In the year 2005
865 Notable deaths
Robin Cook
British labour party politician (1946-2005).
Born February 28th, 1946 in Bellshill.
Died August 6th, 2005 at 59 years old in Inverness (hypertensive heart disease). [ref]
Peter Malkin
Israeli spy (1927-2005).
Born May 27th, 1927 in Gmina Żółkiewka.
Died March 1st, 2005 at 77 years old in New York City.
Debra Hill
American film producer (1950-2005).
Born November 10th, 1950 in Philadelphia.
Died March 7th, 2005 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Sheila Gish
British actress (1942–2005).
Born April 23rd, 1942 in Lincoln.
Died March 9th, 2005 at 62 years old in London (skin cancer).
Dana Elcar
American television and movie character actor (1927-2005).
Born October 10th, 1927 in Ferndale.
Died June 6th, 2005 at 77 years old in Ventura (pneumonia).
Paul Hester
Australian musician (1959–2005).
Born January 8th, 1959 in Melbourne.
Died March 26th, 2005 at 46 years old in Melbourne (hanging to death).
M. Scott Peck
American psychiatrist (1936–2005).
Born May 23rd, 1936 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2005 at 69 years old in Connecticut (Parkinson's disease, pancreatic cancer).
Maria Schell
Austrian-swiss actress (1926–2005).
Born January 15th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died April 26th, 2005 at 79 years old in Preitenegg (pneumonia).
Aslan Maskhadov
Chechen warlord and politician.
Born September 21st, 1951.
Died March 8th, 2005 at 53 years old in Tolstoy-Yurt (explosion).
Tara Correa-McMullen
American actress (1989–2005).
Born May 24th, 1989 in Westminster.
Died October 21st, 2005 at 16 years old in Inglewood (gunshot wound).
R. L. Burnside
American singer and guitarist (1926–2005).
Born November 23rd, 1926 in Harmontown.
Died September 1st, 2005 at 78 years old in Memphis.
Mo Mowlam
British politician (1949-2005).
Born September 18th, 1949 in Watford.
Died August 19th, 2005 at 55 years old in Canterbury (brain cancer). [ref]
Rinus Michels
Dutch footballer and manager (1928–2005).
Born February 9th, 1928 in Amsterdam.
Died March 3rd, 2005 at 77 years old in Aalst.
Jocelyn Brando
American actress (1919–2005).
Born November 18th, 1919 in San Francisco.
Died November 27th, 2005 at 86 years old in Santa Monica.
Jimmy Young
American boxer (1948–2005).
Born November 16th, 1948 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2005 at 56 years old in Philadelphia (myocardial infarction).
Barney Martin
American actor (1923–2005).
Born March 3rd, 1923 in Queens.
Died March 21st, 2005 at 82 years old in Studio City (lung cancer).
Mohammad Sidique Khan
London bomber (1974–2005).
Born October 20th, 1974 in St James's University Hospital.
Died July 7th, 2005 at 30 years old in Edgware Road tube station.
Jean Charles de Menezes
Brazilian victim of police shooting (1978-2005).
Born January 7th, 1978 in Gonzaga.
Died July 22nd, 2005 at 27 years old in Stockwell tube station (gunshot wound).
Kevin Hagen
American actor (1928–2005).
Born April 3rd, 1928 in Chicago.
Died July 9th, 2005 at 77 years old in Grants Pass (esophageal cancer).
Lloyd Bochner
Canadian actor (1924-2005).
Born July 29th, 1924 in Toronto.
Died October 29th, 2005 at 81 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Ismail Merchant
Indian film producer (1936–2005).
Born December 25th, 1936 in Mumbai.
Died May 25th, 2005 at 68 years old in London (ulcer).
Karen Lancaume
French pornographic film actress.
Born January 19th, 1973 in Vénissieux. [ref]
Died January 30th, 2005 at 32 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (drug overdose). [ref]
Lee Eun-ju
South korean actress (1980-2005).
Born December 22nd, 1980 in Gunsan.
Died February 22nd, 2005 at 24 years old in Bundang (hanging to death).
Leon Askin
Actor (1907–2005).
Born September 18th, 1907 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 2005 at 97 years old in Vienna.
Robert Moog
American electronic music pioneer and inventor (1934-2005).
Born May 23rd, 1934 in New York City.
Died August 21st, 2005 at 71 years old in Asheville (brain cancer). [ref]
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving