Famous People Who Died in 2005 (Part 2)

Deaths 201 - 400 of 775

James Callaghan

Mar 26 James Callaghan, British Prime Minister (Labour: 1976-79), dies of lobar pneumonia, cardiac failure and kidney failure at 92

Mar 26 Gérard Filion, Quebec businessman and journalist (b. 1909)
Mar 26 Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
Mar 26 Marius Russo, American baseball player (New York Yankees), dies at 90
Mar 27 Wilfred Bigelow, Canadian heart surgeon (b. 1913)
Mar 27 Bob Casey, American baseball announcer (b. 1925)
Mar 27 Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist, dies at 83
Mar 27 Gwydion Brooke [Holbrooke], British bassoonist (Royal Philharmonic, 1946-1961), dies at 93
Mar 28 Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
Mar 29 Johnnie Cochran, American attorney (O.J. Simpson defense attorney), dies at 67
Mar 29 Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
Mar 29 Miltos Sahtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919)
Mar 29 Howell Heflin, American politician (Sen-D-Alabama, 1979-97), dies at 83
Mar 30 Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)
Mar 30 Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
Mar 30 Milton Green, American athlete (b. 1913)
Mar 30 Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919)
Mar 30 O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (b. 1930)
Mar 30 Derrick Plourde, American punk rock drummer, takes his own life at 33
Mar 31 Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist (b. 1951)
Mar 31 Frank Perdue, American poultry farmer (b. 1920)
Mar 31 Terri Schiavo, American figure in right to die case (b. 1963)
Mar 31 Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, dies at 99
Apr 1 Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, conductor, educator, and composer (McGill Chamber Orchestra), dies at 90
Apr 1 Harald Juhnke, German actor, comedian and entertainer (Guitars of Love; Schtonk), dies at 75
Apr 1 Jack Keller, American songwriter, and record producer ("Run To Him"; "Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart"; theme to Bewitched), dies of leukemia at 68
Apr 1 Robert Coldwell Wood, American educator MIT, University of Massachusetts), and government administrator (US Housing and Urban Development; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority), dies of stomach cancer at 81

John Paul II

Apr 2 Pope Saint John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla], Polish Roman Catholic Pope, dies of heart failure at 84

Apr 3 Tony Croatto {Hermes Martinis], Italian-Puerto Rican folk song singer and composer (Los TNT; Haciendo Punto en Otro Son), and television presenter, dies of cancer at 65
Apr 3 Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
Apr 4 Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)

Saul Bellow

Apr 5 Saul Bellow, Canadian-American author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976), dies at 89

Apr 5 Dale Messick [Dalia Messick], American comic strip artist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), dies at 98
Apr 5 Debralee Scott, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Cathy"; Angie), dies at 52
Apr 5 John Sichel, British film and television director (b. 1937)

Rainier III

Apr 6 Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005), dies at 81

Apr 6 Geoff Millman, English cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests; Bedfordshire CCC, Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 70
Apr 7 Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, dies at 82
Apr 7 Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
Apr 7 Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. 1932)
Apr 8 Eddie Miksis, American baseball player, dies at 78
Apr 8 Onna White, Canadian choreographer (b. 1924)
Apr 9 Andrea Dworkin, American radical feminist (Pornography: Men Possessing Women), dies of heart failure at 58
Apr 9 Jerrel Wilson, American NFL punter (Pro Bowl 1970-72; Super Bowl 1970; KC Chiefs), dies of cancer at 63
Apr 10 Norbert Brainin, Austrian-British violinist (Amadeus Quartet, 1947-87), dies at 82
Apr 10 Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
Apr 10 Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
Apr 11 André François, Hungarian-French cartoonist, dies at 89
Apr 11 Lucien Laurent, French footballer (scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal), dies at 97
Apr 11 Maurice R. Hilleman, American microbiologist who developed over 36 vaccines including measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, meningitis, pneumonia, dies at 85
Apr 13 Don Blasingame, American baseball player, dies at 73
Apr 13 Johnnie Johnson, American blues & jazz piano player (Chuck Berry's band), dies of kidney problems and pneumonia at 80
Apr 13 Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer, dies at 59
Apr 13 Philippe Volter, Belgian actor, dies at 46
Apr 13 Nikola Ljubičić, President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982-84) & Communist politician, dies at 89
Apr 13 [Salvador] Tutti Camarata, American composer & producer (Vic Damone Show), dies at 91
Apr 14 Benny Bailey, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 79
Apr 15 Margaretta Scott, British actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast), dies from pneumonia and breast cancer at 93
Apr 15 John Fred [Gourrier], American pop singer (John Fred and His Playboy Band - "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"), dies from kidney disease at 63
Apr 15 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests, top score 92), dies at 79
Apr 16 Kathleen "Kay" Walsh, British actress (The Horse's Mouth, Oliver Twist), dies in a fire at 93
Apr 16 Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (b. 1943)
Apr 16 Marla Ruzicka, American humanitarian worker and peace activist (b. 1976)
Apr 17 James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak), dies at 83
Apr 18 Sam Mills, American football player, dies at 46
Apr 18 Kenneth Schermerhorn, American conductor (Amer Ballet), dies at 75
Apr 19 Ruth Hussey, American actress (Another Thin Man), dies at 93
Apr 19 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)
Apr 19 George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (b. 1941)
Apr 19 Clement Meadmore, Australian sculptor (b. 1929)
Apr 19 Rick Lewis, American doo-wop tenor (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), dies at 71
Apr 20 Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904)
Apr 21 Gerry Marshall, British auto racer (625 x overall and class saloon wins), dies from heart failure at 63
Apr 21 Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader (ÖTV (Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr - Public service, transport and traffic) president, 1964-82)., dies at 80
Apr 22 Norman Bird, English character actor, dies at 80
Apr 22 Erika Fuchs, German translator, dies at 98
Apr 22 Philip Morrison, American physicist, dies at 89
Apr 22 Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and pop art pioneer (mosaics Tottenham Court Rd tube), dies at 81
Apr 22 (John) Norman Bird, British stage, wireless, and screen character actor (Worzel Gummidge, 1979–81 - "Mr Braithwaite"), dies at 80
Apr 22 John Marshall, American filmmaker and activist (Ju/'hoan Bushman films), dies at 76 [1]
Apr 23 Robert Farnon, Canadian classical and light music composer and conductor dies at 87
Apr 23 Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland (1968-87), dies at 94
Apr 23 Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister, dies at 78
Apr 23 Sir John Mills, British actor (Ryan's Daughter, Big Sleep, King Rat, War & Peace), dies from a chest infection at 97
Apr 23 Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist, dies at 77
Apr 23 Earl Wilson, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1959-70, (Boston Red Sox (no-hitter 1962), Detroit Tigers (AL wins co-leader, 1967), dies from a heart attack at 70
Apr 24 Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
Apr 24 Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
Apr 25 Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk (b. 1908)
Apr 25 John Love, Zimbabwean Formula One driver, dies at 80
Apr 26 Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss star of German cinema (The Last Bridge, Gervaise), dies at 79
Apr 26 Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author, dies at 87
Apr 26 Mason Adams, American actor (Lou Grant, Deadliest Season), dies at 86
Apr 27 Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 95
Apr 28 Chris Candido, American wrestler, dies at 33
Apr 28 Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka, dies at 45
Apr 28 Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet), dies at 81
Apr 29 William J. Bell, American television writer and producer (b. 1927)
Apr 29 Mariana Levy, Mexican actress, singer, and television show host, dies of a heart attack at 39
Apr 29 (Gwendolyn) Dianne Brooks, American R&B, jazz, session and touring vocalist (Three Playmates - "Sugah Wooga"; solo - "Walking On My Mind"; Anne Murray), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 66
Apr 30 Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)
May 2 Kenneth Bancroft Clark, American civil rights activist (Dark Ghetto) and first black president of the American Psychological Association, dies at 90
May 2 Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
May 3 Pierre Moerlen, French rock-jazz fusion drummer and percussionist (Gong; Mike Oldfield), dies at 52
May 4 David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)
May 5 Ted Atkinson, American jockey (US Champion 1944, 46), dies of a stroke at 88
May 7 Tristan Egolf, American writer (Lord of The Barnyard; Skirt and the Fiddle), takes his own life at 33
May 7 Peter W. Rodino, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey (1949-89), dies at 95
May 7 Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian soccer forward (13 caps; Emelec), dies in a car accident at 25
May 8 Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver, dies at 23
May 9 Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer, dies at 36
May 10 David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
May 11 Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer, and composer, dies at 88
May 12 Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (b. 1909)
May 12 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish jazz singer (with Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby"), and dies in an accidental apartment fire at 67
May 13 George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
May 13 Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959)
May 13 Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
May 15 Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
May 16 Andrew J. Goodpaster, American general, supreme commander (NATO-Europe), dies at 90
May 17 Frank Gorshin, American comedian and impersonator (Riddler-Batman), dies at 72
May 19 Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
May 20 Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (b. 1913)
May 20 William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (b. 1918)
May 20 John Donovan "J D" Cannon, American actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory), dies at 83
May 21 Howard Morris, American comedic actor and director (The Andy Griffith Show, High Anxiety), dies of a heart disease at 85
May 22 Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)
May 22 Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (Tony the Tiger), and bass singer ("You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"), dies from prostate cancer at 91
May 22 Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
May 23 Roderick Wright, Scottish Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (1990-96), dies at 64
May 24 Carl Amery [Christian Anton Mayer], German writer, dies at 83
May 24 Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913)
May 24 Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
May 25 Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), dies at 75
May 25 Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
May 25 Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934)
May 25 Ruth Laredo, American concert pianist, dies of ovarian cancer at 67
May 25 Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer, dies of lethal injection at 40

Eddie Albert

May 26 Eddie Albert, American actor (Roman Holiday), dies of pneumonia at 99

May 26 Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
May 29 George Rochberg, American composer (Concord Quartet), dies at 86
May 29 María de los Ángeles Alvariño González, Spanish marine biologist and oceanographer, dies at 88
May 29 Oscar Brown, American singer, songwriter ("Brown Baby"; "Forbidden Fruit"), playwright, and poet, dies from complications of osteomyelitis at 78
May 30 Fazal Mahmood, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 139 wickets), dies at 78
May 30 Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b. 1958)
May 31 Jaime Mendoza-Nava, Bolivian-American composer and conductor, dies at 79

George Mikan

Jun 1 George Mikan, American Basketball Hall of Fame center (NBA All Star 1951-54; NBL MVP 1948; Minneapolis Lakers), dies of diabetes complications at 80

Jun 2 Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official (b. 1930)
Jun 2 Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950)
Jun 2 Melita Norwood, British spy (b. 1912)
Jun 3 Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer, dies of lung cancer at 60
Jun 3 Leon Askin, Austrian actor (One, Two, Three, Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 97
Jun 5 Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
Jun 5 Susi Nicoletti, German actress (b. 1918)

Jun 6 Anne Bancroft [Anna Italiano], American stage and screen Emmy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning actress (The Graduate; The Miracle Worker), director, and screenwriter, dies from uterine cancer at 73

Jun 6 Dana Elcar, American actor (Peter Thornton- MacGyver), dies of pneumonia at 77
Jun 6 Maya Kopitseva, Russian painter of the Leningrad school, dies at 81
Jun 10 Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b. 1915)
Jun 10 J. James Exon, American Democratic politician (33rd Governor of Nebraska), dies at 83
Jun 11 VVasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (1974-75), dies at 84
Jun 11 Ron Randell, Australian actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera), dies at 86
Jun 11 Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian operatic soprano, dies of cancer at 64
Jun 11 Audrey Brown, British 4 X 100m runner (Olympic silver 1936), dies at 92
Jun 11 Ione Mylonas Shear, American archeologist (Bronze Age Greece), dies at 68
Jun 12 Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)
Jun 13 Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
Jun 13 Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician and writer, dies at 91
Jun 13 Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
Jun 13 David Diamond, American composer (Paderewski Prize-1943), dies at 89
Jun 14 Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor, dies at 91
Jun 14 Mimi Parent, Canadian painter, dies at 80
Jun 15 Suzanne Flon, French actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge), dies of gastroenteritis at 87
Jun 16 Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (La Llamarada), dies at 99
Jun 17 Sam Loeb, comic book writer (b. 1988)
Jun 17 Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train"), dies of complications from esophageal cancer at 41
Jun 17 Ronald Winans, American gospel singer (Winans), dies at 48
Jun 17 Henryk Majewski, Polish big band jazz trumpeter (Old Timers), dies at 69
Jun 18 Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
Jun 18 Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
Jun 18 J.J. Pickle, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1963-95), dies at 91

Jack Kilby

Jun 20 Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2000 - handheld calculator, integrated circuit), dies at 81

Jun 20 Larry Collins, American writer, dies at 75
Jun 20 Charles White, American actor (Airport 95, Serpico), dies at 87
Jun 21 Jaime Cardinal Sin, Filipino Catholic Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
Jun 23 Shana Alexander, American journalist (Life magazine, 60 Minutes), dies of cancer at 79
Jun 23 Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (b. 1925)
Jun 24 Paul Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor (Winnie the Pooh - "Tigger"; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits -"Fleegle"), , and acupuncturist, dies at 82
Jun 24 Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
Jun 25 John Fiedler, American Actor (b. 1925)
Jun 26 Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943)
Jun 27 Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
Jun 27 Frank Harte, traditional Irish singer and song collector
Jun 27 John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
Jun 27 Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
Jun 27 Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
Jun 28 Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist (b. 1946)
Jun 30 Christopher Fry, English playwright (The Lady's Not for Burning), dies at 97

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