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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).
Annemarie Heinrich
German-born argentinian photographer (1912–2005).
Born January 9th, 1912 in Darmstadt.
Died September 22nd, 2005 at 93 years old in Buenos Aires.
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]
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.
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]
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.
Dahlia Ravikovitch
Israeli poet (1936-2005).
Born November 17th, 1936 in Ramat Gan.
Died August 21st, 2005 at 68 years old in Tel Aviv.
Vladimir Toporov
Russian philologist (1928–2005).
Born July 5th, 1928 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 2005 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Tina Wiseman
American actress (1965-2005).
Born September 26th, 1965 in Honolulu.
Died February 20th, 2005 at 39 years old in Freeport (pulmonary edema).
Birgitte Federspiel
Danish actress (1925-2005).
Born September 6th, 1925 in Copenhagen.
Died February 2nd, 2005 at 79 years old in Odense (disease).
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).
Franco Scoglio
Italian football manager (1941–2005).
Died October 3rd, 2005 at 64 years old in Genoa (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.
Chris Bunch
American writer (1943–2005).
Born December 22nd, 1943 in Fresno.
Died July 4th, 2005 at 61 years old in Ilwaco.
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).
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.
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist (1928–2005).
Born March 3rd, 1928 in Saint-Denis.
Died July 3rd, 2005 at 77 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (Alzheimer's disease).
Inday Ba
Swedish actress (1972–2005).
Born August 10th, 1972 in Angered.
Died April 26th, 2005 at 32 years old (systemic lupus erythematosus).
Vladimir Kotelnikov
Soviet scientist (1908-2005).
Born September 6th, 1908 in Kazan.
Died February 11th, 2005 at 96 years old in Moscow.
Esther Szekeres
Hungarian-australian mathematician.
Born February 20th, 1910 in Budapest.
Died August 28th, 2005 at 95 years old in Adelaide.
Thadée Cisowski
Polish footballer (1927-2005).
Born February 16th, 1927 in Lublin Voivodeship.
Died February 24th, 2005 at 78 years old in Mâcon.
Leila Fawzi
Egyptian actress (1918–2005).
Born October 20th, 1918 in Turkey.
Died January 12th, 2005 at 86 years old in Cairo.
Deaths 501 to 525 of 865
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown