December 5th
175 Notable deaths
Antoni Rovira i Virgili
Catalan politician.
Born November 26th, 1882 in Tarragona. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1949 at 67 years old in Perpignan.
Alsing Andersen
Danish politician (1893-1962).
Born February 5th, 1893 in Copenhagen.
Died December 5th, 1962 at 69 years old in Copenhagen.
Alexander Atabekian
Armenian author, editor and journalist (1868-1933).
Born February 2nd, 1868 in Shusha.
Died December 5th, 1933 at 65 years old in camp of the Gulag.
Gernot Jurtin
Austrian footballer (1955-2006).
Born October 9th, 1955 in Scheifling.
Died December 5th, 2006 at 51 years old in Altenmarkt im Pongau (cancer). [ref]
Kálmán Markovits
Hungarian water polo player.
Born August 26th, 1931 in Budapest.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 78 years old in Budapest.
Philipp Rinaldi
Italian catholic priest (1856-1931).
Died December 5th, 1931 at 75 years old in Turin.
Carlos Riolfo
Uruguayan footballer (1905-1978).
Born November 5th, 1905 in Montevideo.
Died December 5th, 1978 at 73 years old in Montevideo.
Eric Thornton
Belgian association football player (1882-1945).
Born July 5th, 1882 in Worthing.
Died December 5th, 1945 at 63 years old in Antwerp.
Rupert Charles Barneby
British born american botanist (1911-2000).
Born October 6th, 1911 in Monmouthshire.
Died December 5th, 2000 at 89 years old in The Bronx.
Beba Idelson
Israeli politician.
Born October 14th, 1895 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1975 at 80 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman