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In the year 2005
689 Notable deaths
Brock Peters
American actor.
Born July 2nd, 1928 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2005 at 77 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Link Wray
American rock and roll guitarist.
Born May 2nd, 1929 in Dunn. [ref]
Died November 5th, 2005 at 76 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Apollo Milton Obote
President of uganda (1966–1971; 1980–1985).
Born December 28th, 1925 in Apac. [ref]
Died October 10th, 2005 at 79 years old in Johannesburg (kidney failure). [ref]
Melita Norwood
Soviet spy.
Born March 25th, 1912 in Bournemouth.
Died June 2nd, 2005 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Candy Barr
American pornographic actress, stripper (1935-2005).
Died December 30th, 2005 at 70 years old in Victoria (pneumonia). [ref]
Long John Baldry
English-canadian singer and voice actor (1941-2005).
Born January 12th, 1941 in East Haddon. [ref]
Died July 21st, 2005 at 64 years old in Vancouver (infectious disease). [ref]
Lucien Carr
American journalist.
Born March 1st, 1925 in New York City.
Died January 28th, 2005 at 79 years old in Washington, D.C. (bone cancer). [ref]
Edward Bunker
Novelist, screenwriter, actor (1933-2005).
Born December 31st, 1933 in Hollywood. [ref]
Died July 19th, 2005 at 71 years old in Burbank (surgical complications). [ref]
John T. Walton
American war veteran; son of walmart founder sam walton.
Born October 8th, 1946 in Newport.
Died June 27th, 2005 at 58 years old in Jackson (aircraft crash).
Philip Johnson
American architect (1906–2005).
Born July 8th, 1906 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died January 25th, 2005 at 98 years old in New Canaan. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 689
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