Wellesz, British composer, teacher and musicologist (b. 1885) November 13 Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and film director (b. 1901) Karen Silkwood, American chemical technician and labor union activist (b. 1946) November 14 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football star and actor (b. 1904) November 15 Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma (b. 1909) Konstantin Shayne, Russian-born, American actor (b. 1888) November 16 – Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882) November 17 Erskine Hamilton Childers, Irish politician, 4th President of Ireland (b. 1905) Clive Brook, English actor (b. 1887) November 18 – Gösta Lilliehöök, Swedish pentathlete and 1912 Olympic Games champion (b. 1884) November 19 – Alessandro Momo, Italian actor (b. 1956) November 21 Julia Navarrete Guerrero, Mexican Roman Catholic religious professed and venerable (b. 1881) Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890) November 22 – Ilie Antonescu, Romanian general (b. 1894) November 23 Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born American writer (b. 1920) Massacre of the Sixty in Ethiopia of government and military officials. Abiye Abebe, politician and army officer (b. 1918) Aklilu Habte-Wold, politician and 6th Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1912) Aman Andom, army officer and 1st President of Ethiopia (b. 1924) Asrate Medhin Kassa, aristocrat and army officer (b. 1922) Endelkachew Makonnen, politician and 4th Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1927) November 25 Nick Drake, British musician (b. 1948) U Thant, Burmese diplomat and 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909) November 27 – T. A. Madhuram, Tamil stage & film actress and film producer (b. 1918) November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Soviet architect (b. 1890) November 29 James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905) Peng Dehuai, Chinese leader (b. 1898) December December 1 – Anita Brenner, Mexican anthropologist, historian and author (b. 1905) December 2 Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Russian-born, Canadian composer, virtuoso pianist, & violinist (b. 1899) Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (b. 1900) Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897) December 3 – Hans Leibelt, German film actor (b. 1885) December 4 – Lee Kinsolving, American actor (b. 1938) December 5 Pietro Germi, Italian actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1914) Zaharia Stancu, Romanian prose writer (b. 1902) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (b. 1886) December 6 Einar Texas Ljungberg, Swedish Socialist politician (b. 1880) Frederik Jacobus Johannes Buytendijk, Dutch anthropologist, biologist and psychologist (b. 1887) Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Russian admiral (b. 1904) Luigi Salvatorelli, Italian historian and publicist (b.