Famous People Who Died in 2005

2005 Calendar

Deaths 1 - 200 of 830

Jan 2 Arnold Denker, American chess champion (1944-46), dies at 90
Jan 2 Cyril Fletcher, British comedian, dies at 91
Jan 2 Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, dies at 83
Jan 2 Frank Kelly Freas, American artist, dies at 82
Jan 2 Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist, dies at 93
Jan 2 Ronald "Bo" Ginn, American politician, dies at 70
Jan 3 Edward R. Roybal, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1963-93), dies at 89
Jan 3 JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936)
Jan 3 Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)
Jan 3 Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917)
Jan 4 Alton Tobey, American artist, dies at 90
Jan 4 Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
Jan 4 Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921)
Jan 4 Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (b. 1927)
Jan 4 Humphrey Carpenter, English author (b. 1946)
Jan 4 Robert Christiani, West Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 107; British Guiana), dies at 84
Jan 4 Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian of economic thought (The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers), dies at 85
Jan 5 Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors), dies of lung cancer at 50
Jan 6 Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
Jan 6 Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
Jan 6 Samuel Smith, American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard, dies at 77 [1]
Jan 6 Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle road racer (2-time world champion 1957-58), dies at 71
Jan 7 Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932)
Jan 7 Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
Jan 7 Rosemary Kennedy, American sister of President John F. Kennedy who underwent a frontal lobotomy, dies at 86
Jan 8 Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster, dies at 52
Jan 8 Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (b. 1914)
Jan 8 Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer
Jan 9 Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
Jan 10 Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
Jan 10 Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
Jan 10 Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
Jan 10 James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
Jan 10 Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Princess of Belgium, dies at 77
Jan 10 Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
Jan 10 Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
Jan 10 Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)
Jan 10 Tommy Fine, American baseball player, dies at 90
Jan 11 Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
Jan 11 Jimmy Griffin, American pop singer, guitarist and songwriter, (Bread), and Academy Award winner ("For All We Know"), dies of cancer at 61
Jan 11 Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
Jan 11 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"; New Riders of the Purple Sage), dies of colon cancer at 66
Jan 12 Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
Jan 12 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Mola Ram, Mr. India), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 72
Jan 12 Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
Jan 13 Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
Jan 13 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), dies at 81
Jan 14 Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922)
Jan 14 Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
Jan 14 Jesús-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b. 1923)
Jan 14 Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
Jan 15 Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
Jan 15 Deem Bristow, American video game voice actor (b. 1947)
Jan 15 Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
Jan 15 Ruth Warrick, American actress (Citizen Kane; All My Children, 1970-2005 - "Phoebe"), civil rights and political activist, dies of complications from pneumonia at 88
Jan 15 Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan operatic lyric soprano, dies at 81
Jan 15 Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
Jan 16 Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)
Jan 17 Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (b. 1920)
Jan 17 Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (b. 1960)
Jan 17 Virginia Mayo [Jones], American actress (The Best Years of Our Lives, Out of the Blue, White Heat), dies of congestive heart failure at 84

Jan 17 Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980-87) and General Secretary of the CCP (1987-89), dies after multiple strokes at 95

Jan 18 Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973)
Jan 19 Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
Jan 19 Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
Jan 19 K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
Jan 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
Jan 20 Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
Jan 20 Per Borten, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (1965-71), dies at 91
Jan 20 Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921)
Jan 21 John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
Jan 21 Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
Jan 21 Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (The Girl with the Red Hair), dies at 97
Jan 22 Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
Jan 22 César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball shortstop (hit 7-for-7 in single game without making an out 1970, Detroit Tigers), dies at 61
Jan 22 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter, dies at 88
Jan 22 Rose Mary Woods, American secretary to Richard Nixon (claimed to have erased part of Watergate tapes by accident), dies at 87

Jan 23 American comedian and TV host (The Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust), dies of respiratory failure arising from emphysema at 79

Jan 23 Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b. 1921)
Jan 24 Chalkie White, English rugby union coach (b. 1929)
Jan 24 June Bronhill, Australian stage and opera singer, dies at 75
Jan 24 Robert Stevens Baker, American organist, composer, and educator (Union Theological Seminary, 1961-72; Institute of Sacred Music at Yale, 1973-75), dies at 88
Jan 24 Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1933)
Jan 25 Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907)
Jan 25 Netti Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 4×100m relay 1948), dies at 81
Jan 25 Philip Johnson, American architect (International and Postmodern Style, 1st Pritzker Prize), dies at 98
Jan 25 Ray Peterson, American singer (Tell Laura I Love Her), dies at 65
Jan 25 Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist, dies at 81
Jan 25 William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
Jan 28 Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951)
Jan 28 Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer, and songwriter (Traffic - "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"), dies of stomach cancer at 60
Jan 28 Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b. 1973)
Jan 29 Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director, dies at 80
Jan 29 Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen), dies of cancer at 64
Jan 29 Yutaka Makino, Japanese composer, dies at 74
Jan 30 Martyn Bennett [-Knight], Canadian-Scottish celtic-fusion piper, pianist, and composer, dies of cancer at 33
Jan 30 Wes Wehmiller, American touring and session bass guitarist (Duran Duran; Missing Persons), dies of thyroid cancer at 33
Feb 1 Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, conductor, classical concert, opera, and film score composer (Death in Venice; Il diavolo in giardino), dies at 80
Feb 1 George Douglass Milne, British peer, soldier and artist, dies at 95
Feb 1 John Vernon [Adolphus Agopsowicz], Canadian actor (Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry), dies at 72

Feb 2 German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), dies at 99

Feb 3 Corrado Cardinal Bafile, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1903)
Feb 3 Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist (evolutionary theory), dies at 100
Feb 3 Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
Feb 4 Peter Heine, South African cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's), dies at 76
Feb 4 Raiford "Ossie" Davis, American actor, director, author, and civil rights activist (Purlie Victorious, Do the Right Thing, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam), dies from heart problems at 87

Feb 6 Karl Haas, American radio presenter (b. 1913)
Feb 6 Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (Budapes,t 3rd place - 1956), dies at 74
Feb 7 Bob Turner, Canadian Hockey HOF defenseman (Stanley Cup 1956, 57, 58, 59, 60 Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All Star), dies at 71
Feb 8 Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, dies at 88
Feb 8 Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician and organist (Walk On The Wild Side), dies at 79
Feb 8 Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers; Southern Pacific), dies of pneumonia at 56
Feb 9 John Fincham, British geneticist, author (Fungal Genetics), and educator, dies at 78
Feb 9 Tyrone Davis, American R&B singer ("Can I Change My Mind"; "Turn Back The Hands Of Time"), dies of complications from a stroke at 66

Feb 11 Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
Feb 12 Brian Kelly, American actor (Flipper, Straightaway), dies at 71
Feb 12 John Vivian Dacie, English haematologist (discovered haemophilia B), dies at 92
Feb 12 Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete, dies in a car accident at 41
Feb 12 Sammi Smith, American country music singer (Help Me Make It Through the Night), dies at 61
Feb 13 Dick Weber, American professional ten-pin bowling pro (16x 300 games), dies at 75
Feb 13 Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist, dies at 40
Feb 13 Lúcia Santos, Portuguese Carmelite nun and Fatima visionary, dies at 97
Feb 13 Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (Le Mans, 1954). and vintner, dies at 87
Feb 13 Nelson Briles, American MLB player (St Louis Cardinals), dies at 61
Feb 13 Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), dies at 86
Feb 14 Rafik Hariri, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. 1944)
Feb 15 Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 60
Feb 15 Sam Francis, American far-right conservative columnist and editor (The Washington Times, 1991-95), dies after unsuccessful heart surgery at 57
Feb 16 Michael McCrum, English academic and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, dies at 80
Feb 16 Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975)
Feb 16 Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk and mother of their only child King Fuad II
Feb 17 Daniel "Dan" O'Herlihy, Irish actor (Twin Peaks, Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop), dies of natural causes at 85
Feb 17 Omar Sívori, Argentine soccer forward and manager (19 caps Argentina, 9 caps Italy; Juventus), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69

Feb 20 John Raitt, American stage and screen singer and actor (Carousel; The Pajama Game), dies from pneumonia at 88
Feb 20 Pam Bricker, American jazz singer (Thievery Corporation) takes her own life at 50
Feb 20 Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck], American actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life), dies of kidney disease complication at 62
Feb 20 Tom Willmore, English geometer, dies at 85
Feb 20 William Gordon Harris, British civil engineer, dies at 92
Feb 21 Ara Berberian, American opera bass singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-97), dies at 74
Feb 21 Eugene Scott, American religious broadcaster (b. 1929)
Feb 21 Gérard Bessette, Quebec novelist and poet (b. 1920)
Feb 21 Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
Feb 22 Harry Simeone, American music arranger (Kate Smith Show, "The Little Drummer Boy"), dies at 94
Feb 22 Lee Eun Ju, Korean actress (b. 1980)
Feb 22 Reggie Roby, American football punter (3 × Pro Bowl; All-Pro 1984, 94; NFL 1980s All-Decade Team; Miami Dolphins), dies from a heart attack at 43
Feb 22 Simone Simon, French actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love), dies from natural causes at 94
Feb 22 Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish artist (b. 1929)
Feb 25 Edward Patten, American soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), dies of a stroke at 65
Feb 25 Peter Benenson, Britsh founder of Amnesty International, dies at 83
Feb 26 Ian Colquhoun, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 4 dismissals), dies at 80
Feb 26 Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
Feb 27 Allan Rae, Jamaican cricketer (prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53), dies at 82
Feb 28 Chris Curtis [Crummey], British rock drummer, songwriter and vocalist (The Searchers - "Needles And Pins"), dies at 63
Mar 1 Peter Malkin Israeli secret agent, dies at 77
Mar 2 Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentarian, dies at 111
Mar 2 Ivan Parik, Czech classical and electro-acoustic composer (Quadrophony), dies at 68
Mar 2 Martin Denny, American exotica musician, dies at 93
Mar 3 Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
Mar 4 Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer (b. 1934)
Mar 4 Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)
Mar 4 Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)
Mar 4 Una Hale, Australian soprano (b. 1922)
Mar 4 Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian statesman (b. 1951)
Mar 5 David Sheppard, British Church of England clergyman (Bishop of Liverpool, 1975-97) and cricketer (England batsman, 1950-63, 22 tests), dies of cancer at 75
Mar 5 Sergiu Comissiona, Romanian-Israeli-American conductor (Haifa Symphony 1959-64), dies at 76
Mar 6 Hans Bethe, German-American quantum physicist (Nobel 1967), dies at 98
Mar 6 Teresa Wright, American actress (Shadow Of A Doubt; Pride of the Yankees; The Best Years of Our Lives), dies of a heart attack at 86
Mar 6 Tommy Vance, British radio disc jockey (b. 1943)
Mar 7 Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (Escape from New York), dies at 54
Mar 7 John Box, British Academy Award and BAFTA winning film production designer and art director (A Man for all Seasons; Oliver!), dies at 85
Mar 7 Willis Hall, British screenwriter and dramatist (Torn Curtain; Billy; Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure), dies of esophageal cancer at 75
Mar 8 Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen leader (b. 1951)
Mar 8 César Lattes, Brazilian experimental physicist, co-discoverer of the pion, dies at 80
Mar 8 Larry Bunker, American session and West Coast jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and timpanist (Bill Evans, Lalo Schifrin, The 5th Dimension, Peggy Lee), dies from complications of a stroke at 76
Mar 9 Chris LeDoux, American country singer (Ridin' for a Fall), dies at 56
Mar 9 Glenn Davis, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1946; National C'ship 1944, 45, 46; Army; NFL: LA Rams), dies of prostate cancer at 80
Mar 9 István Nyers, Hungarian footballer, dies at 80
Mar 9 Jeanette Schmid, Austrian transsexual professional whistler, dies at 80
Mar 9 Kurt Lotz, German business executive and second postwar CEO of Volkswagen, dies at 92
Mar 10 Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet), dies of pneumonia at 53
Mar 10 Dave Allen, Irish comedian (Dave Allen Show), dies at 68
Mar 10 Jackie Neal, American blues singer-songwriter ("Right Thang, Wrong Man"), murdered by her ex-boyfriend at 37
Mar 10 Mindy Jostyn, American session and touring vocalist, violinist, guitarist, accordionist, and harmonica player (New York Rock and Soul Revue; Billy Joel; Andreas Vollenweider; Carly Simon; Cyndi Lauper), and singer-songwriter ("Five Miles From Hope"; "Coming Home"), dies of cancer at 48
Mar 12 Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
Mar 12 Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)
Mar 13 Jason Evers, American actor (Wrangler, Channing), dies of heart failure at 83
Mar 13 Lyn Collins [Gloria Lavern Collins], American soul singer (Think About It), dies from cardiac arrhythmia at 56
Mar 15 Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944)
Mar 15 Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927)
Mar 16 (Helenard) "Allan" Hendrickse, South African politician (leader of South African Labour Party; House of Representatives, 1984-92), Congregationalist minister, and teacher, dies of a heart attack at 77
Mar 16 Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (b. 1927)

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