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February 5th
176 Notable deaths
Peggy Rea
American actress (1921–2011).
Born March 31st, 1921 in Los Angeles.
Died February 5th, 2011 at 89 years old in Toluca Lake (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Ian Carmichael
Actor (1920-2010).
Born June 18th, 1920 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died February 5th, 2010 at 89 years old in Yorkshire. [ref]
Brian Jacques
British fiction writer known for redwall animal fantasy novels (1939-2011).
Born June 15th, 1939 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2011 at 71 years old in Liverpool (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Johannes Blaskowitz
German general.
Born July 10th, 1883 in Bolshaya Polyana. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1948 at 64 years old in Nuremberg (fall). [ref]
Béla Kiss
Hungarian serial killer (1877-1915).
Born July 28th, 1877 in Budapest.
Died February 5th, 1915 at 37 years old in Valjevo. [ref]
Violeta Parra
Chilean musician and folklorist.
Born October 4th, 1917 in San Carlos.
Died February 5th, 1967 at 49 years old in La Reina.
Mátyás Rákosi
Former first secretary of the hungarian working people's party.
Died February 5th, 1971 at 78 years old in Nizhny Novgorod.
Inayat Khan
Founder of the sufi order in the west in 1914 and teacher of universal sufism.
Born July 5th, 1882 in Vadodara.
Died February 5th, 1927 at 44 years old in New Delhi.
Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma
President of togo from 1967 to 2005.
Born December 26th, 1935 in Pya.
Died February 5th, 2005 at 69 years old in Tunis Governorate (myocardial infarction).
David Axelrod
American musician, record producer, composer and arranger.
Born April 17th, 1936 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2017 at 80 years old in Burbank. [ref]
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan