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The following is a list of figures who died in [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]].
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==[[June 2005]]==
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;[[June 2|2]]
*[[Samir Kassir]], 45, [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] journalist who supported [[democracy]], assassinated
;[[1 June|1]]
*[[George Mikan]], 80, [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]r

==[[May 2005]]==
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;[[31 May|31]]
*[[Eduardo Teixeira Coelho]], 86, [[Portugal|Portugese]] comic book artist[http://www.bdzoom.com/index.cfm?page=display&class=info&object=info20050601100917&rub=coulisse]

;[[30 May|30]]
*[[Takanohana Kenshi]] (nee [[Mitsuru Hanada]]), 55, 'The Prince of [[Sumo]]'
*[[Fazal Mahmood]], 78, former [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistani]] [[cricket]] captain
*[[Tomasz Pacynski|Tomasz Pacy&#324;ski]], 47, Polish fantasy and science fiction author
*[[Juan Pedro Villaman]], 46, Spanish language announcer for the [[Boston Red Sox]], car accident

;[[May 29|29]]
*[[Oscar Brown, Jr.]], 78, musician, playwright, activist
*[[Patsy Calton]], 56, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Member of Parliament]], cancer
*[[George Rochberg]], 86, American composer
*[[Akihiko Saito]], 44, [[Japan]]ese hostage in [[Iraq]]

;[[May 28|28]]
*[[Arnold Morton]], 83, founder of [[Morton's of Chicago]] [[steakhouse]]s

;[[May 27|27]]
*[[Fay Godwin]], 74, British photographer
*[[Robert H. McNeill]], 87, photographer of [[African-American]] life in [[Washington DC]] from 1930s through 1950s

;[[May 26|26]]
*[[Sangoulé Lamizana]], 89, former president of [[Burkina Faso]]
*[[Eddie Albert]], 99, [[America]]n actor, star of ''[[Green Acres]]''
*[[Chico Carrasquel]], 77, [[Venezuela]]n [[shortstop]], the first [[Latin American]] player to appear in a [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star]] game
*[[Krzysztof Nowak]], 29, [[football (soccer)|football]] player for [[VfL Wolfsburg]] and the [[Poland|Polish]] national team, suffered from [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]]
*[[Domenic Troiano]], 59, Canadian guitarist, died after a decade long battle with cancer
*[[Dale Velzy]], 77, California [[surfing]] pioneer, [[lung cancer]]

;[[May 25|25]]
*[[Sunil Dutt]], 75, [[Bollywood]] actor and Union Minister, [[India]]
*[[Gregory Scott Johnson]], executed for murdering an 82-year-old woman, had asked for a temporary reprieve to donate his liver to his sister.
*[[Graham Kennedy]], 71, [[Australia]]n TV celebrity and comedian
*[[Ruth Laredo]], 67, [[America]]n pianist
*[[Ismail Merchant]], 68, [[film producer]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/movies/26merchant.html]

;[[May 24|24]]
*[[Carl Amery]], 83, [[German]] writer
*[[Arthur Haulot]], 91, [[Belgium|Belgian]] journalist, active member of the [[resistance movement]] against the Nazi occupation

;[[May 23|23]]
*[[Lloyd Dugger]], 76, country music singer
*[[Hans Jorgens Jensen]], 79, American [[Olympics]] [[gold medal]] in [[sport rowing|rowing]] and longtime [[CIA]] agent
*[[Waldemar Seyssel]], 99, [[Brazil]]ian clown and pioneering TV performer, also called Arrelia
*[[Billy Smart, Jr]], 71, British [[circus]] impresario

;[[May 22|22]]
*[[Charilaos Florakis]], 91, Honorary President and former Secretary General ([[1972]]-[[1989]]) of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
*[[Thurl Ravenscroft]], 91, American voice actor ([[Tony the Tiger]], ''[[The Grinch Who Stole Christmas]]'') [http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/05/23/sections/breaking_news/article_531086.php]

;[[May 21|21]]
*[[Stephen Elliott (actor)|Stephen Elliott]], 86, American actor, ''Arthur'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/movies/26elliott.html]
*[[Bedford Jezzard]], 77, former [[Fulham FC]] football player and manager
*[[Howard Morris]], 85, American comedy actor and director
*[[Subodh Mukherjee]], 84, [[India]]n filmmaker
*[[Olav Neuland]], [[Estonia]]n director

;[[May 20|20]]
*[[Paul Ricoeur]], 92, [[French]] [[philosopher]] and teacher

;[[May 19|19]]
*[[Henry Corden]], 85, Canadian-American voice actor, voice of [[Fred Flintstone]] for more than 2 decades
*[[Alistair Forbes]], 87, [[British]] journalist, socialite and gossip
*[[Batya Gur]], 57, [[Israel]]i author
*[[David Lang]], 37, former [[National Football League|NFL]] running back with the [[Los Angeles Rams]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]]
*[[Richard Lewine]], 94, Broadway composer and TV producer [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/arts/television/26lewine.html]

;[[May 18|18]]
*[[Shaima Rezayee]], 24, former TV presenter of ''Hop'', an Afghan programme similar to [[MTV]]
*[[Stella Zazvorkova|Stella Z&#225;zvorkov&#225;]], 83, [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[actress]]

;[[May 17|17]]
*[[Keiiti Aki]], 75, seismologist
*[[Piero Dorazio]], 77, Italian abstract painter
*[[Frank Gorshin]], 71 <!--according to his official website-->, [[American]] actor
*[[Paul Keene]], 94, organic farmer
*[[Eduard Vääri]], [[Estonia]]n linguist

;[[May 16|16]]
*[[Erick Galvez]], [[Guatemala]]n federal [[prosecutor]], shot by unknown attackers
*[[Marie Geddes]], 86, Canadian [[hunger strike]]r
*[[Andrew J. Goodpaster]], 90, former leader of [[NATO]] and veteran of [[World War II]]
*[[Jose M. Lopez]], 94, [[Medal of Honor]] winning soldier in World War II
*[[Albert "Smiler" Marshall]], 108, [[British]] veteran of [[World War I]]
*[[Arthur Naftalin]], 87, former [[mayor]] of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
*[[Bellana Panniyaloka]], [[Buddhist]] [[monk]], convicted of [[child molestation]], by suicide

;[[May 15|15]]
*[[Les Bartley]], 51, former coach of the [[Toronto Rock]] of the [[National Lacrosse League|NLL]], [[colon cancer]]
*[[Alan B. Gold]], 88, retired [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Quebec Superior Court]], negotiated an end to the [[Oka standoff]] and numerous strikes
*[[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury|The Earl of Shaftesbury]], 27, [[England|English]] [[Peerage|peer]], suspected heart attack

;[[May 14|14]]
*[[George Barron]], 91, [[Scottish]] TV presenter on [[Beechgrove Garden]]
*[[Jimmy Martin]], 77, [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] singer

;[[May 13|13]]
*[[George Dantzig]], 90, [[mathematician]], "father of [[linear programming]]"
*[[Hugh Montefiore]], 85, [[Bishop of Birmingham]] and environmental activist with [[Friends of the Earth]]
*[[Michael Ross]], 45, [[serial killer]], executed by lethal injection

;[[May 12|12]]
*[[Eddie Barclay]], 84, [[French]] record producer and founder of Barclay Records
*[[Maurice Catarcio]], 76, former [[WWE]] wrestler, of cancer
*[[Monica Zetterlund]], 67, [[Swedish]] [[singer]] and [[actress]].

;[[May 11|11]]
*[[Alfred Finnigan]], 108, oldest man in [[Wales]] and [[World War I]] survivor
*[[Michalis Genitsaris]], 86, [[Greek]] [[rebetiko]] singer and composer

;[[May 10|10]]
*[[Veikko Hursti]], 80, [[Finnish]] [[philanthropist]]
*[[Jim Love]], 75, American [[sculptor]]
*[[Jay Marshall]], 85, Dean of the [[Society of American Magicians]]
*[[Hector Enrique Santos]], 88, former Archbishop of [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]]
*[[Blanche Sasso]], 105, seamstress of the original flag of the [[United States Virgin Islands]]
*[[David Wayne]], 47, singer for the [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] group [[Metal Church]]

;[[May 9|9]]
*[[Li Cairong]], 119, world's second oldest human being only to [[Jeanne Calment]] (unconfirmed)
*[[Jack Hasey|John F. "Jack" Hasey]], 88, [[American]] [[French Foreign Legion]] Officer and [[CIA]] Operations Officer
*[[Nasrat Parsa]], 36, [[Afghan]] pop singer, after being assaulted in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
*[[Wilhelmine, Lady Harrod]], 93, [[British]] church [[conservationist]]

;[[May 8|8]]
*[[Lloyd Cutler]], 87, former [[White House Counsel]] under Presidents [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]
*[[Siwsann George]], 49, [[Welsh]] folk singer
*[[Benjamin Mordecai]], 60, prominent American theatrical producer
*[[A. J. Shepherd]], 78, ex-[[Indianapolis 500]] racing driver
*[[Walter Jay Skinner]], 77, Federal Judge portrayed in movie [[A Civil Action]]

;[[May 7|7]]
*[[Tristan Egolf]], 33, [[author]], [[suicide]]
*[[Bernie Logue]], 30, chef for the [[Boston Red Sox]], fall in parking garage
*[[Peter Wallace Rodino]], 95, U.S. congressman, [[1949]]-[[1989]]
*[[Betty Talmadge]], 81, ex-wife of Senator [[Herman Talmadge]], testified against him in [[US Senate|Senate]] [[ethics]] committee in [[1979]], from [[Alzheimers]]

;[[May 6|6]]
*[[Miguel Contreras]], 52, California [[union leader]]
*[[Gommart DePauw|Father Gommart DePauw]], 86, founder of the [[Catholic Traditionalist Movement]]
*[[Rafael Diaz-Balart]], 79, opponent and former brother-in-law of [[Fidel Castro]], father of U.S. Congressmen [[Lincoln Diaz-Balart]] and [[Mario Diaz-Balart]]
*[[Joe Grant]], 96, [[Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animator
*[[Jost Gross]], 59, member of the National Council of Switzerland
*[[Herb Sargent]], 81, television comedy writer [http://www.wgaeast.org/features/2005/05/06/sargent_obit/]
*[[Lee Stine]], 91, who [[pitcher|pitched]] in [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] for the [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]], [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] and [[New York Yankees|Yankees]]

;[[May 5|5]]
*[[Ted Atkinson]], 88, Hall of Fame jockey
*[[Elisabeth Fraser]], 85, actress on ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'', etc.
*[[June MacCloy]], 96, actress
*[[Charlie Muse]], 87, [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] executive, creator of the modern [[baseball]] batting helmet
*[[Édgar Ponce]], 30, Mexican actor, collision between car and motorcycle during filming of video for "[[Sólo para mujeres]]"
*[[Philip Spaulding]], 92, [[American]] [[naval architect]], notable for designing many [[ferries]]
*[[Christian Speck]], 68, member of the National Council of Switzerland

;[[May 4|4]]
*[[Lila Dulali]], 66, Indian, [[Oriya language]] actress
*[[David H. Hackworth]], 74, [[Vietnam War]] veteran, journalist
*[[Evelyn Roberts]], 88, wife of preacher [[Oral Roberts]]
*[[Luis Taruc]], 91, [[Filipino]] Communist revolutionary figure; leader of the [[HUKBALAHAP]], a guerilla group against the Japanese during [[World War II]].

;[[May 3|3]]
*[[Don Canham]], 87, former [[University of Michigan]] athletic director
*[[Allan Kurzrok]], psychologist and cartoonist [http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050515/NEWS/505150327/1006/SPORTS]

;[[May 2|2]]
*[[Renée Faure]], 86, French actress
*[[Robert Hunter (journalist)|Robert Hunter]], 63, Canadian journalist and co-founder of [[Greenpeace]]
*[[Wee Kim Wee]], 89, fourth [[President of Singapore]], from [[1985]] to [[1993]]
*[[Theofiel Middelkamp]], 91, Dutch cyclist, first Dutchman to win a stage in the [[Tour de France]] and first Dutch [[World Cycling Championship|world champion]].
*[[Raisa Struchkova]], 79, Russian [[ballerina]]
*[[Jonathan Thomas]], 59, Canadian-born sculptor [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117922052?categoryId=25&cs=1]
*[[Florence Van Stockum]], 110, [[British]]-born [[supercentenarian]]

;[[May 1|1]]
*[[Kenneth Clark (psychologist)|Kenneth Clark]], 90, [[African-American]] [[Civil Rights]] activist and psychologist
*[[Derek (DC) Cook]], 58, [[Yorkshire]] businessman and racing team owner, in a car accident
*[[René Rivkin]], 60, Australian stockbroker
*[[Edward von Kloberg III]], 63, [[lobbyist]]

==[[April 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in April 2005]]''

==[[March 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in March 2005]]''

==[[February 2005]]==

''See [[Deaths in February 2005]]''

==[[January 2005]]==
''See [[Deaths in January 2005]]''

==External links and references==
*Specialised websites
**[http://www.findagrave.com/ Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records]
**[http://www.deadpeople.info Dead People Server]
**[http://www.lifeinlegacy.com Life in Legacy: Week in Review]
**[http://www.blogofdeath.com The Blog of Death]
**[http://www.genealogybuff.com GenealogyBuff.com Obituary Search]
**[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records]: US genealogy directory
**[http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html Operation Iraqi Freedom - US Combat Deaths]
**[http://www.obitcentral.com Obituary Central - index to obituary search engines arranged geographically]
**[http://www.obitlinkspage.com Obituary Links Page - state-by-state directory of obituary resources]
*Obituaries on general news websites
**[http://www.legacy.com/Legacy.asp?Page=APStories Recent AP Obituaries]
**[http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/ ''The New York Times'': Obituaries]
**[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/metro/obituaries/index.html ''Washington Post'' Obituaries]
**[http://www.topix.net/news/obits Topix.net Obituaries]
**[[Google News]]: e.g. [http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=obituary&num=50 ''obituary'']
*Newsgroup: [http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.obituaries alt.obituaries]

For earlier deaths, see [[Deaths in 2004]], [[Deaths in 2003]], [[Deaths in 2002]], [[Deaths in 2001]], [[2000#Deaths|2000]], [[1999#Deaths|1999]], [[1998#Deaths|1998]], [[1997#Deaths|1997]], [[1996#Deaths|1996]], [[1995#Deaths|1995]]...

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