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In the year 2005
787 Notable deaths
Samir Kassir
Lebanese journalist (1960-2005).
Born May 5th, 1960 in Achrafieh.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 45 years old in Achrafieh. [ref]
Alexei Sultanov
Uzbekistani musician.
Born August 7th, 1969 in Tashkent. [ref]
Died June 30th, 2005 at 35 years old in Fort Worth. [ref]
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev
Soviet diplomat (1923-2005).
Born December 2nd, 1923 in Korolevo.
Died October 18th, 2005 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Luc Ferrari
French composer (1929–2005).
Born February 5th, 1929 in Paris.
Died August 22nd, 2005 at 76 years old in Arezzo.
Suzanne Flon
French film actress (1918-2005).
Born January 28th, 1918 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
Died June 15th, 2005 at 87 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (gastroenteritis).
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer.
Born June 13th, 1917 in Asunción. [ref]
Died April 26th, 2005 at 87 years old in Asunción. [ref]
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban writer.
Born April 22nd, 1929 in Gibara. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2005 at 75 years old in London (sepsis). [ref]
John Ostrom
American paleontologist (1928-2005).
Born February 18th, 1928 in New York City.
Died July 16th, 2005 at 77 years old in Litchfield (Alzheimer's disease).
Fei Xiaotong
Chinese politician (1910-2005).
Born November 2nd, 1910 in Wujiang District.
Died April 24th, 2005 at 94 years old in Beijing.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 787
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel