November 30th
263 Notable deaths
Benegal Narsing Rau
Indian civil servant and jurist (1887-1953).
Born February 26th, 1887 in Mangaluru.
Died November 30th, 1953 at 66 years old in Zurich.
Wilhelm Furtwängler
German conductor and composer (1886–1954).
Born January 25th, 1886 in Schöneberg.
Died November 30th, 1954 at 68 years old in Baden-Baden (pneumonia).
Billy Bonds
English footballer (1946–2025).
Born September 17th, 1946 in Woolwich.
Died November 30th, 2025 at 79 years old [ref]
Kamehameha IV
King of the hawaiian islands (1834–1863).
Born February 9th, 1834 in Honolulu.
Died November 30th, 1863 at 29 years old in Honolulu (asthma).
Joyce Grenfell
British comedian, singer, actress (1910-1979).
Born February 10th, 1910 in Knightsbridge.
Died November 30th, 1979 at 69 years old in Chelsea (cancer).
Lucian Pulvermacher
American catholic priest (1918–2009).
Born April 20th, 1918 in Wood County. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2009 at 91 years old in Springdale. [ref]
Ray Kennedy
English association football player (1951–2021).
Born July 28th, 1951 in Northumberland.
Died November 30th, 2021 at 70 years old (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Terence Rattigan
British playwright, screenwriter (1911-1977).
Born June 10th, 1911 in London.
Died November 30th, 1977 at 66 years old in Hamilton (bone cancer).
Arthur Currie
Canadian wwi general (1875–1933).
Born December 5th, 1875 in Napperton.
Died November 30th, 1933 at 57 years old in Montreal.
Francis Picabia
French painter and writer (1879-1953).
Born January 22nd, 1879 in Paris. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1953 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alice Drummond
American actress (1928–2016).
Born May 21st, 1928 in Providence.
Died November 30th, 2016 at 88 years old in The Bronx (falling from height). [ref]
Ahmadou Ahidjo
President of cameroon (1924-1989).
Born August 24th, 1924 in Garoua. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1989 at 65 years old in Dakar (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Shigeru Mizuki
Japanese manga artist (1922-2015).
Born March 8th, 1922 in Kohama.
Died November 30th, 2015 at 93 years old in Kyorin University Hospital (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Eoin O'Duffy
Irish political activist, soldier and police commissioner (1890–1944).
Born October 20th, 1892 in Castleblayney.
Died November 30th, 1944 at 52 years old in Dublin.
M. N. Srinivas
Indian anthropologist.
Born November 16th, 1916 in Mysore. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1999 at 83 years old [ref]
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Artist (1948–2022).
Born August 1st, 1948 in Long Beach.
Died November 30th, 2022 at 74 years old in Sauve. [ref]
Pannonica de Koenigswarter
British jazz patroness (1913-1988).
Born December 10th, 1913 in London.
Died November 30th, 1988 at 74 years old in Washington Heights.
Norman Cousins
American journalist (1915–1990).
Born June 24th, 1915 in West Hoboken.
Died November 30th, 1990 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure, cardioplegia).
Ossip Bernstein
Ukrainian-french chess player.
Born September 20th, 1882 in Zhytomyr.
Died November 30th, 1962 at 80 years old in Saint-Arroman.
James O. McKinsey
Founder of mckinsey & company (1889–1937).
Died November 30th, 1937 at 48 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Albert B. Fall
American politician (1861–1944).
Born November 26th, 1861 in Frankfort.
Died November 30th, 1944 at 83 years old in El Paso.
Jean Parker
American actress (1915–2005).
Born August 11th, 1916 in Deer Lodge. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2005 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Kent Haruf
American novelist.
Born February 24th, 1943 in Pueblo.
Died November 30th, 2014 at 71 years old in Salida (interstitial lung disease).
Etty Hillesum
Jewish diarist (1914-1943).
Born January 15th, 1914 in Middelburg. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1943 at 29 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Werner Haase
Ss officer and physician (1900–1950).
Born August 2nd, 1900 in Köthen.
Died November 30th, 1950 at 50 years old in Butyrka prison (tuberculosis).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner