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September 5th
167 Notable deaths
Charles Du Bos
French writer (1882–1939).
Born October 27th, 1882 in Paris.
Died September 5th, 1939 at 56 years old in La Celle-Saint-Cloud.
Billy Sherring
Canadian long-distance runner.
Born September 18th, 1877 in Hamilton.
Died September 5th, 1964 at 86 years old in Hamilton.
Félix Morisseau-Leroy
Haitian playwright and poet.
Born March 13th, 1912 in Grand-Gosier. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1998 at 86 years old in Miami. [ref]
Patricia Canning Todd
Us tennis player.
Born July 22nd, 1922 in San Francisco.
Died September 5th, 2015 at 93 years old in Encinitas.
David Hendricks Bergey
American bacteriologist (1860-1937).
Born December 27th, 1860 in Skippack.
Died September 5th, 1937 at 76 years old in Philadelphia.
Shimshon Amitsur
Israeli mathematician.
Born August 26th, 1921 in Jerusalem.
Died September 5th, 1994 at 73 years old in Jerusalem.
Tamara Smirnova
Russian astronomer.
Born December 15th, 1935 in Henichesk.
Died September 5th, 2001 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Ivan Šuker
Croatian politician (1957–2023).
Born November 12th, 1957 in Livno.
Died September 5th, 2023 at 65 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Marcel Sembat
French politician (1862–1922).
Born October 19th, 1862 in Bonnières-sur-Seine.
Died September 5th, 1922 at 59 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (cerebral hemorrhage).
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