Famous People Who Died in 2005 (Part 4)

Deaths 601 - 800 of 801

August Wilson (1945-2005)

Oct 2 American playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987), dies at 60

Oct 2 Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi, dies at 74
Oct 2 Hamilton Camp, English-American actor (Andrew-He & She, Meatballs 2), dies at 70
Oct 2 Nipsey Russell, American comedian (Car 54, Where Are You?), dies at 87
Oct 3 Adrian Ratiu, Romanian composer, dies at 77
Oct 3 Ronnie Barker, English comedian (The Two Ronnies, Porridge), dies at 76
Oct 4 Mike Gibbins, Welsh musician and drummer (Badfinger - "Come and Get It": No Matter What"), dies of a brain aneurysm at 56
Oct 4 Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (27th Governor of Wyoming), dies at 81
Oct 6 Warren Frank Benson, American composer (The Leaves Are Falling), and educator (Eastman School, 1967-1993), dies at 81
Oct 7 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), dies at 56
Oct 7 Doug Young, American national and world powerlifting champion, dies of a heart attack at 61
Oct 9 Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Steve Allen Plymouth Show), dies of lung cancer at 92
Oct 9 Tom Cheek, American sportscaster (Voice of the Toronto Blue Jays), dies at 66
Oct 10 Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925)
Oct 10 Wayne Booth, American literary critic (b. 1921)
Oct 11 Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)
Oct 11 Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani Urdu linguist and writer, dies at 88
Oct 12 C. Delores Tucker, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1927)
Oct 13 Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
Oct 14 Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)
Oct 15 Jason Collier, American basketball player, dies of an enlarged heart at 28
Oct 15 Matti Wuori, Finnish politician, dies of cancer at 60
Oct 16 "Len" Dresslar, American singer and voice actor (b. 1925)
Oct 16 David Reilly, American singer ("God Lives Underwater"), dies at 34
Oct 16 Eugene "Porky" Lee, American child actor (Little Rascals), dies at 71
Oct 16 John Baines Johnston, British diplomat (British High Commissioner to Rhodesia just before independence, High Commissioner of Malaysia), dies at 87
Oct 16 Ursula Howells, British actress (Hard Times, Girly, Murder is Announced), dies at 83
Oct 17 Ba Jin, Chinese writer (b. 1904)
Oct 17 Franky Gee, European techno artist (b. 1962)
Oct 18 Bill King, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
Oct 18 John Hollis, British actor (b. 1931)
Oct 18 Johnny Haynes, English soccer forward (56 caps; Fulham 594 games), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 71
Oct 19 Corinne Lévesque, wife of Quebec premier René Lévesque (b. 1943)
Oct 19 Dallas Cook, American ska-funk trombonist (Suburban Legends), killed in a motorcycle accident at 23
Oct 20 Endon Mahmood, First Lady of Malaysia, wife of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, dies of breast cancer at 64
Oct 20 Eva Švankmajerová, Czech surrealist artist, dies of cancer at 65
Oct 20 Shirley Horn, American jazz pianist and vocalist (Embers and Ashes), dies from complications of diabetes at 71
Oct 21 Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (Judging Amy), shot at 16
Oct 22 Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
Oct 22 Franky Gee [Francisco Gutierrez], American-German rapper and pop singer ("Captain Jack"), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 43
Oct 22 Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
Oct 23 John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)
Oct 23 Pete Nelson [Lipscomb], British pop singer (The Flower Pot Men - "Let's Go To San Francisco"), dies at 60
Oct 23 Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)
Oct 23 William Hootkins, American actor, dies at 57
Oct 24 Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, scholar of modern Chinese intellectual and diplomatic history (b. 1923)
Oct 24 José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (1986-90), dies at 78
Oct 24 Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (b. 1928)
Oct 24 Robert Sloman, English screenwriter, dies at 79

Rosa Parks (1913-2005)

Oct 24 American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, dies of natural causes at 92

Oct 26 Keith Parkinson, American fantasy artist, dies of Leukemia at 47
Oct 28 Bob Broeg, American sportswriter (St. Louis Cardinals for St. Louis Post-Dispatch; National Sportscasters and Sportswriters HOF), dies at 87
Oct 28 Eugene K. Bird, German prison director (b. 1926)
Oct 28 Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922)
Oct 28 Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929)
Oct 28 Raymond Hains, French artist (b. 1926)
Oct 28 Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
Oct 28 Tony Jackson, American professional basketball player, (ABL - Chicago Majors, 1961-63; ABA - three teams, 1967-69), dies at 62
Oct 29 Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (Point Blank, Dynasty, Batman), dies of cancer at 81

Al López (1908-2005)

Oct 30 American Baseball HOF catcher (MLB All-Star 1934, 41; Brooklyn Dodgers; Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (AL Manager of the Year 1959 Chicago WS; Cleveland Indians), dies at 97

Oct 30 Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian communist leader (b. 1942)
Oct 31 Hal Anger, American biophysicist and electrical engineer who invented the gamma camera, dies at 85
Oct 31 John "Beatz" Holohan, American drummer (Bayside), dies in an auto accident at 31
Oct 31 Mary Wimbush, British actress (Oh! What a Lovely War, The Archers), dies at 81
Nov 1 (Lyle) "Skitch" Henderson, British-American pianist and orchestra leader (NBC Radio; NBC Television; New York Pops), dies at 87
Nov 1 Manuel Castillo, Andalusian classical pianist and composer, dies at 75
Nov 1 Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
Nov 2 Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian soccer midfielder and manager (Bologna; Atalanta, Italy 1974 World Cup), dies at 86
Nov 4 Len Barnard, Australian jazz drummer ("The Naked Dance"; Galapagos Duck), dies at 76
Nov 4 Milt Holland [Milton Olshansky], American drummer, percussionist, ethno-musicologist, and tinkle-ist (film Tinkerbell's tinkle; Bewitched - Samantha's nose tinkle), dies at 88
Nov 4 Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist, dies after being beaten by her husband at 24
Nov 4 Sheree North, American actress and singer, dies at 73
Nov 5 (Fred Lincoln) "Link" Wray, Native American rock guitarist ("Rumble"), dies of heart failure at 76 [1]
Nov 5 John Fowles, British novelist (Collector, French Lieutenant's Woman), dies at 79
Nov 5 Rod Donald, New Zealand environmentalist (b. 1957)
Nov 5 Virginia MacWatters, American soprano, dies at 93
Nov 6 Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor, composer and singer, dies at 90
Nov 6 Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress, dies of leukemia at 38
Nov 6 Rod Donald, New Zealand Politician, Green Party Co-leader, dies from the effects of food poisoning at 48
Nov 7 Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal (b. 1921)
Nov 7 Harry Thompson, English-born comedian and novelist (b. 1960)
Nov 8 Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (Oi Kyries tis avlis), dies of lung cancer at 76
Nov 8 David Westheimer, American novelist (Von Ryan's Express), dies at 88
Nov 9 Avril Angers, British stand-up comedian and actress (Coronation Street, The Family Way), dies at 87
Nov 9 K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India (1997-2002), dies at 85
Nov 10 Gardner Read, American composer (Quiet Music for Strings; Dance of the Locomotives), and pedagogue (Boston University, 1948-78), dies at 92
Nov 11 Keith Andes, American actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats), commits suicide at 85
Nov 11 Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (Lion of the Dessert), dies at 75
Nov 11 Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, British photographer, dies at 66
Nov 11 Peter Drucker, Austrian-American management theorist, dies at 95
Nov 12 William G. Adams, former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (b. 1923)
Nov 13 Eddie Guerrero, Mexican pro wrestler (WWE Championship 2004; WWE Tag Team C'ship x 4), dies of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at 38
Nov 13 Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933)
Nov 14 Jeno Takacs, Austrian composer, dies at 103
Nov 15 Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (b. 1959)
Nov 15 Dr. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. 1931)
Nov 15 Preston Robert Tisch, American businessman (co-founder of Loews Corp), and NFL co-owner (NY Giants, 1991-2002), dies from brain cancer at 79
Nov 16 Bob van Toll, Dutch actor and director (Pastorale 1943), dies at 62
Nov 16 Donald Watson, English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
Nov 16 Henry Taube, Canadian-born American chemist, (1983 Nobel Prize - mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions), dies at 89
Nov 16 Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92
Nov 17 Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (Janosik), dies at 63
Nov 18 Harold J Stone, American actor (Spartacus, The Wrong Man), dies at 92
Nov 19 Erik Balling, Danish TV and film director (b. 1924)
Nov 20 Chris Whitley, American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 45
Nov 20 James King, American tenor, dies at 80
Nov 20 Manouchehr Atashi, Persian poet, dies at 74
Nov 20 Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
Nov 21 Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (b. 1896)
Nov 21 Bill D'Angelo, American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale, 1987-90), dies of a drug overdose at 43
Nov 21 Hugh Sidey, American journalist (b. 1927)
Nov 22 Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (youngest to ride winner of English Grand National on Battleship 1938), dies at 84
Nov 23 (John) "Fritz" Richmond, American folk musician (washtub bass and jug), and recording engineer, dies of lung cancer at 66 [1]
Nov 23 Beverly Tyler, American singer and actress (Fireball, The Youngest Profession, Big Town), dies at 78
Nov 23 Constance Cummings, American-British Tony Award-winning stage (Wings; Long Day's Journey Into Night), and screen (Blithe Spirit; Glamour) actress, dies at 95
Nov 23 Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
Nov 24 Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, American actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid), dies of kidney failure at 73
Nov 25 George Best, Northern Irish footballer (Manchester United, Northern Ireland), dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures
Nov 25 Richard Burns, English WRC champion, dies of a brain tumor at 34
Nov 26 Stan Berenstain, American children's author (The Berenstain Bears), dies at 82
Nov 27 Jocelyn Brando, American actress (The Big Heat, Ugly American, China Venture), dies at 86
Nov 27 Joe Jones, American R&B singer (b. 1926)
Nov 28 (Daniel) Tony Meehan, British rock drummer (Vipers; Drifters: Shadows), dies from head injury after a fall at his home, at 62
Nov 28 Marc Lawrence [Max Goldsmith], American character actor (Man With Golden Gun), dies of natural causes at 95
Nov 29 David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
Nov 29 Victor Pellot, Puerto Rican baseball infielder (6 x MLB All Star; 7 x Gold Glove; Cleveland, Minnesota), dies from cancer at 78
Nov 29 Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (Wanna Hold Your Hand, Bossom Buddies, Back to the Future), dies of breast cancer at 47
Nov 30 Jean Parker [Luise-Stephanie Zelinska], American actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women), dies of complications from a stroke at 90
Dec 1 Dai-Keong Lee, Hawaiian-American classical and theater composer, dies at 90
Dec 1 Gust Avrakotos, American intelligence case officer (b. 1938)
Dec 1 Jack Colvin, American actor (Incredible Hulk), dies at 71
Dec 2 Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
Dec 2 Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
Dec 2 Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)
Dec 3 Lance Dossor, British-Australian concert pianist, dies at 89
Dec 4 Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
Dec 4 Gloria Lasso [Rosa Montserrat Coscolín], French-Spanish n canción melódica singer ("Etranger au paradis"; "Buenas noches mi amor"), dies of a heart attack at 83
Dec 4 Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b.1963)
Dec 5 Danny Williams, British pop singer, known as "Britain's Johnny Mathis" ("Moon River"; "White on White"), dies of lung cancer at 63
Dec 5 Ed Masry, American lawyer (b. 1932)
Dec 5 Frits Philips, Dutch engineer and CEO (Philips), dies at 100
Dec 5 Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949)
Dec 6 Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
Dec 6 Danny Williams, South African-born singer (b. 1942)
Dec 6 Devan Nair, Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (1981-85), dies at 82
Dec 7 Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
Dec 7 Carroll A. Campbell Jr., American politician (Governor South Carolina 1987-95, Rep-R-SC, 1979-87), dies at 65
Dec 7 Lucy d'Abreu, was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death (b. 1892)
Dec 7 Rigoberto Alpizar, airplane passenger fatally shot by U.S. Air Marshals after allegedly claiming he had placed a bomb aboard (b. 1961)
Dec 8 Donald James Martino, American classical composer (Notturno - Pulitzer Prize, 1974), dies at 74
Dec 8 Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (The Secret Agent's Blunder), dies at 90
Dec 9 György Sándor, Hungarian pianist, dies at 93
Dec 9 Robert Sheckley, American sci-fi author (10th Victim, Mindswap), dies at 77

Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005)

Dec 10 American politician (Sen-D-Minn) and presidential candidate, dies of parkinsons at 89

Richard Pryor (1940-2005)

Dec 10 American Emmy and 5X Grammy Award-winning comedian (Live on the Sunset Strip), actor (Silver Streak; Stir Crazy), and screenwriter (Blazing Saddles), dies of a heart attack at 65

Dec 12 Annette Vadim, Danish actress (b. 1936)
Dec 12 Gebran Tueni, Lebanese politician (b. 1957)
Dec 12 Robert F. Newmyer, American film producer (b. 1946)
Dec 13 Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips and convicted murderer (b. 1953)
Dec 13 Timothy Jordan II, American pop-rock musician (The All American Rejects; Jonezetta), takes his own life at 24
Dec 14 Trevanian [Rodney William Whitaker], American film scholar & author, dies at 74
Dec 15 Darrell Russell, American football defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1998, 99; First-Team All-Pro 1998; Oakland Raiders), dies in a car crash at 29
Dec 15 Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician (b. 1914)
Dec 15 John McIntyre, Scottish theologian (Chaplin to the Queen in Scotland), dies at 89
Dec 15 Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies of heart failure at 90
Dec 15 William Proxmire, American politician (Sen-D-WI, 1957-88), dies at 90
Dec 16 Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (b. 1937)
Dec 16 Enzo Stuarti [Scapone], Italian-American pop tenor (That's A'Nice!), dies at 86
Dec 16 John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
Dec 16 Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
Dec 17 Jack Anderson, American journalist (Washington Post), dies at 83
Dec 17 Jacques Fouroux, French rugby union scrum-half and captain (27 Tests; US Cognac, La Voulte, FC Auch) and coach (France 1981–1990), dies of a heart attack at 58
Dec 17 Marc Favreau, French Canadian humourist, dies at 76
Dec 18 Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
Dec 19 Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933)
Dec 19 Vincent Gigante, Italian-American mafioso, dies at 77
Dec 20 Maniam Moorthy, Malaysian climber
Dec 21 Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
Dec 21 Myron Healey, American actor (The Lone Ranger, Wyatt Earp), dies of ill health at 82
Dec 22 T. Cooper Evans, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa), dies at 81
Dec 23 Lajos Baróti, Hungarian soccer defender (2 caps; Szegedi AK, Győri ETO) and manager (Hungary 1957-66, 75-78), dies at 91
Dec 23 Norman D. Vaughan, American polar explorer and dogsled driver (b. 1905)
Dec 24 Michael Vale, American actor known for being Dunkin' Donuts mascot "Fred the Baker", dies at 83
Dec 25 (Märta) Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome), dies at 87
Dec 25 Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (b. 1930)
Dec 25 Robert Barbers, Philippine senator (b. 1944)
Dec 26 Bill DeArango, American jazz guitarist (Charlie Ventura; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; "Slam" Stewart), dies at 85
Dec 26 Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
Dec 26 Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
Dec 26 Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)
Dec 26 Vincent Schiavelli, American actor, dies of cancer at 57
Dec 27 William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
Dec 29 Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. 1922)
Dec 30 Rona Jaffe, American novelist (Mazes & Monsters), dies at 74
Dec 31 Enrico di Giuseppe, American tenor, dies of cancer at 73