Deaths in November 2018

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in November 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

November

Carlo Giuffrè
1928 – 2018

Roy Hargrove
1969 – 2018

Donna Axum
1942 – 2018

Sir
Jeremy Heywood
1961 – 2018

Bernard Landry
1937 – 2018

Liz J. Patterson
1939 – 2018

Stan Lee
1922 – 2018

David Pearson
1934 – 2018

Morten Grunwald
1934 – 2018

Roy Clark
1933 – 2018

William Goldman
1931 – 2018

Alyque Padamsee
1928 – 2018

Witold Sobociński
1929 – 2018

James H. Billington
1929 – 2018

Sir
Aaron Klug
1926 – 2018

Olivia Hooker
1915 – 2018

Nicolas Roeg
1928 – 2018

Ricky Jay
1946 – 2018

Bernardo Bertolucci
1941 – 2018

Stephen Hillenburg
1961 – 2018

Ed Pastor
1943 – 2018

Richard Fulton
1927 – 2018

George H. W. Bush
1924 – 2018

1

• Carlo Giuffrè, 89, Italian actor (The Railroad Man, The Girl with the Pistol, Poker in Bed) and stage director, cancer.
• Theodor Hoffmann, 83, German admiral, Chief of the Volksmarine (1987–1989) and East Germany Minister of Defense (1989–1990).
• Mariano Rajoy Sobredo, 97, Spanish jurist and magistrate.
• Ken Swofford, 85, American actor (Fame, Ellery Queen, The Andromeda Strain).
• Yurik Vardanyan, 62, Soviet-Armenian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1980), pulmonary embolism.

2

• Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale, 73, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1974).
• Raymond Chow, 91, Hong Kong movie producer (Golden Harvest) and presenter.
• Roy Hargrove, 49, American jazz trumpeter ("With the Tenors of Our Time", "Habana", "Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall"), Grammy winner (1997, 2002), heart attack.
• Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, 80, Pakistani cleric and politician, Senator (1985–1997, 2003–2009), stabbed.
• Merete Skavlan, 98, Norwegian actress (The Long Christmas Dinner, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Bald Soprano) and editor (Dagbladet).
• Robert F. Taft, 86, American Jesuit priest, Archimandrite of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (since 1963).

3

• Janusz Bielański, 79, Polish Roman Catholic priest, Rector of the Wawel Cathedral (1983–2007).
• Mari Hulman George, 83, American motorsport executive (Indianapolis Motor Speedway).
• John Large, 75, British consulting nuclear engineer (Friends of the Earth), heart attack.
• Sondra Locke, 74, American actress (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Sudden Impact), complications from breast and bone cancer.

4

• Karl-Heinz Adler, 91, German artist.
• Manohar Prahlad Awati, 91, Indian Navy vice admiral, Commander of the National Defence Academy (1976–1978), complications from pneumonia.
• Donna Axum, 76, American beauty pageant contestant and model, Miss America (1964), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, 79, American Zen Buddhist monk, complications from a stroke.
• Marco Dezzi Bardeschi, 84, Italian architect, educator (Polytechnic University of Milan) and editor (ANANKE), throat cancer.
• Sir Jeremy Heywood, 56, British economist and civil servant, Cabinet Secretary (2012–2018), lung cancer.
• Harris Hines, 75, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia (2017–2018), car crash.
• Richard Le Hir, 71, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec from Iberville (1994–1998), complications from a stroke.
• Vince Manuwai, 38, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars), cardiac arrest.
• Grant R. Osborne, 76, American theologian.
• Wolfgang Zuckermann, 96, German-born American harpsichord maker and activist. (death announced on this date)

5

• Keith Christiansen, 74, Canadian-born American Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints), Olympic silver medalist (1972), pneumonia complicated by lung cancer.
• Héctor Ferrer, 52, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Popular Democratic Party (2008–2011, 2017–2018) and member of the House of Representatives (2001–2018), esophageal cancer.

6

• Jonathan Cantwell, 36, Australian racing cyclist (DVP).
• Bernard Landry, 81, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (2001–2003), complications from pulmonary fibrosis.

7

• Ian David Long, 28, American mass murderer, perpetrator responsible for the Thousand Oaks shooting, shot.
• Francis Lai, 86, French movie score composer (A Man and a Woman, Rider on the Rain, Love Story), Oscar winner (1971).
• Alan Watson, 85, British legal scholar.

8

• Harold Basch, 77, American-born Israeli chemist.
• Bartolomé Bennassar, 89, French historian.
• François N. Macerola, 76, Canadian lawyer and movie executive (National Film Board of Canada, Telefilm Canada).
• Wallace Triplett, 92, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals), first African-American to be drafted in the NFL.
• Marvin Zuckerman, 90, American psychologist and writer (Personality and Individual Differences), cardiac arrest.

9

• Richard Paul Conaboy, 93, American judge, District Court Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (1979–1992), complications from a heart attack.
• Roger Hoy, 71, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Cardiff).

10

• Raffaele Baldassarre, 62, Italian politician, MEP (2009–2014), heart attack.
• Joel Barcellos, 81, Brazilian actor (Os Fuzis, My Home is Copacabana, Sagarana: The Duel), stroke.
• Ron Johnson, 71, American football player (New York Giants, Michigan Wolverines), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Herbert London, 79, American political activist and conservative commentator (The Washington Times), President of the Hudson Institute (1997–2011), complications from heart failure.
• Liz J. Patterson, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th congressional district (1987–1993).

11

• D. J. Finney, 101, British statistician, Director of the Agricultural and Food Research Council (1954–1984) and member of the World Cultural Council (since 1981).
• Olga Harmony, 90, Mexican playwright.
• Wayne Maunder, 80, Canadian-born American actor (The Seven Minutes, Porky's, Lancer), heart attack.
• Douglas Rain, 90, Canadian actor (2001: A Space Odyssey).
• Frankie Schneider, 92, American racing driver (NASCAR).

12

• Ananth Kumar, 59, Indian politician, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (since 2016), Chemicals and Fertilizers (since 2014), Civil Aviation (1998–1999) and MP for Bangalore South (since 1996), lung cancer.
• Stan Lee, 95, American comic book writer (Spider-Man, The Avengers, X-Men) and publisher (Marvel Comics), congestive cardiorespiratory failure.
• Igor Luchenok, 80, Belarusian composer, People's Artist of the USSR, stroke.
• Fred Patten, 77, American novelist (Watching Anime, Reading Manga), anime writer (Tekkaman: The Space Knight) and editor (Doomed Megalopolis), aortic aneurysm.
• David Pearson, 83, American Hall of Fame racing driver (NASCAR).
• Stuart H. Walker, 95, American Olympic yachtsman (1968) and writer, stomach cancer.

13

• Lucho Gatica, 90, Chilean bolero singer ("Me Importas Tú", "Sinceridad") and actor (El secreto de la ouija), heart attack.
• Caroline Rose Hunt, 95, American businesswoman (Rosewood Hotels & Resorts) and philanthropist, stroke.
• Everett A. Kelly, 92, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1978–2000).
• Katherine MacGregor, 93, American actress (Little House on the Prairie), congestive heart failure.
• William Mullan, 90, Scottish football referee (Scottish Football League First Division, UEFA, FIFA).

14

• Morten Grunwald, 83, Danish actor (Olsen Gang) and director, thyroid cancer.
• James V. Hansen, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st congressional district (1981–2003).
• Rolf Hoppe, 87, German actor (I Was Nineteen, Magnat, Pestalozzi's Mountain).
• Fernando del Paso, 83, Mexican novelist (José Trigo, Noticias del Imperio, Linda 67) and poet, member of the Colegio Nacional de México (since 1996).

15

• John Bluthal, 89, Polish-born British-Australian actor (Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width, The Vicar of Dibley, Hail, Caesar!).
• Roy Clark, 85, American Hall of Fame country singer ("Yesterday When I Was Young") and television host (Hee Haw), member of the Grand Ole Opry (since 1987), complications from pneumonia.
• Adolf Grünbaum, 95, German-American science philosopher, Chair of the Center for Philosophy of Science (since 1978) and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Zhores Medvedev, 93, Russian agronomist, biologist and dissident, heart attack.
• Mike Noble, 88, British comic artist (Lone Ranger, TV Century 21) and cartoonist (Fireball XL5).
• Luigi Rossi di Montelera, 72, Italian businessman (Martini & Rossi) and politician, Deputy (1976–1992), heart attack.
• Aldyr Schlee, 83, Brazilian writer and illustrator, designer of football national team jersey.
• Sigmund Steinnes, 59, Norwegian politician, MP (since 2013), pancreatic cancer.

16

• Scott English, 81, American songwriter ("Hi Ho Silver Lining", "Brandy", "Bend Me, Shape Me") and record producer.
• Pablo Ferro, 83, Cuban-born American graphic movie title designer (Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Bullitt), complications from pneumonia.
• William Goldman, 87, American novelist (The Princess Bride) and screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men), Oscar winner (1970, 1977), pneumonia complicated by colorectal cancer.
• Hiromasa Yonekura, 81, Japanese businessman, President of Sumitomo Chemical (2000–2009).

17

• Richard Baker, 93, English broadcaster (BBC News, Start the Week, Melodies for You).
• Gene Berce, 91, American basketball player (Oshkosh All-Stars, Tri-Cities Blackhawks), complications from a fall.
• Kayo Dottley, 90, American football player (Chicago Bears), complications from pneumonia.
• Eduard von Falz-Fein, 106, Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman, journalist and sportsman, fire.
• Alyque Padamsee, 90, Indian actor (Gandhi), recipient of the Padma Shri (2000).

18

• Héctor Beltrán Leyva, 56, Mexican drug cartel leader (Beltrán-Leyva Cartel), heart attack.
• Waldyr Boccardo, 82, Brazilian basketball player, World champion (1959) and Olympic bronze medalist (1960), pneumonia.
• Eddie Reeves, 79, American songwriter ("All I Ever Need Is You") and record label executive (Warner Bros. Records), stroke.
• Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, 95, Pakistani Islamic cleric, Amir of Tablighi Jamaat (since 1992), complications from dengue fever.
• Uladzimir Zhuravel, 47, Belarusian football player (national team, Dinamo Minsk) and coach (Shakhtyor Soligorsk), cardiac arrest.

19

• Apisai Ielemia, 63, Tuvaluan politician, Prime Minister (2006 –2010).
• Alí Rodríguez Araque, 81, Venezuelan politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004–2006) and Finance (2008–2010), heart attack.
• Witold Sobociński, 89, Polish cinematographer (The Adventures of Gerard, The Hourglass Sanatorium, Frantic) and academic.

20

• Roy Bailey, 83, English folk singer-songwriter ("Songs of Life from a Dying British Empire", "Gentle Men") and guitarist, heart failure.
• James H. Billington, 89, American academic, Librarian of Congress (1987–2015), pneumonia.
• Eddie C. Campbell, 79, American blues singer ("King of the Jungle", "Spider Eating Preacher") and guitarist, complications from a stroke.
• Mac Collins, 74, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 8th congressional district (1993–2005).
• Shlomo Erell, 98, Israeli military general, Commander of Israeli Navy (1966–1968).
• Anvar Khamei, 101, Iranian sociologist, economist and journalist, respiratory failure.
• Sir Aaron Klug, 92, Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize winner (1982).
• Eimuntas Nekrošius, 65, Lithuanian stage director (Kaunas State Drama Theatre) and actor (The Corridor), heart attack.

21

• Meena Alexander, 67, Indian-born American writer and scholar.
• Michele Carey, 75, American actress (El Dorado, Live a Little, Love a Little, The Sweet Ride).
• Olivia Hooker, 103, American psychologist and military personel, first African-American woman in the U.S. Coast Guard and last survivor of the Tulsa race riot.
• Igor Korobov, 62, Russian intelligence officer, Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate (since 2016).
• Devin Lima, 41, American singer (LFO), adrenal cancer.
• M. I. Shanavas, 67, Indian politician, MP (since 2009), complications from liver transplant.
• Lau Nai-keung, 71, Hong Kong businessman and politician, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1987–2007), colorectal cancer.

22

• Soslan Andiyev, 66, Russian heavyweight freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion (1976, 1980).
• Baishnab Charan Parida, 77, Indian politician, MP (2010–2016), liver cancer.
• Jose Peralta, 47, American politician, member of the New York Senate (since 2010), heart attack.

23

• Kevin Austin, 45, English-born Trinidadian footballer (Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Swansea City), pancreatic cancer.
• Betty Bumpers, 93, American childhood immunizations activist, First Lady of Arkansas (1971–1975), complications from a broken hip and dementia.
• Menahem Degani, 91, Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).
• Bujor Hălmăgeanu, 77, Romanian football player (Steaua București, national team) and manager (Dacia Unirea Brăila), respiratory failure.
• Mick McGeough, 62, Canadian ice hockey referee (NFL), stroke.
• Bob McNair, 81, American businessman, owner of the Houston Texans, skin cancer.
• Nicolas Roeg, 90, English movie director (Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Witches) and cinematographer (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum).
• George Ty, 86, Filipino banker, founder of Metrobank, pancreatic cancer.
• Gerard Unger, 76, Dutch graphic designer and type designer, stomach cancer.

24

• Ambareesh, 66, Indian actor (Naagarahaavu, Paduvaaralli Pandavaru) and politician, MP (1998–2009) and Minister of Information and Broadcasting (2006–2007), heart attack.
• Gordon Copeland, 75, New Zealand politician, MP (2002–2008), cancer.
• David Defiagbon, 48, Nigerian-Canadian boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1996), heart attack.
• Ricky Jay, 72, American stage magician and actor (Tomorrow Never Dies, Magnolia, Deadwood).
• Věra Růžičková, 90, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1948), breast cancer.

25

• Randolph L. Braham, 95, Romanian-born American historian, political scientist and Holocaust survivor.
• Giuliana Calandra, 82, Italian actress (La Calandria, Deep Red, L'affittacamere), leukemia.
• Viktor Kanevskyi, 82, Ukrainian football player (Soviet national team, Dynamo Kyiv) and coach (Metalist Kharkiv, Dnipro), brain cancer.
• Wright King, 95, American actor (A Streetcar Named Desire, Stagecoach to Fury, Planet of the Apes).
• Willie Naulls, 84, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics), respiratory failure.
• C. K. Jaffer Sharief, 85, Indian politician, MP (1971–1996, 1998–2004) and Minister of Railways (1991–1995), heart attack.

26

• Bernardo Bertolucci, 77, Italian movie director (Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor, 1900), Oscar winner (1988), lung cancer.
• Umberto Borsò, 95, Italian opera singer.
• Stephen Hillenburg, 57, American cartoonist, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, heart failure complicated by ALS.
• Sir Charles Huxtable, 87, British military officer, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (1988–1990).
• Tomás Maldonado, 96, Argentine painter and designer, complications from pneumonia.
• Patricia Quintana, 72, Mexican chef and writer, aortic aneurysm.
• Leo Schwarz, 87, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana (since 1982), lymphoma.

27

• Harold O. Levy, 65, American lawyer and philanthropist, New York City School Chancellor (2000–2002), complications from ALS.
• Ed Pastor, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 2nd, 4th, and 7th congressional districts (1991–2015), heart attack.
• V. K. Rao, 104, Indian civil servant, Principal Secretary to the President (1981–1982).
• Barbara Brooks Wallace, 95, American writer (Peppermints in the Parlor, The Twin in the Tavern, Claudia), complications from pneumonia.

28

• Richard Fulton, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th congressional district (1963–1975) and Mayor of Nashville (1975–1987).
• Robert Morris, 87, American sculptor, pneumonia.
• Harry Leslie Smith, 95, British writer and political commentator, pneumonia complicated by a fall.

29

• Altaf Fatima, 91, Pakistani writer (Dastak Na Do), stroke.
• Eldon George, 87, Canadian fossil hunter and geologist.
• Ruth Haring, 63, American chess player.
• Viktor Matviyenko, 70, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, USSR national team) and manager (Torpedo Zaporizhya), Olympic bronze medalist (1976).

30

• George H. W. Bush, 94, American politician, President (1989–1993), Vice President (1981–1989) and Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Luigi Farace, 84, Italian politician, Deputy (1987–1994) and Mayor of Bari (1978–1981).
• ,Bart Baker 38, American singer and comediancardiac arrest

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Related pages

• Deaths in 2014
• Deaths in 2015
• Deaths in 2016
• Deaths in 2017

Other websites

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries