Famous people died in November - page 27

Elbridge Gerry was an American statesman who went on to become fifth Vice President of the United States

Larry Hagman was an American television actor, director, and producer

Buddy Bolden was a key figure in the development of the jazz style of music in the late 19th century

Will Durant was an American writer, historian and philosopher, best known for his work ‘The Story of Civilization’

Washington Irving was America's first genuine internationally best-selling author

Vinoba Bhave was Gandhi’s spiritual successor and advocator of nonviolence and human rights

Elliott Carter is a renowned composer whose music incorporates many features from neoclassicism to serialism

Upton Sinclair was a Pulitzer Prize winning author and a social reformer

Baby Face Nelson was among the most notorious bank robbers in America in the 1930s

One of the greatest Spanish composers ever, Manuel de Falla is ranked among the most esteemed musicians of the 20th century