In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Adolf Müller
Olympic wrestler.
Born April 11th, 1914 in Switzerland.
Died July 7th, 2005 at 91 years old
Léopold Gernaey
Belgian footballer (1927-2005).
Born February 25th, 1927.
Died August 4th, 2005 at 78 years old
Genrikh Fedosov
Russian footballer (1932-2005).
Born December 6th, 1932 in Velikiye Luki.
Died December 20th, 2005 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Bert Pronk
Dutch cyclist.
Born October 24th, 1950 in Scheveningen.
Died March 15th, 2005 at 54 years old in Alvor (cancer).
Robert Fitzgerald
American speed skater (1923–2005).
Born October 3rd, 1923 in Minneapolis.
Died April 22nd, 2005 at 81 years old in Luverne.
Henry Proctor
American rower.
Born October 19th, 1929 in Baxter Springs.
Died April 13th, 2005 at 75 years old in Camas.
Theunis van Schalkwyk
Boxer (1929-2005).
Born September 14th, 1929 in Krugersdorp.
Died August 27th, 2005 at 75 years old in Roodepoort.
Wladimiro Calarese
Fencer (1930-2005).
Born October 3rd, 1930 in Messina.
Died August 13th, 2005 at 74 years old in Dayton. [ref]
Gerard Peters
Dutch cyclist (1920-2005).
Born July 31st, 1920 in Haarlem.
Died April 6th, 2005 at 84 years old in Haarlem.
László Vadász
Chess grandmaster (1948–2005).
Born January 27th, 1948 in Kiskunfélegyháza.
Died January 3rd, 2005 at 56 years old in Budapest.
Boris Goykhman
Soviet water polo player (1919–2005).
Born April 28th, 1919 in Voznesensk.
Died October 28th, 2005 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Lucien Lazaridès
Road bicycle racer (1922-2005).
Born December 30th, 1922 in Piraeus.
Died July 19th, 2005 at 82 years old in Cannes.
Ali Shukri
Albanian politician (1919-2005).
Born September 12th, 1919 in Mitrovica.
Died January 6th, 2005 at 85 years old in Belgrade.
Gunnar Nilsson
Swedish boxer (1923-2005).
Born March 3rd, 1923 in Staffanstorp Municipality. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2005 at 82 years old in Gothenburg. [ref]
Karl-Erik Andersson
Swedish footballer (1927-2005).
Born January 16th, 1927 in Bromma parish. [ref]
Died August 16th, 2005 at 78 years old in S:t Görans church parish. [ref]
Grace d'Almeida
Beninese lawyer, feminist and human rights activist (1951–2005).
Born March 21st, 1951 in Dakar.
Died May 12th, 2005 at 54 years old in Paris.
Lothar Warneke
Film director, screenwriter, actor (1936-2005).
Born September 15th, 1936 in Leipzig.
Died June 5th, 2005 at 68 years old in Potsdam.
Aleksey Kiselyov
Boxer (1938–2005).
Born March 17th, 1938 in Ryazan.
Died June 19th, 2005 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Lajos Szentgáli
Olympic athlete (1932–2005).
Born June 7th, 1932 in Budapest.
Died November 2nd, 2005 at 73 years old in Budapest.
Volodymyr Savchenko
Soviet ukrainian science fiction writer and engineer (1933–2005).
Born February 15th, 1933 in Poltava.
Died January 24th, 2005 at 71 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Henrik Flöjt
Olympic biathlete.
Born May 24th, 1952 in Kajaani.
Died September 26th, 2005 at 53 years old in Kajaani.
Tymoteusz Karpowicz
Polish poet.
Born December 15th, 1921.
Died June 29th, 2005 at 83 years old in Oak Park.
Rudolf Tajcnár
Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1948–2005).
Born April 17th, 1948 in Bratislava. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 2005 at 57 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Gildo Arena
Italian swimmer and water polo player.
Born February 25th, 1922 in Naples.
Died February 8th, 2005 at 82 years old in Naples.
Jerzy Wojnar
Polish luger (1930–2005).
Born October 7th, 1930 in Lviv.
Died February 2nd, 2005 at 74 years old in Warsaw.
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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder