In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Stevo Žigon
Slovene-serbian actor and director (1926–2005).
Born December 8th, 1926 in Ljubljana.
Died December 28th, 2005 at 79 years old in Belgrade (myocardial infarction).
Julián Marías
Spanish philosopher (1914-2005).
Born June 17th, 1914 in Valladolid.
Died December 15th, 2005 at 91 years old in Madrid.
Dalene Matthee
South african writer (1938–2005).
Born October 13th, 1938 in Riversdale.
Died February 20th, 2005 at 66 years old in Mossel Bay (myocardial infarction).
Attilâ İlhan
Turkish poet and writer (1925–2005).
Born June 15th, 1925 in Menemen.
Died October 10th, 2005 at 80 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction).
Luigi Giussani
Roman catholic priest and educator (1922–2005).
Born October 15th, 1922 in Desio.
Died February 22nd, 2005 at 82 years old in Milan (Parkinson's disease).
Brigitte Mira
German actress and singer (1910–2005).
Born April 20th, 1910 in Hamburg.
Died March 8th, 2005 at 94 years old in Berlin.
George S. Hammond
American chemist (1921–2005).
Born May 22nd, 1921 in Auburn.
Died October 5th, 2005 at 84 years old in Portland.
Polina Astakhova
Soviet-ukrainian artistic gymnast (1936–2005).
Born October 30th, 1936 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2005 at 68 years old in Kyiv.
Richard Eberhart
American poet (1904–2005).
Born April 5th, 1904 in Austin.
Died June 9th, 2005 at 101 years old in Hanover.
György Sándor
Hungarian musician (1912–2005).
Born September 21st, 1912 in Budapest.
Died December 12th, 2005 at 93 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
David Di Tommaso
French footballer (1979-2005).
Born October 6th, 1979 in Échirolles.
Died November 29th, 2005 at 26 years old in Utrecht (myocardial infarction).
Ljuba Tadić
Serbian actor (1929–2005).
Born May 31st, 1929 in Ferizaj.
Died October 28th, 2005 at 76 years old in Belgrade.
Herbert Goldstein
American physicist (1922–2005).
Born June 26th, 1922 in The Bronx.
Died January 12th, 2005 at 82 years old in New York City.
Hussein el-Shafei
Egyptian revolutionary and politician (1918–2005).
Born February 2nd, 1918.
Died November 18th, 2005 at 87 years old in Cairo.
Robert Coldwell Wood
American political scientist (1923-2005).
Born September 16th, 1923 in St. Louis.
Died April 1st, 2005 at 81 years old in Boston (stomach cancer).
Emil Dimitrov
Bulgarian singer, musician and composer (1940-2005).
Born December 23rd, 1940 in Pleven.
Died March 30th, 2005 at 64 years old in Sofia.
Charles Socarides
American psychiatrist (1922–2005).
Born January 24th, 1922 in Brockton. [ref]
Died December 25th, 2005 at 83 years old in Metropolitan Hospital Center (heart failure). [ref]
Billy More
Italian drag queen and musician (1965–2005).
Born February 3rd, 1965 in Milan.
Died August 14th, 2005 at 40 years old in Milan (leukemia).
Atsuko Tanaka
Japanese artist (1932–2005).
Born February 10th, 1932 in Osaka.
Died December 3rd, 2005 at 73 years old in Nara, Asuka.
Eugene Gordon Lee
American child actor (1933-2005).
Born October 25th, 1933 in Fort Worth.
Died October 16th, 2005 at 71 years old in Minneapolis (lung cancer, brain cancer).
Zoran Mušič
Slovenian painter and engraver (1909-2005).
Born February 12th, 1909 in Bukovica. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2005 at 96 years old in Venice. [ref]
Ferruccio Valcareggi
Italian footballer (1919–2005).
Born February 12th, 1919 in Trieste.
Died November 2nd, 2005 at 86 years old in Florence.
Philip Lamantia
American poet, lecturer (1927–2005).
Born October 23rd, 1927 in San Francisco.
Died March 12th, 2005 at 77 years old in San Francisco.
Ehud Manor
Israeli songwriter (1941–2005).
Born July 13th, 1941 in Binyamina-Giv'at Ada.
Died April 12th, 2005 at 63 years old in Tel Aviv (disease).
George Szekeres
Hungarian-australian mathematician (1911–2005).
Born May 29th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died August 28th, 2005 at 94 years old in Adelaide.
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Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø