December 5th
180 Notable deaths
Joseph Erlanger
American doctor (1874-1965).
Born January 5th, 1874 in San Francisco.
Died December 5th, 1965 at 91 years old in St. Louis.
Viktor Ponedelnik
Russian footballer.
Born May 22nd, 1937 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died December 5th, 2020 at 83 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Frits Clausen
Danish national socialist politician (1893-1947).
Born November 12th, 1893 in Aabenraa.
Died December 5th, 1947 at 54 years old in Vestre Prison (myocardial infarction).
Joe Rock
American actor and filmmaker (1893-1984).
Born December 25th, 1893 in New York City.
Died December 5th, 1984 at 90 years old in Sherman Oaks.
Charles Barton
Film director, actor (1902-1981).
Born May 25th, 1902 in San Francisco.
Died December 5th, 1981 at 79 years old in Burbank (myocardial infarction).
Oscar Wisting
Norwegian polar explorer.
Born June 6th, 1871 in Larvik.
Died December 5th, 1936 at 65 years old in Oslo.
George Scratchley Brown
Us air force general (1918-1978).
Born August 17th, 1918 in Montclair.
Died December 5th, 1978 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (prostate cancer).
Andrey Andreyev
Soviet politician (1895–1971).
Born October 30th, 1895 in Kuznetsovo.
Died December 5th, 1971 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
German politician (1926-2009).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Aachen.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 82 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Nathan Jacobson
American mathematician (1910–1999).
Born October 5th, 1910 in Warsaw.
Died December 5th, 1999 at 89 years old in Hamden. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 180
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks