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Deaths of note during 2005
A list of people in the public eye who have died during 2005.
| Person of note who died |
Date of death | Age | Profession |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Packer | 26th December | 68 | Media Magnate |
| Vincent Schiavelli | 26th December | 57 | Actor |
| Vincent "the Chin" Gigante | 19th December | 77 | Mafia godfather |
| Jack Anderson | 17th December | 83 | Pulitzer prize winning journalist |
| John Spencer | 16th December | 58 | Actor - Leo McGarry, The West Wing |
| Richard Pryor | 10th December | 65 | Comedian |
| Tony Meehan | 28th November | 62 | Drummer, The Shadows |
| Richard Burns | 25th November | 34 | Rally driver - former World Champion |
| George Best | 25th November | 59 | Footballer |
| Pat Morita | 24th November | 73 | Actor - Mr Miyagi, The Karate Kid |
| James King | 20th November | 80 | Opera Tenor |
| Chris Whitley | 20th November | 45 | Singer |
| David Austin | 19th November | 70 | Cartoonist - The Guardian |
| Lord Lichfield (Thomas Patrick John Anson) | 11th November | 66 | Photographer |
| Harry Thompson | 7th November | 45 | TV Producer- Have I Got News For You |
| John Fowles | 5th November | 79 | Writer - The French Lieutenant's Woman |
| Sheree North | 4th November | 72 | Actress |
| Pat Simmons | 29th October | 85 | Voice of Speaking Clock |
| Rosa Parks | 24th October | 92 | civil rights campaigner |
| Elmer Dresslar | 16th October | 80 | Actor - voice of Jolly Green Giant |
| Ronnie Barker | 3rd October | 76 | Comedian |
| Leo Sternbach | 28th September | 97 | Chemist - invented Valium |
| Robert Wise | 14th September | 91 | Director - Sound of music |
| Sir Joseph Rotblat | 31st August | 96 | Atomic Scientist, Nobel Peace prize winner |
| Michael Sheard | 31st August | 65 | Actor - Mr Bronson, Grange Hill |
| Dr Robert Moog | 21st August | 71 | Developed electronic synthesiser |
| Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam | 19th August | 55 | Politician - former N.I. Secretary |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | 8th August | 82 | Actress - Miss Ellie, Dallas |
| Robin Cook | 6th August | 58 | Politician - former Foreign Secretary |
| Ibrahim Ferrer | 6th August | 78 | Cuban singer |
| Fahd bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud | 1st August | 83 | King of Saudi Arabia |
| James Doohan | 20th July | 85 | Actor - Scotty, Star Trek |
| Sir Edward Heath | 17th July | 89 | Ex Prime Minister |
| Gretchen Franklin | 11th July | 94 | Actress - Ethel, Eastenders |
| Evan Hunter (Ed McBain) | 6th July | 78 | Crime Writer |
| Luther Vandross | 1st July | 54 | Singer |
| Christopher Fry | 30th June | 97 | Playwright |
| Richard Whiteley | 26th June | 61 | TV Presenter |
| Anne Bancroft | 6th June | 73 | Actress |
| Sir John Mills | 23rd April | 97 | Actor |
| Andrea Dworkin | 9th April | 58 | Feminist |
| Prince Rainier III of Monaco | 6th April | 81 | Monarch |
| Saul Bellow | 5th April | 89 | Writer, Nobel prize winner |
| John Paul II | 2nd April | 84 | Pope |
| James Callaghan | 26th March | 92 | Former UK Prime Minister |
| Dave Allen | 11th March | 68 | Comedian |
| Peter Benenson | 25th February | 83 | Founder Amnesty International |
| Hunter S Thompson | 21st February | 67 | Writer |
| Arthur Miller | 10th February | 89 | Playwright |
| Ernst Mayr | 3rd February | 100 | Evolutionary Biologist |
| Johnny Carson | 23rd January | 79 | TV Chatshow Host |