August 5th
157 Notable deaths
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist.
Born November 9th, 1899 in Chicago. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1972 at 72 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alan Rabinowitz
American zoologist.
Born December 31st, 1953 in Brooklyn.
Died August 5th, 2018 at 64 years old in Manhattan (leukemia). [ref]
Jô Soares
Brazilian comedian.
Born January 16th, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 5th, 2022 at 84 years old in São Paulo (pneumonia). [ref]
Queenie Smith
American actress (1898-1978).
Born September 8th, 1898 in New York City.
Died August 5th, 1978 at 79 years old in Burbank (cancer).
Gerald Cohen
Canadian philosopher.
Born April 14th, 1941 in Montreal. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2009 at 68 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Clive Caldwell
Australian fighter ace of world war ii.
Born July 28th, 1910 in Lewisham.
Died August 5th, 1994 at 84 years old in Sydney.
Andrzej Lepper
Polish politician (1954-2011).
Born June 13th, 1954 in Stowięcino.
Died August 5th, 2011 at 57 years old in Warsaw (hanging). [ref]
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
French historian and politician.
Born July 6th, 1929 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 5th, 2023 at 94 years old in Paris. [ref]
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German explorer (1873-1969).
Born October 10th, 1873 in Schwerin.
Died August 5th, 1969 at 95 years old in Eutin.
John Charnley
British surgeon.
Born August 29th, 1911 in Bury.
Died August 5th, 1982 at 70 years old in Manchester.
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We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth. Voltaire