Died November 2016

Music executive who founded the T.J. Martell Foundation for leukemia research.

Abrams was a 1980s house and dance music pioneer.

Fritz Weaver, a stage, film, and television actor whose credits include the TV miniseries “Holocaust,” died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in New York, New York. He was 90.

“Barney Miller” and “Firefly” actor…

Fidel Castro, the longtime Communist leader of the Republic of Cuba, died Nov. 25, 2016. He was 90. Born Aug. 13, 1926, Castro grew up on a sugar cane farm …

Florence Henderson, the actress known to millions as Carol Brady from TV’s “The Brady Bunch,” died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, of heart failure. She was 82.

Ralph Branca, the beloved three-time All-Star pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers who gave up a home run known as the Shot Heard ‘Round the World, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, …

William Trevor, the award-winning Irish novelist, playwright, and author of short stories, died Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in England, according to multiple news sources. He was 88. Trevor was a …

Willie N. Rogers, the oldest surviving member of the original Tuskegee Airmen who became legendary for their service in World War II, died Nov. 18, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Florida. …

Ruth Gruber, photojournalist and humanitarian who helped 1,000 Jewish refugees come to the U.S. during World War II, has died at the age of 105.