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 Al Aronowitz, 77, American music journalist, cancer. Donald Brooks, 77, American Hollywood and Broadway costume designer, heart attack. William Hugh Clifford Frend, 89, English ecclesiastical historian. Jeannou Lacaze, 81, French Army general who also served in the French Foreign Legion. Anne-Marie Marchand, 78, French costume designer. Colin McEvedy, 75, British polymath scholar, psychiatrist, historian, and non-fiction author. Milt Nielsen, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians). Constant Nieuwenhuys, 85, Dutch COBRA painter. Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 84, Saudi Arabian King, complications of a stroke. David Shaw, 62, American journalist, Los Angeles Times writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, brain tumor. Julien Vandierendounck, 84, Belgian footballer.
2 Sandro Bolchi, 81, Italian director and journalist. Alfredo Corvino, 89, Uruguayan ballet dancer and ballet teacher. Rainer Forss, 74, Finnish football player, manager, coach, and Olympian (1952). Milt Graff, 74, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). Jay Hammond, 83, American politician, Governor of Alaska from 1975 to 1982. Tuukka Mäkelä, 77, Finnish Olympic sports shooter (1968). Loulie Jean Norman, 92, American soprano. Rudolf Tajcnár, 57, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers), and Olympian (1972). Steven Vincent, 49, American freelance reporter, shot. Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft, 89, German-American Hasidic rabbi and Holocaust survivor.
3 Luis Barbero, 88, Spanish actor, heart attack. Françoise d'Eaubonne, 85, French writer. Alastair Duncan, 79, English-Australian actor, playwright, producer and director. Dick Heyward, 90, Australian longtime deputy director of UNICEF. William J. Rea, 85, American district judge (United States District Court for the Central District of California). Ernest Smith, 91, Canadian Victoria Cross recipient. Dominic Aloysius Vendargon, 95, Sri Lankan priest and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.
4 Charles Alden Black, 86, American businessman, husband of Shirley Temple, myelodysplastic syndrome. Mary Dees, 93, American actress. Ken Fish, 91, South African football player. Ileen Getz, 43, American actress (3rd Rock From The Sun, Changing Lanes, The Station Agent), cancer. Sue Gunter, 66, American women's basketball coach, pulmonary emphysema. Anatoly Larkin, 72, Russian theoretical physicist. Little Milton, 71, American blues musician, stroke. Bernardo Romero Pereiro, 61, Colombian actor, director, and writer, respiratory failure. Nick Perito, 81, American conductor, composer and arranger, pulmonary fibrosis. Johan Runge, 81, Danish weightlifter and Olympian (1948, 1952). Iván Szabó, 71, Hungarian politician. Eden Natan-Zada, 19, Israeli deserter soldier.
5 Polina Astakhova, 68, Soviet Ukrainian five time Olympic gymnastic champion (1956, 1960, 1964). Fritze Carstensen, 80, Danish swimmer and Olympic silver medalist (1948). Bertie Hill, 78, British equestrian and Olympic champion (1952, 1956, 1960). Cal Hogue, 77, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates). Raymond Klibansky, 99, German-Canadian academic and philosopher. Jane Lawrence, 90, American actress also associated with 1950s art scene. Spud Murphy, 96, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and arranger. Jim O'Hora, 90, American college football coach.PSU Coaching Legend Dies Raul Roco, 63, Filipino politician, former senator and presidential candidate, cancer. Roy Scott, 88, New Zealand cricketer.
6 Nikolay Abramov, 55, Russian footballer, heart attack. Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine, 86, Mexican trade union leader. Vizma Belševica, 74, Latvian poet. Keter Betts, 77, American jazz bassist. Robin Cook, 59, British Member of Parliament, former Foreign Secretary, hypertensive heart disease. Ibrahim Ferrer, 78, Afro-Cuban musician, singer in the Buena Vista Social Club, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Louis Gauthier, 89, French cyclist. John R. Isbell, 74, American mathematician. Rita Keller, 72, American baseball player. Carlo Little, 66, British drummer, lung cancer. Valentin Nikulin, 73, Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater and film actor, cancer. James Wilson, 82, Irish composer.
7 Leni Alexander, 81, German-born Chilean composer. Alejandro Armendáriz, 82, Argentinian physician and politician, accident. Paul Arnaud de Foïar, 83, French Army general. Peter Jennings, 67, Canadian-American correspondent, news anchor of ABC News, complications from lung cancer. Li Lili, 90, Chinese film actress and singer. Sven Methling, 86, Danish film director and screenwriter. Noel Nicola, 58, Cuban singer-songwriter and co-founder of the nueva trova movement, cancer. Mikhail Yevdokimov, 47, Russian comedian and politician, car accident.Россия не понимает юмора. В новом сезоне телеканал делает ставку на проверенные формы вещания Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, 96, Slovak painter, scenic designer and journalist.
8 Robert A. Baker, 84, American psychologist, writer and UFO skeptic. Harry Boatswain, 36, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets). Ahmed Deedat, 80, South African Muslim preacher. Nicolae Dumitru, 76, Romanian football player and manager. Barbara Bel Geddes, 82, American actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Dallas, Vertigo), lung cancer. John H. Johnson, 87, American publisher. Paul Le Person, 74, French actor of Breton origin. Gene Mauch, 79, American Major League Baseball manager, lung cancer. Nikolai Puchkov, 75, Russian ice hockey goaltender and Olympian (1956, 1960). Monica Sjöö, 66, Swedish- British-based painter, writer and eco-feminist, cancer. Pauli Vesterinen, 82, Finnish Olympic javelin thrower (1948). Trần Quốc Vượng, 70, Vietnamese historian, archaeologist, and culturologist. Ilse Werner, 84, German actress, pneumonia.
9 Colette Besson, 59, French athlete and Olympic 400m champion runner (1968, 1972), lung cancer. Dorris Bowdon, 90, American actress, stroke, heart attack. Al Carmines, 69, American musician. Marco Cavagna, 46-47, Italian astronomer, stroke. François Dalle, 87, French entrepreneur, CEO of L'Oréal cosmetics. Stanley DeSantis, 52, American actor (Ed Wood, The Aviator, Candyman), heart attack.Stanley DeSantis Abraham Hirschfeld, 85, Polish-American real estate investor and Broadway producer, cancer. Detroit Junior, 73, American blues pianist, vocalist and songwriter. Philip J. Klass, 85, American aviation journalist and UFO sceptic, cancer. Matthew McGrory, 32, American actor (Big Fish, The Devil's Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses), heart failure. Judith Rossner, 70, American author (Looking for Mr. Goodbar), diabetes and cancer. Nikolay Serebryakov, 76, Russian film director. Kay Tremblay, 91, Canadian actress (Road to Avonlea).
10 Mar Amongo, 68, Filipino comic book artist. Jaroslav Koutecký, 83, Czech physical chemist. Roy Marlin Voris, 85, American Navy Captain, World War II flying ace, founder of the US Navy Blue Angels. Masahiro Yamada, 74, Japanese screenwriter, lung cancer.
11 Ernesta Ballard, 85, American horticulturist and feminist. James Booth, 77, British actor (Zulu). Yves Brasseur, 62, Belgian Olympic fencer (1964, 1968). Erkko Kivikoski, 69, Finnish film director and screenwriter. Manfred Korfmann, 63, German archaeologist, lung cancer. Francisco Lesmes, 81, Spanish footballer. Ted Radcliffe, 103, American Negro leagues baseball player, cancer.
12 Francy Boland, 75, Belgian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Robert Bonner, 84, Canadian politician and businessman. Teruo Ishii, 81, Japanese movie maker, lung cancer. Lakshman Kadirgamar, 73, Sri Lankan foreign minister, homicide. John Loder, 59, English sound engineer and record producer, brain cancer. Charlie Norman, 84, Swedish jazz pianist and film music writer, cancer. Julian Stanley, 87, American psychologist, "Champion of Gifted Students". Morciré Sylla, 57, Guinean footballer and Olympian (1968). Jan Szymański, 45, Polish Olympic wrestler (1980). Jack A. Wolfe, 69, American paleobotanist and paleoclimatologist.
13 Miguel Arraes, 88, Brazilian politician, governor of Pernambuco. Wladimiro Calarese, 74, Italian fencer and Olympic medalist (1960, 1964, 1968). George Carpenter, 96, Irish Olympic fencer (1952, 1960). Edgar Chacón, 60, Guatemalan footballer and Olympian (1968). Arnold Cooke, 98, British composer. George Daniels, 55, Ghanaian Olympic sprinter (1972). Armand Deutsch, 92, American film producer and grandson of philanthropist Julius Rosenwald. William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1947–1949 and 1951–1974). Domenico Grosso, 83, Italian Olympic gymnast (1948). David Lange, 63, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister (1984-1989), kidney failure. Donald Shively, 84, American japanologist and academic, Shy–Drager syndrome. Chris Tolos, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, cancer. André Verdaine, 82, French Olympic wrestler (1952).
14 Stephen C. Apostolof, 78, Bulgarian-American filmmaker. Viktor Dmitryevich Baranov, 77, Soviet Russian Olympic cross-country skier (1956). Denny Crawford, 84, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers, New York Yankees). Petre Libardi, 62, Romanian footballer. Coo Coo Marlin, 73, American NASCAR driver, lung cancer. Billy More, 40, Italian drag queen music artist, leukemia. Gordon Oakes, 74, British politician, Labour government minister and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, cancer. Sheila Piercey Summers, 86, South African tennis player. Beverly Wolff, 76, American mezzo-soprano.
15 Franz Bumann, 80, Swiss Olympic alpine skier (1952). Laura Carli, 99, Italian actress and dubber. Anatoly Demitkov, 77, Soviet canoeist and Olympic silver medalist (1956). James Dougherty, 84, American police officer, first husband of actress Marilyn Monroe, leukemia. Karen Inge Halkier, 68, Danish Olympic discus thrower (1960). Peter Smit, 43, Dutch martial artist, former European and world champion kickboxer, shot. Viktor Spasov, 46, Soviet pole vaulter. Evelyn Stokes, 68, New Zealand geographer and writer. Gladys Strum, 99, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1945-1949). Herta Ware, 88, American actress (Cocoon, Cruel Intentions, Species), Parkinson's disease. Earl Zindars, 77, American composer of jazz and classical music.
16 Karl-Erik Andersson, 78, Swedish football player and Olympian (1952). Vassar Clements, 77, American fiddle player and bluegrass musician, lung cancer. 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), heart attack. William Corlett, 66, English author, cancer. Subal Das, 76, Bangladeshi music director, composer and football player. Alexander Gomelsky, 77, Soviet and Russian basketball player and coach, cancer. Þorsteinn Gylfason, 63, Icelandic philosopher, musician and poet, stomach cancer. Al Hollingworth, 86, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1953-1957). Jay Jackson, 86, American radio and television quiz show host and announcer, pneumonia. Milorad Pavić, 83, Serbian football player and coach. 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. Brother Roger, 90, Swiss Christian leader and monk, founder of the Taizé Community, stabbed. Ray Gene Smith, 76, American football player (Chicago Bears). Derek Page, Baron Whaddon, 77, British politician.
17 Richard Altham, 81, English cricketer. John N. Bahcall, 70, American astrophysicist. Dottie Hunter, 89, Canadian baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).