Deaths in November - 2016

Historian, Prof. Yaffa Eliach was 4 years old when she survived the Nazi massacre of her Lithuanian town. She died November 8 at the age of 79. Her books include There Was Once A World, Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust and We were Children Just Like You.

Artist and former Hollywood set artist, stalked for years by the FBI, Arnold Mesches died November 5 at the age of 93. His work includes Arnold Mesches: A Life's Work and The FBI Files.

:'( Singer, songwriter, poet & novelist Leonard Cohen died on November 10 at the age of 82. His books include Beautiful Losers and Book of Longing. :'( I thought this week couldn't get worse. His just released album is called You Want it Darker. We really didn't want it quite this dark. :'(

Actor Robert Vaughn, the Man from U. N. C. L. E. , died November 11. His memoir was called A Fortunate Life.

Arts journalist and patron Rosamond Bernier died November 9 at the age of 100. Her books include Matisse, Picasso, Miro--as i Knew Them, Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir and An Illustrated History of Russia.

PBS news anchor Gwen Ifill died November 14 at the age of 61. She wrote The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.

Tennis champion Gardnar Mulloy died November 14 at the age of 102. His books include The Will to Win; An Inside View of the World of Tennis and Advantage, Striker.

Former U.S. Defense Secretary during the Nixon administration, Melvin Laird died Noember 16 at the age of 94. His books include Republican Papers and People, not hardware--the highest defense priority.

Quirky economist with a survivalist bent, Howard J. Ruff died November 12 at the age of 85. His books include How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years and Safely Prosperous or Really Rich: Choosing Your Personal Financial heaven.

Art gallery director and novelist Giles Waterfield died November 5 at the age of 66. His books include The Hound in the left-hand Corner, The Long Afternoon and Markham Thorpe.

Journalist and photographer Ruth Gruber died November 17 at the age of 105. Her books include Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 WWII Refugees and How they Came to America and Raquela: A Woman of Israel.

Computer pioneer and MIT professor Jay Wright Forrester died November 16 at the age of 98. His books include Industrial Dynamics, World Dynamics and Principles of Systems.

Landscape architect Diana Balmori died November 14 at the age of 84. Her books include Redesigning the American Lawn: A Search for Environmental Harmony, Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes and Transitory Gardens, Uprooted Lives.

Irish author William Trevor died November 21 at the age of 88. His many books include The Story of Lucy Gault and Felicia's Journey.

#14--great writer, Mr. Trevor.

Renowned heart surgeon Dr. Denton A. Cooley died November 18 at the age of 96. His books include Eat Smart for A Healthy Heart Cookbook and 100,000 Hearts: A Surgeon's Memoir.

Music producer Milton Okun died November 15 at the age of 92. He wrote Something to Sing About: the Personal Choices of America's Folk Singers.

Vexillologist (flag guy) Whitney Smith died November 17 at the age of 76. His many books include Flags Through the Ages and Across the World and Guide to Flags of the World.

Journalist and editor Peter Binzen died November 16 at the age of 94. His books include The Wreck of the Penn Central and Whitetown, U. S. A.

Actress Florence Henderson of Brady Bunch fame died November 24 at the age of 82. She wrote Life is not a Stage.

Retired Cuban president Fidel Castro died November 25 at the age of 90. His books include My Life: A Spoken Autobiography and History will Absolve Me.

Cousin and best friend to the Queen, Margaret Rhodes died November 25 at the age of 91. She wrote The Final Curtsey.

Former Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca died November 23 at the age of 90. His memoir was called A Moment in time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak and Grace.

Oscar winning production designer Paul Sylbert died November 19 at the age of 88. He wrote Final Cut: The Making and Breaking of a Film.

Golf instructor and top amateur player Peggy Kirk Bell died November 23 at the age of 95. She wrote A Woman's Way to Better Golf and edited Golf Magazine's Winning Pointers From the Pros.

Composer Pauline Oliveros died November 25 at the age of 84. She wrote Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice, Sounding the Margins: Collecting writings 1992-2009 and Software for People.

Long term musical director for the Billy Graham organization, Cliff Barrows died November 15 at the age of 93. His books include Crusade Hymn Stories and Billy Graham Campaign Songs: Singing Evangelism.

Army buddy, friend and personal organizer to Elvis, Joe Esposito died November 23 at the age of 78. He wrote Good Rockin' Tonight: Twenty Years on the Road and On the Town with Elvis.

Photographer David Hamilton died November 25 at the age of 83. His books include The Age of Innocence, David Hamilton: Twenty five Years of an Artist and Sisters.

Photographer William Christenberry died November 28 at the age of 80. His books include Southern Photographs, William Christenberry: Disappearing Places and William Christenberry: Working from Memory.

Psychoanalytic biographer Bruce Mazlish died November 27 at the age of 93. His books include Western Analytic Tradition: From Leonardo to Hegel and In Search of Nixon.

Television producer Al Brodax died November 24 at the age of 90. He helped brin the Beetles' Yellow Submarine to the big screen and produced the book.

Former NBC Chairman Grant Tinker died November 28 at the age of 90. His memoir was called Tinker in Television.

Comic actor Andrew Sachs known for his role on Fawlty Towers died November 23 at the age of 86. His memoir was called I Know Nothing: An Autobiography.

Founder of the Dollars for Scholars program, Irving Fradkin died November 19 at the age of 95. His memoir was also called Dollars for Scholars.

Ex-wife of Motown exec Berry Gordy, Raynoma Gordy Singleton died November 11 at the age of 79. She wrote Berry, Me and Motown.

Owner of the famed Greenwich Village bookstore - Phoenix Books, Robert A. wilson died November 29 at the age of 94. His books include Modern Book Collecting and Seeing Shelley Plain.

Photographer Marti Friedlander died November 14 at the age of 88. Her works include Moko: Maori Tattooing in the Twentieth Century and Larks in a Paradise.