November 18 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1154 – Adélaide de Maurienne, queen consort of King Louis VI of France (b. 1092)
• 1305 – John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
• 1559 – Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)
• 1590 – George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)
• 1724 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)
• 1785 – Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)
• 1797 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
• 1814 – William Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)
• 1852 – Rose Philippine Duchesne French Catholic nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 – William Allingham, Irish poet (b. 1824 or 1828)
• 1909 – Renée Vivien, English-born French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 – Marcel Proust, French novelist (b. 1871)
• 1941 – Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
• 1941 – Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 – Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (b. 1879)
• 1952 – Paul Eluard, French poet (b. 1895)
• 1962 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 – Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1888)
• 1969 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American businessman (b. 1888)
• 1969 – Ted Heath, British trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1972 – Danny Whitten, American musician (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1976 – Man Ray, American-born French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
• 1977 – Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Victor Francen, Belgian actor (b. 1888)
• 1978 – Jim Jones, American cult figure (Peoples Temple) (b. 1931)
• 1978 – Leo Ryan, American politician (b. 1925)
• 1979 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (b. 1901)
• 1980 – Conn Smythe, Canadian ice hockey administrator and racing horse owner (b. 1895)
• 1984 – Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (b. 1907)
• 1986 – Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)
• 1987 – Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934)
• 1991 – Gustáv Husák, Slovak-born Czech politician (b. 1913)
• 1994 – Cab Calloway, American bandleader (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Peter Ledger, Australian illustrator (b. 1945)
• 1999 – Paul Bowles, American novelist (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Doug Sahm, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet, Flaco Jiménez) (b. 1941)
• 2002 – James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Cy Coleman, American composer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Brian G. Marsden, British astronomer (b. 1937)