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In the year 2005
794 Notable deaths
Luis Taruc
Filipino politician (1913-2005).
Born June 21st, 1913 in San Luis.
Died May 4th, 2005 at 91 years old in Quezon City.
Serge Lang
French-american mathematician.
Born May 10th, 1927 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2005 at 78 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist.
Born May 27th, 1946 in Osted. [ref]
Died April 19th, 2005 at 58 years old in Ishøj (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Consuelo Velázquez
Mexican concert pianist, songwriter and recording artist (1916-2005).
Born August 29th, 1916 in Ciudad Guzmán.
Died January 22nd, 2005 at 88 years old in Mexico City.
Robert Sheckley
American writer.
Born July 16th, 1928 in Maplewood. [ref]
Died December 9th, 2005 at 77 years old in Poughkeepsie. [ref]
Ahmad Zaki
Egyptian actor (1949–2005).
Born November 18th, 1949 in Banha.
Died March 27th, 2005 at 55 years old in 6th of October City (lung cancer).
Yi Ku
Korean prince (1931-2005).
Born December 29th, 1931 in Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka.
Died July 16th, 2005 at 73 years old in Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka (myocardial infarction).
Zhang Chunqiao
Member of the gang of four (1917–2005).
Born February 1st, 1917 in Juye County.
Died April 21st, 2005 at 88 years old in Beijing (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Peter Benenson
English human rights activist (1921-2005).
Born July 31st, 1921 in London. [ref]
Died February 25th, 2005 at 83 years old in Oxford (pneumonia). [ref]
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist.
Born September 7th, 1934 in Inverness.
Died August 4th, 2005 at 70 years old in Memphis (stroke).
Evan Hunter
American author and screenwriter (1926-2005).
Born October 15th, 1926 in New York City.
Died July 6th, 2005 at 78 years old in Weston (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Philip Morrison
American astrophysicist (1915–2005).
Born November 7th, 1915 in Somerville.
Died April 22nd, 2005 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Dorothy Stang
Amazonian activist.
Born July 7th, 1931 in Dayton.
Died February 12th, 2005 at 73 years old in Anapu (ballistic trauma).
Ralph Edwards
Radio and television host and producer.
Born June 13th, 1913 in Colorado.
Died November 16th, 2005 at 92 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Lyn Collins
American musician.
Born June 12th, 1948 in Abilene. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2005 at 56 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction).
Ray Peterson
American musician (1939–2005).
Born April 23rd, 1939 in Denton.
Died January 25th, 2005 at 65 years old in Smyrna (cancer). [ref]
Monica Zetterlund
Swedish singer and actress.
Born September 20th, 1937 in Hagfors parish. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2005 at 67 years old in Johannes parish (conflagration).
Yumika Hayashi
Japanese av idol.
Born June 27th, 1970 in Tokyo.
Died June 28th, 2005 at 35 years old (choking).
César Lattes
Brazilian physicist, researcher and university teacher.
Born July 11th, 1924 in Curitiba.
Died March 8th, 2005 at 80 years old in Campinas.
Patrick Caulfield
British artist (1936-2005).
Born January 29th, 1936 in London.
Died September 29th, 2005 at 69 years old in London. [ref]
Leonid Khachiyan
Russian mathematician.
Born May 3rd, 1952 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 29th, 2005 at 52 years old in New Jersey (myocardial infarction).
Narriman Sadek
Egyptian queen consort.
Born October 31st, 1934 in Cairo.
Died October 16th, 2005 at 70 years old in Cairo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Bruno Manser
Swiss environmentalist (1954-2005).
Born August 25th, 1954 in Basel.
Died March 10th, 2005 at 50 years old in Borneo.
Derek Bailey
British guitarist (1930–2005).
Born January 29th, 1930 in Sheffield.
Died December 25th, 2005 at 75 years old in London (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Nirmal Verma
Indian writer (1929–2005).
Born April 3rd, 1929 in Shimla.
Died October 25th, 2005 at 76 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 226 to 250 of 794
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