Deaths in November 2015 facts for kids

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".

Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.

November 2015

Fred Thompson 1942-2015

Günter Schabowski 1929-2015

Ahmed Chalabi 1944-2015

Yitzhak Navon 1921-2015

André Glucksmann 1937-2015

Helmut Schmidt 1918-2015

Jonah Lomu 1975-2015

Kim Young-sam 1927-2015

Douglass North 1920-2015

Maurice Strong 1929-2015

November 1 - Fred Thompson, 73, American politician and actor (Die Hard 2, Law & Order, Sinister), U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994–2003), prosecutor who discovered Watergate tapes, lymphoma.
November 1 - Günter Schabowski, 86, German politician, editor-in-chief of Neues Deutschland (1978–1985), prematurely announced fall of the Berlin Wall, complications of a stroke.
November 1 - Charles Duncan Michener, 97, American entomologist.
November 2 - Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, 91, Polish art historian.
November 3 - Adriana Campos, 36, Colombian actress (Vecinos), traffic collision.
November 3 - Tom Graveney, 88, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, England), Parkinson's disease.
November 3 - Ahmed Chalabi, 71, Iraqi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2005–2006), President of the Governing Council (2003), heart attack.
November 3 - Howard Coble, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NC's 6th congressional district (1985–2015), complications from surgery.
November 4 - Piotr Domaradzki, 69, Polish-born American journalist (Dziennik Związkowy), essayist and historian, injuries sustained from a house fire.
November 4 - Melissa Mathison, 65, American screenwriter (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Black Stallion, Kundun), neuroendocrine cancer.
November 4 - René Girard, 91, French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science.
November 4 -Ole Knapp, 83, Norwegian politician.
November 5 - Nora Brockstedt, 92, Norwegian singer.
November 5 - Czesław Kiszczak, 90, Polish communist-era politician, Prime Minister (1989) and Minister of Interior and Administration (1981–1990).
November 5 - George Barris, 89, American custom car designer (Batmobile, Wagon Queen Family Truckster), cancer.
November 5 - Hans Mommsen, 85, German historian of Nazism and The Holocaust.
November 6 - José Ángel Espinoza, 96, Mexican singer, composer and actor (House of Evil, Two Mules for Sister Sara), pneumonia.
November 6 - Yitzhak Navon, 94, Israeli politician, President (1978–1983).
November 7 - Gunnar Hansen, 68, Icelandic-born American actor, pancreatic cancer.
November 8 - Rhea Chiles, 84, American philanthropist, First Lady of Florida (1991–1998).
November 8 - Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, 73, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and Socialist activist, multiple organ failure.
November 9 - Ernst Fuchs, 85, Austrian painter, co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
November 9 - Tommy Hanson, 29, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels), multiple organ failure.
November 10 - Allen Toussaint, 77, American musician, producer, songwriter ("Fortune Teller", "Working in the Coal Mine") and arranger, heart attack.
November 10 - Pat Eddery, 63, Irish jockey, eleven-time Champion Jockey, four-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, three-time Lester Award and Epsom Derby winner, cirrhosis.
November 10 - André Glucksmann, 78, French philosopher and writer.
November 10 - Laurent Vidal, 31, French Olympic triathlete (2008, 2012), heart attack.
November 10 - Helmut Schmidt, 96, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1974-1982), complications from surgery.
November 10 - Tim Valentine, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from NC's 2nd congressional district (1983–1995), heart failure.
November 10 - Gene Amdahl, 92, American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur, pneumonia.
November 10 - David Atlas, 91, American meteorologist, complications from a stroke.
November 10 - Klaus Roth, 90, German-born British mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal (1958).
November 11 - Phil Taylor, 61, English drummer (Motörhead).
November 12 - Márton Fülöp, 32, Hungarian football player (Sunderland), cancer.
November 12 - Aaron Shikler, 93, American artist, kidney failure.
November 12 - Jihadi John, 27, Kuwaiti-born British terrorist, member of the Islamic State, reported killed in drone strike.
November 13 - Notable French people killed in the November 2015 Paris attacks:
- Thomas Ayad, music executive (Mercury Records France).
- Guillaume B. Decherf, 43, music critic and journalist (Les Inrockuptibles).
- Alban Denuit, 32, visual artist.
- Matthieu Giroud, 39, geographer (University of Marne-la-Vallée).
November 14 - Warren Mitchell, 89, British actor (Till Death Us Do Part, Death of a Salesman) and comedian.
November 14 - Nick Bockwinkel, 80, American professional wrestler (AWA).
November 14 - Berugo Carámbula, 70, Uruguayan actor (Son Amores) and comedian, complications from Parkinson's disease.
November 15 - Saeed Jaffrey, 86, Indian-British actor (The Man Who Would Be King, Shatranj Ke Khilari, My Beautiful Laundrette), brain hemorrhage.
November 15 - Herbert Scarf, 85, American mathematician, heart failure.
November 15 - Dora Doll, 93, French actress (Manon, French Cancan, Julia), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
November 15 - Vincent Margera, 59, American reality television personality (Viva La Bam, Jackass), kidney and liver failure.
November 15 - Nicoletta Machiavelli, 71, Italian actress (Navajo Joe, The Hills Run Red, Bawdy Tales), cancer.
November 15 - Moira Orfei, 83, Italian circus artist and actress (Scent of a Woman, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians), complications from a stroke.
November 16 - Nando Gazzolo, 87, Italian actor (The Hills Run Red, Django Shoots First), complications from pneumonia.
November 16 - David Canary, 77, American actor (All My Children, Bonanza), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
November 16 - Michael C. Gross, 70, American graphic designer (Ghostbusters logo), cancer.
November 16 - Bert Olmstead, 89, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs), complications from a stroke.
November 17 - Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, 89, Iranian poet.
November 18 - Jonah Lomu, 40, New Zealand rugby union player (All Blacks), kidney failure.
November 18 - Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, Belgian terrorist, suspected ringleader of the November 2015 Paris attacks, shot.
November 18 - Mal Whitfield, 91, American middle-distance runner, Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and aviator (Tuskegee Airmen), heart failure.
November 19 - Armand, 69, Dutch protest singer, pneumonia.
November 19 - Allen E. Ertel, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district (1977–1983), heart attack.
November 20 - Carlos Oroza, 92, Spanish poet, heart failure.
November 20 - Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, 62, Japanese sumo wrestler, multiple organ failure.
November 20 - Keith Michell, 88, Australian actor (The Six Wives of Henry VIII) and director, heart attack.
November 21 - Ameen Faheem, 76, Indian-born Pakistani politician, Commerce Minister (2008–2013) and poet, leukemia.
November 21 - Bob Foster, 76, American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion (1968–1974).
November 21 - Linda Haglund, 59, Swedish Olympic sprinter (1972, 1976, 1980), cancer.
November 21 - Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, 88, Turkish politician, member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1961-1996), complications from pneumonia.
November 22 - Kim Young-sam, 87, South Korean politician, President (1993–1998), heart failure.
November 22 - Joseph Silverstein, 83, American violinist and conductor, heart attack.
November 23 - Yoram Tsafrir, 76-77, Israeli archaeologist, heart attack.
November 23 - Manmeet Bhullar, 35, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (Calgary-Greenway) and cabinet minister, traffic collision.
November 23 - Dan Fante, 71, American author and playwright, cancer.
November 23 - Douglass North, 95, American economist and laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993), esophageal cancer.
November 24 - Varduhi Varderesyan, 87, Romanian-born Armenian actress.
November 24 - Heinz Oberhummer, 74, Austrian physicist, pneumonia.
November 25 - Lennart Hellsing, 96, Swedish author and translator, pneumonia.
November 25 - Elmo Williams, 102, American editor and producer (High Noon, The Longest Day, Tora! Tora! Tora!), Oscar winner (1952).
November 26 - Guy Lewis, 93, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Houston Cougars), complications from a stroke.
November 26 - Norbert Gastell, 86, German actor and voice actor (Homer Simpson), complications from a stroke.
November 27 - Philippe Washer, 91, Belgian tennis player, heart failure.
November 28 - Luc Bondy, 67, Swiss theater and opera director, heart attack.
November 28 - Gerry Byrne, 77, English footballer (Liverpool and national team), Alzheimer's disease.
November 28 - Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, 94, Swedish actress. (death announced on this date)
November 28 - Maurice Strong, 86, Canadian businessman and diplomat. (death announced on this date)
November 28 - Yoka Berretty, 87, Dutch actress (Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas, The Silent Raid, Punk Lawyer), stroke.
November 28 - Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, 54, Polish politician, member of Sejm (2001-2015), chronic kidney disease.
November 28 - Olene S. Walker, 85, American politician, Governor of Utah (2003—2005), stroke.
November 28 - Jean Joubert, 87, French author, heart attack.
November 29 - Oʻtkir Sultonov, 76, Uzbek politician, Prime Minister (1995–2003).
November 29 - Claire Aho, 90, Finnish-born Swedish photographer, fire.
November 29 - Joe Marston, 89, Australian soccer player (Preston North End) and manager (national team). (death announced on this date)
November 30 - Eldar Ryazanov, 88, Russian movie director (Carnival Night, The Irony of Fate, Promised Heaven), respiratory and heart failure.
November 30 - Shigeru Mizuki, 93, Japanese manga author (GeGeGe no Kitarō, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, Showa: A History of Japan), heart attack.
November 30 - Gerrit Holdijk, 71, Dutch politician, Senator (1986–1987, 1991–2015), lung cancer.
November 30 - Greg Fisk, 70, American politician, Mayor of Juneau, Alaska (2015), complications from a fall.

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