In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist (1928–2005).
Born September 5th, 1928 in Frankfurt.
Died July 25th, 2005 at 76 years old in Frankfurt.
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.
Ilse Werner
German actress (1921-2005).
Born July 11th, 1921 in Jakarta.
Died August 8th, 2005 at 84 years old in Lübeck (pneumonia).
Vasco Gonçalves
Portuguese military and politician (1921-2005).
Died June 11th, 2005 at 83 years old in Almancil.
Ghena Dimitrova
Bulgarian lyric singer.
Born May 6th, 1941 in Beglezh.
Died June 11th, 2005 at 64 years old in Milan (cancer).
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).
Roy Brooks
American drummer (1938–2005).
Born September 3rd, 1938 in Detroit.
Died November 15th, 2005 at 67 years old in Detroit.
Song Renqiong
Chinese general (1909－2005).
Born July 11th, 1909 in Liuyang.
Died January 8th, 2005 at 95 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Amy Gillett
Australian rower and racing cyclist (1976–2005).
Born January 9th, 1976 in Adelaide.
Died July 18th, 2005 at 29 years old in Zadelsdorf (bicycle accident).
Débora Arango
Colombian artist (1907-2005).
Born November 11th, 1907 in Medellín.
Died December 4th, 2005 at 98 years old in Envigado.
Takanori Arisawa
Japanese composer.
Born April 2nd, 1951 in Tokyo.
Died November 26th, 2005 at 54 years old in Tokyo (bladder cancer).
Cliff Allison
British racing driver.
Born February 8th, 1932 in Brough.
Died April 7th, 2005 at 73 years old in Brough.
Bill McGarry
English footballer (1927-2005).
Born June 10th, 1927 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Died March 15th, 2005 at 77 years old in South Africa.
Nadia Anjuman
Afghan poet (1981–2005).
Born December 27th, 1981 in Herat. [ref]
Died November 4th, 2005 at 23 years old in Herat. [ref]
Karen Wynn Fonstad
American cartographer, academic (1945–2005).
Born April 18th, 1945 in Oklahoma City.
Died March 11th, 2005 at 59 years old in Oshkosh (breast cancer).
Frank Kelly Freas
American artist (1922-2005).
Born August 27th, 1922 in Hornell.
Died January 2nd, 2005 at 82 years old in West Hills.
Piero Cappuccilli
Italian baritone (1929–2005).
Born November 9th, 1929 in Trieste.
Died July 12th, 2005 at 75 years old in Trieste. [ref]
Nikola Ljubičić
Yugoslav general (1916-2005).
Born April 4th, 1916 in Karan.
Died April 13th, 2005 at 89 years old in Belgrade.
Yon Hyong-muk
7th premier of north korea (1931-2005).
Born November 3rd, 1931 in Kankyō-hoku Prefecture.
Died October 23rd, 2005 at 73 years old in Pyongyang (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Nurcholish Madjid
Muslim scholar (1939–2005).
Born March 17th, 1939 in Jombang.
Died August 30th, 2005 at 66 years old in Jakarta.
Marten Toonder
Dutch cartoonist (1912–2005).
Born May 2nd, 1912 in Rotterdam.
Died July 27th, 2005 at 93 years old in Laren.
Per Borten
25th prime minister of norway (1913–2005).
Born April 3rd, 1913 in Flå Municipality. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2005 at 91 years old in St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim University Hospital. [ref]
Camillo Felgen
Luxembourgian singer, lyricist, disc jockey, and television presenter (1920–2005).
Born November 17th, 1920 in Luxembourg, Tétange.
Died July 16th, 2005 at 84 years old in Esch-sur-Alzette.
Fabrizio Meoni
Italian motorcycle racer (1957–2005).
Born December 31st, 1957 in Castiglion Fiorentino.
Died January 11th, 2005 at 47 years old in Kiffa (falling, myocardial infarction).
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I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen