Famous Deaths on August 5

Frederick North (1732-1792)

Lord North, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Tory: 1770-82), "who lost America", dies at 60

1799 Richard Howe, British admiral, dies at 73
1834 Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Dutch count and Minister of Foreign affairs (1813-14), dies at 71
1852 František Ladislav Čelakovský, Czech linguist, poet (national anthem, folk song), and Slavist, dies at 53
1856 Robert Lucas Pearsall, English composer, dies at 61
1862 Thomas Williams, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 47
1863 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, dies at 53
1864 Griffin A. Stedman, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies in battle at 26
1868 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (discovered flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley), dies at 79
1877 Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden, dies at 77
1880 Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
1888 Philip Sheridan, American general (fought Civil War for Union army, helped preserve Yellowstone Park), dies of heart failure at 57
1889 Willem Ruys, Dutch ship owner, dies at 80
1891 Henry Litolff, French composer and pianist, dies at 73

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)

German social philosopher and revolutionary socialist who co-authored "The Communist Manifesto" with Karl Marx, dies of throat cancer at 74

1900 James Augustine Healy, 1st African American Roman Catholic bishop (Diocese of Portland), dies at 80
1901 Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III, dies at 60
1907 Gentil Theodoor Antheunis, Flemish poet and songwriter, dies at 66
1910 Wojciech Gawronski, Polish composer, dies at 42
1911 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)
1916 George Butterworth, English composer, dies at 31
1916 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, Russian composer, dies at 46
1922 Tommy McCarthy, American Baseball HOF outfielder (Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Quakers, St. Louis Browns), dies from cancer at 59
1923 Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar of Slavic studies, dies at 85
1925 Jennie Lee, American actress (The Birth of a Nation), dies at 76
1927 Thomas Groube, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; Victoria CA), dies at 69
1929 Millicent Fawcett, English suffragist, dies at 82
1931 Ullrich Haupt, Prussian actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), accidentally shot at 43
1932 Israël Querido, Dutch writer (Jordan), dies at 59
1934 Neville Quinn, South African cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 35 wickets), dies of heart failure at 26
1940 Frederick Cook, American explorer, claimed to have 1st discovered North Pole, dies at 75
1943 Adam Kuckhoff, German writer and resistance fighter, is executed during WWII at 55
1944 Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer (England) rugby player (Wales), dies fighting in WWII at 38
1946 Wilhelm Marx, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1923-25, 1926-28), dies at 83
1950 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist and biochemist, dies at 73
1952 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)
1955 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies of a heart attack at 46
1955 Suzan (Susan) Ball, American actress, dies of cancer at 21
1956 André Milhoux, Belgian racing driver, dies at 27
1957 Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927), dies at 80
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist, conductor and composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1959 Edgar Albert Guest, American poet and newspaperman, dies at 77

Arthur Meighen (1874-1960)

9th Prime Minister of Canada (C: 1920-21, 1926), dies at 86

1961 Eva JC Beck, Dutch actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63
1961 Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand (National: 1949-57), dies at 67
1963 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, dies at 64
1964 Art Ross, Canadian hockey player and executive (b. 1886)
1964 Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), dies at 73
1966 Austin Diamond, Australian cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies at 92
1968 Luther Perkins American country and rockabilly guitarist (The Tennessee Three), dies as a result of a house fire at 40
1970 Otto "Toby" Hardwicke, American jazz alto saxophone player (The Washingtonians, 1923-28; Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1932-46 - "Sophisticated Lady"; "In A Sentimental Mood"), dies at 66
1971 Josef Stanislav, Czech composer, and pedagogue, dies at 74
1972 Frederic Tozere, American stage and screen actor (Stanley - "Mr. Phillips"), dies at 71
1972 Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1905)
1976 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88
1976 Betty Clooney, American singer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 45
1977 Charles Carson, British actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 91
1978 Dutch Clark, American Pro/College Football HOF back (Colorado College; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × NFL rushing TD leader & NFL scoring leader; Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions), dies at 71
1978 Jesse Haines, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1926, 31, 34; pitched no-hitter 1924; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 85
1978 Queenie Smith, American actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
1980 Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)
1982 Wanda Rotha, Austrian actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72
1983 Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way), dies at 77
1983 Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (Cannonball), dies of cancer at 66

Welsh Tony and BAFTA Award-winning stage and screen actor (Cleopatra: Camelot; Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), and fifth and sixth husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1964-74, 1975-76), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 58

1984 Rudolf Hagelstange, German writer, dies at 72
1985 Theodore Sturgeon, American sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67
1987 Anatoli Papanov, Russian actor (Cold Summer of 1953) named as a People's Artist of the USSR (1973), dies at 64
1987 Zygmunt Mycielski, Polish composer, music writer and editor (Ruch Muzyczny, 1957-68), dies at 79 [1]
1988 Ralph Meeker [Rathgeber], American actor (Mister Roberts, Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker), dies of a heart attack at 67
1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
1991 Gaston Litaize, French organist (St François-Xavier, Paris, 1946-91), composer, broadcaster, and pedagogue, dies at 81

Paul Brown (1908-1991)

American NFL Hall of Fame coach (Cleveland Browns, 1946-62, 1968-69; Cincinnati Bengals, 1970-75), dies of pneumonia at 82

1991 Soichiro Hondo, Japanese CEO & founder of Honda, dies of liver cancer at 84
1992 Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto - "Rosanna"; "Africa"), dies of cardiac arrest at 38

Robert Muldoon (1921-1992)

New Zealand politician (Prime Minister, 1975-1984), dies at 70

1993 (Alexander) "Duke" Burrell, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader (Louisiana Shakers; Louis Jordan; Johnny Otis), dies at 73
1993 Eugen Suchoň, Slovak organist and composer (Krútňava (The Whirlpool); Psalm of the Carpathian Lands; Kaleidoscope), and music educator, dies at 84
1993 Randy Hobbs, American rock musician (Johnny Winter Band; McCoys), dies of heart failure at 45
1994 Amy Sacks, American TV producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
1994 Audrey Langford, English singing teacher, dies at 82
1994 Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot, dies at 84
1994 Terry Hibbitt, English footballer, dies at 47
1995 Agha Hasan Abedi, Pakistani banker and felon (BCCI), dies at 73
1995 Anthony Barber Doncaster, English bookseller, dies at 81
1996 Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, Zanzibar-born revolutionary, politician and pan-Africanist, dies at 72
1996 Bruce Howard Lidington, English actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses), dies at 46
1996 Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, dies at 68
1997 Clarence M. Kelley, American 2nd Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1973-77), dies at 85
1997 Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61
1998 Otto Kretschmer, German U-boat commander, dies at 86
1998 Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria communist leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB), 1954-89, dies at 86
1999 D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, dies at 97

Alec Guinness (1914-2000)

British actor (The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies of liver cancer at 86

2000 Dudley Randall, African-American poet who founded the pioneering publishing house "Broadside Press", dies at 84
2000 Lala Amarnath, Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 118, 45 wickets; Gujurat CC, Hindus CC), dies at 88
2000 Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist, dies at 80
2001 Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
2002 Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), dies at 85
2002 Darrell Porter, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1974, 78-80; World Series MVP 1982), dies of heart failure at 50
2002 Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920)
2002 Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
2005 (Lyle) "Spud" Murphy [Miko Stefanovic], Serbian-American jazz multi-instrumentalist, arranger (Benny Goodman; Casa Loma Orchestra), bandleader, composer (Columbia Pictures), and educator (Equal Interval System), dies at 96
2005 Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
2005 Polina Astakhova, Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast (5 Olympic gold 1956, 60, 64), dies at 68
2005 Raul Roco, Philippine senator (b. 1941)
2005 Roy Scott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket; Canterbury), dies at 88
2006 Ed Thrasher, American Grammy Award-winning art director (Warner Brothers Records, 1964-79), and photographer (album art for Frank Sinatra; Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead), dies of cancer at 74
2006 Hugo Schiltz, Flemish lawyer and politician, dies at 78
2006 Susan Butcher, American dog musher and 4 x winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dies of graft-versus-host disease while fighting acute myelogenous leukemia at 51
2007 Florian Pittiş, Romanian artist (b. 1943)
2007 Jean-Marie Lustiger, Cardinal of France
2007 Oliver Hill, American civil rights attorney (Presidential Medal of Freedom 1999), dies at 100
2008 Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer-songwriter ("Armstrong"; "Close The Door Lightly"), dies of pneumonia, at 79
2008 Robert Hazard [Rimato], American singer-songwriter ("Escalator Of Life"; "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), dies after surgery at 59
2009 Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (On the Waterfront), dies at 95
2010 Robert Aitken, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha), dies at 93
2011 Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician (Deputy Prime Minister of Poland), dies at 57
2011 Zyzz [Aziz Shavershian], Kurdish-Russian-Australian bodybuilder and model, dies of heart attack in a sauna at 22
2013 George Duke, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and funk keyboard player, and composer, dies from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 67
2014 Arvind Apte, Indian cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test), dies at 79
2014 Chapman Pincher, British journalist and author (about secret service), dies at 100
2014 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 11th US Surgeon General (1969-73), dies at 87
2015 George Cole, English actor (Minder), dies at 90
2017 Doug Insole, English cricketer (England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests), dies at 91
2017 Mark White, American politician, lawyer, and 43rd Governor of Texas (1983-7), dies at 77
2018 Charlotte Rae, American character actress (Facts of Life - "Edna"), comedian, singer and dancer, dies at 92

Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

American writer (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon), first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize (2010), dies at 88

2020 Aritana Yawalapiti, Brazilian indigenous cacique (leader) of Yawalapiti people, who sought to preserve the Amazon, dies of COVID-19 at 71
2020 Eric Bentley, British-American critic and writer (In Search of Theater), dies at 103
2021 Terry Davies, Welsh rugby union full back (21 Tests Wales, 2 British & Irish Lions; Swansea RFC, Llanelli RFC), dies at 88
2022 (William) "Clu" Gulager, American actor (Virginian; The Tall Man; The Last Picture Show), dies at 93
2022 Judith Durham, Australian folk-pop singer (The Seekers - "Georgy Girl"; "A World of Our Own"), dies of lung disease at 79
2022 Luciano Macías, Ecuadorian soccer defender (21 caps; Barcelona de Ecuador), dies at 87
2022 Mark Paterson, New Zealand sailor (World C'ship gold Cherub 1978), dies at 74