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August 5th
148 Notable deaths
Jordi Sabater Pi
Spanish primatologist.
Born August 2nd, 1922 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2009 at 87 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Soviet rower (1938–2024).
Born July 30th, 1938 in Moscow.
Died August 5th, 2024 at 86 years old [ref]
Anton Schall
Austrian footballer (1907-1947).
Born July 22nd, 1907 in Vienna.
Died August 5th, 1947 at 40 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Dmitri Anosov
Russian mathematician.
Born November 30th, 1936 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2014 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Josef Kadraba
Czech footballer (1933-2019).
Born September 29th, 1933 in Řevničov. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2019 at 85 years old in Prague. [ref]
Marc Wright
American pole vaulter.
Born April 21st, 1890 in Chicago.
Died August 5th, 1975 at 85 years old in Massachusetts.
Vasily Yan
Russian writer (1875-1954).
Born January 4th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1954 at 79 years old in Zvenigorod. [ref]
Iosif Apanasenko
Russian military personnel (1890-1943).
Born April 15th, 1890.
Died August 5th, 1943 at 53 years old in Belgorod.
Dieter Borsche
German actor (1909-1982).
Born October 25th, 1909 in Hanover. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1982 at 72 years old in Nuremberg. [ref]
Alphons Egli
Member of the swiss federal council (1924-2016).
Born October 8th, 1924 in Lucerne.
Died August 5th, 2016 at 91 years old in Lucerne. [ref]
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine