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1953 - Robert A Millikan, American physicist (Nobel Prize 1923), dies at age 85.

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1957 - John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at age 56.

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1959 - Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at age 117.

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1968 - Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at age 84.

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1977 - Nellie Taylor Ross, first woman governor, dies at age 101.

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1977 - Cyril Ritchard, American actor (Side By Side), dies at age 83 following heart attack during performance in Chicago on November 25 and subsequent coma.

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1991 - Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at age 81.

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1997 - Death of David Schramm, American astrophysicist, at age 52 (born 1945).

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2003 - Death of Hope Lange, American actress (born 1941).

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2009 - Death of Kim Peek, American savant (born 1951).

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