Notable deaths in 2005

Dead or Alive ^ | 01/01/06

[Perdogg]

January

1/1/2005 80 Shirley Chisholm Politics

1/3/2005 87 Will Eisner Cartooning/Comics

1/7/2005 86 Rosemary Kennedy Miscellaneous

1/15/2005 88 Ruth Warrick Entertainment

1/17/2005 85 Zhao Ziyang Politics

1/17/2005 84 Virginia Mayo Entertainment

1/22/2005 87 Rose Mary Woods Miscellaneous

1/23/2005 79 Johnny Carson Entertainment

1/25/2005 98 Philip Johnson Architecture

1/25/2005 69 Ray Peterson Music

February

2/1/2005 72 John Vernon Entertainment

2/2/2005 99 Max Schmeling Sports

2/3/2005 100 Ernst Mayr Science

2/4/2005 87 Ossie Davis Entertainment,Social Activism

2/5/2005 69 Gnassingbé Eyadema Politics

2/6/2005 91 Karl Haas Music

2/8/2005 76 Jimmy Smith Music

2/10/2005 89 Arthur Miller Theater

2/12/2005 73 Brian Kelly Entertainment

2/12/2005 61 Sammi Smith Music

2/13/2005 75 Dick Weber Sports

2/17/2005 85 Dan O'Herlihy Entertainment

2/20/2005 62 Sandra Dee Entertainment

2/20/2005 88 John Raitt Theater

2/20/2005 67 Hunter S. Thompson Journalism

2/22/2005 93 Simone Simon Entertainment

March

3/6/2005 98 Hans Bethe Science

3/6/2005 86 Teresa Wright Entertainment

3/8/2005 53 Aslan Maskhadov Politics

3/9/2005 56 Chris LeDoux Music

3/10/2005 68 Dave Allen Entertainment

3/17/2005 101 George Kennan Politics

3/17/2005 93 Andre Norton Literature

3/19/2005 80 John DeLorean Business

3/21/2005 80 Bobby Short Music

3/21/2005 82 Barney Martin Entertainment

3/26/2005 92 James Callaghan Politics

3/29/2005 67 Johnnie Cochran Law

3/30/2005 37 Mitch Hedberg Entertainment

3/31/2005 84 Frank Perdue Business

3/31/2005 41 Terri Schiavo Miscellaneous

April

4/2/2005 84 Pope John Paul II Religion

4/5/2005 89 Saul Bellow Literature

4/5/2005 98 Dale Messick Cartooning/Comics

4/5/2005 52 Debralee Scott Entertainment

4/6/2005 81 Prince Rainier Politics

Date of Death Age Name Field

4/9/2005 58 Andrea Dworkin Social Activism,Literature

4/19/2005 93 Ruth Hussey Entertainment,Theater

4/23/2005 97 John Mills Entertainment

4/24/2005 80 Ezer Weizman Politics

4/26/2005 86 Mason Adams Entertainment

4/26/2005 79 Maria Schell Entertainment

May

5/4/2005 74 David Hackworth Military

5/7/2005 95 Peter Rodino, Jr. Politics

5/17/2005 72 Frank Gorshin Entertainment

5/19/2005 85 Henry Corden Entertainment

5/20/2005 83 J.D. Cannon Entertainment

5/21/2005 85 Howard Morris Entertainment

5/22/2005 91 Thurl Ravenscroft Entertainment

5/25/2005 68 Ismail Merchant Entertainment

5/26/2005 99 Eddie Albert Entertainment

June

6/1/2005 80 George Mikan Sports

6/3/2005 97 Leon Askin Entertainment

6/6/2005 73 Anne Bancroft Entertainment,Theater

6/6/2005 77 Dana Elcar Entertainment

6/13/2005 69 Lane Smith Entertainment

6/21/2005 76 Jaime Cardinal Sin Religion,Social Activism

6/23/2005 79 Shana Alexander Journalism

6/24/2005 82 Paul Winchell Entertainment

6/25/2005 80 John Fiedler Entertainment

6/27/2005 88 Shelby Foote History

July

7/1/2005 54 Luther Vandross Music

7/3/2005 89 Gaylord Nelson Politics,Social Activism

7/4/2005 79 June Haver Entertainment

7/4/2005 82 Hank Stram Sports

7/5/2005 81 James Stockdale Military,Politics

7/6/2005 88 L. Patrick Gray Politics,Law Enforcement

7/6/2005 78 Evan Hunter Literature

7/9/2005 77 Kevin Hagen Entertainment

7/11/2005 91 Frances Langford Music,Entertainment

7/13/2005 89 Mickey Owen Sports

7/17/2005 91 Geraldine Fitzgerald Entertainment

7/17/2005 89 Edward Heath Politics

7/18/2005 91 William Westmoreland Military

7/20/2005 85 James Doohan Entertainment

7/23/2005 85 Myron Floren Music

7/29/2005 99 Hildegarde Music

7/29/2005 78 Pat McCormick Entertainment

7/30/2005 60 John Garang Military,Politics

August

8/1/2005 84? King Fahd Politics

8/7/2005 67 Peter Jennings Journalism

8/8/2005 82 Barbara Bel Geddes Entertainment

Date of Death Age Name Field

8/8/2005 87 John H. Johnson Publishing,Business

8/8/2005 79 Gene Mauch Sports

8/9/2005 70 Judith Rossner Literature

8/11/2005 103 Ted "Double Duty" Ra... Sports

8/13/2005 63 David Lange Politics

8/21/2005 71 Robert Moog Inventing,Music

8/23/2005 78 Brock Peters Entertainment

September

9/2/2005 70 Bob Denver Entertainment

9/3/2005 80 William Rehnquist Law

9/11/2005 82 Chris Schenkel Sports

9/14/2005 91 Robert Wise Entertainment

9/20/2005 96 Simon Wiesenthal Miscellaneous

9/21/2005 93 Molly Yard Social Activism

9/24/2005 79 Tommy Bond Entertainment

9/25/2005 82 Don Adams Entertainment

9/25/2005 69 M. Scott Peck Philosophy,Religion

October

10/2/2005 60 August Wilson Theater

10/2/2005 80 Nipsey Russell Entertainment

10/7/2005 56 Charles Rocket Entertainment

10/9/2005 92 Louis Nye Entertainment

10/10/2005 80 Milton Obote Politics

10/16/2005 71 Eugene "Gordon" Lee Entertainment

10/20/2005 71 Shirley Horn Music

10/24/2005 92 Rosa Parks Social Activism

10/25/2005 89 Wellington Mara Sports

10/29/2005 81 Lloyd Bochner Entertainment

10/30/2005 97 Al Lopez Sports

November

11/1/2005 87 Skitch Henderson Entertainment,Music

11/4/2005 72 Sheree North Entertainment

11/5/2005 79 John Fowles Literature

11/11/2005 95 Peter F. Drucker Business

11/13/2005 38 Eddie Guerrero Sports,Entertainment

11/16/2005 92 Ralph Edwards Entertainment

11/21/2005 78 Hugh Sidey Journalism

11/23/2005 95 Constance Cummings Entertainment,Theater

11/24/2005 73 Pat Morita Entertainment

11/25/2005 59 George Best Sports

11/26/2005 82 Stan Berenstain Literature

11/28/2005 95 Marc Lawrence Entertainment

11/29/2005 47 Wendie Jo Sperber Entertainment

11/30/2005 90 Jean Parker Entertainment

December

12/1/2005 71 Jack Colvin Entertainment

12/5/2005 73 Ed Masry Law

12/10/2005 65 Richard Pryor Entertainment

12/10/2005 89 Eugene McCarthy Politics

12/13/2005 51 Stanley Tookie Williams Crime Date of Death Age Name Field

12/15/2005 90 William Proxmire Politics

12/16/2005 58 John Spencer Entertainment

12/17/2005 83 Jack Anderson Journalism

12/19/2005 77 Vincent "The Chin" G... Crime

12/24/2005 83 Michael Vale Entertainment

12/26/2005 57 Vincent Schiavelli Entertainment

12/30/2005 73 Rona Jaffe Literature

[Mike Darancette]

9/20/2005 96 Simon Wiesenthal Miscellaneous

Interesting description of lifetime achievement.