Celebrity Deaths in 2005
284 notable figures died in 2005. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Agustín González
1930 – 2005 · Actors Jan 1 -
Badja Djola
1948 – 2005 · Actors Jan 1 -
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Frank Kelly Freas
1922 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Horace Hagedorn
1915 – 2005 Jan 1 -
Maida “Muff” Singer
1942 – 2005 · Blues Singer Jan 1 -
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Maurice Neal “Nick” McDonald
1928 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jan 1 -
Michael Hafner
1959 – 2005 · Actors Jan 1 -
Ofelia Guilmain
1921 – 2005 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Parveen Babi
1949 – 2005 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
1906 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
1906 – 2005 · Business Magnates Jan 1 -
Robert Gottschall
1915 – 2005 · Actors Jan 1 -
Thelma White
1910 – 2005 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Toni Berger
1921 – 2005 · Actors Jan 1 -
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Michael Hafner
1959 – 2005 Jan 3 -
Amrish Puri
1932 – 2005 · Actors Jan 12 -
Rudolph Moshammer
1940 – 2005 · Artists and Architects, Business Magnates Jan 14 -
Ruth Warrick
1916 – 2005 · Actresses Jan 15 -
Virginia Mayo
1920 – 2005 · Actresses Jan 17 -
Cal Bolder
1931 – 2005 · Actors Jan 19 -
Donald Beardslee
1943 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 19 -
Lamont Bentley
1973 – 2005 · Actors, Musicians and Composers Jan 19 -
Parveen Babi
1949 – 2005 · Actresses, Model, Singer Jan 20 -
Patsy Rowlands
1931 – 2005 · Actresses Jan 22 -
Timothy Carr
1970 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 25 -
John Vernon
1932 – 2005 · Actors Feb 1 -
Birgitte Federspiel
1925 – 2005 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Eun-ju Lee
1980 – 2005 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Max Schmeling
1905 – 2005 · Boxers Feb 2 -
Pierre Bachelet
1944 – 2005 · Entertainers Feb 2 -
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Robert Reynold Merhige, Jr
1919 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2 -
Sandra Dee
1942 – 2005 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Teófilo Calle
1937 – 2005 · Actors Feb 2 -
Tina Leiu Wiseman
1965 – 2005 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Uli Derickson
1944 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2 -
Zdzislaw Beksinski
1929 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Feb 2 -
Ernst Mayr
1904 – 2005 · Scientists and Inventors Feb 3 -
Ossie Davis
1917 – 2005 · Actors Feb 4 -
Merle Kilgore
1934 – 2005 · Country Music Feb 6 -
Jean Cayrol
1911 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Feb 10 -
Dorothy Stang
1931 – 2005 · Victims of crime and disaster Feb 12 -
Nicole DeHuff
1975 – 2005 · Actresses Feb 16 -
Dan O’Herlihy
1919 – 2005 · Actors Feb 17 -
Simone Simon
1910 – 2005 · Actresses Feb 22 -
Goldie Hill
1933 – 2005 · Country Music Feb 24 -
Jessica Lunsford
1995 – 2005 · Victims of crime and disaster Feb 27 -
Ashina Kibibi
2005 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Bengt Bedrup
1928 – 2005 · Entertainers Mar 3 -
Carolyn Coates
1927 – 2005 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Dolores Agnes Etienne
2005 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Franklin Parsons “Frank” Perdue
1920 – 2005 · Business Magnates Mar 3 -
Jason Evers
1922 – 2005 · Actors Mar 3 -
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr
1937 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 3 -
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Max Fisher
1908 – 2005 Mar 3 -
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Peter Malkin
1927 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 3 -
Robert Creeley
1926 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
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Vance Bryden Gerry
1929 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
William Lorne Cameron
1943 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
Teresa Wright
1918 – 2005 · Actresses Mar 6 -
Debra Hill
1950 – 2005 · Movie/TV Producer, Producer Mar 7 -
Willis Hall
1929 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Mar 7 -
Donald Ray Wallace
1957 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 10 -
William Dillard Powell
1946 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 11 -
Don Durant
1932 – 2005 · Actors, Singer Mar 15 -
James Callaghan
1912 – 2005 · Politicians Mar 26 -
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow
1913 – 2005 · Authors and Writers, Educators, Scientists and Inventors Mar 27 -
Johnnie Cochran
1937 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Mar 29 -
Mitch Hedberg
1968 – 2005 · Comedian Mar 30 -
Philip John Amelio II
1977 – 2005 · Actors Apr 1 -
John Paul II
1920 – 2005 · Politicians Apr 2 -
Pope John Paul II
1920 – 2005 · Religious Figures Apr 2 -
Blanchette Brunoy
1918 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 3 -
Blanchette Brunoy
1918 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Debralee Scott
1953 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Inday Ba
1972 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 4 -
John Bennett
1928 – 2005 · Actors Apr 4 -
Lee Robert Reno Artoe
1917 – 2005 · Sports Figures Apr 4 -
Margaretta Scott
1912 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Norman Bird
1920 – 2005 · Actors Apr 4 -
Philip John Amelio, II
1977 – 2005 · Actors Apr 4 -
Ruth Carol Hussey
1911 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Saul Bellow
1915 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Simon Blumenfeld
1907 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Valeriano Andrés
1922 – 2005 · Actors Apr 4 -
William Joseph Bell
1927 – 2005 · Movie/TV Producer, Producer Apr 4 -
Frank Conroy (author)
1936 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Apr 6 -
John Fred
1941 – 2005 · Rock & Roll, Singer Apr 14 -
Kay Walsh
1911 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 16 -
Ruth Hussey
1911 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 19 -
Valeriano Andres
1922 – 2005 · Actors Apr 21 -
John Mills
1908 – 2005 · Actors Apr 23 -
Robert Farnon
1917 – 2005 · Musicians and Composers Apr 23 -
Maria Schell
1926 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 26 -
Mason Adams
1919 – 2005 · Actors Apr 26 -
Chris Candido
1972 – 2005 · Wrestler Apr 28 -
Mariana Levy
1966 – 2005 · Actresses Apr 29 -
William J Bell
1927 – 2005 · Movie/TV Producer Apr 29 -
Renee Faure
1918 – 2005 · Actresses May 2 -
Celia Alcántara
1920 – 2005 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Eddie Albert Albert
1906 – 2005 · Actors May 5 -
Elisabeth Fraser
1920 – 2005 · Actresses May 5 -
Frank Gorshin, Jr
1933 – 2005 · Actors May 5 -
J.D. Cannon
1922 – 2005 · Actors May 5 -
Monica Zetterlund
1937 – 2005 · Actresses May 5 -
Renée Faure
1918 – 2005 · Actresses May 5 -
Renée Faure
1918 – 2005 · Actresses May 5 -
Joe Grant
1908 – 2005 · Artists and Architects May 6 -
Jay Marshall
1919 – 2005 · Magicians May 10 -
Monica Zetterlund
1937 – 2005 May 12 -
Michael Bruce Ross
1959 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 13 -
Jimmy Martin
1927 – 2005 · Country Music May 14 -
June Lang
1917 – 2005 · Actresses May 16 -
Frank Gorshin
1933 – 2005 · Actors May 17 -
Henry Corden
1920 – 2005 · Actors May 19 -
J. D. Cannon
1922 – 2005 · Actors May 20 -
Howard Morris
1919 – 2005 · Actors, Director May 21 -
Stephen Elliott
1918 – 2005 · Actors May 21 -
Gregory Scott Johnson
1965 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 25 -
Eddie Albert
1906 – 2005 · Actors May 26 -
George Mikan
1924 – 2005 · Athletes, Basketball Jun 1 -
Anne Bancroft
1931 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Barbara Brier
1925 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Casand “Chas” Dewey
1984 – 2005 · Actors Jun 6 -
Dana Elcar
1927 – 2005 · Actors Jun 6 -
Derek Aylward
1922 – 2005 · Actors Jun 6 -
Francesco Albanese
1912 – 2005 · Entertainers Jun 6 -
Jonathan Adams
1931 – 2005 · Actors Jun 6 -
Julia Palmer Stoll
1984 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Leon Askin
1907 – 2005 · Actors Jun 6 -
Lillian Lux Burstein
1918 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Lorna Thayer
1919 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Manolo Codeso
1926 – 2005 · Actors Jun 6 -
Robert I. Clarke
1920 – 2005 · Actors Jun 6 -
Shana Alexander
1925 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Jun 6 -
Trude Marlen
1912 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Valeria Moriconi
1931 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Ed Bishop
1932 – 2005 · Actors Jun 8 -
Lillian Burstein
1918 – 2005 · Actresses Jun 11 -
Suzanne Flon
1918 – 2005 · Actresses, Theater Actor Jun 15 -
Jack Kilby
1923 – 2005 · Scientists and Inventors Jun 20 -
Domino Harvey
1969 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jun 27 -
Shelby Foote
1916 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Jun 27 -
Ernest Lehman
1915 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Jul 2 -
Gaylord Nelson
1916 – 2005 · Politicians Jul 3 -
Al Downing
1940 – 2005 · Country Music Jul 4 -
June Haver
1926 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 4 -
Alicia Vignoli
1911 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Dr David Daiches
1912 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Edward H. Bunker
1933 – 2005 · Actors Jul 7 -
Erni Singerl
1921 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Franco di Francescantonio
1952 – 2005 · Actors Jul 7 -
Geraldine Fitzgerald
1913 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 7 -
James Doohan
1920 – 2005 · Actors Jul 7 -
Juan Jacobo Bajarlía
1914 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
June Haver
1926 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Marga López
1924 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Maurice Baquet
1911 – 2005 · Entertainers Jul 7 -
Paul Anderson
1932 – 2005 · Sports Figures Jul 7 -
Peter Boenisch
1927 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
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Pietro Consagra
1920 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
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Pietro Consagra
1920 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
Richard Eastham
1916 – 2005 · Actors Jul 7 -
Kevin Hagen
1928 – 2005 · Actors Jul 9 -
Richard Eastham
1916 – 2005 Jul 10 -
Frances Langford
1913 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 11 -
Edward Heath
1916 – 2005 · Politicians Jul 17 -
Geraldine Fizgerald
1913 – 2005 · Actresses Jul 17 -
Edward Bunker
1933 – 2005 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 19 -
George Wallace
1917 – 2005 · Actors Jul 22 -
Ford Rainey
1908 – 2005 · Actors Jul 25 -
Anthony Walker
1987 – 2005 · Victims of crime and disaster Jul 30 -
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
1921 – 2005 · Politicians, Relatives Of Notable, Royalty Aug 1 -
Ileen Getz
1961 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 4 -
Barbara Bel Geddes
1922 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Antoni Clavé
1913 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Antoñita Colomé
1911 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Barbara Bel Geddes
1922 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Dorris Bowdon
1914 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Francine “Peaches” Hurd Barker
1947 – 2005 · Entertainers Aug 8 -
Félix Coluccio
1911 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
Hans Clarin
1929 – 2005 · Actors Aug 8 -
Herta Ware
1917 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Ilse Werner
1921 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Jacques Dufilho
1914 – 2005 · Actors Aug 8 -
John Harold Johnson
1918 – 2005 Aug 8 -
Kay Tremblay
1914 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Luis Barbero
1916 – 2005 · Actors Aug 8 -
Ruth Hampton
1931 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Dorris Bowdon
1914 – 2005 · Actresses Aug 9 -
James Booth
1927 – 2005 · Actors Aug 11 -
Francine Hurd Barker
1947 – 2005 · R&B Singer Aug 13 -
Joe Ranft
1960 – 2005 · Actors, Artists and Architects Aug 16 -
Brock Peters
1927 – 2005 · Actors Aug 23 -
Michael Sheard
1938 – 2005 · Actors Aug 31 -
Bob Denver
1935 – 2005 · Actors Sep 2 -
Nicolino Locche
1939 – 2005 · Boxers Sep 7 -
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Annemarie Heinrich
1912 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
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Constance Baker Motley
1921 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Sep 9 -
Dixie A. Cheney
1945 – 2005 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Johan Heinrich “Joop” Doderer
1921 – 2005 · Actors Sep 9 -
Tommy “Butch” Bond
1926 – 2005 · Actors Sep 9 -
Frances Newton
1965 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 14 -
Sidney Luft
1915 – 2005 · Business Magnates, Relatives Of Notable Sep 15 -
Constance Moore
1920 – 2005 · Actresses Sep 16 -
John Bromfield
1922 – 2005 · Actors Sep 19 -
Leavander Johnson
1969 – 2005 · Athletes, Boxers, Sports Figures Sep 22 -
Tommy Bond
1926 – 2005 · Actors Sep 24 -
Don Adams
1923 – 2005 · Actors, Comedian Sep 25 -
Helen Cresswell
1934 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Sep 26 -
Alan Matheney
1950 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 28 -
Constance Motley
1921 – 2005 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Sep 28 -
Nipsey Russell
1918 – 2005 · Comedian Oct 2 -
Ronald Ray Howard
1973 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Oct 6 -
Charles Rocket
1949 – 2005 · Actors Oct 7 -
David Birnie
1951 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Serial Killer Oct 7 -
Barbara Keogh
1929 – 2005 · Actresses Oct 10 -
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Jean-Miche Folon
1934 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Oct 10 -
Kathryn Anne Knotts
1956 – 2005 · Actresses Oct 10 -
LeRoy Whitfield
1969 – 2005 · Native Americans Oct 10 -
María Luisa Robledo
1912 – 2005 · Actresses Oct 10 -
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Ramón Gaya
1910 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Oct 10 -
Roger Brierley
1935 – 2005 · Actors Oct 10 -
Ronnie Barker
1929 – 2005 · Entertainers Oct 10 -
Tara Correa-McMullen
1989 – 2005 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Ursula Howells
1922 – 2005 · Actresses Oct 10 -
William Hootkins
1948 – 2005 · Actors Oct 23 -
Rosa Parks
1913 – 2005 · Social Reformers, Suffragists Oct 24 -
Willie Williams
1956 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Oct 25 -
Marlin Gray
1967 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Oct 26 -
Lloyd Bochner
1924 – 2005 · Actors Oct 29 -
Alvin Neelley
1953 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 1 -
Kent Andersson
1933 – 2005 · Actors Nov 3 -
Geoffrey Keen
1916 – 2005 · Actors Nov 3 -
Brian Steckel
1968 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 4 -
Hastings Arthur Wise
1954 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 4 -
Sheree North
1932 – 2005 · Actresses, Singer Nov 4 -
Keith Andes
1920 – 2005 · Actors Nov 11 -
Beverly Jean Tyler
1927 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Carola Höhn
1910 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Constance Cummings
1910 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Constance Cummings
1910 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Erik Balling
1924 – 2005 · Entertainers Nov 11 -
Isabel De Castro
1931 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Jean Carson
1923 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Keith Andes
1920 – 2005 · Actors Nov 11 -
Kent Andersson
1933 – 2005 · Actors Nov 11 -
Luce Luz Potter
1914 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Menchu Quesada
1918 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Moustapha Akkad
1930 – 2005 · Director, Producer Nov 11 -
Nora Denney
1927 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Ralph Edwards
1913 – 2005 · Actors Nov 11 -
Stan Berenstain
1923 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
Steven Van McHone
1970 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 11 -
Wendie Jo Sperber
1958 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Agenore Incrocci
1919 – 2005 · Theater Actor Nov 15 -
Shannon Thomas
1971 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 16 -
Harold J. Stone
1913 – 2005 · Actors, Radio Performers Nov 18 -
Menchu Quesada
1918 – 2005 Nov 27 -
Jocelyn Brando
1919 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 27 -
Eric Nance
1960 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 28 -
Tony Meehan
1943 – 2005 · Musicians and Composers Nov 28 -
Macon McCalman
1932 – 2005 · Actors Nov 29 -
Jean Parker
1915 – 2005 · Actresses Nov 30 -
Mary Bell
1911 – 2005 · Actresses Dec 1 -
Jack Colvin
1934 – 2005 · Actors Dec 1 -
Kenneth Lee Boyd
1948 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 2 -
Shawn Paul Humphries
1971 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 2 -
Georgi Zhzhyonov
1915 – 2005 Dec 8 -
Mary Jackson
1910 – 2005 · Actresses Dec 10 -
Richard Pryor
1940 – 2005 · Actors, Comedian Dec 10 -
Argentina Brunetti
1907 – 2005 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Débora Arango
1907 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Débora Arango
1907 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Jack Northman Anderson
1922 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
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Joan Hernández Pijuan
1931 – 2005 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Mary Hayley Bell
1911 – 2005 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Mary Jackson
1910 – 2005 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Patrick Cranshaw
1919 – 2005 · Actors Dec 12 -
Sidney B. Factor
1916 – 2005 Dec 12 -
Ulises Barrera
1925 – 2005 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Stanley Williams
1953 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 13 -
Vincent Gigante
1928 – 2005 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Gangster Dec 19 -
Argentina Brunetti
1907 – 2005 · Actresses Dec 20 -
Michael Vale
1922 – 2005 Dec 24