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In the year 2005
689 Notable deaths
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1926-2005).
Born November 23rd, 1926 in Oxford. [ref]
Died September 1st, 2005 at 78 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Leon Askin
Actor.
Born September 18th, 1907 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 2005 at 97 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Mo Mowlam
British politician (1949-2005).
Born September 18th, 1949 in Watford.
Died August 19th, 2005 at 55 years old in Canterbury (brain cancer). [ref]
Nicole DeHuff
American actress (1975-2005).
Born January 6th, 1975 in Antlers.
Died February 16th, 2005 at 30 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Barney Martin
American actor (1923–2005).
Born March 3rd, 1923 in Queens.
Died March 21st, 2005 at 82 years old in Studio City (lung cancer).
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]
Ismail Merchant
Indian-born film producer and director (1936-2005).
Born December 25th, 1936 in Mumbai. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2005 at 68 years old in London (ulcer). [ref]
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician.
Born December 8th, 1925 in Norristown. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2005 at 79 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
Lloyd Bochner
Canadian actor (1924-2005).
Born July 29th, 1924 in Toronto.
Died October 29th, 2005 at 81 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Aslan Maskhadov
Chechen warlord and politician.
Born September 21st, 1951.
Died March 8th, 2005 at 53 years old in Tolstoy-Yurt (ballistic trauma).
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)