The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2008.
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.
November 2008
1 Badaró, 74, Brazilian-Portuguese actor and comedian, stomach cancer.Badaró não resistiu a um cancro (in Portuguese) Jimmy Carl Black, 70, American Cheyenne drummer and vocalist (The Mothers of Invention), lung cancer. Dermot Curtis, 76, Irish footballer (Bristol City, Ipswich Town, Republic of Ireland), after long illness. David de Caires, 70, Guyanese journalist and editor, founder of Stabroek News, complications from heart attack. Flockton Grey, 28, British racehorse, heart attack. Oscar Lathlin, 61, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 1990. Nathaniel Mayer, 64, American rhythm & blues singer, stroke. Jacques Piccard, 86, Belgian-born Swiss oceanographer and explorer. Rosetta Reitz, 84, American jazz historian and record company founder, cardiopulmonary disease. Jack Reno, 72, American country music singer, brain cancer. Shakir Stewart, 34, American vice president of Def Jam Recordings, suicide by gunshot. Yma Sumac, 86, Peruvian soprano, cancer. *Tan Jiazhen, 99, Chinese geneticist, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Tony Tarracino, 92, American saloon keeper and politician, heart and lung ailments.
2 Ahmed al-Mirghani, 67, Sudanese politician, President (1986–1989). Joseph Alliluyev, 63, Russian cardiologist, grandson of Joseph Stalin. James Armsey, 90, American automotive executive, director of the Ford Foundation (1960–1967). George F. Grant, 102, American angler, author and conservationist, natural causes. Kenneth P. Johnson, 74, American newspaper editor (Dallas Times Herald), heart infection. Jim Koleff, 55, Canadian hockey player and coach, cancer. Domenico Leccisi, 88, Italian politician, stole corpse of Benito Mussolini, heart and respiratory disease. Henry Loomis, 89, American Director of Voice of America (1958–1965), Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Pick's diseases. Jacques Lunis, 85, French Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) athlete. Elijah Mudenda, 81, Zambian politician, Prime Minister (1975–1977). Bill Stall, 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (Los Angeles Times), complications from pulmonary disease. Terence Tolbert, 44, American political campaign director for Barack Obama in Nevada, heart attack.
3 John Adams, 89, British rear admiral. Charles T. Cross, 86, American diplomat, Ambassador to Singapore (1969–1972), Consul General in Hong Kong (1974–1977). Mike Davis, 68, American boating advocate. Alan Ford, 84, American Olympic swimmer, emphysema. Jean Fournet, 95, French conductor. Brooks Mileson, 60, British football club owner (Gretna F.C.), complications from chronic fatigue syndrome and brain infection. Lalit Mohan Sharma, 80, Indian jurist, Chief Justice (1992–1993). Edward Sheehan, 78, American foreign correspondent, allergic reaction to medication. Lhofei Shiozawa, 67, Brazilian judoka. Josep Maria Socías, 71, Spanish lawyer and politician, Mayor of Barcelona (1976–1979). Cecil W. Stoughton, 88, American Presidential photographer (Kennedy, Johnson), complications from hip replacement. John Trudeau, 81, American music promoter, founder of the Britt Festival, heart failure. Tuba Man, 53, American tuba player, bludgeoned. I. Bernard Weinstein, 78, American cancer researcher, kidney disease.
4 Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, 96, Russian politician, chairman of Tuvan Parliament (1940–1944), world's first female head of state. Evelio Arias Ramos, 42, Mexican actor, comedian and singer. Ernesto Aura, 68, Spanish voice actor, cancer. Lennart Bergelin, 83, Swedish tennis player and coach, heart failure. Paddy Buckley, 83, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, St Johnstone). Jheryl Busby, 59, American record executive. Gérald Coppenrath, 86, French journalist and Senator (1958–1962) for Tahiti, brother of Hubert and Michel Coppenrath. Michael Crichton, 66, American author (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain) and television producer (ER), throat cancer. Rosella Hightower, 88, American ballerina, stroke. Byron Lee, 73, Jamaican musician and record producer, bladder cancer. Syd Lucas, 108, British World War I veteran. Juan Camilo Mouriño, 37, Mexican Secretary of the Interior since 2008, plane crash. Orlando Owoh, 76, Nigerian musician, stroke. José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, 51, Mexican politician, plane crash.
5 Ian Anderson, 54, Scottish footballer. V. T. Arasu, 82, Singaporean journalist, civil servant, editor and author, pancreatic cancer. Věra Černá, 70, Czech Olympic athlete. B. R. Chopra, 94, Indian film director (Naya Daur, Dhund, Kanoon). Sofron Dmyterko, 91, Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk. Sir Paul Greening, 80, British admiral and courtier. Michael Higgins, 88, American actor (Rumble Fish, The Stepford Wives, Swimfan), heart failure. Félix Lebuhotel, 76, French cyclist. John Leonard, 69, American media and cultural critic, complications from lung cancer. Norm Marshall, 89, Canadian broadcaster. Clark Miller, 70, American football player, heart attack. John Odom, 26, American professional baseball player, accidental drug overdose.
6 Ronald Davis, 52, American health advocate, president of the AMA (2007–2008), pancreatic cancer. Mahmoud Haroon, 88, Pakistani politician and newspaper founder. Sir John Hermon, 79, British police officer, Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1980–1989), Alzheimer's disease. Larry James, 61, American track athlete and Olympic gold medalist (1968), cancer. Phil Reed, 59, American politician, member of New York City Council (1998–2005), complications of pneumonia from leukemia. Joe Wendryhoski, 69, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans Saints), cancer and stroke. George Winterton, 61, Australian lawyer and professor of constitutional law, cancer.
7 Carl Allen, 88, American football player. Tetsuya Chikushi, 73, Japanese journalist and news anchor, lung cancer. José Bezerra Coutinho, 98, Brazilian bishop of Estância. Heiko Engelkes, 75, German television journalist (ARD), cancer. Hedley Howarth, 64, New Zealand cricketer. Wik Jongsma, 65, Dutch actor, cancer. Hidetaka Nishiyama, 80, Japanese karate master, cancer. Phạm Văn Rạng, 74, Vietnamese footballer (South Vietnam national team). Heather Pick, 38, American newscaster (WBNS-TV), breast cancer. Jody Reynolds, 75, American singer and guitarist, liver cancer. Lyle Williams, 66, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for Ohio (1979–1985), heart attack. Abraham Woods, 80, American civil rights leader, cancer.
8 Bodil Aakre, 86, Norwegian jurist and politician.https://www.ba-avis.no/nyheter/article194867.ece Arne Argus, 83, Swedish newspaper journalist and sports executive.http://www.svenskbandy.se/t2c.aspx?p=1400590&x=1&a=1151233 Mary Lou Beschorner, 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL) James Byrne, 62, Irish musician. Richard Fortman, 93, American checkers champion. Régis Genaux, 35, Belgian footballer, heart failure due to pulmonary embolism. Joe Hyams, 85, American Hollywood columnist and author, coronary artery disease. Mieczysław Rakowski, 81, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1988–1989), Workers' Party Chairman (1989–1990), cancer. Florence Wald, 91, American nurse, hospice pioneer.
9 Joanne H. Alter, 81, American activist and politician, cancer. Gerald Arthur, 95, Australian cricketer. Fernand Goux, 108, French penultimate veteran of World War I. Huda bin Abdul Haq, 48, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings, execution by firing squad. Anton Huiskes, 80, Dutch Olympic speed skater. *Hok Lundy, 58, Cambodian National Police Commissioner, helicopter crash. Carl D. Keith, 88, American co-inventor of the catalytic converter. Miriam Makeba, 76, South African singer ("Pata Pata", "Soweto Blues"), heart attack. John Milsum, 83, Canadian control engineer. Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, 46, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings, execution by firing squad. Preacher Roe, 92, American baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers), colon cancer. Stanisław Różewicz, 84, Polish film director (Westerplatte, Birth Certificate). Imam Samudra, 38, Indonesian terrorist in 2002 Bali bombings, execution by firing squad.
10 Sarah Blacher Cohen, 72, American professor of Jewish literature, complications of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Kiyosi Itô, 93, Japanese mathematician, respiratory failure. Nikola Kavaja, 76, Serbian anti-communist activist and aircraft hijacker, heart attack. *Li Ximing, 82, Chinese leader of Beijing Communist Party. Howard Reig, 87, American television announcer. Arthur Shawcross, 63, American serial killer, cardiac arrest. Wannes Van de Velde, 71, Belgian singer and artist, leukemia.
11 Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, 105, Turkish last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence. C. Harmon Brown, 78, American physician, pioneer of sports medicine, cancer. Tom Hunt, 85, American chairman of Hunt Petroleum, leukemia. Ľubomír Kadnár, 67, Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer. Francisco Lozano, 76, Mexican Olympic cyclist. Alessandro Maggiolini, 77, Italian Bishop of Como, lung cancer. María Elena Marqués, 83, Mexican actress, heart failure. Lasse Sandberg, 84, Swedish writer and illustrator of children's literature. Herb Score, 75, American baseball pitcher and broadcaster (Cleveland Indians), after long illness. Jack Scott, 85, British weather forecaster, cancer. Kanhaiyalal Sethia, 89, Indian poet.
12 Richard Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor, 73, British aristocrat and patron of the arts, cancer. Tim L. Hall, 83, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1975–1977). Catherine Baker Knoll, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania since 2003, neuroendocrine cancer. Vladas Michelevičius, 84, Lithuanian bishop of Vilkaviškis. Mitch Mitchell, 61, British drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience), natural causes. Margaret Moncrieff, 87, British cellist. George Morrison, 59, Canadian ice hockey player, brain tumour. Rex Neame, 72, English cricketer. Serge Nigg, 84, French composer. Raymond Routledge, 77, American bodybuilder, AAU Mr. America (1961).
13 Jules Archer, 93, American author. Marcello Fondato, 84, Italian screenwriter (Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace) and director (Watch Out, We're Mad!). Bette Garber, 65, American photographer, pneumonia. Mustapha Oukacha, 75, Moroccan politician, president of the Assembly of Councillors. Ian Ridley, 74, Australian footballer (Melbourne Demons), emphysema. Paco Ignacio Taibo I, 84, Mexican writer and journalist, pneumonia.
14 Knut Bjørnsen, 76, Norwegian sports commentator and journalist, pancreatic cancer. Michael Eneja, 89, Nigerian Bishop of Enugu. Sir Bernard Feilden, 89, British conservation activist and restoration architect. Lung Fong, 54, Hong Kong actor, lung cancer, Irving Gertz, 93, American composer. Christel Goltz, 96, German soprano. Kristin Hunter, 77, American writer. Adrian Kantrowitz, 90, American physician, performed the first pediatric heart transplant, heart failure. Tsvetanka Khristova, 46, Bulgarian athlete, Olympic dual medallist in discus throw, cancer. Robert Leith-Macgregor, 91, British World War II pilot. Charles Le Quintrec, 82, French poet. Shaukat Hussein Mazari, 60, Pakistani politician, heart attack. Ajit Kumar Panja, 72, Indian politician, oral cancer.
15 Glen Brand, 85, American wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1948). Matthew Cianciulli, 66, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977–1979), heart failure. Peter Fellgett, 86, British physicist. Donald Finkel, 79, American poet, complications from Alzheimer's disease. Grace Hartigan, 86, American painter, liver failure. Louis Ormont, 90, American psychologist.