Deaths in 2003 - November 2003

November 2003

• 2 - Frederic Vester, 77, German cybernetician.
• 3 - Aaron Bridgers, 85, French jazz pianist.
• 3 - Rasul Gamzatov, 80, Avarian/Soviet/Russian poet, called the "People's poet of Dagestan".
• 3 - Frank McCloskey, 64, Indiana Congressman from 1983–1995, bladder cancer.
• 4 - Charles Causley, 86, British poet.
• 4 - Ken Gampu, 74, South African actor.
• 5 - Richard Wollheim, 80, British philosopher.
• 5 - Bobby Hatfield, 63, half of the singing duet the Righteous Brothers.
• 5 - Dernell Stenson, 25, Cincinnati Reds baseball player.
• 6 - Eduardo Palomo, 41, Mexican actor, heart attack.
• 6 - Crash Holly, 32, professional wrestler.
• 6 - Rie Mastenbroek, 84, Dutch swimmer, triple Olympic champion.
• 8 - C. Z. Guest, 83, socialite.
• 8 - Michael Pollock, 82, American opera singer.
• 8 - Hava Rexha, 123?, oldest woman in Albania, maybe in the world.
• 9 - Gordon Onslow Ford, 90, surrealist painter.
• 9 - Mario Merz, 78, Italian artist.
• 9 - Art Carney, 85, The Honeymooners actor, natural causes.
• 9 - Buddy Arnold, 77, jazz saxophonist.
• 10 - Canaan Banana, 67, first president of independent Zimbabwe.
• 10 - Irv Kupcinet, 91, American columnist, television personality.
• 11 - Robert Brown, 82, British actor (M in 4 James Bond films).
• 11 - Miquel Martí i Pol, 74, Catalan poet.
• 11 - Don Taylor, 67, British theatre and television director.
• 11 - Harold Walker, Baron Walker of Doncaster, 76, British politician.
• 11 - George Wallace, Baron Wallace of Coslany, 97, British politician.
• 12 - Tony Thompson, 48, drummer for The Power Station.
• 12 - Penny Singleton, 95, American actress.
• 12 - Jonathan Brandis, 27, actor, reportedly suicide.
• 13 - Kellie Waymire, 35, actress (Star Trek: Enterprise).
• 13 - Mitoyo Kawate, 114, oldest recognized person in the world.
• 14 - Gene Anthony Ray, 41, American dancer.
• 15 - Ray Lewis, 93, first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist.
• 15 - Mohamed Choukri, 68, writer.
• 15 - John Stamper, 77, British aeronautical engineer.
• 15 - Laurence Tisch, 80, American billionaire, head of Loews Corporation and CBS television network.
• 15 - Dorothy Loudon, 70, American actress.
• 16 - Bettina Goislard, 29, UNHCR relief worker.
• 16 - Arihiro Fukuda, 39, Japanese associate professor and author of Sovereignty and the Sword.
• 17 - Gerry Adams, Sr, 77, Irish Republican Army volunteer, father of Gerry Adams.
• 17 - Arthur Conley, 58, soul singer.
• 17 - Don Gibson, 75, singer-songwriter.
• 18 - Michael Kamen, 55, American composer.
• 19 - Ken Brett, 55, former Major League Baseball player, brother of George Brett.
• 20 - David Dacko, 73, first president of the Central African Republic.
• 20 - Robert Addie, 43, British actor.
• 20 - Eugene Kleiner, 80, entrepreneur and co-founder of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers venture capital firm.
• 20 - Roger Short, 58, British diplomat, consul-general in Istanbul.
• 20 - Kerem Yilmazer, 58, Turkish actor.
• 20 - Jim Siedow, 83, American actor.
• 20 - Theo Berger, 62, German criminal.
• 23 - Nick Carter, 79, New Zealand cyclist.
• 24 - Hugh Kenner, 80, literary critic.
• 24 - Warren Spahn, 82, baseball pitcher.
• 26 - Anton Burg, 99, University of Southern California chemistry professor.
• 26 - Gordon Reid, 64, Scottish actor.
• 26 - Soulja Slim, 26, American rapper.
• 26 - Stefan Wul, 81, French science fiction writer.
• 27 - Will Quadflieg, German actor.
• 28 - Harold von Braunhut, American creator of Amazing Sea-Monkeys.
• 28 - Ted Bates, 85, British footballer and manager.
• 28 - Mihkel Mathiesen, 85, Estonian politician.
• 30 - Barber B. Conable, 81, New York Congressman, president of the World Bank from 1986–1991.
• 30 - Gertrude Ederle, 98, first woman to swim the English Channel.