The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2015.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
November 2015
1 Abdikarim Yusuf Adam, Somali military officer, Chief of Army (2015), shot.Jeneraal Dhaga badan oo ka mid noqday dadka Hoteel Saxafi ku geeriyooday Bill Ballantine, 78, British-born New Zealand marine biologist.Minister saddened at passing of Dr Bill Ballantine Ronald Desruelles, 60, Belgian Olympic athlete (1976, 1984), suicide by hanging.Patong restaurant owner found dead Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 74, American judge, Chief Justice (2008–2010) and member (2000–2010) of the Illinois Supreme Court, Parkinson's disease.Thomas Fitzgerald, former Illinois Supreme Court chief justice, dies at 74 José Fonseca e Costa, 82, Portuguese film director (No Trace of Sin), pneumonia.Morreu este domingo José Fonseca e Costa Anselmo Gouthier, 82, Italian politician, MEP (1979–1984).Landesrat Tommasini würdigt Anselmo Gouthier Gloria Salguero Gross, 74, Salvadoran politician, President of the Legislative Assembly (1994–1997), cardiac arrest.Muere Gloria Salguero Gross, fundadora del partido ARENA Stephen Hancock, 89, English actor (Coronation Street).Stephen Hancock obituary *Afzal Khan Lala, 89, Pakistani politician, MP for Swat (1993–1997), complications from cirrhosis.Veteran ANP leader Afzal Khan Lala passes away Houston McTear, 58, American sprinter, lung cancer.Former world record-holder McTear dies Charles Duncan Michener, 97, American entomologist.Charles Michener, 'patriarch' of bee research, dies at 97 Paolo Poiret, 70, Italian actor and voice actor. Günter Schabowski, 86, German politician, editor-in-chief of Neues Deutschland, First Secretary of the East Berlin SED, prematurely announced the fall of the Berlin Wall.Guenter Schabowski, East German official who announced opening of Berlin Wall, dies at 86 Hayden Shell, 78, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Geelong West (1982–85) and Geelong (1985–92).Hayden Kevin Shell at Parliament of Victoria Rudolf Scheurer, 90, Swiss football referee.Ehemaliger Schiedsrichter-Chef und Solothurner Kantonsrat gestorben Fred Thompson, 73, American politician and actor (Law & Order, Sinister, Cape Fear), U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994–2003), minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, lymphoma.Fred Thompson, with larger-than-life persona, dies at 73 Robert VanderLaan, 85, American politician.Robert VanderLaan A. Veluppillai, 78, Sri Lankan Tamil academic and author.Veteran Tamil scholar Professor Veluppillai passes away
2 Frank Budgen, 61, British commercial director (Tag, Mountain), cancer. Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, 91, Polish art historian. Mike Davies, 79, Welsh tennis player, mesothelioma.Mike Davies dies at 79; tennis innovator brought new color and exposure to game Roy Dommett, 82, British engineer and rocket scientist.Dommett – Deaths Announcements Peter Donaldson, 70, Egyptian-born British newsreader and radio broadcaster (BBC Radio 4), cancer.Peter Donaldson obituary Christopher Duggan, 57, British historian, suicide by hanging.University of Reading announces death of Italian history expert Betty Fountain, 85, American baseball player (AAGPBL). Anne Fulton, 64, Canadian LGBT activist. Hashim Abdul Halim, 80, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Amdanga (1977–2006) and Entally (2006–2011), heart attack. Omar El-Hariri, c. 71, Libyan general, traffic collision.وفاة اللواء عمر الحريري بحادث سير Karl Jaeger, 85, American educator, writer and artist.Karl Jaeger, veteran campaigner – obituary Haruko Kato, 92, Japanese actress (Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service).Howl's Moving Castle Voice Actress Haruko Kato Passes Away Alexey Kozlov, 80, Russian Soviet intelligence officer, Hero of the Russian Federation.Козлов Алексей Михайлович Neville Lakay, 77, South African cricketer.Neville Lakay Eddie Milner, 60, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants). Tommy Overstreet, 78, American country singer.Tommy Overstreet, 1970s Country Hitmaker, Dies at Age 78 J. D. Y. Peel, 73, British Africanist and sociologist.JDY Peel, 1941-2015 Roméo Phillion, 76, Canadian prisoner, wrongly convicted of murder, COPD.Romeo Phillion, jailed for 31 years, dies Miroslav Poljak, 71, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1968).Napustio nas je zlatni hrvatski vaterpolist Miroslav Poljak ... Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao, 69, Indian actor, brain infection.Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao Died – RIP Kondavalasa, Telugu Comedian Arthur Shaw, 91, English footballer (Arsenal). Donald Shell, 91, American computer scientist (Shellsort).Donald Lewis Shell Barbara Snelling, 87, American politician, Vermont Lieutenant Governor (1993–1997), State Senator (1999–2002), and First Lady (1977–1985 and 1991).Former Lt. Gov., State Sen. Barbara Snelling dies Edward Soja, 75, American geographer.Memorials & Tributes: Edward W. Soja David Stock, 76, American composer and conductor, blood disease. Tan Kim Bee, 86, Malaysian Olympic weightlifter. Carlos Vargas Ferrer, 44, Puerto Rican politician, member of the P.R. House of Representatives, traffic collision following a heart attack.Cooperativistas lamentan la muerte del representante Vargas Ferrer Colin Welland, 81, British actor and screenwriter (Kes, Straw Dogs, Chariots of Fire), Oscar winner (1982).Colin Welland: Actor, writer and Oscar winner dies at 81 Alexandre Yankoff, 84, French Olympic hurdler.Alexandre Yankoff
3 Peter Bayley, 94, English academic.In Memoriam: Peter Bayley Adriana Campos, 36, Colombian actress (Vecinos), traffic collision.Actress Adriana Campos Dead At 36: Mauricio Ochmann's Ex Dies In Car Accident In Colombia Judy Cassab, 95, Austrian-born Australian painter and Holocaust survivor, only woman to win two Archibald Prizes (1960, 1967).Judy Cassab, Australian artist and Holocaust survivor, dies aged 95 Ahmed Chalabi, 70, Iraqi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2005–2006), President of the Governing Council (2003), Iraq War lobbyist, heart attack. Howard Coble, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from (1985–2015), complications from surgery.Former U.S. Rep. Howard Coble dies at 84, served for 30 years Emmett Smith Davis, 96, American colonel.Colonel Emmett Smith "Cyclone" Davis Csaba Fenyvesi, 72, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1968, 1972), cancer.Gyász: elhunyt a háromszoros olimpiai bajnok Fenyvesi Csaba David Graham, 91, American casting director (Three's Company, Purple Rain).David B. Graham Tom Graveney, 88, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, England), Parkinson's disease.Tom Graveney: Former England cricketer dies, aged 88 Paul Gundani, 49, Zimbabwean footballer (national team), suspected malaria.Paul Gundani dies Chuck Hurston, 72, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills), cancer.Former Jordan, Auburn standout Chuck Hurston dies at 72 Richard L. Landau, 99, American endocrinologist.Richard L. Landau, leader in endocrinology research, 1916-2015 Sidney H. Lazard, 84, American bridge player.In Memory of Sidney Herold Lazard S. Mahalingam, 89, Sri Lankan mechanical engineer and academic.Renowned engineer Professor. S. Mahalingam passes away in Jaffna Thomas S. Marvel, 80, American architect.Thomas S. Marvel, 1935-2015 Fred McNeill, 63, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Ex-Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill dies at 63 Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir, 86, Bangladeshi academic.Prof Beggzadi passes away Lauretta Ngcobo, 84, South African author and activist.Lauretta Ngcobo author, teacher and activist Nils Nygaard, 83, Norwegian professor of law.Minneord om Nils Nygaard Dan Poynter, 78, American author, publisher, pioneer in self-publishing, acute myeloid leukemia and renal failure.Obituary: Dan Poynter Paul Rose, 79, British politician, MP for Manchester Blackley (1964–1979).BHA mourns its patron Paul Rose, former MP and campaigner Fred J. Scollay, 92, American actor (Law & Order, Death Wish).Fred Scollay Obituary Rick Sortun, 73, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).Henrik M. Sortun Katherine Stenholm, 98, American film director. Ian Templeman, 77, Australian poet.Ian Templeman (1938–2015) Lesley Vance, 76, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994), colon cancer.Phenix City lawmaker Lesley Vance dies at 76
4 Gülten Akın, 82, Turkish poet.Turkey bids farewell to its beloved poet Gülten Akın Ingo von Bredow, 75, German sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).Ingo v. Bredow Traueranzeige Desmond Bull, 80, Australian cricketer. Seymour Chatman, 87, American film and literary critic.Remembering Seymour Chatman, professor emeritus of rhetoric and film at UC Berkeley Piotr Domaradzki, 69, Polish-born American journalist (Dziennik Związkowy), essayist and historian, smoke inhalation.Red. Piotr Domaradzki nie żyje Ron Drzewiecki, 82, American football player (Chicago Bears).Ronald Drzewiecki – Chicago Bears player Ronald Drzewiecki was born in Milwaukee René Girard, 91, French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science.Critic René Girard Is Dead at 91 Ian Greer, 82, British political lobbyist (Cash-for-questions affair).Ian Greer Steve Hanson, 54, Australian rugby league player (North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales), heart attack. Veikko Heinonen, 81, Finnish ski jumper.Suomalainen mäkihypyn MM-mitalisti kuoli Truman McGill Hobbs, 94, American judge, District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (1980–1991). Károly Horváth, 65, Romanian–Hungarian composer and musician.Meghalt Horváth Károly zeneszerző Ole Knapp, 83, Norwegian politician.Tidligere industriminister Ole Knapp er død Themba Makhanya, 45, Swazi Olympic athlete.Swaziland Athletics President Makhanya Dies Melissa Mathison, 65, American screenwriter (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Black Stallion, Kundun), neuroendocrine cancer.Melissa Mathison dies at 65; screenwriter of 'E.T.,' 'Black Stallion,' 'Kundun' Hilde Nissen, 94, Danish Olympic sprinter.Hilde Nissen Marina Pankova, 52, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1988).Marina Nikulina Pankova: Campeona mundial falleció a los 53 años Laila Pullinen, 82, Finnish sculptor.Kuvanveistäjä Laila Pullinen on kuollut Lee Robinson, 72, American politician, member of the Georgia Senate (1974–1982), Mayor of Macon (1987–1991), colon cancer.Former Macon Mayor Dies From Cancer Jerzy Sadek, 73, Polish footballer (Sparta Rotterdam, national team).Nie żyje Jerzy Sadek, legendarny piłkarz ŁKS David Teeuwen, 45, American newspaper editor (USA Today), intestinal cancer.Dave Teeuwen, managing editor of USA Today, dies after cancer battle Kostas Tsakonas, 72, Greek actor, cancer.Comedy actor Kostas Tsakonas dies, aged 72
5 James Achurch, 87, Australian Olympic javelin thrower (1956).Sunshine Coast sporting legend Jim Achurch passes away Lori L. Altshuler, 58, American psychiatrist and academic.Lori Altshuler George Barris, 89, American custom car designer (Batmobile, Munster Koach), cancer.George Barris, creator of the Batmobile, dies at 89 Ritch Brinkley, 71, American actor (Murphy Brown, Cabin Boy, Beauty and the Beast).Ritch Brinkley, the Infatuated Cameraman on 'Murphy Brown,' Dies at 71 Nora Brockstedt, 92, Norwegian singer.Norwegians mourn Brockstedt's death Soma Edirisinghe, 76, Sri Lankan executive, film producer, philanthropist and social worker.Soma Edirisinghe passes away at age 76 Pierre Gy, 91, French chemist and statistician.A los 91 años fallece Pierre Gy, químico creador de la teoría de muestreo de minerales Ehud Havazelet, 60, American author.Ehud Havazelet, Oregon Book Award winner and UO professor, died Nov. 5 Theodore Cyrus Karp, 89, American musicologist.