Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev
Soviet diplomat (1923-2005).
Born December 2nd, 1923 in Korolevo.
Died October 18th, 2005 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Tonino Delli Colli
Italian cinematographer (1923–2005).
Born November 20th, 1923 in Rome.
Died August 16th, 2005 at 81 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
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.
Alexei Sultanov
Uzbekistani musician (1969–2005).
Born August 7th, 1969 in Tashkent.
Died June 30th, 2005 at 35 years old in Fort Worth (stroke).
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).
Jim Aparo
American comic book artist (1932-2005).
Born August 24th, 1932 in New York City.
Died July 19th, 2005 at 72 years old in United States. [ref]
J. James Exon
American politician (1921–2005).
Born August 9th, 1921 in Geddes.
Died June 10th, 2005 at 83 years old in Lincoln.
Constant Nieuwenhuys
Dutch painter (1920-2005).
Born July 21st, 1920 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died August 1st, 2005 at 85 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Stanley Sadie
British musicologist (1930–2005).
Born October 30th, 1930 in Wembley.
Died March 21st, 2005 at 74 years old in Cossington (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Luc Ferrari
French composer (1929–2005).
Born February 5th, 1929 in Paris.
Died August 22nd, 2005 at 76 years old in Arezzo.
Alfred Reed
American composer, arranger and conductor (1921–2005).
Born January 25th, 1921 in New York City.
Died September 17th, 2005 at 84 years old in Miami.
Barrington Moore, Jr.
American historian and sociologist.
Born May 12th, 1913 in Washington, D.C..
Died October 16th, 2005 at 92 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Alain Bombard
French scientist (1924-2005).
Born October 27th, 1924 in Paris.
Died July 19th, 2005 at 80 years old in Toulon.
Samir Kassir
Lebanese journalist (1960-2005).
Born May 5th, 1960 in Ashrafieh.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 45 years old in Ashrafieh.
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer (1917–2005).
Born June 13th, 1917 in Asunción.
Died April 26th, 2005 at 87 years old in Asunción.
Fritz Schilgen
German athlete (1906-2005).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Kronberg im Taunus.
Died September 12th, 2005 at 99 years old in Kronberg im Taunus.
John Ostrom
American paleontologist (1928-2005).
Born February 18th, 1928 in New York City.
Died July 16th, 2005 at 77 years old in Litchfield (Alzheimer's disease).
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban writer.
Born April 22nd, 1929 in Gibara.
Died February 21st, 2005 at 75 years old in London (sepsis).
Suzanne Flon
French film actress (1918-2005).
Born January 28th, 1918 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
Died June 15th, 2005 at 87 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (gastroenteritis).
Álvaro Cunhal
Portuguese politician and writer (1913-2005).
Born November 10th, 1913 in Coimbra.
Died June 13th, 2005 at 91 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
William P. Yarborough
American general (1912–2005).
Born May 12th, 1912 in Seattle.
Died December 6th, 2005 at 93 years old in Southern Pines.
Fei Xiaotong
Chinese anthropologist, sociologist (1910-2005).
Born November 2nd, 1910 in Wujiang District.
Died April 24th, 2005 at 94 years old in Beijing.
Ralph Erskine
Swedish architect (1914–2005).
Born February 24th, 1914 in Mill Hill.
Died March 16th, 2005 at 91 years old in Drottningholm.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 865
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t. Richard Bach