian politician and mayor.
 * Bosh Pritchard, 77, American National Football League football player.
 * Jaja Wachuku, 78, Nigerian prince, politician, diplomat and Pan-Africanist.

8

 * Andrés Rivero Agüero, 91, Cuban politician.
 * Laurence Baxter, 42, English statistician.
 * Peter Fowler, 73, British physicist.
 * Johannes Frömming, 86, German harness racing driver and trainer.
 * Franklin Gritts, 81, Native American painter and commercial artist.
 * Mathews I, 89, Indian Supreme Primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
 * Tan Onuma, 78, Japanese writer.
 * Sydney Selwyn, 62, British physician and medical scientist, multiple system atrophy.

9

 * Gudmundur Arnlaugsson, 83, Icelandic chess player.
 * Joe Ghiz, 51, Canadian lawyer and politician, cancer.
 * Michel Mitrani, 66, French film director and screenwriter.
 * Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, 92, British diplomat.
 * Alvin Straight, 76, American lawn mower traveler.
 * Yoshimi Ueda, 90, Japanese basketball player and administrator.

10

 * Imam Alimsultanov, 39, Popular Chechen bard and folk singer, homicide.
 * Jack Evans, 68, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, prostate cancer.
 * Yaki Kadafi, 19, American rapper (Outlawz, Dramacydal), shot.
 * Richard Mayo, 94, American Army general and athlete.
 * Marjorie Proops, 85, British journalist.
 * Manik Varma, 70, Indian classical singer.
 * Gucheng Zhou, 98, Chinese politician.

11

 * Janice Adair, 91, British film actress.
 * Jo Baker, 48, American singer and songwriter, liver disease.
 * Eugene Davy, 92, Irish rugby union football player and coach.
 * Curt Göransson, 87, Swedish general and commander of the Army.
 * Lum Harris, 81, American baseball player, coach, manager, and scout, complications of diabetes.
 * Paul J. F. Lusaka, 61, Zambian politician and diplomat.
 * Gober Sosebee, 81, American racecar driver, agriculture accident.

12

 * Thomas Miller Bell, 73, Canadian politician, lawyer and barrister.
 * Don Kenyon, 72, English cricket player.
 * Le Nguyen Khang, 65, South Vietnamese commander.
 * Peter Leeds, 79, American actor, cancer.
 * Cordell Reagon, 53, American singer and activist, homicide.
 * Tom Reid, 70, Irish rugby player.
 * Vytautas Žalakevičius, 66, Lithuanian film director and writer.

13

 * Bill Doggett, 80, American jazz and R&B pianist and organist, heart attack.
 * June Gale, 85, American actress, pneumonia.
 * James Galloway, 68, American film editor.
 * Alma Kitchell, American concert singer.
 * Katja Medbøe, 50, Norwegian actress, suicide.
 * Swami Rama, Indian yoga guru.
 * Bobbie Vaile, 37, Australian astronomer, brain cancer.

14

 * Jim Baxes, 68, American Major League Baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians).
 * Joseph Bernardin, 68, American Cardinal of the Catholic Church, pancreatic cancer.
 * Nell Blaine, 74, American landscape painter and watercolorist.
 * Virginia Cherrill, 88, American actress, stroke.
 * Giuliano Giuliani, 38, Italian football player, complications of AIDS.
 * Nodar Gvakhariya, 64, Soviet water polo player.
 * Meridel Le Sueur, 96, American writer.
 * Derek Marlowe, 58, English playwright, novelist, and painter.
 * Elman Service, 81, American anthropologist.
 * Jacomina van den Berg, 86, Dutch gymnast and Olympian.

15

 * William Boddington, 85, American field hockey player and Olympian.
 * Ellis Wayne Felker, 48, American man convicted of murder, execution by electric chair.
 * Henri Friedlaender, 92, Israeli typographer and book designer.
 * William E. Hall, 83, United States Naval Reserve officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
 * Alger Hiss, 92, American State Department official and alleged spy.
 * John J. Lenzini, Jr., 49, American horse trainer in Thoroughbred flat racing.
 * Lila Shanley, 86, American stuntwoman, actress, and athlete, heart failure.
 * Ahmed Zaki, 65, Prime Minister of the Maldives.

16

 * Reginald Bevins, 88, British politician.
 * Dondinho, 79, Brazilian football player and manager.
 * Joe Gonzales, 81, American Major League Baseball player.
 * Jens Peter Hansen, 69, Danish football player.
 * Masud Karim, 60, Bangladeshi lyricist.
 * Liam Naughten, 52, Irish Fine Gael politician, traffic accident.
 * Jack Popplewell, 85, English writer and playwright.
 * Benjamin Arthur Quarles, 92, American historian, educator, and writer, heart attack.
 * Vasil Spasov, 76, Bulgarian football player and manager.

17

 * Michele Abruzzo, 91, Italian actor.
 * Gus Kyle, 73, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Karl-Heinz Moehle, 86, German U-boat commander during World War II.
 * Huo Shilian, 87, Chinese politician.
 * Kurt von Ruffin, 95, German actor and opera singer.

18

 * Antonije Abramović, 77, Archbishop of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church.
 * Bob Bearpark, 53, Canadian soccer coach.
 * Zinovy Gerdt, 80, Soviet/Russian actor.
 * Douglas Guest, 80, British organist and conductor.
 * Charles Hare, 81, British tennis player.
 * Raymond Harvey, 76, United States Army lieutenant colonel and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
 * James Stuart Holden, 82, American attorney and judge.
 * Evelyn Hooker, 89, American psychologist.
 * Greer Lankton, 38, American artist and doll maker, drug overdose.
 * Charlie Neal, 65, American baseball player, heart failure.
 * John Vassall, 72, British civil servant and spy, heart attack.
 * Étienne Wolff, 92, French biologist.
 * Zhu Zuxiang, 80, Chinese educator.

19

 * Gabriel Alonso, 73, Spanish football player.
 * Harry Anderson, 90, American illustrator.
 * Grace Bates, 82, American mathematician.
 * Milton Carpenter, 91, American politician.
 * Phil Hankinson, 45, American basketball player, suicide.
 * Nicole Hassler, 55, French figure skater and Olympian.
 * Véra Korène, 95, Russian-French actress and singer.

20

 * Bert Achong, 67, Trinidadian and Tobagonian scientist, brain tumor.
 * Jens Boyesen, 76, Norwegian diplomat and politician.
 * Danny Dare, 91, American film director and choreographer.
 * Liam Dowling, 65, Irish hurler.
 * Gustl Gstettenbaur, 82, German actor.
 * Bill Sayles, 79, American baseball player.
 * Franciszek Strynkiewicz, 103, Polish sculptor.
 * Bill Vernon, 59, American radio personality.

21

 * Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf, Indian Sufi saint, spiritual leader and islamic scholar.
 * Sandro Continenza, 76, Italian screenwriter.
 * Chuck Howard, 63, American television executive, and a pioneer in television sports broadcasting, brain cancer.
 * Elmo Langley, 68, American NASCAR driver and owner, heart attack.
 * Liu Pang-yu, 53, Taiwanese politician, murdered.
 * Bernard Rose, 80, British organist, soldier, and academic.
 * Abdus Salam, 70, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, progressive supranuclear palsy.

22

 * Stephanie Bachelor, 84, American film actress.
 * Peter Barbour, 71, Australian intelligence officer and diplomat.
 * Garrett Birkhoff, 85, American mathematician.
 * Ray Blanton, 66, American businessman and politician.
 * Walter Boos, 68, German film editor and director.
 * María Casares, 74, Spanish-French actress, colon cancer.
 * Willy Derboven, 57, Belgian road bicycle racer.
 * Terence Donovan, 60, English photographer and film director, suicide.
 * Robert Jaulin, 68, French ethnologist.
 * Mark Lenard, 72, American actor (Star Trek), multiple myeloma.
 * Adeniran Ogunsanya, 78, Nigerian lawyer and politician.
 * Edmund Teske, 85, American photographer.

23

 * Mohamed Amin, 53, Kenyan photojournalist, plane crash.
 * Jean-Paul Elkann, 74, French banker.
 * Ken Lane, 83, American musician.
 * Charlotte Pierce, 92, American actress.
 * Art Porter, Jr., 35, American jazz saxophonist, drowned.
 * Eve Rimmer, 59, New Zealand paralympic athlete.
 * Idries Shah, 72, Indian Sufi writer and teacher.
 * Tim Wilson, 42, American gridiron football player.

24

 * Loren Bain, 74, American baseball player.
 * Edison Denisov, 67, Russian Soviet composer.
 * Paulos Mar Gregorios, 74, Indian Metropolitan.
 * William Johnstone, 88, American actor.
 * Tupua Leupena, 74, Governor-General of Tuvalu.
 * Sorley MacLean, 85, Scottish Gaelic poet.
 * Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, 73, French Indologist.
 * Michael O'Hehir, 76, Irish sports commentator and journalist.
 * Titus Ozon, 69, Romanian football player and manager.

25

 * Ricardo López Aranda, 61, Spanish playwright.
 * Don Dobie, 69, Australian politician.
 * Hans Jura, 75, Austrian cinematographer.
 * Margaret Rioch, 89, American psychotherapist.
 * Charles Stokes, 94, American politician, jurist, and lawyer, cancer.

26

 * Michael Bentine, 74, British comedian, prostate cancer.
 * Norman Le Brocq, 74, British communist, trade union activist, and resistance leader during World War II.
 * Isabella Henriette van Eeghen, 83, Dutch historian. Added/updated entries
 * Guido Gratton, 64, Italian football player.
 * Joan Hammond, 84, Australian operatic soprano.
 * Philippe Hirschhorn, 50, Latvian violinist, brain cancer.
 * Elrey Borge Jeppesen, 89, American aviation pioneer.
 * Bill McElwain, 93, American gridiron football player and coach.
 * Narinder Singh Randhawa, 69, Indian agricultural scientist and writer.
 * Paul Rand, 82, American graphic designer, cancer.

27

 * Balot, 70, Filipino comedian and actor, complications from diabetes.
 * Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., 49, American attorney and fraudster, suicide.
 * Aloysio Borges, 78, Brazilian modern pentathlete.
 * Vladimir Firm, 73, Croatian football player.
 * Jack Penn, 87, South African plastic surgeon, sculptor and author.

28

 * Charles Bressler, 70, American tenor.
 * Harlan Hanson, 71, American educator and director of the Advanced Placement Program.
 * Robert J. McCloskey, 74, American diplomat.
 * John Jaffurs, 73, American football player and coach.
 * Don McNeill, 78, American tennis champion.
 * Anna Pollak, 84, English opera singer.

29

 * Dick Bilda, 77, American gridiron football player.
 * Jordan Cronenweth, 61, American cinematographer (Blade Runner, Peggy Sue Got Married, Altered States), Parkinson's disease.
 * Dan Flavin, 63, American minimalist artist, diabetes, diabetes.
 * Denis Jenkinson, 75, British motorsports journalist.
 * Dragoslav Srejović, 65, Serbian archaeologist, cultural anthropologist and historian.
 * Bob Steuber, 75, American gridiron football player.

30

 * Ted Petoskey, 85, American athlete, coach in three sports and athletic director.
 * Kacem Slimani, 48, Moroccan football player.
 * Max Thompson, 74, United States Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
 * Tiny Tim, 64, American musician ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips", "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight"), heart attack.
 * Peng Wan-ru, 47, Taiwanese politician, murder, homicide.
 * John Williamson, 45, American basketball player, kidney failure.