In the year 2005
786 Notable deaths
George F. Kennan
American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian (1904-2005).
Born February 16th, 1904 in Milwaukee.
Died March 17th, 2005 at 101 years old in Princeton.
Long John Baldry
British musician (1941–2005).
Born January 12th, 1941 in East Haddon.
Died July 21st, 2005 at 64 years old in Vancouver (infectious disease). [ref]
Edward Bunker
Novelist, screenwriter, actor (1933-2005).
Born December 31st, 1933 in Hollywood.
Died July 19th, 2005 at 71 years old in Burbank (surgical complications).
Fred Korematsu
Japanese-american interned during world war ii.
Born January 30th, 1919 in Oakland.
Died March 30th, 2005 at 86 years old in Marin County (respiratory failure).
Lucien Carr
American journalist (1925–2005).
Born March 1st, 1925 in New York City.
Died January 28th, 2005 at 79 years old in Washington, D.C. (bone cancer). [ref]
John T. Walton
American war veteran; son of walmart founder sam walton (1946–2005).
Born October 8th, 1946 in Newport.
Died June 27th, 2005 at 58 years old in Jackson (aircraft crash).
Melita Norwood
British civil servant and spy for the soviet union (1912–2005).
Born March 25th, 1912 in Bournemouth.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Robert Wise
American film director, film producer and film editor (1914–2005).
Born September 10th, 1914 in Winchester.
Died September 14th, 2005 at 91 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Hans Bethe
German-american nuclear physicist (1967 nobel prize).
Born July 2nd, 1906 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died March 6th, 2005 at 98 years old in Ithaca. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 786
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner