November 26 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 399 – Pope Siricius
  • 666 – Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo (other sources indicate DOD 664 or 665)
  • 1252 – Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
  • 1504 – Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
  • 1621 – Radulph Agas, English surveyor (b. c. 1540)
  • 1639 – John Spottiswoode, Scottish historian (b. 1565)
  • 1651 – Henry Ireton, English Civil War general (b. 1611)
  • 1688 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (b. 1635)
  • 1689 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
  • 1717 – Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
  • 1719 – John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
  • 1780 – Sir James Denham-Steuart, British economist (b. 1712)
  • 1836 – John MacAdam, British road builder (b. 1756)
  • 1851 – Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (b. 1769)
  • 1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
  • 1857 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (b. 1788)
  • 1872 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
  • 1876 – Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
  • 1883 – Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (b. 1797)
  • 1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (b. 1813)
  • 1892 – Charles Lavigerie, French Catholic cardinal (b. 1825)
  • 1896 – Coventry Patmore, British poet (b. 1823)
  • 1919 – Felipe Ángeles, Mexican Revolution general (b. 1868)
  • 1926 – John Browning, American firearm designer and inventor (b. 1855)
  • 1928 – Reinhard Scheer, German naval officer (b. 1863)
  • 1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b. 1866)
  • 1938 – Flora Call Disney, mother of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1868)
  • 1941 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861)
  • 1941 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (b. 1876)
  • 1943 – Edward O'Hare, American ace pilot (b. 1914)
  • 1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
  • 1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player (b. 1891)
  • 1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (b. 1905)
  • 1959 – Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (b. 1875)
  • 1962 – Albert Sarraut, French politician (b. 1872)
  • 1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
  • 1971 – Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
  • 1974 – Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. 1903)
  • 1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)
  • 1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
  • 1985 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon (b. 1910)
  • 1987 – Thomas G. Lanphier, American aviator (b. 1915)
  • 1991 – Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (b. 1908)
  • 1991 – Bob Johnson, American hockey coach (b. 1931)
  • 1994 – David Bache, British car designer (b. 1925)
  • 1994 – Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
  • 1996 – Michael Bentine, British comedian (b. 1922)
  • 1996 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
  • 1998 – Jonathan Kwitny, American reporter (b. 1941)
  • 2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (b. 1943)
  • 2002 – Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
  • 2002 – Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur (b. 1915)
  • 2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
  • 2003 – Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922)
  • 2004 – Philippe de Broca, French film director (b. 1933)
  • 2005 – Stan Berenstain, American children's author (b. 1923)
  • 2005 – Mark Craney, American musician (b. 1952)
  • 2005 – Takanori Arisawa, Japanese Composer (b. 1951)
  • 2006 – Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
  • 2006 – Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
  • 2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish pro cyclist (b. 1975)
  • 2006 – Stephen Heywood, American builder (b. 1969)
  • 2006 – Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host (b. 1933)
  • 2007 – Silvestre Herrera, Mexican-born American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. (b. 1917)
  • 2007 – Mel Tolkin, television comedy writer (b. 1913)
  • 2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (b. 1893)
  • 2008 – De'Angelo Wilson, American actor (b. 1979)
  • 2008 – Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks:
    • Gavriel Holtzberg, Israeli rabbi (b. 1979)
    • Ashok Kamte, Indian additional commissioner of the Mumbai police (b. 1965)
    • Hemant Karkare, Chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (b. 1954)
    • Tukaram Omble, Indian police officer (birth date unknown)
    • Vijay Salaskar, Indian senior police inspector (birth date unknown)
  • 2010 – Palle Huld, Danish actor (b. 1912)
  • 2010 – Yara Gambirasio, murdered Italian teenager (b.1997)

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    “There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
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