The Short List – Nov ’20

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

November 1, 2020
  • Billy Tubbs – Aged 84 years. NCAA basketball coach who set the wins record for Oklahoma.
November 2, 2020
  • John Sessions – Aged 67 years. British actor, comedian, and regular on “Whose Line is it Anyway?”
November 3, 2020
  • Elsa Raven – Aged 91 years. American TV/film character actress best known for hassling Marty McFly to “Save the Clock Tower!”.
November 4, 2020
  • Ken Hensley – Aged 75 years. English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who worked mostly with Uriah Heep.
November 5, 2020
  • Geoffrey Palmer – Aged 93 years. British TV and film actor.
  • Len Barry – Aged 78 years. American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer.
November 6, 2020
  • Ken Spears – Aged 82 years. Co-creator of the Scooby-Doo franchise.
November 7, 2020
  • Norm Crosby – Aged 93 years. Comedian known as “The Master of Malaprop”.
  • Bones Hillman – Aged 62 years. Bassist for Australian alternative rockers Midnight Oil.
November 8, 2020
  • Howie Meeker – Aged 97 years. NHL player, sports announcer, and member of Canadian Parliament..
November 9, 2020
  • Bishop Harry Jackson – Aged 67 years. Black evangelical minister and conservative values hardliner.
November 10, 2020
  • Tom Heinsohn – Aged 86 years. NBA player, coach, broadcaster, and figurehead of the Boston Celtics.
  • Amadou Toumani Touré – Aged 82 years. Former president of Mali.
November 11, 2020
November 12, 2020
  • Asif Basra – Aged 53 years. Bollywood actor best known to American audiences for his role in the comedy film “Outsourced.”
November 13, 2020
  • Peter Sucliffe – Aged 74 years. English serial killer known as “The Yorkshire Ripper.”
  • Roger Jespen – Aged 91 years. Former Governor of Iowa and Reagan ally.
  • Paul Hornung – Aged 84 years. The Packers’ “Golden Boy” who was the first Heisman winner to be drafted first overall.
November 14, 2020
November 15, 2020
November 16, 2020
  • Bruce Swedien – Aged 86 years. Grammy winning recording/mixing engineer who dialed in “Thriller” and “Bad.”
  • Eric Hall – Aged 73 years. Flamboyant sports and entertainment agent.
November 17, 2020
  • Vincent Reffet – Aged 36 years. French “extreme sports” guy who was test-piloting some sort of jetpack.
November 18, 2020
  • Michel Robin – Aged 90 years. French actor who appeared in over 120 French films.
November 19, 2020
  • Jake Scott – Aged 75 years. NFL free safety & punt returner, MVP of Super Bowl VII.
November 20, 2020
November 21, 2020
  • Dena Dietrich – Aged 91 years. American film actress who played Mother nature in a series of 70’s margarine commercials.
November 22, 2020
  • Ralo – Aged 27 years. Rapper and alleged drug smuggler.
November 23, 2020
  • David Dinkins – Aged 93 years. First (and only to date) black mayor of New York City.
  • Hal Ketchum – Aged 67 years. Country musician known for hits “Small Town Saturday Night”, “Past the Point of Rescue”, and “Hearts Are Gonna Roll”.
  • Abby Dalton – Aged 88 years. American TV actress from “Hennessey” and “Falcon Crest.”
November 24, 2020
  • Jim Hanifan – Aged 87 years. All-American WR and NFL head coach (Cardinals, Falcons.)
November 25, 2020
  • James D. Wolfensohn – Aged 86 years. Australian-American lawyer, investment banker, and economist who served as the ninth president of the World Bank Group.
November 26, 2020
  • Jamir Garcia – Aged 42 years. Vocalist for Filipino rap-metal band Slapshock.
November 27, 2020
  • Tony Hsieh – Aged 46 years. American Internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist.
November 28, 2020
  • Bob Miller – Aged 94 years. Pitcher for the Phillies’ 1950 “Whiz Kids” NL pennant team.
November 29, 2020
  • Tom Casperson – Aged 61 years. Representative and Senator from Michigan.
  • Ben Bova – Aged 88 years. 6X Hugo Award winning science fiction writer.
November 30, 2020
  • Betty Bobbit – Aged 81 years. American-Australian actress who was a regular on TV’s “Prisoner” & unnecessarily appeared in 3 (yes… 3) Crocodile Dundee movies.