- Nov 2 Witold Kiełtyka, Polish heavy metal drummer (Decapitated), dies in a tour bus crash at 23
- Nov 6 Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), dies at 82
- Nov 11 John Peterson, American drummer (the Beau Brummels), dies at 65
- Nov 14 Mauro Bortolotti, Italian composer, dies at 80
- Nov 16 Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
- Nov 19 Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer (Quiet Riot), dies of an overdose at 53
- Nov 27 Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist, dies of prostrate cancer at 84
- Nov 29 Tom Terrell, American musicologist, NPR reviewer and deejay, dies at 57