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January 5th
184 Notable deaths
Genoveva Torres Morales
Spanish roman catholic nun.
Born January 3rd, 1870 in Almenara.
Died January 5th, 1956 at 86 years old in Zaragoza (stroke).
Juan Manuel Villa
Spanish footballer (1938–2025).
Born September 26th, 1938 in Seville.
Died January 5th, 2025 at 86 years old in Zaragoza. [ref]
Mustapha Zitouni
French and algerian footballer (1928-2014).
Born October 19th, 1928 in Algiers.
Died January 5th, 2014 at 85 years old in Nice.
Jean-Paul Mauric
French singer.
Born June 17th, 1933 in Hyères.
Died January 5th, 1971 at 37 years old in Marseille.
Fritz Wendhausen
German actor, screenwriter and film director (1890-1962).
Born August 7th, 1890 in Wendhausen (Lehre).
Died January 5th, 1962 at 71 years old in Königstein im Taunus.
Karo Halabyan
Soviet architect.
Born July 26th, 1897 in Ganja.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Adolpho Ducke
Brazilian botanist, zoologist and anthropologist from triest, austria-hungary (1876–1959).
Born October 19th, 1876 in Trieste.
Died January 5th, 1959 at 82 years old in Fortaleza.
Dmitri Vasilyev
Soviet film director.
Born November 4th, 1900 in Yeysk.
Died January 5th, 1984 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Camillo Karl Schneider
German botanist and landscape architect (1876-1951).
Born April 7th, 1876 in Wermsdorf.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 74 years old in Berlin.
Mikhail Zhelev
Bulgarian athlete.
Born July 15th, 1943 in Sliven.
Died January 5th, 2021 at 77 years old in Sliven. [ref]
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