Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Feb-05

Died on This Day (Feb-05)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
  Michael Jayston Michael James , known professionally as Michael Jayston, is an English actor. English actor 88 1
Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf NI HI TBt is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the federal government in 1999. President of Pakistan 79 2
  Santonio Beard Santonio Beard was an American college football player who was a running back for the University of Alabama. American football player 41 3
Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC was a Canadian actor. Canadian actor 91 4
Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers with Barbara Stanwyck. American actor 103 5
Andy Nisbet Andy Nisbet Andrew Nisbet was a Scottish mountaineer, guide, climbing instructor, and editor of climbing guidebooks. Scottish mountaineer 65 6
Harry Schwarz Harry Schwarz Harry Heinz Schwarz was a South African lawyer, statesman and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa, who eventually served as the South African Ambassador to the United States during the country's transition to majority rule. South African activist 85 15
Gnassingbe Eyadema Gnassingbe Eyadema Gnassingbé Eyadéma was the president of Togo from 1967 until his death in 2005, after which he was immediately succeeded by his son, Faure Gnassingbé. President of Togo 69 20
G. E. M. de Ste. Croix G. E. M. de Ste. Croix Geoffrey Ernest Maurice de Ste. Croix, FBA , known informally as Croicks, was a British historian who specialised in examining Ancient Greece from a Marxist perspective. British academic 89 25
Doug McClure Doug McClure Douglas Osborne McClure was an American actor whose career in film and television extended from the 1950s to the 1990s. American actor 59 30
Edgar Herschler Edgar Herschler Edgar Jacob Herschler was an American politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of Wyoming from 1975 to 1987. American politician 71 35
Hans Croon Hans Croon Hans Croon was a Dutch football manager who won the 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final with Anderlecht. Dutch football manager 48 40
Ad Swigler Ad Swigler Adam William "Ad" Swigler , nicknamed "Doc", was an American professional baseball pitcher. American baseball player 79 50
Uncle Dobbin Uncle Dobbin Frederick James Dobbin universally known as Uncle Dobbin was a South African rugby union player who represented South Africa on nine occasions. South African rugby union player 70 75
Julius Fleischmann Julius Fleischmann Julius Augustus Fleischmann was an American businessman, the long-time president of Fleischmann's Yeast, and a former mayor of Cincinnati. American mayor 53 100
Charles T. Hayden Charles T. Hayden Charles Trumbull Hayden was an American businessman and probate judge. American judge 74 125
Arthur von Ramberg Arthur von Ramberg Arthur von Ramberg was an Austrian-born painter who worked in Germany. German painter 55 150
Godfrey Haga Godfrey Haga Godfrey Haga was a United States merchant, politician and philanthropist. American politician 79 200
Eusebius Amort Eusebius Amort Eusebius Amort was a German Roman Catholic theologian. German Roman Catholic theologian 82 250
Christoph Weigel the Elder Christoph Weigel the Elder Johann Christoph Weigel, known as Christoph Weigel the Elder , was a German engraver, art dealer and publisher. Engraver 70 300