- Nov 1 Mac Dre [Andre Louis Hicks], American rapper and hip hop pioneer, dies at 34
- Nov 1 Terry Knight, American rock producer and singer (Grand Funk Railroad), murdered by his daughter's boyfriend defending her during a domestic dispute at 61
- Nov 3 Joe Bushkin, American jazz pianist (Bunny Berigan; Tommy Dorsey; Bing Crosby), composer ("Oh! Look At Me Now"), and TV host (A Couple of Joes), dies of pneumonia at 87
- Nov 6 Pete Jolly [Ceragioli], American session and West Coast jazz pianist, and accordionist (Shorty Rogers; Pete Jolly Trio), dies of multiple myeloma at 72
- Nov 7 Howard Keel, American actor, singer and president of the Screen Actors Guild (7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kate), dies of cancer at 87
- Nov 8 Bruno Bettinelli, Italian composer and teacher (Musica per archi), dies at 90
- Nov 10 (Catalina) "Katy" de la Cruz, Filipina bodabil singer and actress, dies at 97
- Nov 13 John Balance [Geoffrey Rushton], British poet and industrial rock musician (Coil; Psychic TV), falls to his death from a second floor balcony at 42
- Nov 13 Ol' Dirty Bastard [Russell Jones], American rapper (Wu Tang Clan), dies of a drug overdose at 35
- Nov 14 Michel Colombier, French composer of film and concert music (Against All Odds), dies of cancer at 65
- Nov 16 Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1944-52: Baltimore Symphony), 1952-59, dies at 98
- Nov 18 Cy Coleman [Seymour Kaufman], American jazz pianist, songwriter ("Witchcraft"; "The Best Is Yet to Come"), and Tony Award-winning composer (The Will Rogers Follies; Sweet Charity), dies of cardiac arrest at 75
- Nov 19 Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
- Nov 20 Jenny Ross, English alt-rock keyboard player and vocalist (Section 25 - "Looking from a Hilltop"), dies from cancer at 42
- Nov 24 Wong Jim, Hong Kong TV theme song and Canto-pop songwriter, and actor, dies of lung cancer at 64
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