The following is a list of notable deaths in November 1996.
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 1996
1 Maati Bouabid, 68, Prime Minister of Morocco. Sid Cann, 85, English football player and manager. Lycette Darsonval, 84, French dancer. Edgardo Enríquez, 84, Chilean physician, academic and politician. Gerhard Hilbrecht, 81, German Olympic discus thrower (1936). J. R. Jayewardene, 90, President of Sri Lanka, colon cancer. William Johnstone, 88, American actor. Clyde Lynn, 60, American racing driver. Eric Reissner, 83, German-American civil engineer and mathematician.
2 Roger Carré, 75, French footballer. Eva Cassidy, 33, American singer and guitarist, melanoma. John G. Crommelin, 94, American naval officer and white supremacist politician. Joseph Lambert Eustace, 88, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Don Gent, 63, Australian rules footballer. Pierre Grimal, 83, French classical philologist. Kang Hyo-shil, 64, South Korean actress. Yan Jici, 95, Chinese physicist and politician. Shanti Swaroop Rana, 47, Indian military officer, killed in action. Laurence L. Sloss, 83, American geologist. Arnie Tuadles, 40, Filipino basketball player, shot. Peter White, 26, Australian rules footballer.
3 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 75, 2nd President of the Central African Republic and Emperor of Central Africa, heart attack. William Clarke, 45, American blues harmonica player and singer. Ray Mansfield, 55, American gridiron football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart attack. Marian Plezia, 79, Polish historian. Barry Porter, 57, British politician, cancer. Yevhen Shcherban, 50, Ukrainian businessman and politician, shot. Paul Tatum, 41, American businessman, shot.Murder in Moscow Ends Dream of an American Entrepreneur Isaac M. Taylor, 75, American medical academic, pneumonia. Abdullah Çatlı, 40, Turkish nationalist and leader of the Grey Wolves, traffic accident.
4 T. Vincent Learson, 84, American chairman and chief executive officer of IBM. Ray Linn, 76, American jazz trumpeter. Konstantin Loktev, 63, Russian ice hockey player and Olympian (1960, 1964), liver cirrhosis. Kjetil Mårdalen, 71, Norwegian skier and Olympian (1956). Gottlieb Weber, 86, Swiss Olympic cyclist (1936).
5 Bunny Breckinridge, 93, American actor and drag queen. Allen Broussard, 67, American judge. Eddie Harris, 62, American jazz musician, congestive heart failure. Joaquín Monserrat, 75, Spanish comedian and host of children programs. Wilhelm Sturm, 56, German football player. John Dragon Young, 47, Hong Kong-American historian and politician.
6 Harry Brophy, 80, English football player. Vadim Ivanov, 53, Russian football player and manager. Houn Jiyu-Kennett, 72, British Rōshi. Dragan Kresoja, 50, Serbian film director. Tommy Lawton, 77, English football player and manager, pneumonia. Richard Nelson, 57, American theatrical lighting designer. Mario Savio, 53, American activist and Berkeley Free Speech Movement member, heart problems.
7 Claude Ake, 57, Nigerian political scientist, plane crash. Beauford T. Anderson, 74, United States Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor. Feliciano Centurión, 34, Paraguayan visual artist, AIDS-related complications. Bill Chisholm, 87, American Olympic racewalker (1932). Reg Goodes, 68, Australian rules footballer. Carmell Jones, 60, American jazz trumpet player, heart failure. Hans Klodt, 82, German football player. Sverre Kolterud, 88, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and Olympian (1932). Salvatore Lauricella, 74, Italian politician and mayor. Eddie Lukon, 76, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds). Bosh Pritchard, 77, American National Football League football player (Cleveland Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants). Jaja Wachuku, 78, Nigerian prince, politician, diplomat and Pan-Africanist.
8 Andrés Rivero Agüero, 91, Cuban politician. Laurence Baxter, 42, English statistician. Peter Fowler, 73, British physicist. Johannes Frömming, 86, German harness racing driver and trainer. Franklin Gritts, 81, Native American painter and commercial artist. Mathews I, 89, Indian Supreme Primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Tan Onuma, 78, Japanese writer. Sydney Selwyn, 62, British physician and medical scientist, multiple system atrophy.
9 Gudmundur Arnlaugsson, 83, Icelandic chess player. Joe Ghiz, 51, Canadian lawyer and politician, cancer. Michel Mitrani, 66, French film director and screenwriter. Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, 92, British diplomat. Alvin Straight, 76, American lawn mower traveler. Yoshimi Ueda, 90, Japanese basketball player and administrator.
10 Imam Alimsultanov, 39, Popular Chechen bard and folk singer, homicide. Jack Evans, 68, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, prostate cancer. Yaki Kadafi, 19, American rapper (Outlawz, Dramacydal), shot. Richard Mayo, 94, American Army general and Olympic athlete (1928, 1932). Marjorie Proops, 85, British journalist. Manik Varma, 70, Indian classical singer. Gucheng Zhou, 98, Chinese politician.
11 Janice Adair, 91, British film actress. Jo Baker, 48, American singer and songwriter, liver disease. Eugene Davy, 92, Irish rugby union football player and coach. Curt Göransson, 87, Swedish general and commander of the Army. Lum Harris, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators), coach, manager, and scout, complications of diabetes. Paul J. F. Lusaka, 61, Zambian politician and diplomat. Gober Sosebee, 81, American racecar driver, agriculture accident.
12 Thomas Miller Bell, 73, Canadian politician, lawyer and barrister. Don Kenyon, 72, English cricket player. Le Nguyen Khang, 65, South Vietnamese commander. Peter Leeds, 79, American actor, cancer. Robert Mitchell, 82, British Olympic water polo player (1936, 1948). Cordell Reagon, 53, American singer and activist, homicide. Tom Reid, 70, Irish rugby player. Vytautas Žalakevičius, 66, Lithuanian film director and writer.
13 Chester Blanchard, 93, American baseball player. Bill Doggett, 80, American jazz and R&B pianist and organist, heart attack. June Gale, 85, American actress, pneumonia. James Galloway, 68, American film editor. Alfred Guth, 88, Austrian athlete and Olympian (1936). Leo Helgas, 94, Finnish Olympic middle-distance runner (1928). Alma Kitchell, 103, American concert singer. Jim Ladd, 64, American football player (Chicago Cardinals). Roger McCardell, 64, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants). Katja Medbøe, 50, Norwegian actress, suicide. Swami Rama, 70-71, Indian yoga guru. Dick Richards, 88, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers). Bobbie Vaile, 37, Australian astronomer, brain cancer.
14 Jim Baxes, 68, American Major League Baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians). Jacomina van den Berg, 86, Dutch Olympic gymnast (1928). Joseph Bernardin, 68, American Cardinal of the Catholic Church, pancreatic cancer. Nell Blaine, 74, American landscape painter and watercolorist. Virginia Cherrill, 88, American actress, stroke. Giuliano Giuliani, 38, Italian football player and Olympian (1988), complications of AIDS. Nodar Gvakhariya, 64, Soviet Georgian Olympic water polo player (1956). Meridel Le Sueur, 96, American writer. Derek Marlowe, 58, English playwright, novelist, and painter. Elman Service, 81, American anthropologist. Jacomina van den Berg, 86, Dutch gymnast and Olympian.
15 William Boddington, 85, American Olympic field hockey player (1932, 1936). Ellis Wayne Felker, 48, American man convicted of murder, execution by electric chair. Harvey Fraser, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks). Henri Friedlaender, 92, Israeli typographer and book designer. William E. Hall, 83, United States Naval Reserve officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor. Lovell Harden, 78, American baseball player. Alger Hiss, 92, American State Department official and alleged spy. John J. Lenzini, Jr., 49, American horse trainer in Thoroughbred flat racing. Lila Shanley, 86, American stuntwoman, actress, and athlete, heart failure. Les Watt, 72, New Zealand cricketer. Ahmed Zaki, 65, Prime Minister of the Maldives.
16 Reginald Bevins, 88, British politician. Dondinho, 79, Brazilian football player and manager. Joe Gonzales, 81, American Major League Baseball player (Boston Red Sox). Jens Peter Hansen, 69, Danish football player and Olympian (1952). Alan Jenkinson, 44, Australian Olympic boxer (1972). Masud Karim, 60, Bangladeshi lyricist. Liam Naughten, 52, Irish Fine Gael politician, traffic accident. Jack Popplewell, 85, English writer and playwright. Benjamin Arthur Quarles, 92, American historian, educator, and writer, heart attack. Vasil Spasov, 76, Bulgarian football player and manager.
17 Michele Abruzzo, 91, Italian actor. Fabrizio De Chiara, 25, Italian Olympic boxer (1992). Gus Kyle, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins). Norm Mason, 82, Australian rules footballer. Karl-Heinz Moehle, 86, German U-boat commander during World War II. Huo Shilian, 87, Chinese politician. Maude Smith, 91, Canadian figure skater and Olympian (1928). Kurt von Ruffin, 95, German actor and opera singer.
18 Antonije Abramović, 77, Archbishop of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church. Bob Bearpark, 53, Canadian soccer coach. Zinovy Gerdt, 80, Soviet/Russian actor. Douglas Guest, 80, British organist and conductor. Charles Hare, 81, British tennis player. Raymond Harvey, 76, United States Army lieutenant colonel and recipient of the Medal of Honor. James Stuart Holden, 82, American attorney and judge. Evelyn Hooker, 89, American psychologist. Julius Juhn, 74, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1948). Greer Lankton, 38, American artist and doll maker, drug overdose. John Michaels, 89, American baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox).John Michaels Charlie Neal, 65, American baseball player (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds), heart failure. John Vassall, 72, British civil servant and spy, heart attack. Étienne Wolff, 92, French biologist. Zhu Zuxiang, 80, Chinese educator.
19 Gabriel Alonso, 73, Spanish football player. Harry Anderson, 90, American illustrator. Grace Bates, 82, American mathematician. Milton Carpenter, 91, American politician. Phil Hankinson, 45, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), suicide. Nicole Hassler, 55, French figure skater and Olympian (1960, 1964). Véra Korène, 95, Russian-French actress and singer. Anders Lindh, 67, Swedish Olympic gymnast (1952).
20 Bert Achong, 67, Trinidadian and Tobagonian scientist, brain tumor. Jens Boyesen, 76, Norwegian diplomat and politician. Danny Dare, 91, American film director and choreographer. Liam Dowling, 65, Irish hurler. Gustl Gstettenbaur, 82, German actor. Bill Sayles, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers). Franciszek Strynkiewicz, 103, Polish sculptor. Bill Vernon, 59, American radio personality.
21 Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf, Indian Sufi saint, spiritual leader and islamic scholar. Sandro Continenza, 76, Italian screenwriter. Earl Cook, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). Walter Edward Hoffman, 89, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia). Chuck Howard, 63, American television executive, and a pioneer in television sports broadcasting, brain cancer. Elmo Langley, 68, American NASCAR driver and owner, heart attack. Liu Pang-yu, 53, Taiwanese politician, murdered. Bernard Rose, 80, British organist, soldier, and academic. Abdus Salam, 70, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, progressive supranuclear palsy.
22 Stephanie Bachelor, 84, American film actress. Peter Barbour, 71, Australian intelligence officer and diplomat. Garrett Birkhoff, 85, American mathematician.