Famous Deaths on July 5

Stamford Raffles (1781-1826)

British statesman and founder of Singapore, dies at 44 of apoplexy

1833 Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor (b. 1765)
1851 Juanita, Mexican, lynched by California gold diggers
1852 Johann Baptist Weigl, German composer and clergyman, dies at 69
1859 Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (b. 1777)
1862 Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 62
1863 Lewis Armistead, Confederate brigadier general at Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge), dies of his injuries from the battle of Gettysburg at 46
1871 Cristina Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess and politician, dies at 63
1873 John Robertson, American politician, dies at 87
1883 Frederick Scotson Clark, English organist and composer, dies at 42
1884 Victor Massé, French composer(Les Noces de Jeannette), dies at 62
1886 Henry Gerhard, founder (Social-Democratic Union), dies at 57
1887 August Pott, German philological (Etymology Forschungen), dies at 84
1894 Austen Henry Layard, British archaeologist and diplomat (work in Mesopotamia including discovery of Nineveh), dies at 77
1894 Betty Paoli, writer, dies
1904 Abai Kunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
1905 Carel Victor Gerritsen, Dutch politician and free thinker (husband of suffragette Aletta Jacobs), dies at 55
1906 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), committed suicide at 42
1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahler's eldest daughter, dies of scarlet fever at 5
1908 Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje: A Domestic Story of the Forties), dies at 74
1909 Emil Bohn, composer, dies at 70
1909 Frank Selee, American Baseball HOF manager (5 x NL C'ship Boston Beaneaters; Chicago Orphans/Cubs), dies of tuberculosis at 49
1911 George J Stoney, Irish physicist, dies at 85
1913 Alfred Lyttelton, cricketer (Eng wk 1880-84 demon lob bowler), dies
1920 John Shuter, cricketer (scored 28 in only Test for England 1888), dies
1920 Max Klinger, German graphic artist, painter and sculptor (Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove), dies at 63
1925 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer, dies at 61
1927 Albrecht Kossel, German physician (Nobel 1910), dies at 73
1932 Sasha Chorny [Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg], Russian poet, dies at 51
1935 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58

Chester Greenwood (1858-1937)

American inventor (invented earmuffs at 15), dies at 78

1938 John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies
1941 Oskar Fried, German-Russian composer, dies at 69
1944 William Gillies Whittaker, English composer, dies at 67

John Curtin (1885-1945)

Victoria, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1941-45), dies of heart disease at 60

1948 Carole Landis [Frances Ridste], American actress (I Wake Up Screaming; One Million BC; Topper Returns), allegedly commits suicide at 29
1948 Georges Bernanos, French writer (The Diary of the Country Priest), dies at 60
1948 Piet Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor (1918-25), dies at 77
1950 Private Kenneth Shadrick becomes the first identified American soldier killed in the Korean War
1950 Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police
1957 Charles Sherwood Noble, American-born inventor
1963 Daniel Ruyneman, composer, dies at 76
1965 Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, diplomat and international playboy, dies when he crashes his Ferrari into a tree at 56
1966 George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel 1943), dies at 80
1969 Ben Alexander, American actor (Dragnet, All Quiet on the Western Front), dies of natural causes at 58
1969 Leo McCarey, American film director (The Awful Truth), dies at 70
1969 Tom Mboya, Kenyian economics minister, assassinated in Narobi at 65
1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86
1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1975 Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano, dies at 82

Elizabeth Ryan (1891-1979)

American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 87

1979 Judson Laire, American stage and screen actor (I Remember Mama - "Papa"; Advise and Consent), dies at 76
1980 Archibald James Potter, Irish composer, dies at 61
1981 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, Chilean composer, dies at 75
1983 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
1983 Harry James, American swing-era bandleader, trumpeter and husband to Betty Grable, dies from lymphatic cancer at 67
1983 Václav Trojan, Czech composer, dies at 76
1984 Don Elliott [Helfman], American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, mellophone player, and vocalist, dies of cancer at 57
1984 Gaston Vandermeulen, Flemish actor (Heilig Experiment, The Arrival of Joachim Stiller), dies at 79
1985 Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86
1985 Jack Robertson, South African cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies
1985 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73
1989 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; is Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, dies at 84
1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46
1991 Howard Nemerow, American poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies
1991 Mildred Dunnock, dies at 87
1992 Georgia Brown [Lilian Klot], British cabaret stage, and screen singer and actress (Oliver!; Shoulder To Shoulder), dies from complications of emergency intestinal surgery at 59
1993 Harrison Salisbury, American journalist and author (NY Times correspondent in Moscow), dies at 84
1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party Asst Secretary of State, dies at 67
1995 Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69
1996 Anne Hummert, American radio pioneer and producer of daytime radio serials during the 1930s and 1940s (Just Plain Bill, The Romance of Helen Trent), dies at 91
1996 Clyde Wiegand, physicist, dies at 81
1996 Erik Wickberg, 9th Salvation Army general, dies at 91
1996 Lorna Young, Scottish promoter of Fairtrade products, dies at 44
1997 Mrs. Miller, American singer (A Lover's Missouri), dies at 89
1998 Sid Luckman, American College-Pro Football HOF quarterback (Columbia University; 4 × NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 43, 46; NFL MVP 1943; 5 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), dies at 81
2001 Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr.], American R&B singer ("Mother-in-Law"), dies of kidney failure and cirrhosis of the liver at 68
2002 Grant Beglarian, Armenian-American composer (Of Fables, Foibles, and Fancies), educator (University of Southern California, 1969-86), and arts administrator,dies at 74
2002 Harold "Duke" Dejan, Creole-American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader (Olympia Brass Band), dies at 93
2002 Katy Jurado, Mexican actress, 1st Latin actress to win a Golden Globe (High Noon, Broken Lance), dies at 78

Ted Williams (1918-2002)

American Baseball HOF outfielder (last player to bat over .400 in single season; 19 x MLB All Star; AL MVP 1946, 49; Triple Crown 1942, 47 Boston Red Sox), dies at 84

2003 Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player, dies at 24
2004 Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
2004 Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)
2005 Baloo Gupte, Indian cricket leg spin bowler (3 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Bengal, Railways), dies at 70
2005 James Stockdale, U.S. Navy vice admiral (b. 1923)
2005 Shirley Goodman, American R&B and disco singer (Shame Shame Shame), dies at 69
2006 Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoeist (6 Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56, 60), dies at 86
2006 Kenneth Lay, American businessman (CEO and Chairman of Enron, 1985-2001), dies at 64
2007 George Melly, British jazz & blues singer, journalist, and art critic, dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 80
2007 Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926)
2007 Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87), dies of liver cancer at 80
2008 Hasan Doğan, 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (b. 1956)
2009 Jack Ellory, British orchestral and session alto and bass flute player (Philharmonia Orchestra; The Beatles - "The Fool on the Hill"), dies at 89
2009 Lou Creekmur, American football player (Detroit Lions) and hall of famer, dies at 82
2010 Bob Probert, Canadian NHL right wing, 1985-2002 (Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings), dies of a heart attack while boating at 45
2010 David Fanshawe, British composer and ethno-musicologist (African Sanctus,; Pacific Odessey), dies of a stroke at 68
2011 Armon Gilliam, American NBA forward, 1987-2000 (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets, and 3 other teams), and college coach, 2001-05 (Penn State), dies of a heart attack at 47
2011 Cy Twombly, American artist (b. 1928)
2011 Malcolm Forsyth, South African-Canadian trombonist and composer (Atayoskewin), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
2014 Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian, dies at 82
2014 Rosemary Murphy, American actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner), dies from esophageal cancer at 89
2015 Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2008), dies at 94
2016 Alirio Díaz, Venezuelan guitarist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 92
2016 Beatrice de Cardi, British archaeologist, dies at 102
2017 Irina Ratushinskaya, Soviet dissident poet (Beyond the Limit), dies of cancer at 63
2017 Pierre Henry, French composer (considered pioneer of musique concrète), dies at 89
2018 Saman Kunan, former Thai Navy SEAL, asphyxiates after delivering oxygen to 13 trapped people in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand at 38
2019 John McCririck, English horse racing broadcaster, dies at 79
2020 Bob Reade, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (NCAA Div III C'ship 1983-86; AFCA Div III Coach of the Year 1983–86; Augustana Vikings), dies at 87
2020 Nick Cordero, Canadian Broadway actor (Bullets Over Broadway), dies of COVID-19 complications at 41
2020 Ragaa al-Gedawy, Egyptian actress (The Stranger), dies of COVID-19 at 81
2020 Volodymyr Troshkin, Ukrainian soccer defender (31 caps, USSR; Dynamo Kiev 205 games), dies at 72
2020 Willi Holdorf, German athlete (Olympic gold, United Team of Germany, decathlon 1964), dies at 80
2021 Gillian Sheen, British fencer (Olympic gold individual foil 1956), dies at 92
2021 Richard Donner [Schwartzberg], American television and film director (Twilight Zone; The Omen, Superman; Lethal Weapon; Scrooged), and producer (X-Men; Tales From The Crypt), dies at 91
2022 Alfred Koerppen, German organist, composer, and educator (Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theater, 1948-91). dies at 95