The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2005.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August 2005
1
- John Alevizos, 85, American businessman.
- Al Aronowitz, 77, American music journalist, cancer.[1]
- Wim Boost, 87, Dutch cartoonist.
- Donald Brooks, 77, American Hollywood and Broadway costume designer.[2]
- Constant, 85, Dutch COBRA painter.
- King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, 84, Saudi Arabian King, complications of a stroke suffered in 1995.[3]
- William Hugh Clifford Frend, 89, English ecclesiastical historian.[4]
- Dame Betty Ridley, 95, British church administrator, Third Church Estates Commissioner.
- David Shaw, 62, American journalist, Los Angeles Times writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, brain tumor.[5]
- Robert Stone, 49, Australian rugby league player.
2
- Erasmus Darwin Barlow, 90, British psychiatrist.
- Sandro Bolchi, 81, Italian director and journalist.
- Alfredo Corvino, 89, Uruguayan ballet dancer and ballet teacher.[6]
- Jay Hammond, 83, American politician, Governor of Alaska from 1975 to 1982.[7]
- Tuukka Mäkelä, 77, Finnish Olympic shooter.
- Hassan Moghaddas, 42, Iranian judge in the case of Akbar Ganji and high-profile cases; assassinated by unknown motorbike assailant.
- Loulie Jean Norman, 92, American soprano.
- Steven Vincent, 49, American freelance reporter, shot dead in Basra, Iraq.[8]
3
- Zainab al Ghazali, 88, Egyptian activist.
- Luis Barbero, 88, Spanish actor.
- Paddie Bell, 74, Irish folk singer.
- Françoise d'Eaubonne, 85, French writer.
- Dick Heyward, 90, Australian longtime deputy director of UNICEF.[9]
- Ernest Alvia ("Smokey") Smith, 91, Canadian Victoria Cross recipient.
- Susan Torres, 26, American brain-dead woman kept alive to give birth.[10]
4
- Charles Alden Black, 86, American businessman, husband of Shirley Temple, myelodysplastic syndrome.[11]
- "Little" Milton Campbell, 71, American blues musician.[12]
- Peter Cundy, 88, British World War II pilot.
- Ileen Getz, 43, American actress (3rd Rock From The Sun, Changing Lanes, The Station Agent), cancer.
- Sue Gunter, 66, American women's basketball coach.[13]
- Anatoly Larkin, 72, Russian theoretical physicist.
- David MacKenzie, 83, Scottish rugby union player.
- Firmin Martin Schmidt, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mendi.
5
- Polina Astakhova, 68, Soviet five time Olympic gymnastic champion.
- Fritze Carstensen, 80, Danish Olympic swimmer.
- Ian Fyfe, 58, Pakistani sports journalist.
- Bertie Hill, 78, British equestrian.
- Raymond Klibansky, 99, German-Canadian academic and philosopher.
- Maria Korp, 50, Australian 'body in the boot' crime victim.
- Raul Roco, 63, Filipino politician, former senator and presidential candidate, cancer.
- Jane Lawrence Smith, 90, American actress also associated with 1950s art scene.[14]
- Cal Hogue, 77, American baseball player.
6
- Nikolay Abramov, 55, Russian footballer.
- Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine, 86, Mexican trade union leader.
- Vizma Belsevica, 74, Latvian poet.
- Keter Betts, 77, American jazz bassist.[15]
- Robin Cook, 59, British Member of Parliament, former Foreign Secretary.[16]
- Ibrahim Ferrer, 78, Afro-Cuban musician, singer in the Buena Vista Social Club.[17]
- Louis Gauthier, 89, French cyclist.
- Carlo Little, 66, British drummer, lung cancer.
- John Tomlinson, 73, British educationalist.
- James Wilson, 82, Irish composer.
7
- Leni Alexander, 81, German-born Chilean composer.
- Alejandro Armendáriz, 82, Argentinian physician and politician.
- Paul Arnaud de Foïard, 83, French Army general.
- Fannie Barrios, 41, Venezuelan bodybuilder.
- Peter Jennings, 67, Canadian-born American correspondent, news anchor of ABC News, complications from lung cancer.[18]
- Mikhail Yevdokimov, 47, Russian comedian and politician, car accident.[19]
8
- Robert A. Baker, 84, American psychologist.
- Barbara Bel Geddes, 82, American actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Dallas, Vertigo), lung cancer.[20]
- Ahmed Deedat, 80, South African Muslim preacher.
- John H. Johnson, 87, American publisher.[21]
- Gene Mauch, 79, American Major League Baseball manager.[22]
- Matthew McGrory, 32, American actor (Big Fish, The Devil's Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses), heart failure.
- Nicolae Dumitru, 76, Romanian football player and manager.
- Ilse Werner, 84, German actress.
9
- Colette Besson, 59, French athlete and Olympic 400m champion runner.
- Dorris Bowdon, 90, American actress.
- Al Carmines, 69, American musician.
- Marco Cavagna, 46-47, Italian astronomer.
- François Dalle, 87, French entrepreneur, CEO of L'Oréal cosmetics.[23]
- Stanley DeSantis, 52, American actor (Tales of the City), designer, heart attack.
- Abraham Hirschfeld, 85, Polish-born New York City developer, of cancer.
- Rita Keller, 72, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[24]
- Philip J. Klass, 85, American aviation journalist, UFO debunker, cancer.
- Judith Rossner, 70, American author (Looking for Mr. Goodbar), diabetes and cancer.[25]
- Nikolay Serebryakov, 76, Russian film director.
- Kay Tremblay, 91, Canadian actress (Road to Avonlea).[26]
10
- Mar Amongo, 68, Filipino comic book artist.[27]
- Jaroslav Koutecký, 83, Czech physical chemist[28]
- Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, 85, American retired US Navy Captain, World War II flying ace, founder and two-time commander of the United States Navy Blue Angels.[29]
11
- Justus A. Akinsanya, 68, Nigerian-born British nurse.
- Ernesta Ballard, 85, American feminist and former head of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.[30]
- James Booth, 77, British actor (Zulu).
- Manfred Korfmann, 63, German archaeologist.[31]
- Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, 103, American Negro leagues baseball player.[32]
12
- Francy Boland, 75, Belgian jazz pianist, arranger: top European swing band 1960s and 1970s.[33]
- Robert Bonner, 84, Canadian politician and businessman.
- Greg Calvert, 68, American political activist.
- Teruo Ishii, 81, Japanese movie maker.
- Lakshman Kadirgamar, 73, Sri Lankan foreign minister, assassination.[34]
- Joe Korp, 47, Australian "body in the boot" suspect, suicide.[35]
- Charlie Norman, 84, Swedish jazz pianist and film music writer.[36]
- Julian Stanley, 87, American psychologist, "Champion of Gifted Students".[37]
13
- Wladimiro Calarese, 74, Italian Olympic fencer.[38]
- George Carpenter, 96, Irish Olympic fencer.
- Arnold Cooke, 98, British composer.[39]
- W.J. Bryan Dorn, 89, American politician, former Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina 1947–1949, and 1951–1974.
- David Lange, 63, New Zealand politician, former Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand, main proponent of anti-nuclear policy.
- Robbie Millar, 38, Northern Irish chef and restaurateur.
- Donald Howard Shively, 84, American professor, among the first to promote modern East Asian Studies, Shy–Drager syndrome.[40]
- Miguel Arraes, 88, Brazilian politician, former Governor of Pernambuco
14
- Stephen C. Apostolof, 78, Bulgarian-born American filmmaker.
- William Henry Beierwaltes, 88, American physician.
- Coo Coo Marlin, 73, American NASCAR driver.
- Billy More, 40, Italian drag queen music artist.
- Beverly Wolff, 76, American mezzo-soprano.
- Esther Wong, 88, Chinese-born American music promoter.
15
- Gordon James Oakes, 74, British politician, former Labour government minister and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, cancer.
- James Dougherty (police officer), 84, American police officer, first trainer of the Special Weapons and Tactics and first husband of actress Marilyn Monroe.
- Peter Smit, 43, Dutch martial artist, former European and world champion kickboxer, shot to death in Rotterdam.[41]
- Herta Ware, 88, American actress (Cocoon, Cruel Intentions, Species).[42]
16
- Vassar Clements, 77, American fiddle player and bluegrass musician.[43]
- Tonino Delli Colli, 81, Italian cinematographer (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America).[44]
- Aleksandr Gomelsky, 77, Soviet Hall of Fame basketball coach, cancer.[45]
- Derek Page, Baron Whaddon, 77, British politician.
- Joe Ranft, 45, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo), car accident.
- Eva Renzi, 60, German actress, cancer.
- Frère Roger, 90, Swiss Christian leader and monk, founder of the Taizé Community, murdered by an assailant.[46]
17
- Richard Altham, 81, English cricketer.
- John N. Bahcall, 70, American astrophysicist.[47]
- Dalibor Brazda, 83, Czech-born Swiss composer, arranger and conductor.
- Lars Kristian Brynildsen, 50, Norwegian clarinetist.
- Dottie Hunter, 89, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).[48]
- Lloyd Meeds, 77, American politician, former Democratic United States Representative from Washington from 1965–1979.[49]
- Bertram L. Podell, 79, American politician, former Democratic United States Representative from New York 1967–1975.[50]
- Ron Smillie, 71, English footballer.
- Howard Watt, 94, South African rugby union player.[51]
18
- Christopher Bauman, Jr., 23, American professional wrestler
- Andrónico Luksic, 78, Croatian-descent Chilean millionaire businessman, richest man of his country.
- Meredith Merle Nicholson, 92, American cinematographer.
- Gao Xiumin, 46, Chinese comedy actress, heart attack.
19
- Mansour Armaly, 78, Palestinian ophthalmologist and early glaucoma researcher, cancer.[52]
- Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, 78, Lithuanian psychologist.
- Faimalaga Luka, 65, Tuvaluan politician, former prime minister and governor-general of Tuvalu.
- Dennis Lynds, 81, American mystery novelist under the pseudonym Michael Collins.[53]
- O. Madhavan, 83, Indian actor and director.
- Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, 87, Dutch comedian, cancer.[54]
- Mo Mowlam, 55, British politician, complications after a fall.[55]
- Randy Turner, 55, American musician with the hardcore punk band Big Boys.
- Mel Welles, 83, American actor, writer, director.
20
- Abraham Goldstein, 80, American law professor, former dean of Yale Law School, heart attack.[56]
- Thomas Herrion, 23, American NFL player with the San Francisco 49ers, ischemic heart disease.
- Steven Ronald Jensen, 46, American musician and founding member of The Vandals.
- Miljenko Kovačić, 32, Croatian soccer player, motorcycle accident.
- Julius Curtis Lewis Jr., 79, American businessman and philanthropist.
- Krzysztof Raczkowski, 35, Polish drummer (Vader).
- Clifford Williams, 78, British theatre director.[57]
21
- Liv Aasen, 76, Norwegian politician.
- Mary Bowerman, 97, American botanist.
- Liam Burke, 77, Irish politician.
- Martin Dillon, 48, American musician, operatic tenor and professor of music, heart attack.[58][59][60]
- David Ironside, 80, South African cricketer.
- James Jerome, 72, Canadian jurist and politician, former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.
- Colin McEwan, 64, Australian comedian and actor, cancer.[61]
- Robert Moog, 71, American electronic music inventor and pioneer, brain tumor.[62]
- Dahlia Ravikovitch, 69, Israeli poet and author.
22
- Luc Ferrari, 76, French musique concrète composer.
- Richard Kelly, 81, American politician, former Republican United States Representative from Florida from 1975–1981.[63]
- Elizabeth Knight, 60, British actress (Oliver!, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling), heart disease.
- Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane, 87, British judge and former Lord Chief Justice.[64]
- Juliet Pannett, 94, English portrait painter.[65]
- Mati Unt, 61, Estonian writer and theatre director.
- Morris Ziff, 91, American rheumatic disease expert, cardiac arrest.
23
- Eddie Burks, 82, British civil engineer and psychic.
- Glenn Corneille, 35, Dutch musician and pianist, car crash.[66]
- William J. Eaton, 74, American Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author.
- Sir Jack Hibbert, 73, British statistician, Head of the Central Statistical Office, UK.
- Milt Jackson, 61, American football coach, heart attack.[67]
- Brock Peters, 78, American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, Porgy and Bess, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), pancreatic cancer.[68]
- Lyndon Woodside, 70, American choral conductor.[69]
24
- Jamshed Ansari, 62, Pakistani actor.
- Maurice Cowling, 78, British historian.
- Ambrogio Fogar, 64, Italian adventurer, heart attack.
- Kaleth Morales, 21, Colombian "New Wave" vallenato singer and songwriter.
- Tom Pashby, 90, Canadian ophthalmologist and sport safety advocate.[70]
- Yuri Sarantsev, 76, Soviet/Russian actor.
- Jack Slipper, 81, English Scotland Yard detective.[71]
- Herbert Wright, 57, American television producer.
25
- Ruth Aaronson Bari, 87, American mathematician.
- Walter Becher, 92, German politician.
- Philippe Bradshaw, 39, British artist.
- Sir Frederick Corfield, 90, British politician.
- Peter Glotz, 66, German politician.
- Georgi Iliev, 39, Bulgarian businessman and president of Lokomotiv Plovdiv, murdered by sniper in Sunny Beach.
- Perry Lafferty, 89, American television producer, cancer.[72]
- Terence Morgan, 83, British actor.
- Eleanor Warren, 86, British cellist and music producer.
- Reyhan Angelova, 19, Bulgarian singer, car accident.
26
- Wolfgang Bauer, 64, Austrian playwright.
- Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, 45, Canadian musician, guitarist of Canadian metal band Voivod, cancer.
- Robert Denning, 78, American interior designer, silver-haired fixture of society in Paris and New York.[73]
- Gerry Fitt, Baron Fitt, 79, Northern Irish politician from West Belfast, elevated to the House of Lords.
- Ed "Sailor" White, 56, Canadian professional wrestler best known as "Moondog King".
27
- Aldo Aniasi, 84, Italian politician.
- John Bean, 92, British Army officer and cricket player.
- Romulo Espaldon, 79, Filipino military officer and diplomat.
- Jan Moor-Jankowski, 81, Polish-American primatologist, stroke.
- Seán Purcell, 76, Irish Gaelic footballer.
- Andrés Vázquez de Prada, 80, Spanish historian, lawyer, diplomat and writer.
28
- Ali Said Abdella, 55, Eritrean politician, foreign minister of Eritrea, heart attack.[74]
- Hans Clarin, 75, German actor.
- Jacques Dufilho, 91, French comedian.
- Esther Szekeres, (née Klein), 95, Hungarian mathematician.
- George Szekeres, 94, Hungarian mathematician.
- Reza Zavare'i, 67, Iranian lawyer and politician.
29
- Ishaya Audu, 79, Nigerian politician.
- Nikolai Sergeevich Bakhvalov, 71, Russian mathematician.
- Balfour Brickner, 78, American rabbi.[75]
- Sir Hugh Collum, 65, British businessman.
- Sybil Marshall, 91, British writer and broadcaster.
- Margaret Scott, 71, Australian author and poet.
- Jude Wanniski, 69, American journalist and supply-side economist.[76]
30
- Charles L. Allen, 92, American Methodist minister.
- Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, 115, Dutch supercentenarian, oldest recognized person in the world, gastric cancer.
- John Brown, 90, Scottish footballer.
- Cecily Brownstone, 96, Canadian long-time Associated Press cuisine writer, pneumonia.[77]
- Michael Frary, 87, American painter.
- James H. Scheuer, 85, American politician, former liberal Democrat United States Representative from New York 1965–1973 and 1975–1993.[78]
31
- Patrick Tobin Asselin, 75, Canadian politician.
- Eladia Blázquez, 74, Argentine tango player and composer.
- Stéphane Bruey, 72, French football player.
- John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, 84, British judge and peer, former Master of the Rolls.
- Jaan Kiivit, Jr, 65, Estonian former Lutheran archbishop.
- Soo Bee Lee, 71, Singaporean soprano.
- Sir Joseph Rotblat, 96, Polish-born British physicist, Nobel laureate, anti-nuclear weapons campaigner, founder of Pugwash Conferences.[79]
- Theodore R. Sarbin, 94, American psychologist.[80]
- Michael Sheard, 67, Scottish actor (The Empire Strikes Back), cancer.
- Nina Ulyanenko, 81, Russian aviator.
- Julius Westheimer, 88, American financial analyst.
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