March 5th
185 Notable deaths
Winifred Wagner
British-german opera manager.
Born June 23rd, 1897 in Hastings. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1980 at 82 years old in Überlingen. [ref]
Prince Ernst of Hohenberg
Austrian nobleman.
Born May 27th, 1904 in Konopiště.
Died March 5th, 1954 at 49 years old in Graz (disease).
Joseph Weizenbaum
German-american computer scientist (1923-2008).
Born January 8th, 1923 in Berlin.
Died March 5th, 2008 at 85 years old in Gröben. [ref]
Sid Grauman
American showman (1879-1950).
Born March 17th, 1879 in Indianapolis.
Died March 5th, 1950 at 70 years old in Beverly Hills, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (coronary occlusion).
Alberto Granado
Argentine-cuban biochemistry doctor, writer, scientist and traveling companion of che guevara (1922-2011).
Born August 8th, 1922 in Hernando, Córdoba.
Died March 5th, 2011 at 88 years old in Havana. [ref]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor (1929–2016).
Born December 6th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2016 at 86 years old in Sankt Georgen im Attergau. [ref]
Hayden White
American historian.
Born July 12th, 1928 in Martin. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2018 at 89 years old in Santa Cruz. [ref]
David Dunbar Buick
Scottish-american inventor.
Born September 17th, 1854 in Arbroath.
Died March 5th, 1929 at 74 years old in Detroit (colorectal cancer).
Mischa Auer
Russian-born american actor (1905-1967).
Born November 17th, 1905 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 5th, 1967 at 61 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami