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In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Trevanian
American film scholar and writer (1931-2005).
Born June 12th, 1931 in Granville.
Died December 14th, 2005 at 74 years old in West Country.
Constance Cummings
American actress (1910–2005).
Born May 15th, 1910 in Seattle.
Died November 23rd, 2005 at 95 years old in Oxfordshire (disease). [ref]
Tony Meehan
British musician (1943–2005).
Born March 2nd, 1943 in Hampstead.
Died November 28th, 2005 at 62 years old in Paddington (falling from height). [ref]
Donald Watson
English vegan activist.
Born September 2nd, 1910 in South Yorkshire, Mexborough. [ref]
Died November 16th, 2005 at 95 years old in Keswick.
Andre Gunder Frank
German-american economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984 (1929–2005).
Born February 24th, 1929 in Berlin.
Died April 23rd, 2005 at 76 years old in Luxembourg (cancer).
Mary Jackson
American actress (1910–2005).
Born November 22nd, 1910 in Milford.
Died December 10th, 2005 at 95 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease).
Luis Taruc
Philippine marxist politician (1913–2005).
Born June 21st, 1913 in San Luis.
Died May 4th, 2005 at 91 years old in Quezon City.
Jason Evers
American actor (1922-2005).
Born January 2nd, 1922 in New York City.
Died March 13th, 2005 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
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]
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).
Shirley Horn
American singer (1934–2005).
Born May 1st, 1934 in Washington, D.C..
Died October 20th, 2005 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C., Cheverly (diabetes).
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]
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 (1928–2005).
Born July 16th, 1928 in Maplewood. [ref]
Died December 9th, 2005 at 77 years old in Poughkeepsie.
Dhan Singh Thapa
Recipient of param vir chakra (1928-2005).
Born June 10th, 1928 in Shimla.
Died September 6th, 2005 at 77 years old
Serge Lang
French-american mathematician (1927–2005).
Born May 19th, 1927 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Died September 12th, 2005 at 78 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005).
Died April 19th, 2005 at 58 years old in Ishøj Municipality (myocardial infarction).
Myron Healey
American actor (1923-2005).
Born June 8th, 1923 in Petaluma.
Died December 21st, 2005 at 82 years old in Simi Valley. [ref]
Ford Rainey
American actor (1908–2005).
Born August 8th, 1908 in New York City.
Died July 25th, 2005 at 96 years old in Santa Monica (stroke).
Ahmad Zaki
Egyptian actor (1946–2005).
Born November 18th, 1949 in Zagazig.
Died March 27th, 2005 at 55 years old in 6th of October City (lung cancer).
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist (1934–2005).
Born September 7th, 1934 in Inverness.
Died August 4th, 2005 at 70 years old in Memphis (stroke).
Peter Benenson
English human rights activist (1921-2005).
Born July 31st, 1921 in London.
Died February 25th, 2005 at 83 years old in Oxford (pneumonia).
Leonid Khachiyan
Russian mathematician (1952–2005).
Born May 3rd, 1952 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 29th, 2005 at 52 years old in New Jersey (myocardial infarction).
Philip Morrison
American astrophysicist (1915–2005).
Born November 7th, 1915 in Somerville.
Died April 22nd, 2005 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Dorothy Stang
Brazilian activist (1931–2005).
Born June 7th, 1931 in Dayton.
Died February 12th, 2005 at 73 years old in Anapu (gunshot wound).
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