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In the year 2005
689 Notable deaths
Anne Bancroft
American actress (1931-2005).
Born September 17th, 1931 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died June 6th, 2005 at 73 years old in New York City (uterine cancer). [ref]
Amrish Puri
Indian actor (1932-2005).
Born June 22nd, 1932 in Jalandhar. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2005 at 72 years old in Mumbai (cerebral hemorrhage).
Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist (1915-2005).
Born October 17th, 1915 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 10th, 2005 at 89 years old in Roxbury (cancer, heart failure, cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Luther Vandross
American singer, songwriter, and record producer (1951-2005).
Born April 20th, 1951 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2005 at 54 years old in Edison (diabetes). [ref]
Sunil Dutt
Hindi film actor.
Born June 6th, 1930 in Jhelum. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2005 at 74 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Parveen Babi
Indian actress.
Born April 4th, 1954 in Junagadh.
Died January 20th, 2005 at 50 years old in Mumbai (diabetes).
Mitch Hedberg
American stand-up comedian.
Born February 24th, 1968 in Saint Paul.
Died March 29th, 2005 at 37 years old in Livingston (cardiac arrest).
John DeLorean
American engineer and executive in the u.s. automobile industry (1925-2005).
Born January 6th, 1925 in Detroit. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2005 at 80 years old in Summit (stroke). [ref]
Edward Heath
Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1970 to 1974.
Born July 9th, 1916 in Broadstairs.
Died July 17th, 2005 at 89 years old in Salisbury (pneumonia).
Rainier III, Prince of Mónaco
Prince of monaco (1923-2005).
Born May 31st, 1923 in Monaco.
Died April 6th, 2005 at 81 years old in Monaco (kidney failure).
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz