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In the year 2005
863 Notable deaths
Carlo Maria Giulini
Italian conductor (1914–2005).
Born May 9th, 1914 in Barletta.
Died June 14th, 2005 at 91 years old in Brescia.
Pierre Bachelet
French singer-songwriter.
Died February 15th, 2005 at 60 years old in Suresnes (lung cancer).
Jyotindra Nath Dixit
Indian diplomat (1936–2005).
Born January 8th, 1936 in Chennai.
Died January 3rd, 2005 at 68 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction).
Wim Duisenberg
Dutch politician and economist (1935–2005).
Born July 9th, 1935 in Heerenveen.
Died July 31st, 2005 at 70 years old in Faucon (heart failure, drowning).
Minako Honda
Japanese singer and actress (1967-2005).
Born July 31st, 1967 in Narimasu.
Died November 6th, 2005 at 38 years old in Minato (leukemia).
Laurel Aitken
Cuban singer (1927–2005).
Born April 22nd, 1927 in Havana.
Died July 17th, 2005 at 78 years old in Leicester (myocardial infarction).
Judith Scott
American fiber artist (1943–2005).
Born May 1st, 1943 in Cincinnati, Columbus.
Died March 15th, 2005 at 61 years old in Dutch Flat.
Henry Taube
Canadian-born american chemist (1915–2005).
Born November 30th, 1915 in Neudorf.
Died November 16th, 2005 at 89 years old in Palo Alto.
Jerry Juhl
American screenwriter (1938–2005).
Born July 27th, 1938 in Saint Paul.
Died September 27th, 2005 at 67 years old in San Francisco (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Lucien Laurent
French footballer (1907-2005).
Born December 10th, 1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
Died April 11th, 2005 at 97 years old in Besançon.
Hermann Bondi
Austrian-british mathematician and cosmologist.
Born November 1st, 1919 in Vienna.
Died September 10th, 2005 at 85 years old in Cambridge.
Peter Cargill
Jamaican footballer (1964-2005).
Born March 2nd, 1964 in Saint Ann Parish.
Died April 15th, 2005 at 41 years old in Saint Ann Parish (traffic collision).
Wayne C. Booth
American academic.
Born February 22nd, 1921 in American Fork.
Died October 10th, 2005 at 84 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Steve Susskind
American actor (1942-2005).
Born October 3rd, 1942 in Springfield.
Died January 21st, 2005 at 62 years old in Sunland-Tujunga, Sunland (traffic collision).
Jack L. Chalker
American author (1944-2005).
Born December 17th, 1944 in Baltimore.
Died February 11th, 2005 at 60 years old in Baltimore (kidney failure).
Rudolph Moshammer
German fashion designer (1940–2005).
Born September 7th, 1940 in Munich.
Died January 14th, 2005 at 64 years old in Grünwald.
Jesús Rafael Soto
Venezuelan painter and sculptor (1923-2005).
Born June 5th, 1923 in Ciudad Bolívar.
Died January 14th, 2005 at 81 years old in 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
George Hawi
Lebanese politician (1938-2005).
Born November 5th, 1938 in Bteghrine.
Died June 21st, 2005 at 66 years old in Beirut (attempted murder).
Alan Dundes
American folklorist (1934–2005).
Born September 8th, 1934 in New York City.
Died March 30th, 2005 at 70 years old in Berkeley (myocardial infarction).
Gwynfor Evans
Welsh politician (1912-2005).
Born September 1st, 1912 in Barry.
Died April 21st, 2005 at 92 years old in Pencarreg. [ref]
David Diamond
American classical composer (1915-2005).
Born July 9th, 1915 in Rochester. [ref]
Died June 13th, 2005 at 89 years old in Brighton (heart failure). [ref]
Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana
President of upper volta and burkina faso (1916-2005).
Born January 31st, 1916 in Dianra.
Died May 26th, 2005 at 89 years old in Ouagadougou.
Michael Park
British racing driver (1966–2005).
Born June 22nd, 1966 in Newent.
Died September 18th, 2005 at 39 years old in Neath Port Talbot (traffic collision).
Gordon Gould
American physicist and inventor (1920–2005).
Born July 17th, 1920 in Manhattan.
Died September 16th, 2005 at 85 years old in Lenox Hill Hospital.
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