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December 5th
246 Notable deaths
Anna Kavan
British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901–1968).
Born April 10th, 1901 in Cannes.
Died December 5th, 1968 at 67 years old in London (heart failure).
Tom London
American actor (1889-1963).
Born August 24th, 1889 in Louisville.
Died December 5th, 1963 at 74 years old in Hollywood.
Said Halim Pasha
Ottoman grand vizier (1865–1921).
Born February 19th, 1864 in Cairo.
Died December 5th, 1921 at 57 years old in Rome.
Roy Welensky
Northern rhodesian politician (1907–1991).
Born January 20th, 1907 in Harare.
Died December 5th, 1991 at 84 years old in Blandford Forum.
Eliza Roxcy Snow
American mormon writer (1804-1887).
Born January 21st, 1804 in Becket. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1887 at 83 years old in Salt Lake City.
Lucy Dawidowicz
American historian and writer (1915–1990).
Born June 16th, 1915 in New York City.
Died December 5th, 1990 at 75 years old in New York City (disease).
Oskar von Hutier
German general (1857–1934).
Born August 27th, 1857 in Erfurt.
Died December 5th, 1934 at 77 years old in Berlin.
Violetta Villas
Polish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (1938-2011).
Born June 10th, 1938 in Heusy.
Died December 5th, 2011 at 73 years old in Lewin Klodzki. [ref]
Bob Berg
American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002).
Born April 7th, 1951 in Brooklyn.
Died December 5th, 2002 at 51 years old in Amagansett (traffic collision).
Terrence O'Hara
American actor and director (1945–2022).
Born December 25th, 1945 in United States.
Died December 5th, 2022 at 76 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
William Isaac Thomas
American sociologist (1863-1947).
Born August 13th, 1863 in Russell County.
Died December 5th, 1947 at 84 years old in Berkeley.
Stevan Jelovac
Serbian basketball player.
Born July 8th, 1989 in Novi Sad.
Died December 5th, 2021 at 32 years old in Belgrade (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Fabiola of Belgium
Queen consort of belgium (1928-2014).
Born June 11th, 1928 in Madrid.
Died December 5th, 2014 at 86 years old in Laeken.
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist (1907–1949).
Born September 23rd, 1907 in Chicago.
Died December 5th, 1949 at 42 years old in Chicago.
Pietro Germi
Italian screenwriter, director, actor (1914–1974).
Born September 14th, 1914 in Genoa.
Died December 5th, 1974 at 60 years old in Rome (hepatitis).
John Robinson
British biblical scholar, author and anglican bishop (1919–1983).
Born May 16th, 1919 in Canterbury.
Died December 5th, 1983 at 64 years old in Yorkshire (cancer).
Marília Pêra
Brazilian actress (1943–2015).
Born January 22nd, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died December 5th, 2015 at 72 years old in Rio de Janeiro (lung cancer). [ref]
Lyndall Fownes Urwick
British management consultant (1891–1983).
Born March 3rd, 1891 in Malvern.
Died December 5th, 1983 at 92 years old in Sydney.
George Brecht
American artist and composer (1926-2008).
Born August 27th, 1926 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 5th, 2008 at 82 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Peter Gethin
British racing driver (1940-2011).
Born February 21st, 1940 in Ewell.
Died December 5th, 2011 at 71 years old in Haslemere (brain cancer). [ref]
Evgeny Velikhov
Soviet physicist (1935–2024).
Born February 2nd, 1935 in Moscow.
Died December 5th, 2024 at 89 years old in Moscow, Mersin. [ref]
Claudius Dornier
German aerospace engineer and inventor (1884–1969).
Born May 14th, 1884 in Kempten.
Died December 5th, 1969 at 85 years old in Zug.
Andrey Andreyev
Soviet politician (1895–1971).
Born October 30th, 1895 in Kuznetsovo.
Died December 5th, 1971 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Hans Richter
Austrian-hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor (1843-1916).
Died December 5th, 1916 at 73 years old in Bayreuth.
Le Trong Tan
Vietnamese general (1914-1986).
Born October 3rd, 1914 in Hoài Đức.
Died December 5th, 1986 at 72 years old in Hanoi.
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I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë