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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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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir