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January 5th
244 Notable deaths
Jean Murat
French actor (1888–1968).
Born July 13th, 1888 in Périgueux.
Died January 5th, 1968 at 79 years old in Aix-en-Provence (myocardial infarction).
Giuseppe Fava
Italian journalist (1925-1984).
Born September 15th, 1925 in Palazzolo Acreide.
Died January 5th, 1984 at 58 years old in Catania.
J. M. Robertson
Scottish journalist and rationalist (1856–1933).
Born November 14th, 1856 in Isle of Arran.
Died January 5th, 1933 at 76 years old in London.
Marc McDermott
Australian-american silent film actor (1881-1929).
Born July 24th, 1881 in Goulburn.
Died January 5th, 1929 at 47 years old in Glendale (liver cirrhosis).
Robert Gerhard
Catalan composer and musical scholar and writer (1896–1971).
Born September 25th, 1896 in Valls.
Died January 5th, 1970 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
Hikaru Hayashi
Japanese composer (1931–2012).
Born October 22nd, 1931 in Tokyo.
Died January 5th, 2012 at 80 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Soh Jaipil
Korean-american independence activist and journalist (1864–1951).
Born January 7th, 1864 in Boseong County.
Died January 5th, 1951 at 86 years old in Philadelphia (cancer).
Emma Abbott
American operatic soprano (1850-1891).
Born December 9th, 1850 in Chicago.
Died January 5th, 1891 at 40 years old in Salt Lake City (pneumonia).
Alfred Grünfeld
Czech composer and pianist (1852–1924).
Born June 4th, 1852 in Prague.
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]
Giuseppe Fanelli
Italian anarchist (1827–1877).
Born October 13th, 1827 in Naples.
Died January 5th, 1877 at 49 years old in Nocera Inferiore (tuberculosis).
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 November 1st, 1886 in Kiyono. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1919 at 32 years old in Yokoteramachi (hanging to death).
Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck
German general of the armoured forces and resistance fighter against national socialism (1892-1955).
Born June 10th, 1892 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1955 at 62 years old in Bodelschwingh. [ref]
Kiyoo Wadati
Japanese seismologist.
Born September 8th, 1902 in Nagoya.
Died January 5th, 1995 at 92 years old in Tokyo.
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]
Juan Benet
Spanish writer (1927–1993).
Born October 7th, 1927 in Madrid.
Died January 5th, 1993 at 65 years old in Madrid (brain tumor).
Astrid Henning-Jensen
Film director, screenwriter (1914-2002).
Born December 10th, 1914 in Frederiksberg.
Died January 5th, 2002 at 87 years old in Copenhagen.
Marián Labuda
Slovak actor (1944-2018).
Born October 28th, 1944 in Hontianske Nemce. [ref]
Died January 5th, 2018 at 73 years old in Bratislava (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Prince Adolf of Auersperg
Austrian politician (1821-1885).
Born July 21st, 1821 in Vlašim.
Died January 5th, 1885 at 63 years old in St. Pölten, Goldegg, Schloss Goldegg.
Karl Alfred von Zittel
German geologist and paleontologist (1839–1904).
Born September 25th, 1839 in Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl.
Died January 5th, 1904 at 64 years old in Munich.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson