Deaths in November 2002
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2002.
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 2002
1
- Ekrem Akurgal, 91, Turkish archaeologist.
- Yisrael Amir, 99, Israeli Air Force commander.
- David Bartleet, 73, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Tonbridge.
- Edward Brooke, 85, Canadian Olympic fencer (1952 Summer Olympics: men's foil, men's épée).
- Nicholas John Bua, 77, American judge (U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois).
- Amadou Cissé Dia, 87, Senegalese politician and playwright.
- Käte Jaenicke, 79, German theater and film actress.
- Lester Morgan, 26, Costa Rican professional football goalkeeper, suicide.
- Keith A. Wester, 62, American sound engineer (The Rock, Air Force One, Armageddon).
- Sir Charles Wilson, 93, British political scientist.
2
- Brian Behan, 75, Irish writer and playwright, younger brother of Brendan Behan.
- Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam, 79, British industrialist and life peer.
- Lo Lieh, 63, Hong Kong actor.
- Dame Felicity Peake, 89, British Director of the Women's Royal Air Force.
- Tonio Selwart, 106, Bavarian actor and Broadway performer.
- Charles Sheffield, 67, English-born American science fiction author and physicist.
- Richard F. Visotcky, 73, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
3
- Mary Bird, 92, American Olympic alpine skier (women's combined alpine skiing at the 1936 Summer Olympics).
- Lonnie Donegan, 71, British skiffle musician ("Rock Island Line", "John Henry").
- Sir John Habakkuk, 87, British economic historian.
- Jonathan Harris, 87, American actor (Lost in Space, A Bug's Life, The Third Man).
- William Packard, 69, American poet and author.
- Sir Rex Roe, 77, British air force officer.
4
- Antonio Margheriti, 72, Italian filmmaker, heart attack.
- Xing Qiyi, 90, Chinese chemist.
- Malcolm Ross, 91, Canadian literary critic, pneumonia.
- Ross Wilson, 83, Canadian ice hockey trainer (Detroit Red Wings) and backup goalie.
5
- Vinnette Justine Carroll, 80, American Broadway director (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God).
- Ansley J. Coale, 84, American demographer, senior research demographer at the Office of Population Research at Princeton.
- Raymond F. Dasmann, 83, American biologist and environmental conservationist.
- Marcel Dheere, 83, Canadian professional ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
- Billy Guy, 66, American singer.
- Mushtaq Qadri, 35, Pakistani religious poet.
- Arthur Winfree, 60, American theoretical biologist, known for his studies of biological oscillations.
6
- Folke Frölén, 94, Swedish Olympic equestrian (equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics).
- Brian James, 61, English cricketer.
- Michel Majerus, 35, Luxembourgish artist, killed aboard Luxair Flight 9642.
- Sid Sackson, 82, board game designer.
- Gianluca Signorini, 42, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
7
- Rudolf Augstein, 79, German journalist and publisher, founder and chief editorialist of Der Spiegel.
- Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro, 72, British merchant banker and political fundraiser.
- Dilys Hamlett, 74, British actress.
- Peg Phillips, 84, American actress (Northern Exposure), pulmonary disease.
- Tom Reynolds, 84, Australian rules footballer.
- Pedro Juan Soto, 74, Puerto Rican writer, killed by police officers.
8
- Tom Barrington, 58, American professional football player (Ohio State, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints).
- Norma Lee Clark, 75, American actress (Captain Video and His Video Rangers), author and personal assistant to Woody Allen.
- Jaun Elia, 70, Pakistani Marxist.
- Ivan Kandyba, 72, Ukrainian lawyer and dissident.
- Ke Zhao, 92, Chinese mathematician.
- Franjo Kukuljević, 93, Croatian tennis player.
- Dorothy Mackie Low, 86, British novelist under pseudonyms Dorothy Mackie Low, Lois Paxton, and Zoë Cass.
- Querube Makalintal, 91, Filipino Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Zoé Oldenbourg, 86, Russian-born French historian and novelist.
- Christopher Parsons, 70, English wildlife film-maker and producer.
- Donald Niven Wheeler, 89, American social activist, teacher, and alleged Soviet spy.
9
- Bill Baxter, 78, Scottish footballer.
- Dick Johnson, 85, American test pilot.
- Cliff Patton, 79, American professional football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Cardinals).
- Merlin Santana, 26, American actor (The Steve Harvey Show, Getting By, The Cosby Show), shot.
- William Schutz, 76, American psychologist.
- Eusebio Tejera, 80, Uruguyan footballer.
10
- Michel Boisrond, 81, French film director and screenwriter, known for directing Brigitte Bardot in Naughty Girl.
- Steve Durbano, 50, Canadian ice hockey player, known for his rough play and larger-than-life persona (Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues), lung cancer.
- Franco Fantasia, 78, Italian actor.
- Ron Jacobs, 74, English rugby union player.
- Émile Ollivier, 62, Haitian-born Canadian writer.
- Ken Raffensberger, 85, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs).
- Gert Westphal, 82, German-Swiss actor, recitator and director.
11
- Frances Ames, 82, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, leukemia.
- Sir Michael Clapham, 90, British industrialist, president of the Confederation of British Industry from 1972 to 1974.
- Mary Hamilton, 67, African-American civil rights activist, ovarian cancer.
- Bernard J. Liska, 71, American food scientist.
- Esther Raziel-Naor, 90, Israeli Zionist, Irgun leader and politician.
- Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind, 101, American neurologist and psychiatrist.
- David Steel, 92, Scottish minister.
- Marcia Van Dyke, 80, American violinist and actress.
- Yoo Youngkuk, 86, Korean abstract artist.
12
- Wally Barron, 90, American politician (26th governor of West Virginia), indicted and pleaded guilty to jury tampering.
- David Francis Clyde, 77, British tropical physician, known for his research on malaria vaccines and chemotherapy.
- Raoul Diagne, 92, French football player.
- Glenn Dobbs, 82, American professional football player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dons) and college football coach (University of Tulsa).
- Tim Hector, 59, Antiguan political leader and cricket administrator, heart disease.
- Lester Holtzman, 89, America jurist and politician.
- Johannes Kerkorrel, 42, South African singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright, suicide by hanging.
13
- Frederick Valentine Atkinson, 86, British mathematician (Atkinson's theorem, Atkinson–Wilcox theorem).
- Bill Berry, 72, American jazz trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bill Berry and the L.A. Band).
- Tom Caldwell, 81, Northern Ireland politician, unionist and interior designer, member of Parliament of Northern Ireland representing Belfast Willowfield.
- Edwin Ferdon, 89, American ethnologist, known for his field work in Ecuador, Mexico, the South Pacific and the U.S. Southwest.
- Roland Hanna, 70, American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher, viral infection.
- Desmond Norman, 73, aircraft designer and aviation pioneer, heart attack.
- Kaloji Narayana Rao, 88, Indian poet, freedom fighter, and political activist.
- Irv Rubin, 57, Canadian chairman of the Jewish Defence League.
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino, 77, Italian-Uruguayan football player.
14
- Eddie Bracken, 87, American actor (Hail the Conquering Hero, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, National Lampoon's Vacation).
- Walter Crocker, 100, Australian diplomat, writer and war veteran.
- James R. Hendrix, 77, US Army sergeant and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, cancer.
- Gourish Kaikini, 90, Indian litterateur, teacher and columnist.
- Rosemary Forbes Kerry, 89, American nurse and social activist.
- Gedong Bagus Oka, 81, Indonesian Hindu reformer and philosopher.
- Dale E. Saffels, 81, American lawyer, legislator, and District Judge.
- Mir Qazi, 38, Pakistani convicted criminal, executed by lethal injection in Virginia.
15
- W. J. Burley, 88, British crime writer.
- Ed Freed, 83, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
- Myra Hindley, 60, British serial killer.
- Sohn Kee-chung, 90, Korean olympic athlete and long-distance runner.
- Terry Kendall, 55, New Zealand golfer, car fire.
- Roberta Leighton, 70, American drag racer.
- Mary Meigs, 85, American painter and writer.
- JJ Stewart, 79, New Zealand rugby coach.
- Earl L. Warrick, 91, American chemist, though disputed, claimed to be the inventor of Silly Putty.
16
- Ramli Ahmad, 46, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (1976 Summer Olympics: men's 100 metres, men's 200 metres).
- George Barrie, 90, American businessman (owner and CEO of Fabergé Inc.) and songwriter (two-time nominee for Academy Award for Best Original Song).
- Rupert E. Billingham, 81, British biologist, considered by many to have founded the fields of reproductive immunology and organ transplantation.
- Tom Farris, 82, American professional football player (University of Wisconsin, Chicago Bears, Chicago Rockets).
- Sir George Gardiner, 67, British politician.
- Alfred Lewis Levitt, 86, American film and television screenwriter, heart failure.
- Frank Smithies, 90, British mathematician.
- Mose Vinson, 85, American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer, diabetes.
17
- Maria Bogner, German fashion designer.
- Robert Brattain, 91, American physicist.
- Abba Eban, 88, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, ambassador to the U.S., ambassador to the U.N.
- Frank McCarthy, 78, American artist and painter, lung cancer.
- Marvin Mirisch, 84, American film producer, cancer.
18
- Angus Cameron, 93, American book editor and publisher, known for being blacklisted during McCarthy era.
- James Coburn, 74, American actor (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Affliction), Oscar winner (1999), heart attack.
- Francesco De Martino, 95, Italian jurist and politician, considered to be the conscience of the Italian Socialist Party.
- Kim Gallagher, 38, American middle-distance runner, stroke.
- Peter Grippe, 90, American sculptor, printmaker, and painter.
- Edith Hirsch Luchins, 80, Polish-American mathematician.
- Pete Orr, 46, American stock car racing driver, cancer.
- Pasquale Vivolo, 74, Italian footballer.
- Juliusz Wyrzykowski, 56, Polish movie and stage actor.
19
- John Bunting, 75, English sculptor and teacher.
- Vito Ciancimino, 78, Italian politician (mayor of Palermo, Sicily) and Mafia member, made a fortune from bribery and embezzlement.
- George Fullerton, 79, South African cricketer.
- Prince Alexandre de Merode, 68, Belgian International Olympic Committee member, lung cancer.
- Jean-Claude Renard, 80, French poet.
- Harry Watson, 79, Canadian professional hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks).
20
- Billy Goelz, 84, American professional wrestler, booker and trainer.
- George Guest, 78, British organist and choirmaster.
- Ben Webb, 45, Canadian journalist, editor of Sanity, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
- Margita White, 65, American White House press official under Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.
- Zhang Shuguang, 82, Chinese politician.
21
- Robert Brentano, 76, American history professor, prize-winning author and historian of medieval England and Italy.
- Hadda Brooks, 86, American jazz singer, pianist and composer, known as the "Queen of the Boogie".
- Amílcar de Castro, 82, Brazilian sculptor, known for works in iron.
- George Emslie, Baron Emslie, 82, Scottish judge and life peer.
- Arturo Guzman Decena, founder of Los Zetas.
- Buddy Kaye, 84, American songwriter, producer, and author.
- J. Roger Pichette, 81, Canadian politician.
- Prince Takamado, 47, Japanese prince.
22
- Parley Baer, 88, American radio, television and film actor (The Andy Griffith Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Addams Family).
- Joan Barclay, 88, American actress.
- Norman Clarke, 86, British physicist and politician.
- Christine Marion Fraser, 64, Scottish novelist.
- Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, 70, Polish mercenary, journalist, and social activist.
- Iain Hook, British aid worker, shot by Israel Defense Forces sniper.
- Adele Jergens, 84, American actress.
- Infanta Beatriz of Spain, 93, Spanish noblewoman and daughter of King Alfonso XIII.
- Govindbhai Shroff, 91, Indian activist.
23
- Erna Bogen-Bogáti, 95, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1928 women's foil, 1932 bronze medal women's foil, 1936 women's foil).
- Boudewijn Büch, 53, Dutch writer, poet and television presenter.
- Maritie Carpentier, 79, French television show producer.
- Roberto Matta, 91 Chilean artist.
- Billy Travis, 41, American professional wrestler.
24
- Branko Dangubić, 80, Yugoslavian (Serbian) Olympic javelin thrower (men's javelin throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics).
- Noel Davis, 75, English film and television actor and casting director (Merlin, Reds).
- Mikhail Devyatayev, 85, Soviet fighter pilot who escaped from a Nazi concentration camp.
- Harriet Doerr, 92, American author.
- Cecil Dowdy, 57, American college football player (University of Alabama) and businessman, hunting accident.
- Kazım Ergin, 87, Turkish geophysicist.
- Lewis Samuel Feuer, 89, American sociologist, philosopher, professor and author.
- Richard Lazarus, 80, American psychologist.
- Philip B. Meggs, 60, American graphic designer.
- John Rawls, 81, American moral and political philosopher.
- Baba Sidhaye, 70, Indian cricketer.
- John Tosi, 88, American football player.
- Sidney S. Wade, 93, American major general in the U.S. Marine Corps.
25
- Ed Bliss, 90, American broadcast journalist, news editor and educator (Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite).
- Charles E. Chamberlain, 85, American politician (U.S. Representative for Michigan's 6th congressional district).
- Gordon Davidson, 87, Australian politician (member of Australian Senate representing South Australia).
- David Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth, 95, British politician and aristocrat.
- Karel Reisz, 76, British film director (The French Lieutenant's Woman, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Gambler).
- Eugene V. Rostow, 89, American legal scholar and public servant.
26
- Frank Allaun, 89, British politician (member of Parliament for Salford East from 1955 to 1983).
- Jim Butterfield, 74, American head football coach at Ithaca College (three NCAA Division III Football Championships).
- Ruzha Delcheva, 87, Bulgarian actress.
- Ralph Engelstad, 72, American casino executive (Imperial Palace).
- Raymond Gafner, 87, Swiss ice hockey player and referee.
- Ernest Leiser, 81, American television producer.
- Isabel McLaughlin, 99, Canadian painter and philanthropist.
- Raymond L. Wallace, 84, American Bigfoot hoaxer.
- Verne Winchell, 87, American business executive, founder of Winchell's Donuts, president and CEO of Denny's.
27
- Billie Bird, 94, American actress (Sixteen Candles, Ernest Saves Christmas, Home Alone, Dennis the Menace).
- Stanley Black, 89, English bandleader, composer, conductor and pianist.
- Laurence J. Burton, 76, American politician (U.S. Representative for Utah's 1st congressional district).
- George Christian, 75, American journalist, White House press secretary for President Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Ronald Gerard Connors, 87, American Roman Catholic bishop in the Dominican Republic.
- Bob deLauer, 82, American professional football player (USC, Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams).
- Edwin L. Mechem, 90, American politician.
- Yeruham Meshel, 90, Israeli union leader and politician.
- Robert W. Straub, 82, American politician, Alzheimer's disease.
- Shivmangal Singh Suman, 87, Indian poet, heart attack.
28
- Mahicon Librelato, 21, Brazilian footballer, traffic accident.
- Russell Arthur Missin, 80, British organist.
- Lennaert Nijgh, 57, Dutch lyricist, gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Billy Pearson, American jockey, film actor, and an art dealer.
- Dave "Snaker" Ray, 59, American blues singer and guitarist, lung cancer.
29
- Melih Cevdet Anday, 87, Turkish author.
- Damien Covington, 29, American professional football player (Buffalo Bills), killed in an attempted robbery.
- Saburō Ienaga, 89, Japanese historian.
- John Justin, 85, British stage and film actor.
- David Weiss, 93, American novelist (Naked Came I).
30
- Alan Ashman, 74, English footballer player.
- Jeffrey Baldwin, 5, Canadian child who was mistreated by his grandparents, septic shock.
- Minuetta Kessler, 88, Russian-born American concert pianist and composer.
- Bill Sparks, 80, British Royal Marine Commando in World War II.
- Tim Woods, 68, professional wrestler known as Mr. Wrestling, heart attack.
- Howard Goodman, 81, American Southern Gospel singer Happy Goodman Family.