Deaths in May 2005
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Deaths in 2005
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Deaths in 2005
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2005. Names are listed under the date of death and not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name....
: January
Deaths in January 2005
Deaths in 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in January 2005.31*Ron Basford, 72, Canadian cabinet minister...
- February
Deaths in February 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in February 2005.28*Chris Curtis, 63, drummer with The Searchers...
- March
Deaths in March 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in March 2005.-31:...
- April
Deaths in April 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in April 2005.30...
- May - June
Deaths in June 2005
Deaths in 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in June 2005.30*Christopher Fry, 97, British playwright....
- July
Deaths in July 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in July 2005.31...
- August
Deaths in August 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in August 2005.31...
- September
Deaths in September 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable people who died in September 2005.30...
- October
Deaths in October 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2005.31...
- November
Deaths in November 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2005.30*Donald Breckenridge, 75, American hotel developer, lung cancer....
- December
Deaths in December 2005
Deaths in 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2005.31*Enrico Di Giuseppe, 73, American operatic tenor, cancer....
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Deaths in January 2006
Deaths in 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- →The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2006.- 31 :...
The following is a list of notable people who died in May 2005.
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- Eduardo Teixeira CoelhoEduardo Teixeira CoelhoEduardo Teixeira Coelho was a Portuguese comic book artist best known for his adventure series Ragnar le Viking. In some of his early work he used the pseudonym Martin Sievre....
, 86, PortuguesePortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
comic book artist. http://www.bdzoom.com/index.cfm?page=display&class=info&object=info20050601100917&rub=coulisse
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- Takanohana KenshiTakanohana KenshiTakanohana Kenshi 貴ノ花健士 was a sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki, which he held for fifty tournaments. As an active rikishi he was extremely popular and was nicknamed the "prince of sumo" due to his good looks and relatively slim build...
(née Mitsuru Hanada), 55, aka "The Prince of SumoSumois a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...
[wrestling]" - Fazal MahmoodFazal MahmoodFazal Mahmood was a Pakistani cricketer, regarded as the finest pace bowler of his country's early years. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70...
, 78, former PakistaniPakistani cricket teamThe Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan, represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board , is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in , and cricket matches....
cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
captain - Tomasz PacyńskiTomasz PacynskiTomasz Pacyński was a Polish fantasy and science fiction writer. He was one of the creators and since 2004 the chief editor of Fahrenheit, the first Polish Internet science fiction fanzine...
, 47, PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
fantasy and science fiction author - Alma ZieglerAlma ZieglerAlma Ziegler was an infielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 125 lb., Ziegler batted and threw right-handed....
, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball LeagueAll-American Girls Professional Baseball LeagueThe All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. During the league's history, over 600 women played ball.-History:...
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- Oscar Brown, Jr., 78, musician, playwright, activist
- Patsy CaltonPatsy CaltonPatsy Calton was a British politician, and was a Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Cheadle in Greater Manchester....
, 56, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Liberal Democrat Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, cancer - George RochbergGeorge RochbergGeorge Rochberg was an American composer of contemporary classical music.-Life:Rochberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He attended the Mannes College of Music, where his teachers included George Szell and Hans Weisse, and the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Rosario Scalero and...
, 86, American composer - Akihiko SaitoAkihiko SaitoAkihiko Saito was a Japanese security guard, who was taken hostage by the Jaish Ansar al-Sunna in Iraq in 2005, and later died in captivity of wounds he had received in the earlier gunbattle in which he was captured...
, 44, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese hostage in IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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- Arnold Morton, 83, founder of Morton's of Chicago steakhouseSteakhouseA steakhouse is a restaurant that specializes in beef steaks. The same type of restaurant is also known as a chophouse.The steakhouse started in the USA in the late 19th century as a development of traditional inns and bars....
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- Fay GodwinFay GodwinFay Godwin was a noted British photographer, most widely known for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast.-Career:Through her husband, Godwin was introduced to the London literary scene...
, 74, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
photographer. http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CNFK, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050602/ai_n14651351 - Ian Mackenzie-KerrIan Mackenzie-KerrIan Mackenzie-Kerr was a British book designer. He worked for Thames & Hudson for almost fifty years, where he was instrumental in transforming the appearance of their books.-Life and work:...
, 75, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
book designer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/jul/27/guardianobituaries.books
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- Sangoulé LamizanaSangoulé LamizanaMajor General Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana was the second president of Upper Volta , in power from January 3, 1966 to November 25, 1980...
, 89, former president of Burkina FasoBurkina FasoBurkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated... - Eddie AlbertEddie AlbertEdward Albert Heimberger , known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid.Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing...
, 99, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor, star of Green AcresGreen AcresGreen Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm... - Chico CarrasquelChico CarrasquelAlfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles...
, 77, VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n shortstopShortstopShortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...
, the first Latin American player to appear in a MLB All-StarMajor League Baseball All-Star GameThe Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers...
game - Krzysztof NowakKrzysztof NowakKrzysztof Nowak was a Polish football player, best known for his stint with the VfL Wolfsburg team....
, 29, footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player for VfL WolfsburgVfL WolfsburgVfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
and the PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
national team, suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosisAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a form of motor neuron disease caused by the degeneration of upper and lower neurons, located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and the cortical neurons that provide their efferent input... - Domenic TroianoDomenic TroianoDomenic Troiano was a Canadian rock guitarist, most notable for his contributions to Mandala, The James Gang, The Guess Who and as a solo artist.-History:...
, 59, Canadian guitarist, cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
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- Sunil DuttSunil DuttSunil Dutt , born Sunil Balraj Dutt, was an Indian Hindi movie actor , producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government...
, 75, BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor and Union Minister, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... - Robert JankelRobert JankelRobert Jankel was arguably the world's most famous designer of limousines, armoured cars and other speciality vehicles. He also founded the automotive company Panther Westwinds.- Early life :...
, 67, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
limousineLimousineA limousine is a luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. The chassis of a limousine may have been extended by the manufacturer or by an independent coachbuilder. These are called "stretch" limousines and are traditionally black or white....
designerDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
. - Gregory Scott JohnsonGregory Scott JohnsonGregory Scott Johnson was legally executed for beating and stomping 82-year-old Ruby Hutslar to death in 1985...
, executed for murdering an 82-year-old woman, had asked for a temporary reprieve to donate his liver to his sister. - Graham KennedyGraham KennedyGraham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...
, 71, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n TV celebrity and comedian - Ruth LaredoRuth LaredoRuth Laredo was an American classical pianist.She became known in the 1970s in particular for her premiere recordings of the 10 sonatas of Scriabin and the complete solo piano works of Rachmaninoff, for her Ravel recordings and in the last 16½ years before her death for her series in the...
, 67, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pianist - Ismail MerchantIsmail MerchantIsmail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala...
, 68, film producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/movies/26merchant.html
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- Carl AmeryCarl AmeryCarl Amery , the pen name of Christian Anton Mayer, was a German writer and environmental activist. Born in Munich, he studied at the University of Munich. He was a participant of Gruppe 47.-Works:-References:...
, 83, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
writer - Arthur HaulotArthur HaulotBaron Arthur Haulot was a Belgian journalist, humanist and poet who served, during World War II as an active member of the military resistance against German foreign occupation also known in Western Europe as the Resistance...
, 91, BelgianBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
journalist, active member of the resistance movementResistance movementA resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to opposing an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign state. It may seek to achieve its objects through either the use of nonviolent resistance or the use of armed force...
against the Nazi occupation
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- Derek RatcliffeDerek RatcliffeDerek Almey Ratcliffe was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century. He was Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy Council at the Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, retiring in 1989...
, 75, conservationist - Billy Smart, JrBilly Smart, JrBilly Smart, Jr was widely known in Britain as a circus performer and impresario.Smart, whose real name was Stanley, was the tenth child and third son of Billy Smart, Sr. His father was a showman and fairground proprietor, who bought a circus in 1946. The first appearance of the Billy Smart circus...
, 71, British circusCircusA circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
impresario - Roderick WrightRoderick WrightRoderick Wright was a former Scottish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1990 to 1996.-Early life:...
, 64, disgraced former bishop.
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- Charilaos FlorakisCharilaos FlorakisCharilaos Florakis was a leader of the Communist Party of Greece .Florakis was born on 20 July 1914 in the village of Paliozoglopi, located near Agrafa in the Itamos municipality, prefecture of Karditsa, Greece. He joined KKE, in 1941...
, 91, Honorary President and former Secretary General (1972-1989) of the Communist Party of GreeceCommunist Party of GreeceFounded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :... - Thurl RavenscroftThurl RavenscroftThurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American voice actor and singer best known as the deep voice behind Tony the Tiger's "They're grrreat!" in Frosted Flakes television commercials for more than five decades. Ravenscroft was also known, however uncredited, as the vocalist for the song "You're a Mean...
, 91, American voice actor (Tony the TigerTony the TigerTony the Tiger is the advertising cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal, appearing on its packaging and advertising. More recently, Tony has also become the mascot for Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers and Tiger Power...
, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas) http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/05/23/sections/breaking_news/article_531086.php
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- Stephen ElliottStephen Elliott (actor)Stephen Elliott was an American actor. His best known role was that of crime boss, Burt Johnson, in the hit 1981 film Arthur.-Theatre:Elliott's first acting engagement was at the New York Neighborhood Playhouse in 1946...
, 86, American actor, Arthur http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/movies/26elliott.html - Bedford JezzardBedford JezzardBedford Alfred George Jezzard, , was a football player. Jezzard's teenage years coincided with the Second World War, and he began football as an amateur with Croxley Boys and later Watford, for whom he made three FA Cup appearances...
, 77, former Fulham FC football player and manager - Howard MorrisHoward MorrisHoward Morris was an American comic actor and director who was best known for his role as Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show.- Life and career :...
, 85, American comedy actor and director - Subodh MukherjeeSubodh MukherjeeSubodh Mukerji was a renowned movie-maker of Bengali origin. He was the brother of the leading producer director Sashadhar Mukherjee...
, 84, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n filmmaker
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- J.D. Cannon, 83, American actor
- Paul RicoeurPaul RicoeurPaul Ricœur was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation...
, 92, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
philosopher and teacher - Lujo Tončić-SorinjLujo Toncic-SorinjLujo Tončić-Sorinj was an Austrian diplomat and politician of the Austrian People's Party ....
, 90, former Foreign Minister of AustriaForeign Minister of AustriaThe Foreign Minister of Austria is responsible for handling Austria's foreign policy.-Under the First Austrian Republic:* Victor Adler* Otto Bauer* Karl Renner* Michael Mayr* Johann Schober* Walter Breisky* Leopold Hennet* Alfred Grünberger...
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- Henry CordenHenry CordenHenry Corden was a Canadian-born American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed died in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on...
, 85, Canadian-born voice actor (Fred FlintstoneFred FlintstoneFrederick Joseph “Fred” Flintstone, also known as Fred W. Flintstone or Frederick J. Flintstone, is the protagonist of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960-66. He is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles...
) for more than 2 decades - Batya GurBatya GurBatya Gur was an Israeli writer. Her specialty was detective fiction.-Biography:Batya Gur was born in Tel Aviv in 1947 to parents who survived the Holocaust. She earned a master's degree in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Before writing her first detective novel at the...
, 57, IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i author - David Lang, 37, former NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
running back with the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... - Richard LewineRichard LewineRichard Lewine was an American composer and songwriter on Broadway as well as television producer.-Career:Born in New York City, Lewine attended Columbia College before beginning his career as a composer and songwriter. In 1934, he wrote songs for the Broadway revue Fools Rush In. During World War...
, 94, Broadway composer and TV producer http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/arts/television/26lewine.html - Victor WoukVictor WoukVictor Wouk was an American scientist and pioneer in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles.Victor Wouk, the brother of writer Herman Wouk, was born in New York City in 1919...
, 86, American scientist and electrical engineer
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- Shaima RezayeeShaima RezayeeShaima Rezayee was a female TV presenter on the Afghan music television channel, Tolo TV. Rezayee was a rising star in the post-Taliban ruled Afghanistan, specially very popular among the youth...
, 24, former TV presenter of Hop, an Afghan programme similar to MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... - Stella ZázvorkováStella ZázvorkováStella Zázvorková was a Czech actress from Prague.Zázvorková, an alumnus of Prague's theatre school of E.F. Burian, appeared in several hundred films and series. She was married to the actor Miloš Kopecký...
, 83, CzechCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
actress
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- Keiiti AkiKeiiti Akiwas a professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , seismologist, author and mentor. He co-authored with Paul G. Richards, "Quantitative Seismology: theory and methods".Aki was born in Yokohama, Japan...
, 75, seismologist - Frank GorshinFrank GorshinFrank John Gorshin, Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show...
, 71, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film and television actor. cancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the... - Paul Keene, 94, organic farmer
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- L. Bruce ArcherL. Bruce ArcherLeonard Bruce Archer CBE , British mechanical engineer and later Professor of Design Research at the Royal College of Art who championed research in design, and helped to establish design as an academic discipline.-Early life:...
, 82, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
mechanical engineer and designerDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a... - Marie Geddes, 86, Canadian hunger strikeHunger strikeA hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not...
r - Andrew J. Goodpaster, 90, former leader of NATO and veteran of World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- June LangJune Lang-Early life:Born Winifred June Vlasek in Minneapolis, Minnesota , she originally trained as a dancer in "kiddie reviews" and went to Hollywood at the urging of her mother.-Career:...
, 90, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. - Jose M. LopezJose M. LopezJose Mendoza Lopez was a United States Army soldier who was awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions during the Battle of the Bulge, in which he single-handedly repulsed a German infantry attack, killing at...
, 94, Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
-winning soldier in World War II. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/17/AR2005051701535.html?nav=hcmodule - Albert "Smiler" Marshall, 108, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
veteran of World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... - Arthur NaftalinArthur NaftalinArthur Naftalin was an American political scientist and politician. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , he served as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from July 3, 1961, to July 6, 1969. He was the city's only Jewish mayor.Naftalin was born in Fargo, North Dakota, one of four...
, 87, former mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
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- Les BartleyLes BartleyLes Bartley was a renowned lacrosse coach. He led the Buffalo Bandits to 3 of their 4 championships in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League , and won 4 more championships with the Toronto Rock in the renamed National Lacrosse League .-Buffalo Bandits:Bartley became the assistant coach of the Bandits...
, 51, former coach of the Toronto RockToronto RockThe Toronto Rock is a lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The Rock of the late 1990s / early 2000s has been called a dynasty, having won five NLL championships in seven years. From 1999 to 2003, the Rock appeared in an NLL-record...
of the NLLNational Lacrosse LeagueThe National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...
, colon cancer - Alan B. GoldAlan B. GoldAlan Bernard Gold, OC, OQ was the chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1983 to 1992.Born in Montreal, Gold received a B.A. from Queen's University in 1938 and a bachelor degree in civil law from the University of Montreal in 1941...
, 88, retired Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the Quebec Superior CourtQuebec Superior CourtQuebec Superior Court is the highest trial Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada. It consists of 144 judges who are appointed by the federal government.Chief Justices : [partial listing]* Edward Bowen...
, negotiated an end to the Oka standoff and numerous strikes - The Earl of Shaftesbury, 27, EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
peerPeerageThe Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
, suspected heart attackMyocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
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- Jimmy MartinJimmy MartinJimmy Martin was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass".-Early years:Born James H. Martin in Sneedville, Tennessee. Jimmy Martin was born into the hard farming life of rural East Tennessee. He grew up near Sneedville, singing in church and with friends from surrounding...
, 77, bluegrassBluegrass musicBluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
singer
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- George DantzigGeorge DantzigGeorge Bernard Dantzig was an American mathematical scientist who made important contributions to operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics....
, 90, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, "father of linear programmingLinear programmingLinear programming is a mathematical method for determining a way to achieve the best outcome in a given mathematical model for some list of requirements represented as linear relationships...
" - Hugh MontefioreHugh MontefioreHugh William Montefiore was Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987.He was a member of a famous Jewish family. His father was Charles Sebag-Montefiore . He was educated at Rugby School , St John's College, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge...
, 85, Bishop of BirminghamBishop of BirminghamThe Bishop of Birmingham heads the Church of England diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, in England.The diocese covers the North West of the historical county of Warwickshire and has its see in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, where the seat of the diocese is located at the...
and environmental activist with Friends of the EarthFriends of the EarthFriends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 76 countries.FOEI is assisted by a small secretariat which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns... - Michael Ross, 45, convicted serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
, executed by lethal injection.
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- Eddie BarclayEddie BarclayEddie Barclay was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. He founded Barclay Records.-Life:...
, 84, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
record producer and founder of Barclay Records - Maurice CatarcioMaurice CatarcioMaurice A. Catarcio spent his early life in New Jersey, before entering the U.S. Navy. He later worked as a professional wrestler competing in the then World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1957 to 1960, under the ring-name The Matador. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1991, he became...
, 76, former World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE) wrestler, of cancer - Monica ZetterlundMonica ZetterlundEva Monica Zetterlund was a Swedish singer and actress.-Biography:Zetterlund was a singer particularly noted for her jazz work. She began by learning the classic jazz songs from radio and records, initially not knowing the language and what they sang about in English...
, 67, SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
singer and actress.
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- Alfred FinniganAlfred FinniganAlfred Benjamin Finnigan was a British soldier who fought in World War I and gained fame because of his longevity...
, 108, oldest man in WalesWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
survivor - Michalis GenitsarisMichalis GenitsarisMichalis Genitsaris was a Greek singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer. Born in Piraeus, he composed songs such as Ego maggas fainomouna....
, 86, GreekGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
rebetikoRebetikoRebetiko, plural rebetika, , occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music which have come to be grouped together since the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early...
singer and composer
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- Hal GriggsHal Griggs (baseball)Harold Lloyd Griggs was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in three full seasons and part of another between and for the Washington Senators of Major League Baseball...
, 76, former MLB player Washington SenatorsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the... - Veikko HurstiVeikko HurstiVeikko Stefanus Hursti was a Finnish philanthropist. He was born and died in Helsinki.Hursti was from a family of seven children...
, 80, FinnishFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
philanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes... - Jim Love (artist)Jim Love (artist)Jim Love was an American modernist sculptor who was born in Amarillo, Texas. He graduated from Baylor University in 1952 with a baccalaureate in business administration. After graduation, He moved to Houston, Texas...
, 75, American sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals... - Jay Marshall, 85, Dean of the Society of American MagiciansSociety of American MagiciansThe Society of American Magicians is the oldest fraternal magic organization in the world. Its purpose is "to advance, elevate, and preserve magic as a performing art, to promote harmonious fellowship throughout the world of magic, and to maintain and improve ethical standards in the field of...
- David WayneDavid Wayne (singer)David Wayne was an American singer for the heavy metal bands Metal Church, Reverend and Wayne.-Biography:From 1982 to 1988, Wayne appeared as vocalist on two studio albums and two live albums by Metal Church...
, 47, singer for the heavy metalHeavy metal musicHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
group Metal ChurchMetal ChurchMetal Church was an American heavy metal band. They originally formed in Seattle, Washington as Shrapnel in 1980. Their first album was released in 1984, and the band's most recent work, This Present Wasteland, was released in 2008....
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- Li CairongLi CairongLi Cairong was a Chinese supercentenarian, claimed to be the oldest living person and the third-oldest person ever recorded, behind Jeanne Calment and Shigechiyo Izumi. At the time of her death, her family were reportedly seeking recognition of her age from the Guinness World Records...
, 119, world's second oldest human being only to Jeanne CalmentJeanne CalmentJeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of . She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the...
(unconfirmed) - Nasrat ParsaNasrat ParsaNasrat Parsa was a popular Afghan singer. Up until his murder, he continued his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, occasionally touring other countries.-Background:Nasrat Ali Parsa was born in a suburb of Kabul, Afghanistan...
, 36, AfghanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
pop singer, after being assaulted in Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Tiny WhartonTiny WhartonTom "Tiny" Wharton OBE was a Scottish football referee in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Universally and ironically known as Tiny, due to his colossal 6'4" frame, he was one of the most iconic and respected officials of his generation.An engineer by profession, Wharton took up refereeing at the age of 21...
, 77, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
football referee
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- Lloyd CutlerLloyd CutlerLloyd Norton Cutler was an American attorney, who served as White House Counsel during the Democratic administrations of Presidents Carter and Clinton. He was also the trainer of the former Vice President of the European Parliament and current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, M.P...
, 87, former White House CounselWhite House CounselThe White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States.-Role:The Counsel's role is to advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House...
under Presidents CarterJimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
and ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... - A. J. ShepherdA. J. ShepherdAlvin Junior "A. J." Shepherd was an American racecar driver.Born in Chester, Arkansas, Shepherd died in Miami, Oklahoma after living much of his life in Wichita, Kansas. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1960-1961 seasons with 7 starts, including the 1961 Indianapolis 500...
, 78, ex-Indianapolis 500Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
racing driver
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- Tristan EgolfTristan EgolfTristan Egolf was an American novelist, author, and political activist.- Early life :Egolf was born in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. His father, Brad Evans, was a National Review journalist and his mother, Paula, a painter. His younger sister is American actress Gretchen Egolf...
, 33, authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, suicideSuicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... - Peter Wallace Rodino, 95, U.S. congressman, 1949-1989
- Betty Talmadge, 81, ex-wife of Senator Herman TalmadgeHerman TalmadgeHerman Eugene Talmadge was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served as governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955. His term was marked by his segregationist policies. After leaving office Talmadge was elected to the U.S...
, testified against him in Senate ethicsEthicsEthics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
committee in 1979, from Alzheimers - Otilino TenorioOtilino TenorioOtilino Tenorio was an Ecuadorian footballer.-Biography:Tenorio was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. His nickname was 'Spiderman', because when he scored a goal in a football match he would cover his head with a Spider-Man mask as he celebrated.He joined Emelec of Guayaquil when he was eleven, and went...
, 25, EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
ian international footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player
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- Miguel ContrerasMiguel Contrerasfernando Contreras was an American labor union leader. He "was known as a king-maker for both local and state politicians."...
, 52, California union leader - Rafael Diaz-BalartRafael Diaz-BalartRafael Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez was a Cuban politician. Díaz-Balart served as Majority Leader of the Cuban House of Representatives and Minister of the Interior during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista....
, 79, opponent and former brother-in-law of Fidel CastroFidel CastroFidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
, father of U.S. Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-BalartLincoln Diaz-BalartLincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart was the U.S. Representative for from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate...
and Mario Diaz-BalartMario Diaz-BalartMario Rafael Diaz-Balart Caballero is the current U.S. Representative for , serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. The district includes the city of Hialeah, along with several of Miami's southwestern suburbs... - Joe GrantJoe GrantJoe Grant was a Disney artist and writer.Born in New York City, New York, he worked for The Walt Disney Company as a character designer and story artist beginning in 1933 on the Mickey Mouse short, "Mickey's Gala Premiere". He was a Disney legend. He created the Queen in Snow White and the Seven...
, 96, Disney animator - Jost GrossJost GrossJost Gross was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. From 1995 to his death he had a seat in the National Council....
, 59, member of the National Council of Switzerland - Lisa Freeman Roberts, 56, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
vocalist. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-111539551.html - Herb SargentHerb SargentHerbert Sargent was an American television writer, a producer for such comedy shows as The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, and a screenwriter...
, 81, television comedy writer http://www.wgaeast.org/features/2005/05/06/sargent_obit/ - Lee StineLee StineLee Elbert Stine was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox , Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees ....
, 91, who pitchedPitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
in MLBMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
for the White SoxChicago White SoxThe Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
, RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
and YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
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- Ted AtkinsonTed AtkinsonTheodore Francis Atkinson was a Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957....
, 88, Hall of Fame jockey - Elisabeth FraserElisabeth FraserElisabeth Fraser , was a television, film and stage actress, best known for playing brassy blondes.Born as Elisabeth Fraser Jonker in Brooklyn, New York, Fraser began her acting career six weeks after graduating high school; she was cast as the ingenue in the Broadway production of There Shall Be...
, 85, actress on The Phil Silvers ShowThe Phil Silvers ShowThe Phil Silvers Show is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G...
, etc. - June MacCloyJune MacCloyJune MacCloy was an American actress and singer in the 1930s and 1940s.Born in Sturgis, Michigan, MacCloy moved to Toledo, Ohio as a child.-Theater:...
, 96, actress - Magdolna Nyári-KovácsMagdolna Nyári-KovácsMagdolna Nyári-Kovács was a Hungarian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, 83, HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
Olympic fencer - Édgar PonceEdgar PonceEdgar Ponce Garcia was a Mexican actor and dancer. Ponce was a member of the male dance troupe Sólo Para Mujeres and appeared in a number of soap operas which were popular in both Mexico and the United States.On May 5, 2005, while filming a commercial with his troupe in Mexico City, an...
, 30, Mexican actor, collision between car and motorcycle during filming of video for "Sólo para mujeresSólo para MujeresSólo Para Mujeres is a Mexican theatre play. It has been running for about a decade. This show was inspired by the 1997 British film Full Monty....
"
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- David H. HackworthDavid H. HackworthColonel David Haskell Hackworth also known as "Hack", was the most highly decorated soldier in United States military history having received 24 decorations for heroism in combat from the Distinguished Service Cross to the Army Commendation Medal. He was also a prominent military journalist...
, 74, Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
veteran, journalist - Evelyn Lutman Roberts, 88, wife of preacher Oral RobertsOral RobertsGranville "Oral" Roberts was an American Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic. He founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University....
- Luis TarucLuis TarucLuis Taruc was a Filipino political figure and communist insurgent. He was the leader of the Hukbalahap rebel group between 1942 and 1954. His involvement with the movement came after his initiation to the problems of agrarian Filipinos when he was a student in the early 1930s...
, 91, FilipinoFilipino peopleThe Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
Communist revolutionary figure; leader of the HUKBALAHAPHukbalahapThe Hukbalahap , was the military arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines , formed in 1942 to fight the Japanese Empire's occupation of the Philippines during World War II. It fought a second war from 1946 to 1954 against the pro-Western leaders of their newly independent country...
, a guerilla group against the Japanese during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
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- Henriette, Lady Abel SmithHenriette, Lady Abel SmithHenriette, Lady Abel Smith, DCVO, JP was Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth II from 1949-1987.Born Henriette Alice Cadogan, the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, RN and Ruth Evelyn Howard, she held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth II from 1949-1987...
, 90, British courtier, Lady-in-WaitingLady-in-waitingA lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a royal court, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman from a family highly thought of in good society, but was of lower rank than the woman on whom she...
to Queen Elizabeth II. - Don CanhamDon CanhamDonald Canham was a track and field athlete and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1988. There, he became nationally renowned for his ability to market and sell products bearing the name or logo of the school...
, 87, former University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
athletic director - Maria StrelnikovaMaria StrelnikovaMaria Strelnikova was born in Ukrainka village, Samara Oblast of Russia, and she lived in the town of Vyborg until her death. In March 2005, Maria was reported to celebrate her 115th birthday, receiving congratulations from the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin...
, 115, Russian woman who possibly might be 2'nd oldest person in the world.
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- Robert HunterRobert Hunter (journalist)Robert Lorne Hunter was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. A member of the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1969 with Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, and Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe...
, 63, Canadian journalist and co-founder of GreenpeaceGreenpeaceGreenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands... - Wee Kim WeeWee Kim WeeWee Kim Wee GCB was the fourth President of Singapore from 2 September 1985 to 1 September 1993.-Early life:Born into a humble family, Wee Kim Wee was the son of a clerk, Wee Choong Lay and his wife Chua Lay Hua. His father died when he was eight...
, 89, fourth President of SingaporePresident of SingaporeThe President of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore's head of state. In a Westminster parliamentary system, as which Singapore governs itself, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of president is largely ceremonial. Before 1993, the President of Singapore was...
, from 1985 to 1993 - Theofiel MiddelkampTheofiel MiddelkampTheofiel Middelkamp was a Dutch cyclist. In 1947, Middelkamp became world champion. In 1936, he was the first Dutch cyclist ever to win a stage in the Tour de France.-Biography:...
, 91, Dutch cyclist, first Dutchman to win a stage in the Tour de FranceTour de FranceThe Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
and first Dutch world championWorld Cycling ChampionshipThe UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The UCI Road World Championships include championships for elite men's road race and individual time trial...
. - Jonathan ThomasJonathan ThomasJonathan Thomas is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays at flanker for the Ospreys. He has also played at number eight and lock....
, 59, Canadian-born sculptor http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117922052?categoryId=25&cs=1
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- Albert Rex BergstromAlbert Rex BergstromAlbert Rex Bergstrom was a distinguished New Zealand econometrician recognised for his work in continuous time econometrics. He was born on 9 July 1925 in Christchurch where he attended Christchurch School for Boys. He studied at Christchurch University College part-time from 1942 to 1947 while...
, 79, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
econometrician http://www.commerce.otago.ac.nz/ECON/events/Papers/S2_Phillips.pdf.] - Kenneth Clark, 90, African-American Civil RightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activist and psychologist - René RivkinRene RivkinRene Rivkin was an Australian entrepreneur, investor, investment adviser, and stockbroker. He was a well-known stockbroker in Australia for many years until his death in 2005.-Early life:...
, 60, Australian stockbroker - Edward von Kloberg IIIEdward von Kloberg IIIEdward von Kloberg III was an American lobbyist, infamous for his representation of some of the most notorious dictators of the 20th century....
, 63, lobbyist