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October 5th
157 Notable deaths
Hryhorii Khyzhniak
Ukrainian basketball player (1974-2018).
Born July 16th, 1974 in Mykolaiv.
Died October 5th, 2018 at 44 years old in Kyiv (myocardial infarction).
Zoltán Székely
Hungarian musician (1903-2001).
Born December 8th, 1903 in Kocs. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2001 at 97 years old in Banff. [ref]
Ildar Dadin
Russian activist.
Born April 14th, 1982 in Zheleznodorozhny.
Died October 5th, 2024 at 42 years old in Kharkiv Oblast.
Georg Kulenkampff
German musician.
Born January 23rd, 1898 in Bremen. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1948 at 50 years old in Schaffhausen.
Jerry Shipp
Basketball player for the united states men's national team.
Born September 27th, 1935 in Shreveport.
Died October 5th, 2021 at 86 years old in Durant. [ref]
Giselher Klebe
German composer.
Born June 28th, 1925 in Mannheim. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2009 at 84 years old in Detmold. [ref]
Edvard Mirzoyan
Armenian composer of georgian birth (1921-2012).
Died October 5th, 2012 at 91 years old in Yerevan.
Jürgen Goslar
German actor and director.
Born March 26th, 1927 in Oldenburg.
Died October 5th, 2021 at 94 years old in Ainring. [ref]
Dorothea Klumpke
American astronomer (1861-1942).
Born August 9th, 1861 in San Francisco.
Died October 5th, 1942 at 81 years old in San Francisco.
François Simon
Swiss actor (1917-1982).
Born August 16th, 1917 in Geneva. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1982 at 65 years old in Geneva. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner