April 5th
195 Notable deaths
David Murray
Scottish racing driver.
Born December 28th, 1909 in Edinburgh.
Died April 5th, 1973 at 63 years old in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (traffic collision).
Makoto Ōoka
Japanese poet.
Born February 16th, 1931 in Mishima.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 86 years old in Shizuoka (respiratory failure). [ref]
Alla Tarasova
Russian and soviet actress (1898-1973).
Born February 6th, 1898 in Kyiv.
Died April 5th, 1973 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Lajos Csordás
Hungarian footballer (1932-1968).
Born October 26th, 1932 in Budafok.
Died April 5th, 1968 at 35 years old in Budapest.
Frank Foss
American pole vaulter.
Born May 9th, 1895 in Chicago.
Died April 5th, 1989 at 93 years old in Hinsdale.
Agnes Morton
English tennis player.
Born March 6th, 1872 in Halstead.
Died April 5th, 1952 at 80 years old in Kensington. [ref]
Manuel Ballester
Spanish chemist.
Born June 27th, 1919 in Barcelona.
Died April 5th, 2005 at 85 years old in Barcelona.
Isolde Kurz
German poet.
Born December 21st, 1853 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1944 at 90 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Ivan Mrázek
Czech basketball player.
Born January 18th, 1926 in Brno, Olomouc. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2019 at 93 years old in Brno. [ref]
Bernhard Pankok
German architect and painter (1872-1943).
Born May 16th, 1872 in Münster. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1943 at 70 years old in Baierbrunn. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 195
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs