In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Maurice Trintignant
French racecar driver (1917–2005).
Born October 30th, 1917 in Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes.
Died February 13th, 2005 at 87 years old in Nîmes.
Akira Yoshizawa
Japanese origamist (1911-2005).
Born March 14th, 1911 in Kaminokawa.
Died March 14th, 2005 at 94 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia).
John Bromfield
Actor and commercial fisherman (1922-2005).
Born June 11th, 1922 in South Bend.
Died September 19th, 2005 at 83 years old in Palm Desert (kidney failure).
Eva Renzi
German actress (1944–2005).
Born November 3rd, 1944 in Berlin.
Died August 16th, 2005 at 60 years old in Berlin (lung cancer).
Elisabeth Fraser
American actress (1920-2005).
Born January 8th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died May 5th, 2005 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills.
Miriam Rothschild
British natural scientist and author (1908-2005).
Born August 5th, 1908 in Ashton.
Died January 20th, 2005 at 96 years old in Oundle.
Marga López
Mexican actress (1924–2005).
Born June 21st, 1924 in San Miguel de Tucumán.
Died July 4th, 2005 at 81 years old in Mexico City (pneumonia, hyperkalemia, acute kidney injury).
Lakshman Kadirgamar
Sri lankan politician (1932-2005).
Born April 12th, 1932 in Colombo.
Died August 12th, 2005 at 73 years old in Colombo. [ref]
Jacques Villeret
French actor (1951-2005).
Born February 6th, 1951 in Tours.
Died January 28th, 2005 at 53 years old in Évreux (liver disease).
Goldie Hill
American musician.
Born January 11th, 1933 in Karnes City.
Died February 24th, 2005 at 72 years old in Tennessee (cancer).
Madhu Dandavate
Indian politician (1924-2005).
Born January 21st, 1924 in Ahilyanagar.
Died November 12th, 2005 at 81 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Robert Matsui
American politician (1941–2005).
Born September 17th, 1941 in Sacramento.
Died January 1st, 2005 at 63 years old in Bethesda (pneumonia, leukemia).
Mike Marshall
French actor (1944–2005).
Born September 13th, 1944 in Los Angeles.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 60 years old in Caen (lung cancer).
Al Lopez
American major league baseball players, catcher, major league baseball managers, baseball hall of fame member (1908-2005).
Born August 20th, 1908 in Florida.
Died October 30th, 2005 at 97 years old in Tampa.
Rong Yiren
Former vice president of the people's republic of china (1916–2005).
Died October 26th, 2005 at 89 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Christopher Fry
English poet and playwright (1907–2005).
Born December 18th, 1907 in Bristol.
Died June 30th, 2005 at 97 years old in Chichester. [ref]
Noel Cantwell
Irish footballer and manager (1932-2005).
Born February 28th, 1932 in Cork.
Died September 8th, 2005 at 73 years old in Peterborough (cancer).
Leo Sternbach
Polish-american chemist.
Born May 7th, 1908 in Opatija.
Died September 28th, 2005 at 97 years old in Chapel Hill.
Ephraim Kishon
Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director (1924–2005).
Born August 23rd, 1924 in Budapest.
Died January 29th, 2005 at 80 years old in Appenzell (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Don Durant
American actor and businessman (1932-2005).
Born November 20th, 1932 in Long Beach.
Died March 15th, 2005 at 72 years old in Monarch Beach, Dana Point, California (leukemia, lymphoma).
David Sheppard
English cleric and cricketer (1929-2005).
Born March 6th, 1929 in Reigate.
Died March 5th, 2005 at 75 years old in West Kirby (cancer, colorectal cancer).
Eknath Solkar
Indian cricket player (1948–2005).
Born March 18th, 1948 in Mumbai.
Died June 26th, 2005 at 57 years old in Mumbai.
María de los Ángeles Alvariño González
Spanish fishery research biologist and oceanographer (1916-2005).
Born October 3rd, 1916 in Serantes.
Died May 29th, 2005 at 88 years old in La Jolla.
George Gerbner
American writer, freelancer and sociologist (1919–2005).
Born August 8th, 1919 in Budapest. [ref]
Died December 24th, 2005 at 86 years old in Philadelphia (cancer).
Pappo
Argentine musician (1950–2005).
Born March 10th, 1950 in Buenos Aires, La Paternal, Buenos Aires.
Died February 25th, 2005 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires, Luján (traffic collision).
Deaths 301 to 325 of 865
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi