February 5th
166 Notable deaths
Bill Wheatley
Basketball player.
Born July 5th, 1909 in Gypsum.
Died February 5th, 1992 at 82 years old in El Cerrito.
Gaetano Cicognani
Catholic cardinal.
Born November 26th, 1881 in Brisighella.
Died February 5th, 1962 at 80 years old in Rome.
Annie Romein-Verschoor
Dutch historian, editor.
Born February 4th, 1895 in Nijmegen. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1978 at 83 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Leda Mileva
Bulgarian poet and diplomat (1920-2013).
Born February 5th, 1920 in Sofia.
Died February 5th, 2013 at 93 years old in Sofia (pancreatic cancer).
Joseph Benz
Bobsledder.
Born May 20th, 1944 in Zürich.
Died February 5th, 2021 at 76 years old in Zürich (COVID-19). [ref]
Anne-Marie Blanc
Swiss actress (1919-2008).
Born September 2nd, 1919 in Vevey.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 89 years old in Zürich.
Ladislav Kačáni
Slovak footballer (1931-2018).
Born April 1st, 1931 in Lučenec. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2018 at 86 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Boris Melnikov
Fencer.
Born May 16th, 1938 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 5th, 2022 at 83 years old [ref]
Lili Berky
Hungarian actress.
Born March 15th, 1886 in Győr.
Died February 5th, 1958 at 71 years old in Budapest (disease).
Charles Grimes
American rower (1935-2007).
Born July 9th, 1935 in Washington, D.C..
Died February 5th, 2007 at 71 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer).
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I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix