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January 5th
200 Notable deaths
Alfred Grünfeld
Czech composer and pianist.
Born July 4th, 1852 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1924 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Rainer Ludwig Claisen
German chemist best known for his work with condensations of carbonyls and sigmatropic rearrangements (1851–1930).
Born January 14th, 1851 in Cologne.
Died January 5th, 1930 at 78 years old in Bad Godesberg.
Tullio De Mauro
Italian linguist (1932-2017).
Born March 31st, 1932 in Torre Annunziata. [ref]
Died January 5th, 2017 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
C. George Boeree
American psychologist (1952-2021).
Born January 15th, 1952 in Badhoevedorp.
Died January 5th, 2021 at 68 years old in Shippensburg (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Alexander Wienerberger
Austrian photographer, soldier, prisoner of war and chemical engineer (1891-1955).
Born December 8th, 1891 in Vienna.
Died January 5th, 1955 at 63 years old in Salzburg.
Sumako Matsui
Japanese actor and singer (1886–1919).
Born March 8th, 1886 in Kiyono. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1919 at 32 years old in Yokoteramachi (hanging to death).
Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck
German general.
Born July 10th, 1892 in Potsdam.
Died January 5th, 1955 at 62 years old in Bodelschwingh.
Kim Dong-in
Korean writer (1900–1951).
Born October 2nd, 1900 in Pyongyang.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 50 years old in Seoul.
Carlo Pedretti
Italian art historian and leonardo da vinci scholar (1928–2018).
Born January 6th, 1928 in Casalecchio di Reno.
Died January 5th, 2018 at 89 years old in Lamporecchio. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 200
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou