Famous Deaths In August - 05

1989  Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68 on August - 05.  

1990  On this day in history herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies  

1991  Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38  

1994  On this day in history amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39  

1995  On August - 05 agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73  

1996  Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1997  Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61 on August - 05.  

1998  Death of Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian dictator (b. 1911) on August - 05.  

2000  Death of Sir Alec Guinness, British actor (b. 1914) on this day in history.  

2001  Death of Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929) on August - 05.  

2002  On this day in history death of josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)  

2005  Death of Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936) on this day in history.  

2006  On August - 05 death of susan Butcher, American sled dog champion (b. 1954)  

2007  On August - 05 death of florian PittiÅŸ, Romanian artist (b. 1943)  

2008  Death of Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer/songwriter (b. 1929) on August - 05.  

2009  Death of Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1914) on August - 05.  

2017  On this day in history death of dionigi Tettamanzi, Italian cardinal  

2018  On August - 05 death of charlotte Rae, American actress  

2018  Death of Piotr Szulkin, Polish film director and writer on August - 05.  

2019  On this day in history death of toni Morrison, American Nobel writer  

2021  Death of Yevhen Marchuk, 4th Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1941) on this day in history.  

2023  On August - 05 death of walter Bortz II , 93, American physician and author.  

2023  Death of Hélène Carrère d'Encausse , 94, French historian and politician, MEP (1994–1999) and secretary of the Académie Française (since 1999) on this day in history.  

2023  Death of Philippe Curval , 93, French journalist and science fiction writer on August - 05.  

2023  Death of Sir Timothy Daunt , 87, British diplomat, lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man (1995–2000), complications from cerebral vasculitis on this day in history.  

2023  Death of Julio Ferreyra , 81, Argentine politician, deputy (since 2019) on August - 05.  

2023  Death of Gan Teik Chai , 40, Malaysian badminton player, heart attack on this day in history.  

2023  On August - 05 death of shreyas Hareesh , 13, Indian motorcycle racer, race crash.  

2023  On August - 05 death of bambi Harper , 82, Filipino cultural writer, administrator of Intramuros (2008–2010).  

2023  On August - 05 death of tristan Honsinger , 73, American cellist.  

2023  On this day in history death of leonid Kozik , 75, Belarusian trade unionist, president of the FTUB (2002–2014).  

2023  Death of Slim Lehart , 88, American country singer on this day in history.  

2023  Death of James J. Lindsay , 90, American general on August - 05.  

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.  

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)  

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)  

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.  

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer  

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.