In the year 2005
787 Notable deaths
Argentina Brunetti
Actress.
Born August 31st, 1907 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 20th, 2005 at 98 years old in Rome.
Sylvia Rafael
Israeli spy (1937–2005).
Born April 1st, 1937 in Cape Town.
Died February 10th, 2005 at 67 years old in Pretoria (leukemia).
Marga López
Argentine-mexican actress (1924-2005).
Born June 21st, 1924 in San Miguel de Tucumán.
Died July 4th, 2005 at 81 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
Elisabeth Fraser
American actress (1920-2005).
Born January 8th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died May 5th, 2005 at 85 years old in Woodland Hills.
Claude Simon
French writer (1913–2005).
Born October 10th, 1913 in Antananarivo.
Died July 6th, 2005 at 91 years old in Paris.
John Bromfield
Actor and commercial fisherman (1922-2005).
Born June 11th, 1922 in South Bend.
Died September 19th, 2005 at 83 years old in Palm Desert (kidney failure).
Maurice Trintignant
French racecar driver (1917-2005).
Born October 30th, 1917 in Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes.
Died February 13th, 2005 at 87 years old in Nîmes.
Jacques Villeret
French actor (1951-2005).
Born February 6th, 1951 in Tours.
Died January 28th, 2005 at 53 years old in Évreux (liver disease).
Miriam Rothschild
British natural scientist and author (1908-2005).
Born August 5th, 1908 in Ashton.
Died January 20th, 2005 at 96 years old in Oundle.
Madhu Dandavate
Indian politician (1924-2005).
Born January 21st, 1924 in Ahilyanagar.
Died November 12th, 2005 at 81 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 787
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