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In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Gaston Rahier
Belgian motorcycle racer (1947–2005).
Born February 1st, 1947 in Chaineux.
Died February 8th, 2005 at 58 years old in Creil (cancer).
James Ingo Freed
American architect (1930–2005).
Born June 23rd, 1930 in Essen. [ref]
Died December 15th, 2005 at 75 years old in Manhattan (Parkinson's disease).
Teófilo Cruz
Puerto rican basketball player (1942-2005).
Born January 8th, 1942 in Santurce.
Died August 30th, 2005 at 63 years old in Trujillo Alto (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Gloria Lasso
Spanish singer (1922–2005).
Born November 25th, 1922 in Vilafranca del Penedès.
Died December 4th, 2005 at 83 years old in Cuernavaca (myocardial infarction).
László Fejes Tóth
Hungarian mathematician (1915–2005).
Born March 12th, 1915 in Szeged.
Died March 17th, 2005 at 90 years old in Budapest.
Dahlia Ravikovitch
Israeli poet (1936-2005).
Born November 17th, 1936 in Ramat Gan.
Died August 21st, 2005 at 68 years old in Tel Aviv.
Norbert Brainin
Austrian-british violinist and university teacher (1923-2005).
Born March 12th, 1923 in Vienna.
Died April 10th, 2005 at 82 years old in London.
Sergio Citti
Italian screenwriter and film director (1933–2005).
Died October 11th, 2005 at 72 years old in Rome (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Ted Ditchburn
English footballer (1921-2005).
Born October 24th, 1921 in Gillingham.
Died December 26th, 2005 at 84 years old in Brentwood.
John Ziman
New zealand physicist (1925-2005).
Born May 16th, 1925 in Cambridge.
Died January 2nd, 2005 at 79 years old in Aylesbury.
Tilly Fleischer
German javelin thrower (1911–2005).
Born October 2nd, 1911 in Frankfurt. [ref]
Died July 14th, 2005 at 93 years old in Lahr/Schwarzwald. [ref]
Vladimir Toporov
Russian philologist (1928–2005).
Born July 5th, 1928 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 2005 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Birgitte Federspiel
Danish actress (1925-2005).
Born September 6th, 1925 in Copenhagen.
Died February 2nd, 2005 at 79 years old in Odense (disease).
Zainab al-Ghazali
Egyptian activist (1923-2005).
Born January 2nd, 1917 in Mit Ghamr.
Died August 3rd, 2005 at 88 years old in Cairo.
Franco Scoglio
Italian football manager (1941–2005).
Died October 3rd, 2005 at 64 years old in Genoa (myocardial infarction).
Natalya Gundareva
Soviet and russian actress (1948—2005).
Born August 28th, 1948 in Moscow.
Died May 15th, 2005 at 56 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Esther Szekeres
Hungarian-australian mathematician.
Born February 20th, 1910 in Budapest.
Died August 28th, 2005 at 95 years old in Adelaide.
Bezerra da Silva
Brazilian musician (1927–2005).
Born March 9th, 1927 in Recife.
Died January 17th, 2005 at 77 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Leila Fawzi
Egyptian actress (1918–2005).
Born October 20th, 1918 in Turkey.
Died January 12th, 2005 at 86 years old in Cairo.
Inday Ba
Swedish actress (1972–2005).
Born August 10th, 1972 in Angered.
Died April 26th, 2005 at 32 years old (systemic lupus erythematosus).
Hatun Sürücü
German murder victim (1982–2005).
Born January 17th, 1982 in Berlin.
Died February 7th, 2005 at 23 years old in Berlin.
Erik Balling
Danish film director (1924–2005).
Born November 29th, 1924 in Nyborg.
Died November 19th, 2005 at 80 years old in Copenhagen (myocardial infarction).
Tina Wiseman
American actress (1965-2005).
Born September 26th, 1965 in Honolulu.
Died February 20th, 2005 at 39 years old in Freeport (pulmonary edema).
Georges Guingouin
French politician and resistance fighter (1913–2005).
Born February 2nd, 1913 in Magnac-Laval.
Died October 27th, 2005 at 92 years old in Troyes. [ref]
Vladimir Kotelnikov
Soviet scientist (1908-2005).
Born September 6th, 1908 in Kazan.
Died February 11th, 2005 at 96 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 501 to 525 of 865
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